Sweets and confectionery for Christmas gifting

It’s that time of the year again. Spread some yuletide cheer with the rest of The Peak’s guides to a stellar holiday season – our roundup of some of the most compelling wines and spirits to gift; where to get log cakes for your Christmas party; and some of the most luxe caterers to engage.

Yoku Moku Christmas 2019 collection
The delicate, buttery cookies from historical Japanese confectioners Yoku Moku comes in some of the most adorable boxes we've seen this year. Designs include an illustrated holiday scene on their assorted tin, and a depiction of the nordic jultomte – basically a version of Santa – on a tin of their signature Cigare cookies.

Available from Yoku Moku.
TWG tea and confections
TWG's festive tea blend this year is a delicious blend of red tea, rare citrus fruits, chocolate, and sweet spices that will put anyone in a holiday mood. Best paired with their range of tea-infused sweets like macarons and bon bons.

Available from TWG.
Majani Chocolate Tree Snap
Chocolate from literally the oldest confectioner in Italy. Majani has been around since 1796, and continues to produce high-quality chocolate the traditional way. Festive offerings include these tree-shaped chocolate bars, available in flavours like white chocolate with dried red fruits; and milk chocolate with hazelnuts.

Available from Jupiter 57.
Ketogenic bundt cake from Seriously Keto
For those maintaining their diets through the festive season (we salute you), this keto-friendly cake. Made with healthy fats, this low-carb, zero sugar cake features ingredients like almond flour, french butter, psyllium husk, and Swerve – a zero-calorie sugar replacement – to make Christmas guilt-free.

Order here.
Chocolate bon bons from Janice Wong
Christmas doesn't just have to be red, white, and green with Janice Wong's Neon Christmas campaign this year. Its iconic chocolate bon bon collection gets 5 festive, new flavours this season: Popcorn & Spice, Gingerbread, Dulce De Leche, Cherry and Dark Chocolate Peppermint. Each box comes in a specially-designed sleeve. For the full sweet experience, the brand is also offering festive hampers filled with all manner of goodies – with the option of topping the hamper up with a bottle of Champagne.

Order here.
Dolce & Gabbana and Fiasconaro Panettone
Yes, you can have your Dolce & Gabbana and eat it too. Created in collaboration with Sicilian pastry maestros Fiasconaro and housed in colourful D&G-designed tins, these are panettoni for gifting. The sweet loaves are suffused with the warmth of saffron and spiked with the brightness of candied Sicilian lemons, oranges and Mandarins.

$48 from Jupiter 57.
Bonifanti Panetonne
Steadfastly traditional, this sweet buttery bread is crafted with flour and fresh barn eggs, and flavoured with the likes of sultanas, crystallised citron rinds, cocoa butter and Madagascan vanilla berries.

$40 from Culina at COMO Dempsey.