21 Funky Mooncake Flavours You Probably Didn’t Know About (And Now Must Try)

There's a mooncake for everyone. Pick one!

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Over the years, mooncake flavours have evolved from the traditional red bean and lotus seed paste with the optional salted duck egg yolks…

… to mooncakes with fruity flavours like these:

Pineapple, lemongrass and dark cherry snowskin

Lychee with lime marshmallow in snowskin

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Pink guava with passion fruit and rambutan

Banana passion snowskin mooncakes

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We think the king of fruits, durian, is emerging on the top of the most-produced mooncake flavour list:

Peranakan durian snowskin mooncake

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Black thorn durian snowskin

Durian and jackfruit mooncake

Durian paste with truffle snowskin

Mangosteen rind and durian paste mooncake

But since fruity flavours are quite common now, people are coming out with more new flavours. Like how blueberry cheese is no longer just a flavour for cakes.

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There's even this French-inspired cheesy mooncake

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Fancy some ice cream mooncake?

For those who love mooncakes with a hint of liqueur:

There's also this mooncake that happens to be a mochi too..

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If you're feeling rich, you can even get this mooncake stuffed with bird's nest and there's even edible gold on it

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What about a mooncake with… sambal?

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Not a fan of sambal? Here, try this cili padi mooncake.

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Did someone mention BBQ chicken mooncake?

Roast pork mooncake? Yeap, we're not joking.

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Wait, wait. How about these mooncakes with macarons on the inside?

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And finally…

Take your mooncake-eating experience to a whole new level with this mooncake that will "burst" in your mouth

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If you liked this mooncake list, you're brave enough to try these spreads and food combos:

Also, feast with your eyes by following these Instagrammers: