Chocolate covered fortune cookies are such a simple and fun treat for Diwali! I wanted to include them in our Diwali Cookie Box because they are interactive. My favourite part of dinner at our local Indo-Chinese place is always when everyone reads their fortunes. We laugh at how improbable some of them are, and then […]

Just say chocolate & gingerbread and I’m sold. It could literally be any type of food and I would try this flavour combo. When Anjlee suggested her favourite chocolate gingerbread cookies for our Diwali Cookie Box, it was an instant yes from me! These cookies have the perfect hit of chocolate flavour, a little bitterness […]

I can still remember the exact moment I tried a cream stuffed gulab jamun for the first time. It was about 11 years ago at my little sister’s Roka ceremony. Her mother in law had brought the most amazing assortment of Bengali mithai from her favourite sweet shop in Toronto, and that included cream filled, […]

Huge confession folks; I’m not really a cookie person. Ironic, since I love baking them! That being said, there is one type of I do love, shortbread cookies. Which is why I’m super excited to share today’s Diwali cookie box recipe – rasmalai shortbread.  Like most of my favourite fusion desserts, the rasmalai shortbread cookie […]

What could be more Diwali than diya cookies? Maybe diya shaped chai spice sugar cookies! (That’s kind of a mouthful I know.) [Diya cookies are the first in our Diwali Cookie Box series. To see the full box, and for other recipes, check out this post!] Every Diwali we make these cookies, and the first […]

It’s that time of the year! There’s a chill in the air, the sweatshirts are coming out, and the festive season is creeping up on us. That’s why we are getting a head start at prepping with our Diwali Cookie Box.  At the Pink Chai house we get the holiday feels around Thanksgiving, and then just […]