Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival 2026 with these 10 wacky and wonderful mooncakes

With Mid-Autumn Festival 2026 creeping up on the horizon — the big day is a little under two months away — it’s about that time of the year to start the hunt for new and nourishing mooncakes.

This year, we’re leaning away from the stodgy, boring traditional pastries while shining a spotlight on the weird, wacky, and whimsical. In the lead-up to the festival’s culmination on September 25, here’s a hit list of the most innovative lunar-shaped pastries for the 2026 mooncake season.

Roselle with Wolfberries and White Lotus Paste Baked Mooncake, Pan Pacific Singapore

For Mid-Autumn Festival 2026, Pan Pacific Singapore’s Hai Tien Lo sticks to the classics with a mooncake selection stuffed with returning favourites.

The tried-and-true Hai Tien Lo signature, the No. 1 Tea Baked Mooncake with an aromatic blend of tea and herbs and the reliably delicious Mao Shan Wang Duran Snowskin Mooncake stage a triumphant comeback alongside the new kid on the block.

It’s an invitingly floral baked mooncake scented with roselle, wolfberries and white lotus paste. Available as part of a refined two-tier gift box complete with a full tea set.

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Milk Oolong Bergamot Peel Baked Mooncake, Janice Wong Singapore

Acclaimed chocolatier Janice Wong turns to the flowers, teas and botanicals of Asia for her 2026 mooncake collection, housed within a gorgeous limited-edition wooden lantern designed by the chef herself.

Highlights of the season include consummate pairings of sweet and floral in the Osmanthus Honey baked mooncake, alongside the more unusual (though no less delicious) Milk Oolong Bergamot Peel mooncake and its medley of gentle creaminess balanced with mild floral accents. 

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Lemon Vanilla Baked Mooncake, Cedric Grolet Singapore

This year, Cedric Grolet Singapore is unveiling a tightened lineup of mooncakes in just six flavours — four baked and two variations of its classic chocolate-shell confections. While the newly released Hazelnut will undoubtedly please with its textural interplay of nutty praline, sponge, gel, and crisp layers, the baked Lemon Vanilla is probably the most exciting for Grolet fans.

Its core ingredients directly honour the French chef’s iconic Lemon trompe-l’œil creation while remaining true to the season’s tradition with a base of sweet lotus paste. 

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Charcoal Lychee with Longan, Wolfberries, and Okinawan Brown Sugar Mochi Baked Mooncake, Peach Blossoms

Peach Blossoms ushers in the Mid-Autumn festivities with a crowd-pleaser of a baked mooncake. The debutante features lotus paste infused with lychee tea, cradling a chewy mochi core made sweet with Okinawan brown sugar.

For further textural complexity, dried longan chunks can be found throughout the festive number, available both in a larger gifting set of four and a petite two-pastry gift box.

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Matcha with Balsamic Strawberry Praline Snowskin Mooncake, Singapore Marriott Tang Plaza Hotel

Strawberry matcha lattes are one of 2026’s buzziest drinks, which is why it’s only right that establishments pay tribute to the drink du jour with a lunar-shaped ode. Enter Singapore Marriott Tang Plaza Hotel’s Wan Hao Chinese Restaurant, presenting a contemporary snowskin creation that balances the earthy umaminess of matcha against a dulcet heart of balsamic strawberry praline.

A delightful and decadent treat for the entire family, thanks especially to its merry band of snowskin newcomers boasting combinations like sea salt chocolate and Baileys as well as milk chocolate and hazelnut.

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Honey Pineapple Baked Mooncake, Sheraton Towers Singapore

Think pineapple tarts belong only in Chinese New Year? Think again: Li Bai Cantonese Restaurant at the Sheraton Towers Singapore hotel is now reimagining the classic treat for Mid-Autumn Festival with a baked mooncake enveloping a bright, vivacious core of honey pineapple. The novel snowskin creations are just as nostalgic with the introduction of a number centred around traditional Hainanese kaya. 

Here’s the kicker; complimentary tea and coffee pairing experiences to go with your lunar pastries, thanks to a collaboration with tech-centric capsule coffee specialist MORNING. Available while stocks last.

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D24 Durian Kunafa Snowskin Mooncake, Goodwood Park Hotel

Tropical fruits take centre stage in Goodwood Park Hotel’s renewed 2026 snowskin mooncake selection with delights ranging from the refreshingly tangy pairing of pink guava and jambu (rose apple) to a deliciously smooth avocado mousse sweetened with smoky gula melaka.

However, the highlight is surely the double indulgence of a Goodwood Park signature in D24 durian puree, set against a trendy, Dubai chocolate-inspired embellishment of macadamia nut paste and crispy kunafa pastry. 

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Whisky & Lapsang Souchong Truffle Snowskin Mooncake, Raffles Hotel Singapore

In a toast to the conviviality of the mooncake festival, the grande dame of Singapore’s hospitality industry is headlining its 2026 selection with a snowskin creation made warm, comforting and complex in equal measure by way of whisky and lapsang souchong, a smoky black tea originating from China’s Fujian region.

For something that’s a little more fun, there’s always a fellow newcomer in the matcha snowskin mooncake and its beating heart of bright, tangy raspberry.

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Emerald Chendol, Red Bean, Jackfruit, and Gula Melaka Truffle Snowskin Mooncake, Man Fu Yuan

Man Fu Yuan at Frasers House, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Singapore, draws from the colour and culture of its vibrant surrounding neighbourhoods for its 2026 snowskin mooncake collection.

Highlights from the aptly titled Nanyang Reverie quartet include a reimagining of the popular local dessert, chendol, in mooncake form with red bean, jackfruit, and gula melaka lotus paste around a molten gula melaka truffle centre; as well as an homage to kopitiam culture pairing charcoal-roasted Nanyang coffee against a velvety dark chocolate core.

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Custard Bird’s Nest Snowskin Mooncake, Four Seasons Hotel

Mid-Autumn Festival at the Four Seasons Hotel Singapore’s Jiang-Nan Chun is looking especially virtuous this 2026. The renewed mooncake selection leans into healthful living with headliners including a low-sugar baked variant with walnuts and a natural sweetener in maple syrup as well as a tropical lychee number studded with tangy cranberries and goji berries.

The snowskin selection balances health with fun, pairing smooth, indulgent custard with bird’s nest — a treasured Chinese delicacy prized for its benefits to beauty, recovery, and vitality.

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