The best Christmas sweet treats and desserts in Hong Kong

Spread warmth with your loved ones during the holidays with Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong’s delectable collection of treats. Seasonal offerings like iced cookies with marshmallows ($80 per piece), gingerbread men cookies ($460), yule log-shaped petit gâteaux ($78), or tinned palmiers ($200) will make for great holiday gifts. If you’ve got a group of dessert fiends to please, the hotel also offers decadent treats like an adorable polar bear cake filled with pistachio kataifi ($980), yule log with chestnut and honey ($1,200), chocolate rocking horse with crunchy pearls and candied fruit ($860), as well as a classic homemade panettone ($750).

Available for purchase at Four Seasons’ e-shop and pop-up cake shop at IFC Mall

Impress your friends and family with Bakehouse’s collection of holiday pastries. Aside from their classic offerings like raspberry frangipane tart ($52), Lebkuchen cookie ($32), and sourdough mince pies ($32), the local bakery chain has unveiled two exclusive panettone developed by its head of R&D, Jonny Pisanelli, who recently took home an award at the Panettone World Championship. Hongkongers can sink their teeth into Bakehouse’s classic panettone ($488), with candied orange and soaked raisins, or opt for a fluffy pistachio and maraschino cherry panettone ($688), loaded with red cherries and housemade pistachio cremino, which’ll be the perfect centrepiece at any Christmas meal. 

Available now at Bakehouse locations across Hong Kong

Spoil your loved ones this Yuletide season with Rosewood Hong Kong’s Butterfly Patisserie and Butterfly Room, which will provide a large variety of holiday desserts for you and your loved ones to sink your teeth into. Executive pastry chef Johnathan Soukdeo has unveiled 10 delectable cakes and pastries, like a gorgeous Mont Blanc log cake ($588) with chestnuts, vanilla, and wild berries; matcha red bean chiffon cake ($468); crispy hazelnut and macadamia millefeuille ($528) layered with macadamia praline, among plenty of others. Additionally, The Butterfly Room will be serving a festive afternoon tea set ($568) from December 5 until January 4, with seasonal treats such as Hokkaido eggnog flan, genmaicha parfait, chestnut Mont Blanc, and matcha roll cake, among classic afternoon tea treats.

Available on Rosewood Hong Kong’s online shop as well as The Butterfly Room and Butterfly Patisserie

Fine-dining restaurant Citrino by Yoshinaga Jinbo’s Japanese-Italian patisserie La Piccolo Citrino has rolled out several cakes and treats that make excellent additions to your holiday dinner parties. No festive gathering would be complete without a classic panettone, and La Piccolo Citrino’s version of the Italian baked treat ($480 for 500g, $680 for 1kg) is made with premium Japanese eggs and artisanal flour, generously speckled with candied orange peel and raisins. Alternatively, customers can opt for inventive cakes such as the velvet nero ($820) made with roasted Japanese black sesame and Tamba black beans, the fiore crunch cake ($880) layered with fresh cream and caramel honeycomb pieces, and more.

Available for pre-ordering on Citrino’s website

Browse through The Peninsula Boutique’s dazzling collection of Christmas goodies to find a festive carre and biscuit gift set ($988), a decadent dark chocolate panettone ($388), or count down to Christmas Day with the boutique’s chocolate advent calendar ($898). For extra holiday cheer, the Peninsula Boutique is celebrating Miffy’s 70th birthday with an exclusive themed afternoon tea ($788 for two), which includes a Miffy- or Borris-themed black forest parfait, freshly baked scones, two irresistible Miffy pastries, and artisan beverages or coffee decorated with Miffy latte art. 

Available on The Peninsula Boutique’s e-shop and at their location in The Peninsula

Sink your teeth into holiday-exclusive pastries from Coco, The Mira Hong Kong’s café-patisserie, during the festive season for a touch of sweetness. Chocoholics will love treats like the chocolate dream yule log ($428) or the festive chocolate mediant ($428), which features 64-percent dark chocolate shaped into a Christmas tree and generously garnished with dried fruits and assorted nuts. For more seasonal desserts, Coco also offers a layered cake with gingerbread mousse and cherry wine compote, as well as a showstopping Christmas choux tree ($628), with each puff filled with raspberry inspiration, chocolate, or Sicilian pistachio praline. Alternatively, opt for individual-sized desserts like the Jingle Jingle ($78) with cherry wine compote and hazelnut sponge, or the chestnut wonderland ($88) with mandarin confit and gingerbread crunch.

Available for purchase at The Mira’s e-shop