Chinese New Year's dessert ideas?

i am chinese too. i've never eaten moon cake for new years. moon cakes for me are only eaten once a year for moon festival. some traditional deserts. there is a chinese egg custard tart. it is pronounced like don tot. you could make little individual ones. it is like a flaky pie crust with no top, and the filling is an egg custard. think somewhat like flan consistency.

other desserts. in chinese bakeries, there are cakes. haha, i always joke that asians don't bake, and they generally don't really, but they do have cakes in the bakeries. they are usually very light and spongy. the frosting is very very light. and there is usually some fruit at the top.

often for dessert, we will have fruit. this would not appeal to other people, but we'd have things like asian pears or something like that.

another asian dessert. like the otehrs, it is not very sweet, but you could add more sugar. there are sweet soups. pronounced like tong suy? you won't be able to say it. but it's a sweet hot soup usually served as desert. the two variations i've had. sweet red bean and one with other stuff in it. i'm not sure what exactly the second one has.

but so, i hope that these ideas have helped you!

Every year I do a themed Christmas Eve party. Last year we did a Chinese themed party, with foods more typically associated with Chinese New Year finger foods. For dessert I didn't go traditional, but everyone loved them.

I took wonton wrappers and cut them in half and turned them into bows. Then I deep fried them until crispy. I sprinkled some with powdered sugar and some with a cinnamon sugar mixture as soon as they came out of the grease. I served them with warm chocolate and raspberry sauces.

On another occasion I filled the wontons with cheese cake filling. Oh my goodness they were so good. A lot more time consuming, but delish all the same.

I am Chinese. Moon cakes are VERY traditional desserts. ESPECIALLY for Chinese New Years. You can either buy at a store, usually they are more commonly sold and are more authentically made in China Town. You could also attempt to make one. I can't tell you how hard it is to make one, but I'm sure you could find a simple recipe online or in a Chinese cuisine cookbook.

Good Luck!

Either mango pudding or chinese egg tarts...both are traditional chinese sweets. I'm sure you could google good recipes for either of these.

I don't think food they serve before 15th century would be palatable for us. However, you can find sweet red bean paste or lotus seed paste and make dessert out of those. They can be used for cake and pie fillings.

Freeze foil cupcake holders with yogurt blended with crushed pineapple. Decorate with sliced fresh fruit-you could use your imagination and keep it within the chinese theme too!