Christmas 2025: The best gifts for foodies

Goodwood Park Hotel

One of the biggest food trends of the year is the rise of Dubai Chocolate — chocolate bars loaded with pistachio cream and crunchy shards of kunafa. Trust Goodwood Park Hotel, known for its creative Christmas treats, to ride on this wave through two of its new festive confections.

The Crisp-mas Pistachio Kunafa Tart ($88) features rich chocolate cream cheese and ganache studded with shredded filo pastry, a staple of Middle Eastern desserts, and carpeted with a lush layer of caramelised pistachios.

Also new is the Earl Grey Winter Sleigh ($118), which heralds the arrival of Santa Claus with a parade of “reindeer” and a sleigh filled with chocolate truffles and chocolate-coated almonds.

Paving the Chantilly cream-filled route is a stylish block of Earl Grey cremeux, on a bed of kunafa, layered with fluffy pistachio sponge and tangy raspberry compote, all nestled in pistachio mousse. 

The Yuletide Chocolate Travel Cake ($78), an ode to the gâteau de voyage, is a fuss-free dessert designed to endure long journeys. The durable log-shaped cake has a core of Manjari chocolate cake and vanilla-spiced apricot compote, covered in decadent dark chocolate and almond glaze. 

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Little Farms

Looking to impress your gourmand friends? Gourmet market and cafe chain Little Farms offers a one-stop solution with its festive hampers ($88 to $400). Each hamper is designed to complete Christmas food entertaining needs, with candy canes, buttery shortbread, and artisanal chocolates.

Highlights include panettone from Brera Milano, a 150-year-old Milanese producer; chocolate hammer slabs from La Chocolatier; colourful nougats from De Barbaro; Montezuma sweets; and a delicious array of cannoli, biscuits, and marzipan from Fratelli Sicilia. 

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Alice Boulangerie

The signature Christmas train-shaped log cake ($108) from the French bakery and cafe goes for a white, winter-wonderland look this year. The “train” comes cloaked in an ethereal white blanket of coconut mousse.

Underneath the “snow” lies a tropical party of mango compote and tangy passionfruit curd-filled eclair that sits on a base of crunchy coconut dacquoise and brown sugar sponge. 

New this year is the Pecan Tart ($78), which cradles a rich pecan caramel, studded with large toasted pecans that resemble shimmering amber jewels. 

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The Singapore Edition

The hotel’s executive pastry chef, Alex Chong, has concocted a boozy Christmas through Cognac Chocolate Noir Noel Buche ($114.45), a chic block of Moelleux chocolate, rum, and cognac ganache and Dominican dark cacao mousse, filled with brandy-soaked raisins.

Two other logcakes are the Praline Mango-Yuzu Noel Buche and Citrus Vanilla Noel Buche. 

Craving for bite-sized sweet treats? The Lobby Bar offers a cheerful parade of Dessert Trolley Petit Gâteau, with treats like Arabica Coffee and Chestnut-Blackcurrant. 

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Fico

The breezy beachside Italian restaurant offers a limited-edition pannettone in collaboration with Olivieri 1882, a fifth-generation Italian artisan pastry shop. Crafted by Fico’s chef-partner Mirko Febbrile, pastry director Jeanette Ow, and the Olivieri 1882 team, the sweet bread takes on the Chocolate and Rum flavour.

The pannettone ($89) unites the warmth of rich, velvety dark chocolate, a hint of candied orange, and a kiss of aged rum. Traditionally enjoyed during the Christmas and New Year’s season, panettone is a cherished symbol of luck and prosperity.

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AMI Pâtisserie

AMI Patisserie

With Chef Makoto Arami being named La Liste’s Talent of the Year, AMI Patisserie’s festive collection is sure to delight your foodie friends. Arami is the only Asian chef to earn the accolade, and has refreshed the brand’s beloved panettone. The Original Panettone ($72) embodies his meticulousness ethos: raisins, orange, and lemon are steeped for weeks in Grand Marnier and Cointreau before being carefully distributed into an airy dough, ensuring every slice delivers a medley of citrus and liqueur-soaked sweetness. 

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Old Seng Choong

This heritage bakery ushers in the season with its Yuletide collection, where its classic sweets have been refreshed to better appeal to contemporary visual aesthetics while retaining its taste. For example, their Classic Brandy Fruit Cake ($55.80) remains an old-school delight, packed with candied fruit, nuts, and caramelised notes, with new packaging to make it gift-ready for all ages. Another cake option is its Royale Galette des Rois ($52.80), which has an extra gift hidden for its recipients inside.

Those who prefer bite-sized gifs will enjoy the refreshed Palmier Gift Set ($16.80), debuting a mini version of the brand’s popular palmiers, now wrapped individually to extend its freshness, or the indulgent Rum Balls ($18.80) for a sweet and bodied treat to round off this holiday spread.

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Pierre Herme Paris

Titled the Picasso of Pastry by Vogue, Pierre Herme’s eponymous brand is sure to delight. The brand has just unveiled its Christmas collection — the first since it opened in Singapore this August. Inspired by coral ecosystems, all selections come wrapped in oceanic artwork by activist-artist Courtney Mattison. 

A highlight from its extensive selection of sweets is the trio of circular Advent calendars that the brand has on offer, each resembling a festive wreath. The Signature Selection ($98) features a selection of 24 chocolates and bonbons, providing a delightful surprise every day. The Infiniment Gourmand Calendar ($152) also sports an additional centrepiece box, for those who prefer their sweet treats now. The brand also offers an extensive selection of macaron gift sets and boxes of bonbons, truffles, bars, and more in Hermé’s iconic flavours.

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The Marmalade Pantry

The Marmalade Pantry offers hampers designed to feel like a warm embrace. The Cosy Cocoa Christmas ($65+) set brings together the brand’s signature cocoa powder, a selection of sweet treats, including their hazelnut-espresso biscotti, and even a blanket and ceramic mug for the chilly monsoon season. 

Of the other two hampers, the Merry Moments ($100+) set offers an assortment of the brand’s jams, and a selection of finger-foods, coffee beans, and a scented candle for gifting, while Sparkling Night In ($150+) elevates the mood with Joseph Perrier Champagne and an array of premium treats.

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Singapore Marriott Tang Plaza Hotel

A quartet of charming log cakes anchors the festive offerings at the Marriott Tang Plaza Hotel, offering pretty and unique cakes like the tangy Apple Kiwi Yuletide Express, the whimsical Avocado Noël Cream Cake (with gula melaka sponge and yuzu-coconut marshmallows), and a Hazelnut Coffee Yule Log rich with nutty depth.

The Signature Chocolate Fudge Log Cake is a great option for gifting to more traditional individuals, providing an elevated take on a classic flavour with premium Felchlin chocolate.

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ATLAS Bar

The holidays tend to be a season for sweets, and ATLAS Bar offers a stronger alternative. With its award-winning ATLAS London Dry Gin at the centre, the bar offers the ATLAS London Dry Gin Curated Gin Set ($228+). With artisanal tonics, dehydrated citrus garnishes, two bottled gin cocktails, and recipe cards, your foodie friends and family can recreate the ATLAS experience at home.

The gin can also be purchased by itself ($98+), and is an excellent choice for friends with a well-stocked cellar.

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