Chinese New Year 2025: Best CNY Goodies and CNY Snacks in Singapore
Chinese New Year comes a little early this year, but we’re not complaining if it means we can extend the feasting a bit longer. You’re not done shopping yet– pick up your bags, work up an appetite, and get ready to sample the best CNY goodies and gifts on the market this Year of the Snake, from classic pineapple tarts and nian gao to fruit baskets, tea sets, and overflowing festive hampers. Many of these goodies are presented for gifting, so take your pick of flowering, vivid Peranakan designs, earthy rattan baskets, or the classic, red and gold– they’re sure to impress.
Read on as we list our favourite Chinese New Year gifts and hampers to give to your friends, colleagues and loved ones in 2025. From food and delicious CNY cookies to stunning tea and coffee options, this list will make your Chinese New Year shopping easy and stress-free.
Ding Bakery – Award-Winning CNY Cookies and Pineapple Tarts
Voted Singapore’s #1 brand for pineapple tarts and CNY goodies by multiple media outlets, food critics, and 2000 5-star reviews on Google, Ding Bakery’s confections are known for their rich flavours, delicate textures, and perfect balance of sweetness and buttery richness. Handmade with the best imported ingredients and baked fresh to order, Ding Bakery has perfected the pineapple tart, with a loyal customer base of over 100,000 going back, year after year, for those little rounds of doughy golden goodness.
Ding Bakery’s pineapple tarts come in nearly infinite variety– besides the domed Nyonya Pineapple Tart and round Pineapple Tart Ball, there are also Mango Pineapple Balls, Pandan Pineapple Balls, Matcha Pineapple Balls, and a round Pineapple Tart Ball without filling. The Pineapple Tart Balls are even available in a French butter recipe, for those who prefer an added creaminess to their pastries. Housed in classic red screw-top jars, these brightly coloured, flaky-chewy treats bring a touch of nostalgic joy to your Chinese New Year celebrations.
Besides pineapple tarts, the bakery also offers all the fixings of a Chinese New Year to remember: crumbly almond ball cookies, delicately powdery kueh bangkit, peanut cookies and savoury hae bee hiam. If you’ve got a sweet tooth, try a twist on the holiday classic, the Award-Winning Gula Melaka Kueh Bangkit: with their mellow sweetness and melt-in-the-mouth texture, they’re more addictive than ice cream.
Ding Bakery is incredibly convenient to order from: there are daily delivery slots in the morning, afternoon and evening, and same-day or future-day delivery is available. If you’re planning a particularly large Chinese New Year bash, orders over $100 get free delivery.
Place an order with Ding Bakery here or send a text on Whatsapp to (+65) 8890 9055.
TWG Tea – A New Limited-Edition Tea For Chinese New Year + Snake-Themed Gifts
Are you waiting to hear about TWG Tea’s annual CNY release? Everyone’s favourite tea brand has launched their limited-edition tea and accompanying tea set for Chinese New Year 2025. The highly anticipated Snake Charmer Tea, is a tropical blend of black tea, matured tea, spices, citrus zest, pineapple and marigold blossoms. The warmth and depth of the tea’s flavour invites conversations and the gathering of loved ones, perfect to serve at your gatherings this year. Its collectible bright red tea tin is adorned with a serpent motif: to mark the arrival of the Year of the Snake, but also as a symbol of wisdom and transformation.
Alongside the tea, TWG Tea has also released a range of snake-themed gifts and accessories, including the limited-edition Snake Charmer Tea Red Packets, in deep red and embellished with gilded serpents. The crown jewel of any festive tea table, the Sahara Teapot, is handcrafted from precious metals, plated in 18ct gold, and features a luxurious, striking design of a coiled serpent with its mouth as the spout. The French Teapot, a hand-blown, crystal-clear glass sculpture of a teapot, allows tea leaves to brew and unfurl in full view, transforming the tea-making experience into a celebration of purity, fluidity, and meditation. TWG has also crafted a Miraculous Mandarin Tea-Scented Candle, made with six kilograms of tea per candle in a heat-resistant brushed-glass holder, for a luminous and aromatic glow.
The Snake Charmer Tea and gift collection will be available from 2 January 2025 at all TWG Tea Boutiques islandwide.
The Hamper Story – Carefully Curated CNY Hampers For Gifting
The gifting experts at The Hamper Story have been busy crafting the best gift hampers in Singapore and now they have your Chinese New Year snacks sorted for you, too. Packed in bright red gifting boxes with gold accents and topped with a benevolently smiling God of Wealth, these hampers filled with cookies, chocolates, auspicious foods, herbal tonics, wines and spirits will impress even your pickiest relatives.
The New Year Bounty hamper is a whopping pile of Chinese New Year goodies that will upstage even the yusheng at the family dinner: it includes an Imperial Tea Gift Set, Beryl’s Signature Dark Chocolate, Kee Wah Bakery butter egg rolls, Eu Yan Sang chicken essence, Lim Chee Guan prawn rolls, New Moon bird’s nest, Crown abalone, mandarins, and much, much more. There’s also the Good Fortune Hamper, stashed in a beautifully detailed Temple Chest with sloping roofs. The doors of the chest slide open to reveal Royce chocolates, Crown abalone, prawn rolls, Imperial tea bags, a bottle of Selva Volpina -Umbria- Sangiovese 2021 red wine, and fragrant Thye Moh Chen Gula Melaka pineapple pastries, alongside other seasonal delights. For a smaller, more intimate gift, the Prosperity Box is a compact box of Chinese New Year cheer featuring chicken essence, bird’s nest, Flying Wheel abalone, and Taiwanese pineapple cakes.
Same-day delivery is available if orders are made before 12pm, and delivery is absolutely free.
Shop The Hamper Story’s Chinese New Year collection here.
The First Fruits – Celebrate Chinese New Year With the Best Picks Of the Season
Why not celebrate Chinese New Year by gifting your loved ones a healthy and delicious fruit hamper instead? You can now send a parcel of springtime to your family and friends with The First Fruits’ range of fruit gift boxes and baskets, curated perfectly for every season.
The First Fruits’ mission is to bring fresh and meticulously curated fruit hampers straight to your doorstep : each Chinese New Year fruit hamper includes a minimum of ten varieties of fruit, along with a greeting card, festive banner, fruit menu detailing the fruits’ origin, and a handy cooler bag. Working on an omakase model, the fruits are carefully selected by experts for freshness and quality. Fruit varieties are subject to seasonal change, making it a delightful surprise every time!
Currently available for order, The First Fruits has rolled out a range of Chinese New Year-themed fruit hampers, not limited to the classic mandarin oranges: selections include jewel-like grapes, tender avocados, and the exotic– and auspicious– yellow dragon fruit. Choose the CNY Big Huat Fruit Gift Box, with a minimum of 12 fruit varieties, or a CNY Good Luck Fruit Gift Box Petite, with a minimum of 8 fruit varieties! For something extra special, indulge in a CNY Luxury Fruitful Blessings Basket: besides a selection of fresh fruit, you will receive a Melvados cookie jar, New Moon Abalone, Gryphon Sparkling Tea, The Purest Co. Birds’ Nest, and Australian Honey Drops honey.
Ready to gift for Chinese New Year? To place an order, visit The First Fruits’ website or call (+65) 8759 9721.
Gourmet Grocery – Best CNY Goodies Including Crowd-Favourite Chia Te Pineapple Tarts
Gourmet Grocery which brings top European epicurean brands and luxury foods to our shores, introduces its take on the Lunar New Year season, coloured with their unique take on East-meets-West luxury. The range of Chinese New Year hampers and goodies from Gourmet Grocery fuses contemporary Chinese styles and designs with classic New Year items, bringing a modern twist on the holiday to your household. Alongside luxurious European cookies, chocolates, wines and teas, traditional Asian abalone, mushrooms and pineapple tarts join to form a perfectly harmonious gift. The CNY Elegant hamper is filled with Chia Te pineapple tarts and onion nougats, a Taylors of Harrogate tea gift set, Shortbread House of Edinburgh Rich Dark Chocolates, Tiptree assorted jams, and a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon, wrapped up in a pink ribboned gifting bag.
Exclusively in selected Gourmet Grocery hampers and available for purchase on its own, Chia Te Taipei pineapple tarts arrive straight from Taiwan to grace your holiday gatherings. Established in 1975, Chia Te has won the hearts of pastry lovers worldwide with their little packages of joy: balanced in flavour, with a golden buttery shortbread crust and fresh pineapple filling. Since the tarts are made fresh and have a shelf life of only forty days, they are imported by air to Singapore. Another Taiwanese bakery favourite, the Ruyi Sun Cake, will be gracing the shelves of Gourmet Grocery this season– a flaky pastry disc infused with your choice of honey, rose, matcha, or Tieguanyin tea.
The Conrad Centennial Singapore’s Signature Orange Kueh Lapis is also available for purchase at Gourmet Grocery: this decadent layered cake is flavoured with orange zest for a bright and cheerful start to the year ahead.
Shop Gourmet Grocery’s Chinese New Year gifts and hampers online or contact their team at (+65) 66864438.
Ritz-Carlton Millenia Singapore – Peranakan-Style Chinese New Year Goodies and Festive Delights
The Ritz-Carlton Millenia Singapore’s Colony Bakery presents a curated collection of Chinese New Year goodies, handcrafted with care and beautifully packaged in tins with flowering Peranakan motifs for eye-catching gifting. They include classic “Ong Lai” pineapple tarts, crispy love letters, mixed nut florentines and peanut puffs, but also a bolder, more Peranakan-inspired section: chili prawn rolls, kueh bolu, sugee and more.
Several Chinese New Year-themed sweets have also made an appearance at the confectionery, including the “Spring” Mandarin Lychee Tart, a delicate chocolate tart filled with lychee jelly, light vanilla sponge cake and topped with mandarin mousse, and the “Jewelled” tropical tart, a vanilla tart shell with a toasted pistachio base, topped with tropical fruit mousse, mango cubes, vanilla sponge cake, vanilla ganache and rose jelly, alongside Lunar New Year-themed macarons. Keeping with Peranakan inspiration, a selection of Kueh Lapis in flavours like Original, Pandan and Chocolate, Prune and Kumquat are available for order.
Lastly, Colony Bakery also carries a range of hampers stuffed with traditional Chinese New Year snacks: the Auspicious Hamper (S$568) contains a wide range of the bakery’s festive cookie and kueh offerings, abalone, six bottles of bird’s nest, Imperial Pu’er tea, Kurobuta Bak Kwa, and a bottle of Glenfiddich 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky.
To place an order with Colony Bakery, call (+65) 6434 5278, or visit their online shop.
Nespresso - Limited-Edition Capsules and Accessories in Auspicious Red Hues
Nespresso welcomes the Year of the Snake with its Lunar New Year Collection, designed to bring fresh beginnings and joyful reunions. This exclusive collection features stylish coffee machines in auspicious red hues, premium coffee assortments, and celebratory recipes to elevate your festive gatherings.
The limited-edition coffee capsule assortments come in beautifully designed packs, offering 30 capsules for the Vertuo range, including Ginseng Delight, Vivida, and Melozio ($41.50), and 40 capsules for the Original range, featuring Shanghai Lungo, Capetown Lungo, Tokyo Lungo, and Stockholm Lungo ($38). Impress loved ones with Nespresso’s auspicious coffee recipes, including the delicate Spring Garden for Vertuo machines, blending Melozio coffee with milk, caramel, and dried rose petals, and the Sweet Prosperity for Original machines, combining Shanghai Lungo with longan honey and orange zest for a fruity, meaningful treat.
Don’t forget to buy the Lunar New Year Gran Lungo Cups imagined by Milanese designer Federica Biasi, this set of two red glossy porcelain cups brings a modern twist to traditional Italian barista know-how.
You can also enjoy exclusive offers, such as a complimentary milk frother (worth $139) with select machine and coffee purchases, as well as accessory bundles like Prosperous ($68) with porcelain cups and a capsule dispenser, and Abundance ($58) featuring Origin mugs and a terracotta travel mug.
Complimentary coasters and red packets accompany these bundles for a festive touch. The collection launches 3 January 2025 online and in Nespresso boutiques for a limited time.
Aimer La Patisserie - CNY Cookies, Pineapple Tarts and Madeleines with a French Flair
Aimer La Patisserie welcomes the blooming season of Spring 2025 with a stunning selection of artisanal delights, lovingly crafted by France-trained Chef Owner Kristina Li.
Blooming Abundance features an elegant floral gift box in Champagne or Wine Red, complete with four money bags filled with 26 signature cookies. Each money bag includes Aimer La Pineapple Pastries, HUAT Vanilla Milk Cookies, Savoury Cheese & Pepper Biscuits, Chocolate Butter Cookies, Orange Almond Pound Cake, Pandan & Palm Sugar Shell Madeleines, and Earl Grey Tea & Almond Toffee, creating a delightful and festive assortment for $68.
Blooming Bliss offers a medium-sized floral gift box adorned with three charming money bags filled with 20 indulgent treats. This selection features Aimer La Pineapple Pastries, HUAT Vanilla Milk Cookies, and Pandan & Palm Sugar Shell Madeleines, providing a harmonious blend of flavours for $58.
For a simpler yet equally enjoyable option, Blooming Prosperity presents a compact floral gift box filled with 12 signature Aimer La Pineapple Pastries for $28, embodying prosperity and good fortune.
Each carefully crafted treat reflects Chef Kristina’s dedication to traditional French techniques, using only the finest ingredients for a true taste of love and craftsmanship. Whether for gifting or enjoying, Aimer La Patisserie’s Lunar New Year offerings bring a touch of sweetness to every celebration.
The Fullerton Hotels Singapore – Usher In Chinese New Year With Luxurious Festive Treats
The Fullerton Hotels introduces playful, modern takes on traditional Chinese New Year goodies with a range of delectable, inspired nian gao and festive cookies, available from Jade for takeaway via the Fullerton Cake Shop, as well as hampers containing a selection of the Fullerton Hotels’ best New Year gifts.
The Rose Sesame Nian Gao (S$46 nett, whole) pairs two uniquely Straits Chinese flavours, warm, nutty sesame and fragrant rose, for a sophisticated take on the classic sticky New Year dessert, while the Harmony Koi Fish Osmanthus Nian Gao (S$46 nett, whole), intricately carved and coloured in the shape of a koi fish ringed with jade, is a perfect gifting piece or centrepiece for your Chinese New Year gatherings. Among the cookies, each embossed with auspicious symbols, brushed and glazed, the Lion Dance Pineapple Cookie (S$58/box of six) pays homage to the lion dance tradition, shaped like a lion’s head and containing house-made fresh pineapple jam in a buttery crust. The Baked Longan Red Date Cookie, designed with a striking peacock motif, is hand-made and filled with a luscious center of dried longan and dates.
If you’re looking to impress, the Abundance Hamper (S$358/nett) contains, in an elegant red chest, a range of the Fullerton Hotels’ best festive goodies for sharing: a Fullerton Bak Kwa Gift Box, Premium X.O. Chili Sauce from Jade, pineapple nugget cookies, sambal prawn rolls, TWG Fullerton Grand Tea, and The Fullerton Blend Pio Cesare Nebbiolo red wine.
Place your order for the Fullerton’s Chinese New Year Goodies here.
La Levain – Artisanal, Quirky CNY Goodies
La Levain, a new artisanal bakery-café on Hamilton Road, is named for “starter” or “leavening agent” in French– and suitably, they’ve come to reinvent the classics. The bakery’s specialty is viennoiseries like the kouign-amann and pain au chocolat, made from rich French butter and flour, but there’s also plenty of creative takes on the category, including the cruffin, crookie croissant, and an onigiri-shaped croissant with an assortment of fillings.
This Chinese New Year, La Levain has refreshed traditional bakes with its signature artisanal French flair, seeking to push the boundaries of the Lunar New Year palate. A set of four varieties of cookies, the best of La Levain’s line-up, are available in the extravagant Prosperity Cookie Collection. First, the classic pineapple balls: handmade pineapple jam encased in chewy, pillowy pastry. The Fleur de Cao 70% with Fleur de Sel Cookies are made with Cacao Barry’s Plein Arôme cocoa powder and fleur de sel, the purest form of salt available, for elevated flavour. Macadamia butter cookies melt in the mouth with a subtle nuttiness, while Valrhona Raspberry Cookies with Fleur de Sel, a new cookie, enchant the senses with a harmony of sweetness and tanginess.
For the more adventurous, here’s a take on a beloved Singaporean street food, available exclusively from La Levain for Chinese New Year 2025: a satay cookie, crafted from house-made satay sauce with peanuts, sambal, pineapple, cumin and onions.
La Levain is located at 23 Hamilton Road, Singapore 209193. Order from their Chinese New Year collection here.
Delcies – Gift Health This Season With Low-Sugar CNY Goodies
If you’re looking to go light on the calories, why not choose from Delcies’ range of Chinese New Year treats, made low in sugar and allergy-friendly? Now, you can stuff your face with pineapple tarts and white almond cookies, and not have to worry about the gym after– since many of these treats are made free of allergens like gluten, dairy, and egg, they’re safe to hand out at your festive gatherings no matter what dietary restrictions your guests have.
To sample a selection of Delcies’ low-sugar New Year bestsellers, simply pick up a CNY Cookie Hamper: packaged in an adorable, eco-friendly rattan tote and adorned with a lucky knot, this bag can be reused for gifting, or simply to carry all the mandarin oranges you’ll inevitably receive. Choose from a selection of three cookies, one pineapple and two regular: classic pineapple tarts or pineapple balls, and then a choice of nearly every gluten-free, keto, dairy-free or low-sugar cookie you can think of. We’ve got our eye on the Low-Carb Chocolate Chip Cookies and Low-Carb Pecan Cookies: keto-friendly, dairy-free and diabetes-friendly, they’ll be a hit on the Chinese New Year snack tray. There’s also the Pistachio Biscotti: a less traditional option for the Lunar New Year, but just as welcome.
Delcies’ cookies are available only till 19 Jan 2025, so act quickly! Shop them here– for corporate or bulk orders, send a text on Whatsapp to (+65) 9363 6336.
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