A carefully selected Mooncake will contribute to a complete Mid-Autumn Festival day. Let’s refer to the section Cooking tips for delicious Mooncake varieties and safe purchasing methods so the whole family can enjoy this Tet holiday!
1 Common delicious Mooncake varieties
1.1 Baked Mooncake
Traditional mixed nut baked Mooncake
Traditional mixed nut baked Mooncake usually consists of two parts: the cake crust and the filling. The cake crust is made from flour, baking powder, syrup, and cooking oil. The mixed nut filling is a combination of several ingredients such as Chinese sausage, dried tangerine peel, various seeds, pumpkin jam, lard, lotus seeds, sesame, shredded pork, char siu,…
Currently, baked mixed nut Mooncakes are also produced with many mixed fillings containing expensive ingredients such as abalone, fish maw,… to meet the diverse needs of consumers.
Where to buy: You can find traditional mixed nut baked Mooncakes at supermarkets, cake shops, large grocery stores, or order online on e-commerce websites.
Average price:
- 1 egg type, 150gr: 65,000 – 75,000 VND/cake
- 2 egg type, 180gr – 200gr: 90,000 – 110,000 VND/cake
- No egg type, 150gr: 45,000 – 60,000 VND/cake
Roasted chicken filling mooncake
Similar to the traditional mixed filling mooncake, this type of Mid-Autumn cake has a savory filling made from chicken breast marinated with spices, then braised and shredded to replace the pork floss and char siu.
Especially, roasted chicken filling mooncake also includes lime leaves, giving the cake a distinctive aroma, making it very flavorful and delicious when eaten.
Where to buy: You can find traditional mixed filling mooncakes at supermarkets, cake shops, large grocery stores, or order online on e-commerce websites.
Average price:
- 1 egg type, 150gr: 70,000 – 80,000 VND/cake
- 2 egg type, 180gr – 200gr: 100,000 – 120,000 VND/cake
- No egg type, 150gr: 55,000 – 65,000 VND/cake
Green bean mooncake
With a lower fat content than mixed nut fillings, the green bean mooncake is also often favored for its pleasant, sweet, and nutty flavor.
The green bean filling is made from cooked green beans blended with sugar, flour, and accompanied by salted egg. This type of cake makes a perfect treat when enjoyed with hot tea in the cool atmosphere of autumn.
Where to buy: You can find green bean mooncakes at supermarkets, bakery shops, large grocery stores, or order online on e-commerce sites.
Average price:
- Type with 1 egg, 150gr: 55,000 – 65,000 VND/cake
- Type with 2 eggs, 180 – 200gr: 70,000 – 85,000 VND/cake
- Type without egg, 130 – 150gr: 40,000 – 55,000 VND/cake
Lotus seed mooncake
Lotus seed mooncake typically has a filling of lotus seeds and blended green beans combined to enhance the nutty, sweet flavor of the cake. This filling is chosen by many for loved ones and family due to its high nutritional value (from lotus seeds) and lower fat content compared to mixed nut cakes.
Where to buy: You can find lotus seed mooncakes at supermarkets, bakery shops, large grocery stores, or order online on e-commerce sites.
Average price:
- Type with 1 egg, 150gr: 55,000 – 65,000 VND/cake
- Type with 2 eggs, 180 – 200gr: 70,000 – 85,000 VND/cake
- Type without egg, 130 – 150gr: 40,000 – 55,000 VND/cake
Mooncake with green tea filling
Mooncake with green tea filling is one of the “hot” cakes recently with a distinctive flavor coming from matcha powder from Japan, in addition, the slight bitterness helps to balance the delicious taste of the mooncake, making it less overwhelming when eating.
The ingredients for the filling include almonds (or walnuts), matcha powder, and salted egg yolk. Additionally, black tea powder or jasmine tea is also used to make the filling.
Where to buy: You can find mooncakes with green tea filling at supermarkets, cake shops, large grocery stores, or order online on e-commerce websites.
Average price:
- 1 egg type, 150gr: 55,000 – 65,000 VND/cake
- 2 egg type, 180 – 200gr: 70,000 – 85,000 VND/cake
- No egg type, 130 – 150gr: 40,000 – 55,000 VND/cake
Baked mooncake with tiramisu filling
Tiramisu is known as a traditional cake that emphasizes maternal love in Italian culture. The idea of combining Asian and European cuisines has created Tiramisu mooncakes with fillings made from mung beans, cream cheese, cocoa powder, or coffee that are completely new and appealing.
Where to buy: You can buy baked mooncakes with tiramisu filling at supermarkets, cake shops, large grocery stores, or order online on e-commerce websites.
Average price:
- Type 150 – 180gr: 100,000 – 130,000 VND/cake
- Type 200 – 250gr: 150,000 – 165,000 VND/cake
Baked mooncake with dried fruit filling
This is also a popular new type of filling in recent years due to the increasing demand for cakes with health-beneficial ingredients.
The types of nuts commonly used to make cake fillings are almonds, macadamia, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, along with dried fruits such as raisins, raspberries,… which are combined and processed delicately, creating a harmonious and delicious overall that brings a nutty flavor mingled with a subtle sweetness, resulting in a cake that is rich in flavor yet not high in unhealthy fats.
Where to buy: You can buy baked mooncakes with dried fruit filling at supermarkets, cake shops, large grocery stores, or order online on e-commerce websites.
Average price:
- Type 130 – 150gr: 55,000 – 65,000 VND/cake
- Type 180 – 200gr: 70,000 – 85,000 VND/cake
Baked mooncake with black sesame filling
Like other types of baked mooncakes, black sesame mooncake also has a shiny brown crust, soft and sweet, however hidden inside this cake is the smooth and chewy black sesame filling that releases a fragrant aroma along with a delicious nutty taste.
In addition, there must be a round, golden salted egg yolk nestled perfectly in the black sesame filling, resembling a beautiful full moon night. This highlight not only makes the cake more delicious but also carries many meanings.
Where to buy: You can find black sesame baked mooncakes at supermarkets, bakeries, large grocery stores, or order online on e-commerce websites.
Average price:
- 1 egg type, 150gr: 55,000 – 65,000 VND/cake
- 2 egg type, 180 – 200gr: 70,000 – 85,000 VND/cake
- No egg type, 130 – 150gr: 40,000 – 55,000 VND/cake
Baked mooncake with black garlic
Black garlic mooncake has a crust made from finely ground black garlic, which is chewy and soft. The filling consists of selected cloves of black garlic, combined with black beans, green beans, mixed nuts, roasted chicken, fish maw, etc. The black garlic component of the cake is a medicinal ingredient, so it is very good for health, suitable as a gift for grandparents and parents.
Where to buy: You can find black garlic baked mooncakes at supermarkets, bakeries, or order online on e-commerce websites.
Average price:
- Sweet filling type, 2 eggs: 225,000 – 240,000 VND/cake
- Savory filling type, 2 eggs: 305,000 – 355,000 VND/cake
Salted egg lava cake
Although it is a “latecomer,” every Mid-Autumn season recently, the salted egg lava cake has become very popular for people to buy as gifts or to make together with family to enjoy.
These small, delightful cakes have a moist, soft, sweet crust and a rich, golden salted egg filling that melts in the mouth, making anyone fall in love from the very first bite.
Where to buy: You can find salted egg lava cakes at supermarkets, cake shops, or order online on e-commerce websites.
Average price:
- Box of 8 imported Hong Kong cakes: 800,000 – 1,100,000 VND/box
- Box of 6 Kinh Đô cakes: 480,000 VND/box
- Single 60g cake: 65,000 – 100,000 VND/cake
Mooncake with milk tea filling
For milk tea lovers, the mooncake with the familiar fragrant and rich milk tea filling will be a fantastic choice for the Mid-Autumn festival. This type of cake usually has a traditional baked crust, while the filling has a milk tea flavor.
You can buy this cake to treat young people at home, who usually love milk tea. Or if the whole family wants to try a different flavor, this can be a great choice, guaranteed to be very novel.
Average price: 100,000 – 110,000 VND/180g cake.
1.2 Soft cake
Traditional mung bean soft cake
The soft cake is characterized by the aroma of roasted glutinous rice flour finely ground and mixed with syrup and fragrant grapefruit blossom water. The soft, chewy outer layer wraps around the carefully cooked traditional mung bean filling, and when bitten into, it spreads sweetness throughout the mouth while being pleasantly soft.
Preparing a pot of hot tea to enjoy the mung bean soft cake with the whole family on this Mid-Autumn Festival day is truly wonderful.
Where to buy: You can find traditional mung bean soft cakes at supermarkets, cake shops, large grocery stores, or order online on e-commerce sites.
Average price:
- Type with 1 egg, 150gr: 55,000 – 60,000 VND/cake
- Type without egg, 180gr: 40,000 – 50,000 VND/cake
Mixed filling soft cake
If baked cakes have mixed fillings, then soft cakes cannot lack this “representative” name.
Mixed filling soft cake is a diverse combination of many ingredients with different savory and sweet flavors. First, there is the sweet, soft cake wrapper that encloses the filling, which includes candied gourd, candied orange, candied pork fat, chicken, pork floss, sausage, char siu,… It also must include pumpkin seeds, watermelon seeds, and sesame seeds.
Where to buy: You can find mixed filling soft cakes at supermarkets, cake shops, large grocery stores, or order online on e-commerce sites.
Average price:
- Type with 1 egg, 180 – 200gr: 50,000 – 70,000 VND/cake
- Type without egg, 150 – 180gr: 40,000 – 60,000 VND/cake
1.3 Jelly cake
Unlike traditional mooncakes with a crust made from flour mixed with syrup, jelly mooncakes have a crust made from cool, wobbly jelly.
This type of cake is not only easy to eat but also very easy to make, requiring neither much time nor special kitchen tools. You can also make a jelly mooncake right at home with various fillings according to your preference, such as flan, green tea, mung bean, durian,… with a very simple process.
Where to buy: You can find jelly mooncakes at supermarkets, bakeries, large grocery stores, or order online on e-commerce websites.
Average price:
- Flan filling 130 – 150gr: 35,000 – 50,000 VND/cake
- Mung bean (red bean) filling 130 – 150gr: 35,000 – 50,000 VND/cake
- Cheese filling 130 – 150gr: 60,000 – 85,000 VND/cake
1.4 Modern cake
Fresh cake
Fresh mooncake is a new way of processing mooncakes, this type of cake is usually handmade and sold right after 1 – 2 days, with few additives, so it has a shelf life of 5 – 7 days.
However, this type of cake still ensures a variety in the filling as well as the shape of the cake. Savory fillings such as roasted chicken mixed, char siu, or sweet fillings like mung bean, red bean, taro,… are all available.
Where to buy: You can find fresh mooncakes at some users selling through social media platforms, shopping applications, or artisanal cake production facilities.
Average price:
Savory filling
- Type 1 egg, 150gr: 65,000 – 75,000 VND/cake
- Type 2 eggs, 180 – 200gr: 90,000 – 110,000 VND/cake
- No egg type, 150gr: 45,000 – 60,000 VND/cake
Sweet filling:
- Type 1 egg, 150gr: 55,000 – 65,000 VND/cake
- Type 2 eggs, 180 – 200gr: 70,000 – 85,000 VND/cake
- No egg type, 130 – 150gr: 40,000 – 55,000 VND/cake
Floating flower cake
Floating flower mooncake is a type of cake that will leave you in awe from the first glance with its colorful, vibrant crust decorated in an extremely impressive and exquisite 3D style.
The filling is usually a sweet one with popular ingredients like mung beans, lotus seeds, red beans, … making this mooncake not only visually stunning but also very easy to eat, pleasing the taste buds of many people.
Where to buy: You can find fresh mooncakes from some users selling through social media platforms, shopping apps, or artisanal bakeries.
Average price:
- Type with 1 egg, 150 – 180gr: 135,000 – 180,000 VND/cake
- Type with 2 eggs, 200 – 230gr: 195,000 – 210,000 VND/cake
- No egg type, 130 – 150gr: 80,000 – 100,000 VND/cake
The price of this type of cake also depends on the intricacy of the designs made on the crust.
Charcoal baked mooncake
This type of cake has a similar recipe to regular mooncakes, but is special because it includes charcoal powder, which is good for health. The filling is usually familiar ingredients like salted egg, lotus seeds, mung beans,…
The charcoal mooncake may not be too special in flavor. However, when eaten with the filling, the crust is delicious in a very unique way, less sweet but still appealing.
Average price:
80g type: 55,000 – 65,000 VND/cake
150g type: 85,000 – 95,000 VND/cake
Taiwanese layered mooncake
This type of mooncake has many layers of crust, making it crispy when eaten. The mochi filling is fragrant and chewy, with rich salted egg and slightly sweet molten egg creating a unique and delicious taste. If you want to try a different flavor for the Mid-Autumn Festival, this is a great choice!
Average price: 120,000 – 140,000 VND/box of 6 pieces.
2 2022 Mooncake Price List by Brand
2.1 Kinh Đô Mooncake Price List
2.2 Như Lan Mooncake Price List
2.3 Girval Mooncake Price List
2.4 Hữu Nghị Mooncake Price List
3 Ways to choose delicious, safe Mooncakes
3.1 Choose reputable brands and places to buy
The simplest way to get a delicious and safe Mooncake is to choose reputable brands with clear origins: including the manufacturer’s name, production place, usage instructions, storage,…
You should thoroughly research and buy Mooncakes from brands that are trusted by many people, licensed by authorities, and have food safety certifications.
Absolutely do not be tempted by low prices to buy cakes of unclear origin, as the ingredients used to make the cakes may not ensure safety, leading to food poisoning for consumers.
3.2 Observe the packaging
A safe Mooncake will have intact packaging, not torn or deflated as this will reduce the quality of the cake. The packaging must clearly and fully state the product name, production place, ingredients, weight, especially the expiration date and storage instructions. Each cake package must have a separate moisture-absorbing sachet.
Do not buy cakes with unclear origin on the packaging, cakes that have expired, or packages with strange spots like yellow, green, or white spots as these are signs of spoiled or moldy cakes.
3.3 Check the expiration date of the cake
Mooncakes always have a short shelf life, usually no more than 3 months. This is to ensure the quality of the cakes, whether baked or sticky.
In addition, the climate in our country has relatively high humidity, so improper storage can spoil the cakes even when they are still within the expiration date. Therefore, to ensure quality and safety, you should consume the cakes immediately after purchase for the best experience.
If not used immediately, you need to ensure that the storage method is as stated on the packaging. Store the cakes in a cool, dry place, avoiding direct sunlight.
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3.4 Pay attention to ingredient factors
You should pay attention to the ingredient composition to choose a cake that suits your taste and needs or the person you are gifting it to. For example, when choosing cakes for people with diabetes, you should select cakes made from sugar substitute.
Additionally, cakes made from fresh ingredients such as mung beans, red beans, lotus seeds, egg yolk, etc., will taste better and be beneficial for health.
3.5 Observe the color of the cake
Good baked cakes will have a moderate shine, pressing the cake should feel elastic and soft. For chewy cakes, there will be a layer of flour on the surface of the cake, and when pressed, the cake should not be mushy or sticky.
Moreover, when choosing cakes with eye-catching colors like green or purple, you need to pay attention to whether the coloring components of the cake are artificial or natural. It is advisable to choose cakes colored from natural ingredients such as purple sweet potato, green tea, beetroot, carrots, etc.
Do not buy cakes that have deformed shapes, unclear patterns, or unnatural colors.
3.6 Check the filling of the cake
A good Mid-Autumn cake will have a soft crust and a characteristic aroma. The filling should be soft, rich in flavors of melon seeds, ham, sausages, etc. For chewy cakes, it should exude the natural aroma of the filling such as mung beans, lotus seeds, red beans, etc.
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