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27 Holiday Hostess Treats That Beat Regifted Wine

By Rebecca Jennings

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  • Best boxes
    Macaron Cafe macarons, $15 per box; Vosges Haut Chocolat holiday truffle collection, $38; Bien Cuit Pfeffernüsse cookies, $12.50 per box; Ladurée Nutcracker box, $26; Vosges Haut Chocolat smoked cinnamon sugar holiday toff
  • Best cookies
    Eleni's Cookies December 25th cookie gift set, $65
  • Sparkliest
    Bang Candy sparkle bark, $25; Magnolia Bakery Rockette cupcakes, $3.50 each; Catbird crescent moon and Moon Child lollipops, $8; Macaron Cafe Christmas tree macaron
  • Best for Hanukkah parties
    Vosges Haut Chocolat Chanukkah Festival of Lights gift set, $160 (sold out as of press time); Jacques Torres gelt coins, $10.50 per pack of 8; Jacques Torres Shalom bar, $6 each;
  • Best miscellaneous
    Georgetown Cupcake Christmas collection, $32 per dozen; Bang Candy simple syrups, $22.50 at Amé Amé; Baked By Melissa hot cocoa cupcakes, $1 each, $20 per 25; Theodent whitening chocolate toothpaste, $9.99 at Amé A
  • Fanciest
    Milk Bar cranberry-gingerbread cake truffles, $16 per dozen; La Maison du Chocolat Christmas ornament, $42; Bien Cuit tres leches buche, $35; Ladurée pistachio praline Marie-Antoinette yule log, $72; Dominique Ansel gingerbr
  • Best treat that makes you feel like you at least kind of deserved it
    Dominique Ansel peppermint brittle plaque, $18

Photos: Driely S. for Racked

You could bring (possibly regifted) wine to your next holiday party (likely scenario: your hostess thanks you, takes it, and politely places it on the pile 'o bottles), or your could show up with what everyone really wants (especially once they're a few glasses deep)—dessert. From the nostalgic (Santa sugar cookies) to the impossibly fancy (pistachio creme yule logs, courtesy of Laduree) to the "How do I even eat that?" (penguin cream puffs), we've rounded up New York City's sweetest treats to order now.
Plus, one bonus gif of how to properly consume Dominique Ansel's peppermint brittle (and yes, it comes with the hammer):

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