Here come the holidays to celebrate the light of our lives. Hanukkah or Chanukah is an 8 days long celebration and fried foods with sweet treats are a must on the menu. When all the 8 nights of Hanukkah are so special, why stick with one dessert? Let's celebrate with 8 different desserts for each night. Sounds perfect! But what to make? And how to decorate? Read on for 8 ideas for cakes & Cookies and different bakery supplies for each one.
1. Day 1: The Traditional Jelly Doughnuts
Sufganiyot or Jelly Doughnuts are the traditional Jewish delicacy that is fried, sweet, and melts into your mouth. It is a great way to start the celebration. There is a lot of room to personalize these humble sweet treats and you can choose any jelly for it. Choose the jelly you and your family loves.
2. Day 2: Hanukkah Cookies
Make a dozen for one night or make enough to last all 8 days, the choice is yours. While Gelt cookies are traditional Hanukkah desserts, you can also choose to make sugar cookies and top them with royal icing. Sugar cookies and royal icing make it so much easier to decorate the cookies as you want. You can have a Dreidel, a Menora, a Candle, or texts saying Hanukkah prayers. Sugar sheets or piping tips, different cookie decorating supplies will make the cookies look different. Gelts recipes also can be customized with chocolate transfer sheets and any design can be transferred on them.
Icinginks has the best Kosher frosting sheets and chocolate transfer sheets to offer for this purpose. You can use our Kosher edible inks to print on the edible sheets or order our collection of custom print services. If you are running busy and making different desserts every day is a bit too much, order our custom printed cookies. Icinginks custom sugar cookies are mouthwatering with classic taste and come with any design you choose.
3. Day 3: Chocolate Hanukkah Lollipops
Lollipops are great as desserts and you can also make cake pops with the same molds. Icinginks Popsicle Silicone molds can offer a different shape, making the lollipops special. You can also use the traditional round molds. Customizing the lollipops or cake-pops is also easy than it looks. You can use different edible paints, blue being the most appropriate choice. You can also opt for gulden lusters to decorate these Hanukkah desserts.
4. Day 4: Mandel Bread
The classic Mandel bread. There are many Mandel recipes out there and every family has its own twist to it. No matter what recipe you choose, the mighty bread speaks tradition like no other. It is also a great option if you want to keep the sugar in check and like your desserts to be flavorful. Chocolate and Cinnamon are some of the best combinations to have for this recipe. Feel free to pop a loaf in the freezer to save for a rainy day as well.
5. Day 5: Hamantaschen
The fruity, sugary filling of Hamantaschen gives many recipes a chance to shine. The sentimental sweet treat is perfect to remember the old ways. These triangular pastries, although are eaten during Purim, you can definitely give it a go during the Hannukah nights.
6. Day 6: Chocolate Babka
From small treats to swirly cakes, there are many recipes you can try this holiday season. Chocolate Babka is the most popular option and also quite easy to make. You can also combine the chocolate spread with cinnamon to spice it up.
7. Day 7: Tiled Brownies
Jump on the trend of the tiles brownies this Hannukah for a gorgeous looking dessert at your table. Who doesn’t like brownies! But what is the latest trend for this chocolaty goodness? It's not the marshmallow topping, chocolate ganache, or sprinkles, etc. Top the brownie with an edible image, made of Kosher sugar sheets. You can get any design printed on the sheets as you want. The tiled brownies look super chic and taste great as well.
8. Day 8: Cinnamon Apple Cake
What better way to end the celebration than layered goodness of the cake and buttercream frosting? A Cinnamon Apple cake is traditional, tasty, and fits perfectly for Hanukkah. Use any recipe you want and decorate it with edible paints, edible images, or other edible toppings. Want to make things more special? You can also use airbrush kits for cakes of course! You can never go wrong with a photo cake as well. If not, simply color the frosting and pipe it down with Russian Ball tips for gorgeous cake decoration.
There you have 8 dessert ideas and how you can jazz things up with Icinginks cake and cookie decorating supplies. All our products are FDA compliant, Kosher and allergens-free. Explore Icinginks store for Kosher cake decorating supplies!
