Gifting during Chinese New Year is de rigueur to foster harmony. Food and drink symbolising good luck and fortune are amongst the most popular choices for gifting, from traditional and more inventive puddings, to luxurious gift sets, to sweets and snacks galore.
For celebrations with family and friends in honour of the Year of the Horse, we recommend purchasing one of the items featured in this year’s Chinese New Year gift guide. Your goodwill will not go unnoticed!
The best food & drink gifts for Chinese New Year 2026
1. Cocoparadise’s plant-based Bloom in Abundance gift set
For a foodie gift that’s wholesome and all-natural, look no further than Cocoparadise. This local company crafts nutritious, plant-based superfood snacks that cater to those on vegan, vegetarian, keto, gluten-free, and paleo diets. Cocoparadise’s clean ethos extends to its line of goodies for Chinese New Year.
At the top of the gifting list when it comes to mindful indulgence this Year of the Horse is the Bloom in Abundance gift set (HKD398), an eye-catching red box containing two of the brand’s limited-edition Chinese New Year treats, along with Cocoparadise’s signature coco-toasted caramel bites. The new guilt-free Asian-inspired items include the pandan-coconut nian gao. a vegan, keto-friendly, and gluten-free take on this traditional sticky rice cake that’s chock-full of the gut-healthy ingredients of psyllium husk, oat fibre, and arrowroot, and sweet-meets-savoury miso-sesame banana brittle.
Cocoparadise is offering free delivery for orders over HKD300, with an early-bird price of HKD338 until Feb. 3.
Cocoparadise, WhatsApp 9542 6030, order online. Also available for in-store purchase at city’super Times Square, with pick-up until Feb. 13.
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2. The Baker & The Bottleman’s firecrackers set
The Baker & The Bottleman’s “firecrackers” are a creative spin on Chinese New Year symbolism. In the firecrackers set (HKD388), a string of six celebratory red firecrackers are filled with an assortment of goodies crafted by the British bakery. These include cheese shortbread crackers, caramel date cake, and candied pecans.
The Baker & The Bottleman, Shop G14–15 & F15A, G/F & 1/F, Lee Tung Avenue, 200 Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai, WhatsApp 2386 8933, order online
3. The Peninsula Boutique’s XO chilli sauce and delicacy gift box
Always a prime spot for gifts that impress, The Peninsula Boutique’s Chinese New Year collection for 2026, dubbed “Gallop into Fortune,” is filled with presents that combine tradition with innovation. We have our eyes on the Lunar New Year XO chilli sauce and delicacy gift box (HKD468). Inside, a mini bottle of the hotel’s punchy homemade XO chilli sauce is accompanied by XO chilli sauce cookies and The Peninsula’s signature butter egg rolls.
The Peninsula Boutique & Café, G/F, The Peninsula Arcade, Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, 2696 6969, order online
4. Regent Hong Kong’s reduced-sugar Chinese New Year pudding
A recommended Chinese New Year pudding can be found at Regent Hong Kong, this time with health-conscious recipients in mind. The reduced-sugar Lunar New Year pudding (HKD388) courtesy of the hotel’s two-Michelin-starred Lai Ching Heen is new for the Year of the Horse. The pud is a low-sugar rendition of the classic chewy Chinese New Year sweet treat made with glutinous rice flour and brown sugar. It comes paired with a tin of premium Anxi Tieguanyin loose-tea leaf.
Regent Hong Kong, G//F, Victoria Dockside, 18 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, 2721 1211, order online
5. Grand Hyatt Hong Kong’s taro pudding
The star Chinese New Year pudding offered up at Grand Hyatt Hong Kong this year is the taro pudding (HKD308) by executive Chinese chef Chan Hon Cheong of the hotel’s award-winning Cantonese restaurant, One Harbour Road. This limited-edition delicacy incorporates preserved duck liver sausage from Long Tin, going strong in Macau since 1964, that’s accented with 30-year-old sun-dried tangerine peel for an explosion of flavour.
Grand Hyatt Hong Kong, G/F, 1 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, 2584 7722, order online
6. Ming Court (Cordis)’s Yunnan Bao Shan 200-year-old ancient arbor black tea pudding with brown sugar
Over at Ming Court at Cordis, Hong Kong in Mong Kok, the Chinese New Year sensation by dim sum chef Tse Sun Fuk has quite a long moniker befitting of its ingredients. The Yunnan Bao Shan 200-year-old ancient arbor black tea pudding with brown sugar (HKD368; early bird HKD298 until Jan. 31) features aromatic Dian Hong tea sourced from 200-year-old trees in the Yunnan region near the China–Myanmar border. To preserve the tea’s delicate nature, each batch is handmade in a quantity of just six boxes according to strict control of temperature and infusion timing.
Ming Court, 6/F, Cordis, Hong Kong, 555 Shanghai Street, Mong Kok, 3552 3301, order online
7. Chinesology’s braised premium abalone gift box
For a change of pace from the pudding pack, Chinesology’s braised premium abalone gift box (HKD688; HKD628 if pre-ordered online) will floor a recipient with a taste for the finer things in life. The set includes premium South African dried abalone, handmade shrimp roe noodles from Hong Kong’s own 70-year-old Kam Hing Noodles Food Company, and house wok-fried superior shrimp roe, which can be used in tandem for constructing a decadent umami noodle dish at home.
Chinesology, Shop 3101, 3/F, ifc mall, 8 Finance Street, Central, 6809 2299, WhatsApp 6385 2712, order online
8. Conspiracy Chocolate’s mahjong set
Every Chinese New Year, Conspiracy Chocolate’s jaw-dropping mahjong set is the biggest annual release for the local bean-to-bar chocolatier – and when you take a gander at the edition for the Year of the Horse, it’s no wonder. Inspired by mahjong’s rarest hand, known as the “thirteen orphans,” each of the 14 hand-stamped golden chocolate tiles is designed and crafted in-house. The shells are made of stone-ground and aged 64% single-origin dark chocolate, whilst the fillings of black sesame tangyuan, Tieguanyin milk tea, and coconut sesame remain quintessentially Hong Kong in style.
The 2026 edition of this chocolate masterpiece is priced at HKD498. It can also be purchased in-store from Jan. 30 at The Whisky Library in Central and Brisa in Causeway Bay, while stocks last.
Conspiracy Chocolate, Unit A & B, 8/F, Block 2, Kingley Industrial Building, 33–35 Yip Kan Street, Wong Chuk Hang, 5503 1326, order online
9. Lady M’s Lunar red date financier gift box
New in 2026 for the global confectionery brand, Lady M’s winter-exclusive Lunar red date financier gift box (HKD288) is a great blend of East and West . The six red date financiers are shaped like gold bricks, symbolising abundant good fortune. The red-orange box itself features a snazzy golden galloping horse design, fitting for the Year of the Horse.
Lady M, multiple locations across Hong Kong
10. Don Julio’s Year of the Horse 1942 tequila
In terms of a boozy pressie this Chinese New Year, one of Mexico’s most renowned tequila brands, Don Julio, has released a stunning limited-edition 1942 tequila bottle in honour of the Year of the Horse that’s worthy of splashing out on. For those not in the tequila know, Don Julio 1942 is a premium small-batch aged añejo tequila produced in tribute to Don Julio’s founder, Don Julio González. The design of this special festive bottle fuses the traditional Mexican ikat rebozo pattern with the imagery associated with the Chinese zodiac. This is definitely a collectible item!
Priced from HKD2,450 depending on where it’s purchased, Don Julio’s limited-edition 1942 tequila bottle is available at selected retail partners around town, including The Central Whisky, Dram Good Stuff, HK Liquor Store, and Watson’s Wine.
