Moon cake cookies

Sweet and decadent Chocolate Fudge Mooncakes for a fun twist on a classic Chinese Mooncake. Recipe with step-by-step photos.

Brownie filling Shortbread Moon Cake Recipe combining a chocolate brownie in the middle of a shortbread cookie on the outside for a mooncake.

Soft and chewy snow skin mooncakes are filled with delicious crushed Oreo cookies and cream cheese mixture. A favorite from kids to adults.

These whimsical mooncakes take inspiration from American chocolate chip cookies, with chocolate and candied fruits folded into a lotus–almond-paste filling.

Making traditional Chinese baked mooncakes can be overwhelming but you can do it with this recipe and straightforward steps. I use lotus seed paste, sweet red bean paste, and meat floss for the filling. Accompanied by step-by-step photos and a video so you can make this successfully at home too.

A simple shortbread recipe using your mooncake mold as a stamp

Encased in these mooncakes are a filling of coarsely ground pistachios, fragrant honey, and a generous sprinkling of salt.

Just in time here is an easy Chinese moon cake recipe for you to share with your family and friends during this year's mid autumn moon festival which takes place on the 15th day of the of the 8th lunar moon. Chinese moon cakes distinctively shaped round with symbols on the crown are a staple in Chinese and Asian cultures and are celebrated during the fall and New Year.