The best places in Singapore to get Chinese New Year snacks in 2025

The Marmalade Pantry is a go-to spot for enjoying charming afternoon tea sets and delicate pastries, so it’s no surprise that its Chinese New Year cookies are equally delightful. This year, new cookie flavours like white miso peanut butter are making an appearance, and you can enjoy these together with classic pineapple shortbreads and petite chicken bak kwa slices in the Golden Trio Collection ($75). The snacks come presented in a gorgeous three-tiered pink and green tiffin, specially designed for this festive season. On top of that, there’s also the option to purchase à la carte cookies in new variations like salted milo dinosaur and cereal coconut butter ($12) – sure to be a hit among the little ones. 

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There’s a heartwarming delight in every bite of Aunty Hong’s handcrafted traditional snacks. Prepared with premium ingredients and perfected through time-honoured techniques, each buttery pineapple tart, melty kuih bangkit, crispy shrimp fry, sweet and spicy belinjau keropok, emping belinjau cookie, and prawn roll is a labour of love. Even the nuts, tidbits, and premium tea range are personally curated by Aunty Hong herself, ensuring every treat reflects her passion and care. These delectable delights are beautifully packed in Peranakan-inspired batik tin, which makes for a stunning gift too. To share the joy, one percent of all online orders during the festive season support Dover Park Hospice. Enjoy free islandwide delivery when you order above $100.

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Local bakery Baker’s Brew hits the mark each Lunar New Year with its interesting cookie flavours. The ondeh ondeh cookies ($31.80) are a bestseller for good reason – they’re painstakingly made with pandan-infused dough and chock full of gula melaka coconut filling. And since pineapples and bak kwa are pretty much synonymous with Chinese New Year, the bakery also offers a unique sweet-and-savoury mishmash of both in its crumbly pineapple-bak kwa cookies ($31.80). Other special flavours include spicy hae bee hiam ($29.80) and shiitake mushroom ($29.80). Pick up the Imperial Collection ($148) with four of the above flavours plus Baker’s Brew’s signature pineapple pillows. Otherwise, there’s also the Divine or Heritage Collection ($88 each) which come in sets of three, making for presentable gifts. 

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While not typically enjoyed during Chinese New Year, kueh is a symbol of love and tradition nonetheless. During this season of gatherings, treat those you love to Rempapa’s homemade kueh, crafted with generational recipes passed down in chef Damian D’Silva’s family. The restaurant spotlights two types of kueh this festive period – kueh kosui ($14 for four pieces, $65 for whole) featuring a mochi-like texture from the gula melaka base and freshly grated coconut, and kueh bengka with a springy tapioca base and golden-brown crust ($12 for four, $65 for whole). Rempapa also offers other types of kueh, like the ever-popular Peranakan classic kueh salat ($8 for four pieces) with pandan-infused coconut milk custard atop steamed blue glutinous rice, as well as sarang semut ($8 for four pieces), a type of Malay kueh made from caramelised sugar. We recommend ordering the kueh platter ($54) – a 30-piece assortment great for sharing. 

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French bakery Paul is also getting in on the festivities this year with a range of treats that blend familiar Chinese New Year flavours with the finesse of a French patisserie. Impress your guests with the smoked duck and hoisin sauce canapés ($39 for eight). These one-biters are bursting with umami and topped with goji berries for the slightest hint of sweetness. Other unique goodies include the pumpkin floss and seaweed croissant ($29 for eight), the perfect crossover between French pastries and Lunar New Year. And for the sweet-toothed, there’s the mandarin orange tartlet ($39 for eight) and caramel and pear tartlet ($39 for eight). If you’re going for variety, you can purchase three boxes – one savoury and two sweet options from the above – at $108.

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Keep things old-school with Chinese New Year pastries from Teochew confectionery Thye Moh Chan. While the salty and sweet tau sar piah are its signatures, there’s also a yuan yang variation of the snack with the same fragrant mung bean filling, topped up with spicy pork floss, shallots, and a salted egg yolk centre. There’s also a range of pastries blending pineapple with other ingredients, including gula melaka, walnut, longan, salted egg, and even a durian pastry for die-hard lovers of the fruit. The elderly folks in your midst or those who can appreciate more traditional flavours will enjoy Thye Moh Chan’s flaky pastries encased with assorted seeds and nuts, melon seeds and red bean, or Teochew yam filling.

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Usher in the Year of the Snake with these auspicious goodies from The Deli at Goodwood Park Hotel. The Goodwood bak kwa (from $66) is a perennial favourite each year, marinated in a proprietary blend of spices and grilled till all the fats are rendered well. The crispy love letters ($38) are also returning this year by popular demand. Made with an 80-year-old recipe, each batch is slow-cooked over charcoal using a traditional iron mould press to achieve a shatteringly-thin texture. And in the category of snacks you’ll need to exercise self-restraint with, there are the addictive spicy salted egg yolk lotus root chips with chicken floss ($36.80), as well as crispy kang kong with cheese and sour cream ($32.80). 

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Cat & the Fiddle – the cheesecake specialty shop known for its creamy New York slices – also has a lean selection of Chinese New Year goodies this year. The butter cookies ($18.80) are a classic, made with a simple recipe to achieve a melt-in-your-mouth texture. For something richer, go for the dark chocolate sea salt cookies ($20.80). The bakery also offers parmesan cheese pineapple tarts ($38.80) that add an extra savoury dimension to the buttery treat. If you’re looking for a presentable gift, the Paws-perity hamper ($98.80) includes pineapple tarts, butter cookies, and dark chocolate sea salt cookies, along with ang paos and an adorable cat plushie. Oh, and did we mention that all the snacks are cat-shaped? 

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