The 13 Best Lunar New Year Food Gifts From Costco

I'm never not over the moon to celebrate Lunar New Year, but this year I'm super excited to ring in the Year of the Dragon. One of the reasons why? The incredible selection of Lunar New Year food gifts available at Costco this year.

A recent trip to my local Costco showed me just how all-out the big box store went for Lunar New Year. The shelves were lined with traditional goodies like mooncakes, salted egg yolk cookies and pineapple cakes, plus lots of other newfangled treats. It was great to see how much thought Costco put into carefully curating a wide range of food gifts to help me and many others celebrate a very symbolic holiday in the Asian diaspora.

Read on for all of the details on the 13 Lunar New Year Costco food gifts that I was most excited about at my local store. The selection will vary by location, but it's absolutely worth stopping by your Costco location to see what they have.

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The Best Lunar New Year Food Gifts at Costco

1. 180 Snacks Zodiac Animal Crackers

The animal crackers you grew up eating at school, with a festive Lunar New Year spin. These cookies are shaped like creatures on the Chinese Zodiac calendar—rooster, tiger, goat, rabbit, etc.—and are flavored with milk and brown sugar for a delightful caramel-like warmth.

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2. Isabelle Pineapple Cakes

Pineapple cakes are a quintessential Lunar New Year dessert. Like any traditional recipe, these mini cakes from Isabelle feature a crumbly, buttery shortbread-like dough packed with a jammy, fruity pineapple filling. The beautiful box makes them extra giftable.

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3. Chocmod 3 Layer Tin Cocoa Truffles

It just so happens that Lunar New Year and Valentine's Day overlap this year. And what better way to celebrate both holidays than with these rich cocoa truffles that come in a red and gold dragon-adorned tin?

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4. Kam Wah Taro Yolk Pies

The taro yolk pies are one of the top-selling products from Kam Wah, and for good reason. The purple pastries are a delightful mix of textures and flavors—there's sweetness from the soft cake and lotus bean paste, and a slight salty pop from the egg yolk center. They're great straight out of the package or heated for 5 minutes as suggested on the box. Enjoy them on their own or paired with some tea.

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5. Loacker Lunar New Year Box

Wafer cookies for Lunar New Year? Yes, please! This assortment of individually wrapped wafer cookies includes a range of flavors—matcha, coconut, hazelnut and of course plenty of chocolate. Put out a bowl of these alongside the mooncakes, almond cookies, fresh fruit and other desserts on your Lunar New Year table.

6. Isabelle Year Of The Dragon Festive Lunar New Year Cakes

In Chinese culture, mooncakes are a hallmark food consumed during the Mid-Autumn Festival, as well as during Lunar New Year. The cakes are typically formed into a round shape because the circle is symbolic of unity of family and completeness. This Costco assortment includes mooncakes in different designs, colors and flavors, including taro and rose.

Related: Traditional Chinese Mooncakes Recipe

7. Pocky Lunar New Year 12-Pack Box

Any kind of celebration—big or small—is better with Pocky. The chocolate-covered biscuit sticks are delightfully crunchy and just sweet enough. The Costco box includes 12 packs so you can share some and keep some for yourself too.

8. Anton Berg Liqueur Chocolate Box

A box of chocolates is always good to gift for any celebration, but this one brings the party. The foil-wrapped chocolate bottles have a cognac filling that pairs well with the dark chocolate.

9. T.K. Food Salted Egg Yolk Cookies

Sweet, salty, buttery salted egg yolk cookies are a mainstay dessert for Chinese New Year celebrations. If you're pressed for time this year and can't bake your own, you can grab this giant box from T.K. Food at your local Costco.

10. Bánh Pía Custard Hopia

More salted egg yolk goodness! I love getting these  Vietnamese pastries from my local Asian grocery store, and it fills me with joy that I can now pick them up at Costco. Each mini pastry has a very flaky pastry shell filled with a sweet gooey salted egg yolk filling.

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11. J Way Taiwan Boba Tea Kit

Calling all my boba lovers! Raise a toast at home to the Year of the Dragon with this fun and easy-to-assemble boba tea kit. The kit includes tea powder, boba and paper straws and makes 10 drinks. Invite your friends over for a DIY boba party or set these out for the kiddos.

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12. CheongKwanJang Korean Red Ginseng Drink Set

Koreans consume red ginseng in many forms—tea, supplements, candies, skin treatments—because of its benefits to the immune system. This red ginseng drink set comes CheongKwanJong Hong Sam Won, which is one of the top distributors of ginseng products in Korea and Costco sells it at an unbeatable price. I plan to give a few sets to my friends and family because health is wealth!

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13. Made In Macau Homemade Almond Cookies

From the elegant tin to the crunchy, nutty cookies inside, this box of homestyle almond cookies from Made in Macau is ready to be gifted to any person you want to wish luck and prosperity this Lunar New Year.

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