The best mooncakes to buy in Singapore + prices

Pine Garden is an Ang Mo Kio heartland bakery that made it big and now operates two retail outlets and three kiosks.

They’ve got an extensive variety of mooncakes including black sesame paste with mochi, biluochun tea and guava paste, D24 durian tea as well as green tea. This is in addition to a repertoire of baked skin, snow skin, crispy skin and la gao steamed mooncakes.

Everyone’s favourite lamian shop also has a bakery, and you can now order mooncakes on their website. This year, other than their traditional baked single/double yolk and white lotus paste with yolk mooncakes, Crystal Jade has concocted four delicate petite snow skin mooncakes.

Early bird prices last till Sep 6 and are supposedly up to 25% cheaper than regular prices. Get an additional 10% off with the promo code CJMID10.

This shop has been crafting handmade mooncakes and Cantonese pastries for longer than most of us have been alive. It’s been 85 years and Tai Chong Kok still at it.

Its mooncake offerings for 2020 include white lotus paste with yolk, snowskin mooncake and mini-snowskin mooncake. There’re also ‘piglets’ in basket and gongzai biscuits, as well as pretty box sets to send as gifts.

This is a festive shop cleverly marketed to the Internet generation with a compelling website and snappy copy. Kele specialises in pastries for special occasions, including pineapple tarts and mooncakes.

The selection consists mainly of snow skin mooncakes in flavours like avocado macadamia, mulberry, strawberry, mango or rose cream cheese and rum and raisin.

Till Sep 20, it’s offering an early bird special of 25% off. From Sep 21 to Sep 31, you get 10% off the regular price. Place your orders by Sep 28 to receive your order by Oct 1.

Despite this shop’s old-school sounding name, it is actually run by the founder of Bakerzin. Old Seng Choon offers a small selection of mostly classic lotus paste mooncakes.

Check out their luxe-looking Celestial Premium Gift Box, which looks like it stepped out of a Tiffany showroom.

Hong Kong Mei Xin specialises in mooncakes and the brand has even won numerous awards for their confectioneries. They have an extensive selection of traditional and snowy mooncakes, as well as lava and custard mooncakes for those looking for a gooier experience.

Receive a free gift when you spend at least $150 at their online shop. Snow skin mooncakes are not available for delivery.

Swensen’s is better known for their ice cream sundaes and baked rice, but yes, it also sells mooncakes during the festive season.

This year, expect mochi-snowskin ice cream mooncakes with the Swensen’s logo emblazoned across them, available in a range of flavours including sticky chewy chocolate and grapefruit

The early bird special is valid till Sep 15 and gets you 15% off when you pay with a Citibank, Diners Club, HSBC, Maybank, OCBC and Standard Chartered bank card. After the early bird period expires, you still get 10% off when you use one of these cards. Swensen’s members get 20% off, and 15% off post-early bird.

Various outlets of this Chinese restaurant in numerous shopping malls are offering a special mooncake selection that consist of purple sweet potato and yam. If you love mooncakes with a flaky pastry crust, head to Putien pronto.

OCBC cardholders enjoy 10% discount until Oct 1.

In addition, gift givers can also get a 4-piece box of Putien Mooncakes and 128g of premium Da Hong Pao for $150 (U.P. $180), thanks to a current promotion.

From a simple bakery that gradually made its name over 70 years ago, Thye Moh Chan is now a chain owned by the BreadTalk group.

Expect a classic selection of the usual lotus, yam, assorted nuts and durian mooncakes, as well as tau sar to supplement your moon-viewing sessions. The most popular choice is one that combines spicy pork floss, salted egg yolk and savoury mung bean.

Established in 1964, Gin Thye specialises in Asian pastries and has been recognised by the National Heritage Board.

This year, they are selling ice cream white rabbit snowskin mooncake inspired by the nostalgic White Rabbit sweets everyone here grew up with, as well as bamboo charcoal mao shan wang for durian lovers.

Need to buy atas mooncakes to impress your biggest client or, worse, mother-in-law? Hotels are your best bet, as they combine luxe packaging with interesting and often exotic flavours and premium ingredients.

This article was first published in MoneySmart.