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Where to Go in Cairo for the Best Christmas Desserts

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Where to Go in Cairo for the Best Christmas Desserts
written by
Farah Fahim
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Christmas desserts are an integral part of the holiday season, bringing joy and sweetness to festive celebrations. These delectable treats are often rich, indulgent, and infused with flavours that evoke the warmth and nostalgia of the holiday season. From traditional favourites to modern creations, Christmas desserts offer a wide range of options to satisfy everyone’s sweet tooth. For your next Christmas gathering, here are some local dessert spots that offer Christmas-themed desserts.

 

Joy Bakery 

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Serving joy in a box, Joy Bakery offers boxes full of Christmas cookies with creative designs and rich flavours. They come in boxes of six, 12, or 26. They also introduced their seasonal chocolate bomb, which you can get along with a Christmas mug made with a pocket to hold your cookie while you sip on your gingerbread man hot chocolate bomb. Lastly, their Mickey and Minnie Christmas breakable chocolate is filled with sweets and is perfect for kids. 

 

Fleur Chocolates

 

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Artisan premium Belgian chocolates from Fleur Chocolates (members of the Belgian Chocolatiers Guild) are simply to die for this holiday season. Indulge in their cosy flavours of Belgian chocolate truffles in a Christmas box with flavours such as lemon ginger, Peru espresso, and almond apricot. Their Belgian chocolate tree cookies are layers of cookies, nuts, dried fruits, and Belgian chocolate and are almost too pretty to eat. They offer a variety of Christmas boxes, but what stands out is their Christmas tree Advent Calendar, which is full of surprises ranging from chocolates, cookies, mendiants, chocolate bonbons, and more. 

 

Simonds Bakery

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Santa’s favourite bakery has been owned and operated since 1898 and is always dressed in its holiday best during the Christmas season with the scent of gingerbread in the air. Simonds signature Christmas cookies are the perfect gift box for your loved ones and are wrapped in the most beautiful way possible. 

 

Le Chantilly 

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With 45 years of experience behind them, Le Chantilly brings Switzerland to your home with a collection of Christmas chocolates crafted with love and holiday cheer. With their special advent calendars, each day brings a new chocolate delight, setting the mood for a deliciously festive season. If you’re fasting this merry season, chantilly also has a wide variety of vegan desserts. 

 

 

Gourmet

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Although a grocery store, Gourmet has an excellent bakery. This holiday season, they are offering all the holiday staples, including gingerbread man cookies, pavlova base with cream and berries, mini candy canes, and Christmas tins filled with a collection of biscotti, cinnamon, and ginger cookies, German nut corners, and walnut biscuits, among other delights. They also have advent calendars filled with cookies, chocolates, candies, toys and more. Their festive brioche bread is delicious, delicate, and simply irresistible for those cold winter nights. 

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