Celebrate this Mid-Autumn Festival with the classic traditional snack we call ‘mooncakes’, best enjoyed with friends and families. With the abundance of vendors and shops, we’ve curated the best mooncakes you can buy in Malaysia today.
Choose from a variety of shops and restaurants to fit your taste, whether you want something simple or a bit more fancy, with more traditional flavours or maybe you want to be experimental and try something new.
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List of Best Mooncake to Buy in Malaysia 2024
Why it’s our top pick?
This Mid-Autumn Festival, delight your tastebuds with W Kuala Lumpur Moonlit Mirage’s delicious mooncake collection, which features traditional mooncakes with a tasty twist to them. Also, feast your eyes on the eye-catching boxes, coming in three bold colours — Iconic Blue, Enigmatic Purple and Moonlit Mirage — which are sure to attract your guests.
Overview
Especially for the Iconic Blue and Enigmatic Purple, they come in a bag-like design with a strap, so they won’t just look trendy and cute when you carry the mooncakes around but also makes for a cute day-to-day fashion accessory.
Showing appreciation for tradition and peace, the colour of the Iconic Blue bag represents air and water, which represents stillness and tranquillity. Meanwhile, the Enigmatic Purple represents royalty and wealth.
Once you’ve chosen between the Iconic Blue and Enigmatic Purple boxes, you can then pick four flavours from the 8 flavours that W Kuala Lumpur offers. If you’d like some alcohol in your part, then get the Moonlit Mirage Mixology Kit, which includes one bottle of Roku gin with mixers and two mooncakes of your choice.
Details
- 8 delicious flavours to choose from including, Lotus Seed Paste Double Yolk and Mix Nuts and others
- Choose 4 Flavours per bag
Overview
Red Bean mooncake lovers will surely enjoy these mooncakes from Joymoms. Each comes at 160 grams per piece filled with velvety red bean goodness, which is encapsulated perfectly with traditional pastry. You can either get one piece or get 4 pieces to enjoy a gift box which comes in a randomly selected colour.
So, if you’re a fan of red bean mooncakes we would highly recommend this mooncake from Joymoms, to fill your cravings for your favourite mooncakes.
Details
- Halal, suitable for vegetarians
- Buy 4 Pcs to Get in Mooncake Tin Gift Box
- 160 gram per piece
Overview
Get ready to experience a Mid-Autumn delicacy that will be a delight for all the Durian enthusiasts out there. Thanks to Kam Lun Tai, you can now enjoy the “King of Fruits” with your favourite traditional mooncakes. Just imagine biting into it and getting that creamy Durian aroma but with the rich texture of the mooncake.
The best part is that this mooncake is also Halal, which means everyone at your celebration party would be able to enjoy the durian mooncake. Or, you could also gift this to someone who loves Durian and give them a festival celebration they’ll never forget.
Details
- Halal
- Durian flavour
- 4 pieces per box
- Golden brown mooncake texture
Overview
Enjoy the rich heritage and delectable flavours of the Pavilion Hotel Peranakan Treasures Mooncake Collection.
In the Peranakan Treasures Collection, you’ll find four very unique flavours that were inspired by the Peranakan culture. Speaking of which, the box and its chest design consists of Nonya motifs, making it unique as a gift that’ll stand out during your celebration. The mooncake and packaging is not only a treat for your palate but also a feast for your eyes.
For more traditional mooncake flavours, you may enjoy the Garden Treasures collection which provides a timeless selection of lotus paste with single egg yolk variants among other flavours that represent a more authentic taste of the Chinese culture. The box's design also brings out traditional vibes thanks to its illustrations that resemble a floral Chinese painting.
Details
- Peranakan Treasures Mooncake Flavors: Assorted Nuts & Sun-Dried Fruits, Pandan Lotus Paste with Malacca Dodol, and two other tasty flavours.
- Peranakan Chest of Drawers Design
- Nyonya Motifs
- Garden Treasures Mooncake Flavors: Four flavours including Lotus Paste with a Single Egg Yolk, White Lotus Paste with a Single Egg Yolk, and others.
- Floral Chinese Painting box design
Overview
If the traditional mooncakes are a little too tough for your poor teeth, jelly mooncakes like these ones are something to savour in. You’ll enjoy the blend of flavour and textures without hurting or putting too much strain on your teeth.
Housed in a beautiful metal box, JMM’s double-layer mooncakes are out of this world with their taste. The 8-piece box set includes flavours such as Lava Black Sesame, Dragon Fruit with Cranberry, Imperial Durian, and other unique flavours. It's a treat for all, as the mooncakes are not only Halal-certified but also suitable for vegetarians.
Details
- 8 different flavoured mooncakes
- Includes two metal boxes
- Halal
- Suitable for vegetarians
- Cute packaging
Overview
Delight the little ones with this unique mooncake which comes in "Blind boxes"; they won't know which character they are getting until they open the boxes! In each unit is a mooncake packed in metal packaging that resembles beloved characters from Disney Tsum Tsum. Being 45g in size, the mooncake comes in a salted egg lava with ingredients like meat floss, purple potato and Taro Yam.
Details
- Consists of salted egg yolk lava
- A total of 12 designs to collect!
Overview
For those of us who aren’t too keen on the sugary overload in some mooncakes, you can rest easy because this mooncake from Joymoms is low in sugar, so you can snack on them with no worry. It has a Matcha Red Bean flavour, where the outer layer is made of Japanese green tea which is complemented with its inner red bean paste.
This mooncake is also Halal and suitable for vegetarians, which means pretty much everyone would enjoy this tasty treat. Something else worth mentioning is, if you were to buy four pieces, you can get a tin can box of a random colour, so you can also get this as a gift if you want to.
Details
- Matcha Red Beans flavour
- Low in sugar
- Safe for vegetarians
- Halal
- Get 4 pieces for a box
Overview
For something classy, you can't go wrong with Mandarin Oriental Mooncakes. Each mooncake weighs 115g, offering a delightful and satisfying treat for your taste buds. Something else to appreciate about these mooncakes is that they are Halal certified, ensuring a delightful experience for everyone during your celebration.
You can enjoy either the 4-piece or 6-piece boxes, where the 4-piece box comes with Lotus Paste with Single Egg Yolk, Pandan Paste with Single Egg Yolk, and two other enjoyable flavours. As for the 6-piece box, it has the same flavours as the 4-piece box with additional flavours of Assorted Mixed Nuts flavour, and a Black Sesame, Lotus and Melon Seed flavour.
Details
- 115g per piece
- Halal
- 4 pieces per box flavours: Lotus paste with single egg yolk, Pandan paste with single egg yolk, Red bean paste and almond flakes, Low sugar white lotus paste
- 6 pieces per box Flavours: Same flavour as 4 piece box with additions of Assorted mixed nuts, Black sesame, lotus and melon seed
- Contains gluten and egg
Overview
Lava mooncakes are all the craze right now, especially with its soft exterior and sweet liquid interior that would melt in your mouth. So, we recommend this lava mooncake box which comes with irresistible, modern flavours. Whether it is the lava custard, chocolate, caramel macchiato or even a cheese flavour, they are all packed into a festive design box that would be fit for a gift to someone.
To add to the flavour, the Lava Cheese is made from gouda cheese so you’re getting that perfect salty taste from the cheese with the texture of the mooncake. There’s also a coffee flavour for that caffeine lover in your life.
Details
- 8 pieces per box
- Flavours: Lava Custard, Lava Chocolate, Lava Caramel Macchiato, Lava Cheese
- Festive box design
- 45g per piece
Overview
Continuing on their mission to provide traditional flavours with the best of the best ingredients, Oversea offers one of the most varied mooncake sets.
They have flavours like Coconut, Golden Emerald, and Noble Delight for people who want to be a bit more adventurous this Mid-Autumn Festival. All of these come in different sets, where you can pick the one that appeals to you and enjoy the tasty contents inside.
So, if you enjoy some crunchy nuts in your mooncakes, Oversea has you covered with their mooncake 4-piece set.
Details
- 10 sets to choose from
- Four pieces of mooncakes of various flavours
- Ala carte mooncakes
- Traditional Chinese box designs
- Halal
Overview
Yu-Ai’s traditional mooncakes are beautifully designed, and the metal gift box these mooncakes usually come in makes them the perfect gift for friends or family. This traditional set comes in pairs and offers six different flavour options.
The set includes a mooncake knife, and heartwarming greeting cards, and also comes with a Yu-Ai Limited Non-Woven Bag, so you can gift this mooncake set without needing to decorate or write your own card.
Details
- Six different flavours, including Red Bean, Lotus, and Yam
- Halal certified
- Flavours have less sugar
- Comes with a mooncake knife and greeting cards
- Metalic gift box
Overview
An Ipoh delectable would be Joymom’s variety of mooncakes, consisting of many customer favourites such as their White Lotus traditional mooncake. This is a Halal option which contains Kuaci fillings for added texture to its delicious flavour.
You could either get it as one piece or buy four pieces to get a tin box and share this appetising delicacy with your family and friends. If you’re spending this year's Mid-Autumn festival in Ipoh, you can opt to order this set and treat yourself and your guest to its tasty delights.
Details
- 100% Halal
- White Lotus flavour
- 4 Pcs to Get Mooncake Gift Box
- Suitable for vegetarians
- 160 grams per piece
Overview
Like gifting luxury sets? We have the right mooncake set for you. With the Hilton Mooncake - Moonlight Bloom Package you will surely wow your friends or family members that receive this due to the beautifully designed box and eye-catching mooncakes which comes in irresistible flavours.
The flavours include White Lotus Paste, Pandan Lotus Paste Single Yolk, Red Bean, and Pure Lotus Paste Single Yolk. All of which, are certified Halal and possess the Hilton branding on the mooncakes. The best part is, it’s not all that expensive to get, yet designed with a premium look to it.
Details
- Halal
- Consists of four flavours
- Boxes are designed traditionally with red colour
- Golden brown mooncakes are finished with Hilton branding
- Low in sugar
FAQ:
- What goes well with mooncakes?
Mooncakes are great to pair with either tea or wine, with specific kinds of teas and wines blending together better with specific types of mooncakes. For example, Lotus Seed mooncakes pair best with green tea, because the bitterness of the green tea counters the Lotus Seed’s sweetness.
- Do you heat up mooncakes?
Generally, you don’t need to heat up mooncakes unless it's been refrigerated, and if so, definitely don’t use a microwave to do it.
It’s generally preferred to use a pre-heated oven if you want to reheat your mooncakes since using a microwave will more than likely ruin the texture of your mooncake.
- Calories in mooncakes?
For a standard 150g mooncake with egg yolk, they can have up to 790 calories, which is probably why we should only eat them during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Still, not every mooncake is the same. Some restaurants and shops deliberately add less sugar to reduce calorie count and make the snack healthier overall.