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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