As the festive season arrives, there are gifts to think about and decisions to be made about the perfect dessert to take to all those deepavali potlucks and parties. Four brands tell us what they have on the menu.
Ricky’s cookies
Have you ever hesitated to break a piece of a rich, decadent cookie, not wanting to break it further? Karthikeyan Jagannathan, chef and founder of Ricky’s Cookies says he had to come up with a solution to this to enable people to eat bits of the brand’s 7 inch cookies with ease.
“For the festive season, we have BLOOM brookies and a BLOOM signature cookie. This is fashioned like a pull-apart garlic bread, where you can take a bite-sized piece filled with french dark chocolate,” he explains. The 7 inch brookie is a cross between a cookie and a cake, is soft, and comes layered with chocolate on top and a sprinkling of french salt. The crunchier cookie version also is layered with more chocolate on top of the bite-sized pieces and a sprinkling of french salt.
“This year, we are most excited for our first savoury creation, the crispy podi cookies. These buttery cookies have gingelly oil and curry leaves and make for a great savoury relief from all the sweet treats,” Karthik says.
Cookies can be ordered through www.rickys.in. Contact 9894833700
Scoop Dawg
When Chef Shriram Rajendran set out to innovate for the festive season, he had two things on his mind — kaju katli, and chocolate ice cream. “I wanted to bring this together, and make it nostalgic,” says the co-founder of Scoop Dawg, a Chennai-based ice cream brand.
Their new flavour for Deepavali, Mithai Madness, has Belgian chocolate ice cream studded with bits of kaju katli, oven roasted cashew nuts and butterscotch balls. “We had to make sure that the chocolate ice cream was not overpowering, and that the flavour of the kaju katli came through as well. The butterscotch balls are a nice throwback to the ice creams from my childhood,” Shriram says.
For orders, contact 9962671777.
Pumpkin Tales
Chindi Varadarajulu’s memories of her childhood and celebrating festivals in Singapore include sitting with her mother well into the night and making cookies. “These cookies were an important part of all our festivities… Deepavali, Chinese New Year, and Christmas,” says the founder of Pumpkin Tales.
This sweet cookie tradition is something she hopes to introduce people in the city to. This Deepavali, the Pumpkin Tales has four cookies on its menu for festive gifting. “The pineapple cookies, much like the kueh tarts, are buttery with a jam centre. We also have the makmur cookies, which are crumbly, decadent cookies filled with toasted peanuts and sugar,” Chindi says.
While the sugee cookies are simple, round cookies with a hint of salt to balance out the sweetness, Chindi says the crunchy cornflake cookies are the most popular among all ages.
For orders, contact 9789026446.
The Farm
Come mid-September and Shalini Philip, co-founder, The Farm says the chorus grows louder for their popular milk cake. “Since 2020, we have been making this mithai every year; where fresh milk from our farm and sugar is reduced to a fudge and cut into pieces. We have lots of milk this time of the year and the mithai is freshly made,” she says.
For Deepavali this year, The Farm’s milk cake is a part of their gifting options, as is their caramel toffee in special flavours. “We have caramel toffee balls in two flavours; pistachio and almonds, and coconut flakes called the String of Lights,” she says. The milk cake and string of lights are available as individual gift boxes, and as celebration bundles. Also find The Farm’s cheeses, as well as assorted condiments including salted caramel sauce, smooth peanut butter, balsamic organic relish and the Madras gun powder as a part of their hampers.
For orders, WhatsApp 9384677571.
Published – October 15, 2025 05:25 pm IST