Mooncakes 2024 Guide: Munch on these must-try mooncakes for Mid-Autumn Festival this year

Mid-Autumn Festival 2024 is coming up soon, and you know what that means? It’s mooncake season everyone! These seasonal treats are once again on the agenda, and we’re as excited as anyone to savour them with each bite.

This year brings again lots of choices — where would you even start? Well, we’ve specially curated a list of mooncakes for your viewing pleasure, filled with both traditional and the unique. Read on to see which to add to your shopping list!

The Capitol Kempinski

Timeless Heritage—that’s the theme for The Capitol Kempinski Mid-Autumn 2024 mooncake collection, and it is befitting for such a long-celebrated season. The hotel blends timeless elegance with a modern touch in this collection, featuring a blend of traditional and contemporary flavours to cater to every palette.

Starting with their classics, they have four meticulously crafted classic baked mooncake flavours to choose from. The signature White Lotus Seed Paste with Egg Yolk Mini Baked Mooncakes returns, along with Red Bean Osmanthus with Mixed Nuts Mini Baked Mooncakes, Black Sesame Paste with Egg Yolk Mini Baked Mooncakes, and Lava Custard Mini Baked Mooncakes — the latter hiding a molten lava custard centre underneath the flaky crust.

Their snowskin collection also comes as a quartet. Enjoy returning favourites like the Champagne Truffle Mini Snowskin Mooncakes and Mao Shan Wang Durian Mini Snowskin Mooncakes, which promise decadence to truffle and durian lovers alike. But there are two new flavours to explore as well. The Yuzu Osmanthus Mini Snowskin Mooncakes blend tangy citrus with mildly sweet osmanthus blossoms, while the Mocha Baileys Mini Snowskin Mooncakes see mocha Baileys truffle encased in soft, slightly chewy snowskin.

🗓️Date: Till 17 September 2024
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Mini Baked Mooncakes:

Snowskin Mooncakes:

Hurry! The Capitol Kempinski Hotel Singapore is offering an early-bird discount​​ of 25% on two-tier mooncake boxes from now until 31 August 2024. The Mid-Autumn 2024 mooncakes are available for order right from their e-store, with options for self-collection or delivery.

Crowne Plaza Changi Airport

With Crowne Plaza located right at Changi Airport, it is only natural that the hotel’s 2024 mooncake collection is inspired by travel — the mooncakes even come in luggage-inspired gift boxes to capture the spirit of adventure and exploration.

For their traditional baked mooncakes, Crowne Plaza Changi Airport has four delectable options to choose from. Both the White Lotus Paste with Single Yolk and White Lotus Paste with Double Yolk are regulars in the mooncake scene. Still, you can also find healthier flavour options like the Low Sugar White Lotus Paste with Macadamia Nuts and Mixed Nuts.

Crowne Plaza Changi Airport, meanwhile, truly encapsulates the theme of travel with its four flavours. The Pistachio with Hazelnut Truffle tips its hat to Italy, Cinnamon Apple Strudel with Cream Cheese and Apple Truffle is inspired by Austria’s culinary heritage, Crème Brûlée with Vanilla Truffle, of course, celebrates France’s beloved dessert, and Matcha with Sakura Truffle is an apt tribute to a Japanese staple.

🗓️Date: Till 14 September 2024
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There is no need to travel all the way to Crowne Plaza Changi Airport to get their 2024 mooncake collection. Simply head over to their e-store to make your purchase in time for the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Mdm Ling Bakery

Mdm Ling Bakery is a common name for Chinese New Year because of their affordable and addictive snacks, and you can bet that they will be providing the same deliciousness for the Mid-Autumn Festival 2024!

Paying homage to a Singaporean favourite, Mdm Ling Bakery brings back its unique Kueh Lapis Mooncakes, combining two traditional foods—kueh lapis and mooncakes—into one yummy concoction. Each set comes in an intricately designed Peranakan-inspired gift box and contains flavours like Belgium Chocolate Kueh Lapis, Mango Kueh Lapis, Signature Original Kueh Lapis, and Fragrant Pandan Kueh Lapis.

Besides their Kueh Lapis Mooncakes, Mdm Ling Bakery also offers traditional baked skin mooncakes. Both the Traditional White Lotus with Melon Seeds and Traditional White Lotus with Melon Seeds and Salted Yolk make up the Premium Traditional Cantonese Baked Skin options. They also have Signature Assorted Baked Skin varieties, with flavours such as Belgian Double Chocolate, Black Sesame Peanut Butter, Emerald Pandan Golden Yolk, and Red Dates Longan.

But that’s not all! Snowskin lovers can also sample their Truffle Snowskin Mooncakes. Enjoy choices like Popping Candy, Chrysanthemum, Lime and Elderflower, and Cream Cheese Apple. If there is anything to go by after seeing Mdm Ling Bakery’s mooncake offerings, it is that your fridge will be looking very full!

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Mdm Ling Bakery is also offering a 20% Mid Autumn Special on mooncakes, so be fast and check their official website to purchase them! You can also find their mooncakes on Shopee!

InterContinental Singapore

InterContinental Singapore’s Man Fu Yuan restaurant is inspired by the vibrant hues and exquisite flavours of tropical fruits in its 2024 mooncake collection. Called Blossom and Botany, these snowskin varieties promise an eclectic experience for customers looking for something contemporary in their mooncakes.

Crafted beautifully into the shape of a flower, each snowskin mooncake comes delicately paired with a chocolate truffle centre. Starting with the Golden Peach and Pumpkin Seed with Lychee Chocolate Truffle mooncakes, get a subtle sweetness from the combination of the golden peach and lychee chocolate truffle. Meanwhile, the Mangosteen and Flax Seeds with Pomegranate Chocolate Truffle mooncakes offer creamy sweetness from the mangosteen paired with tanginess from the pomegranate truffle centre. 

The Jackfruit and Quinoa with Lime Chocolate Truffle mooncakes provide a unique profile for those with an adventurous palette, and finally, the Coconut and Black Sesame Seeds with Passionfruit Chocolate Truffle mooncakes contrast the tangy aromatic notes from the passionfruit chocolate truffle with the smoothness of the coconut. And for something truly exclusive, the hotel brings back its InterContinental Negroni Lychee Chocolate Truffle Mini Snow Skin mooncake, this time in a new mini bite-sized aesthetic.

Don’t worry if you prefer something traditional because they have traditional baked mooncake varieties as well, and luckily for the health-conscious, all of them are made with lower sugar. The flavours include White Lotus Seed Paste and Red Lotus Seed Paste, both of which have Single or Double Yolk options. Man Fu Yuan also presents a Low Sugar White Lotus Seed Paste with Macadamia Nuts and Pumpkin Seed, as well as Assorted Nuts with Plant-based Ham flavours for those who love nutty combinations.

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Early sales are still running—from now until 17 September 2024, use code ‘MCK20’ to enjoy 20% savings on all mooncakes, excluding the Grand Luxe Premium box*. Select credit cards also enjoy 25% savings! You can shop these mooncakes right from Intercontinental Singapore’s official website.

Janice Wong 

Being one of Singapore’s reigning dessert queens, Janice Wong is best known for her pastries and handmade chocolates that look like mini art pieces. This Mid-Autumn season, the queen has done it again with the Janice Wong Mooncake Collection 2024!

Now available for pre-order, the collection features three types of all-time favourites: Signature Chocolate, Low-sugar Baked, and Snowskin. All of these reimagine traditional mooncakes!

As a brand renowned for its chocolates, it’s unquestionable that the Janice Wong Signature Chocolate Mooncakes make its comeback in 2024! This year sees the return of favourites, including Peanut Gingerflower, Salted Caramel Cashew, Vanilla Biscoff, and the alcoholic flavour Gula Lapis Whisky Old Fashioned. These mooncakes are quite literally hand-painted masterpieces that come in an array of colours, complete with Janice Wong’s signature strokes. 

In the Low-sugar Baked collection, you have four varieties of low-sugar Baked Mooncakes, the colour of which is hinted by their crusts. The Kuromitsu Sea Salt mooncake balances black sugar with its saltiness, while the Kinako Macadamia flavour makes for a warm and nutty bite. In a red shade, we have the Raspberry Almond, which comes with Azuki paste, while the Pistachio flavour, obviously in green, contains pistachio bean paste.

Finally, we have the quintessential Snowskin mooncakes, which are crafted with fresh ingredients flown directly from Japan! Each piece contains a surprise truffle ball, with the flavours ranging from Sweet Potato Cashew and Hojicha Chestnut Coffee to Hinako Macadamia and Matcha Yuzu.

📍Location: 

• Janice Wong Pure Imagination: Chocolate Desserts | Great World City Singapore: 1 Kim Seng Promenade, #B1, K119, 237994
• Janice Wong: Chocolate & Desserts in Paragon: 290 Orchard Rd, #B1 – k28, Singapore 238859

💲Price:

• Signature Chocolate Mooncakes: S$95 for 8 pieces
• Low-sugar Baked Mooncakes: S$95 for 8 pieces
• Snowskin Mooncakes: S$95 for 8 pieces

From 16 to 30 August 2024, get 10% off on Janice Wong mooncakes when you pre-order during this period! To pre-order, do visit Janice Wong Pure Imagination’s website. And for more information, head to their socials on Facebook and Instagram.

PS.Cafe

This Mid-Autumn festival, indulge in one of Singapore’s most well-known F&B brands PS.Cafe’s luxurious mooncake collection!

Coming in a set of four, this year’s collection features two new flavours you don’t want to miss! These new flavours include the Double Chocolate Blackout Mooncake, which if you know PS.Cafe’s desserts by heart, is inspired by the brand’s beloved classic cake of the same name. With a decadent chocolate paste dotted with 72% dark chocolate chips, you’ll be reminded of PS.Cafe’s classic cake in one bite!

The other new flavour is the Salted Red Bean Mooncake, a special spin that is brought to you by PS.Cafe’s sister brand Chopsuey Cafe. As Chopsuey Cafe serves delicious Anglo-Chinese cuisine, this mooncake essentially pays tribute to what the cafe is known for with its luscious red bean paste balanced with hints of sea salt flakes and white sesame seeds.

Alongside these new flavours are returning favourites from last year’s collection, including the Verandah Mooncake, made with fragrant pandan and coconut and the White Truffle Mooncake, which infuses PS.Cafe’s signature truffle oil. These returning flavours each embrace a premium-grade salted egg yolk, so you’ll be in for salty and sweet pairings!

💲Price: S$88 per box

Taste a slice of PS.Cafe with PS.Cafe’s mooncakes today! To order yourself a box, you can do so on PS.Cafe’s website, with delivery to one address and self-pickup via the website at selected outlets only.

For more information, head over to PS.Cafe’s website or to their socials on Facebook and Instagram.

Comvita

For those with an extra sweet tooth, you can celebrate the upcoming Mid-Autumn with the World’s No. 1 UMF™ Mānuka Honey producer, Comvita’s specially curated Mid-Autumn Festival Mānuka Mooncake Gift Sets!

Highlighting the rich traditions of the season while providing a unique twist on classic mooncakes, each gift set presents an assortment of Comvita Mānuka Mooncakes, traditionally baked with luxurious  UMF™ 5+ Mānuka Honey infused into both the skin and the lotus paste filling!

Honey may sound sweet on its own, but this also means that the need for additional sugars is lowered, so you’re essentially getting a low-sugar, healthier festive treat you can indulge in! There are four varieties of Comvita Mānuka Mooncakes, including the White Lotus Paste with Double Yolk, White Lotus Paste with White Chocolate Honey Yolk, White Lotus Paste with Goji Berries, and Green Tea Lotus Paste.

When you purchase a box, you’ll be in for extra foodies as each gift set also includes Comvita UMF™ 5+ Mānuka Honey in 50g packaging! So you’ll be getting a taste of Comvita’s luxurious honey both from their mooncakes and straight from the source itself!

Ready to place your order? If so, you should order now, as you can enjoy an additional early bird discount of 20% off for all Comvita Mānuka Mooncake Gift Set orders made from now till 31 August 2024! Orders made from 1 September 2024 onwards will receive a 15% discount.

🗓️Date: Now till 17 September 2024
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Make your Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations sweeter with Comvita’s mooncakes! To order online, place your order on Comvita’s website. For more information, head over to Comvita’s website or their socials on Facebook and Instagram. 

Feng Shui Inn

Sometimes, embracing heritage over modernity has its benefits, which is why Feng Shui Inn at Resorts World Sentosa has created a collection of mooncakes titled Tapestry of Treasures! What makes Feng Shui Inn unlike the others is that its mooncakes are made with ancient grains.

Modern grains are often stripped down and then “enriched” with minerals and vitamins due to nutrients lost from refining and manufacturing. However, ancient grains contain plenty of nutrients, minerals, and fibre as they are only processed traditionally through a stone mill!

Therefore, these ancient grains make mooncakes healthier. They also have anti-inflammatory properties and a lower glycemic index, meaning fewer sugar spikes and combating auto-immune diseases.

Feng Shui Inn’s mooncake collection boasts four baked mooncakes made with ancient grain flour. These include the White Lotus Mooncake with Double Yolk and Sunflower Seeds, a classic flavour filled with nutty and crunchy sunflower seeds to complement the floral notes of white lotus.

Another unconventional flavour is the Mala Mixed Nuts Mooncake with Bak Kwa, which is bursting with a variety of flavours. For something a little more traditional, we have the Hong Kong Style Red Bean Paste Mooncake with Century Egg, which is inspired by traditional Hong Kong century egg pastries. This particular flavour’s unique and original recipe was crafted by the chefs at Feng Shui Inn themselves!

Last but not least, we have the Jujube Mooncake with Pine Nuts, which uses jujubes blended into a smooth and sweet paste before being studded with pine nuts and encased in buttery mooncake pastry.

Resorts World Sentosa also has a separate collection of durian snow skin mooncakes not made with ancient grain flour. These special Mao Shan Wang Snow Skin mooncakes are made with high-quality Mao Shan Wang purée, making this modern classic a rich, creamy, and bitter-sweet treat perfect for durian lovers!

🗓️Date: Now till 17 September 2024
📍Location: 8 Sentosa Gateway, Hotel Ora, 098269
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*Early bird pricing is available from now till 31 August 2024.

Want some unique mooncakes that are healthy and tasty? Get Feng Shui Inn and Resorts World Sentosa’s mooncakes by ordering online on Resorts World Sentosa’s website! For more information, head over to Resorts World Sentosa’s website and their socials on Facebook and Instagram as well as Feng Shui Inn’s socials on Facebook and Instagram. 

What mooncakes will you be getting?

Wow! That’s a lot of mooncakes! So do any of them pique your interest? Let us know if our guide has helped you choose one for the Mid-Autumn Festival through our socials on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok!

Photos taken by the DANAMIC Team. Additional visuals courtesy of Comvita, The Capitol Kempinski, Crowne Plaza Changi Airport, and InterContinental Singapore.