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New Year Nibbles

Commercial jingles promise that “Danish blue tin cookies always impress.”

How Danish Cookies Became Hong Kong’s Favorite Lunar New Year Snack

It's not a family gathering without “blue tin cookies.”

Vincent Leung June 6, 2025

Bethlehem loves its Peeps.

Why Pennsylvania Rings in the New Year With Bologna and Peeps

Instead of a ball drop, why not count down to midnight by lowering your favorite food?

Sam O'Brien January 6, 2025

New Year's Eve 2011

13 Unusual Places to Ring in the New Year

Cold plunge, burn, or dance your way into a new year.

Roxanne Hoorn December 27, 2024

Moose Milk is smooth, creamy, and potent.

Meet 'Moose Milk,' the Wintry Cocktail of the Canadian Military

Knock out the year with an elixir that can pacify an army.

Rachel Rummel December 15, 2021

Hoppin' John

This New Year's luck-bringer has a controversial contemporary taste.

Are you feeling lucky?

Twelve Grapes

A New Year's Eve tradition of scarfing down 12 grapes for good luck.

Yusheng

The higher you toss this fish salad, the luckier your year will be.

Khapse

On Tibetan New Year, deep-fried cookies take the form of auspicious symbols and festive snacks.

A selection of German <em>Glückschweine</em>.

Ring in the New Year With a Good Luck Pig

Whether roast pork or marzipan, a pig is a symbol of good fortune.

Anne Ewbank December 31, 2018

Gray Peas with Bacon and Onions

Finish all your Latvian peas for good luck in the New Year.

Russian Napoleon Cake

This traditional dessert commemorates the country's sweet taste of victory over the French emperor in 1812.

Eight Treasure Rice Pudding

The treasures are colorful fruits and nuts.

Nan-e Nokhodchi

Thank garbanzo beans for the melt-in-your-mouth texture of these Persian cookies.

Oliebollen

These Dutch doughnuts are classic New Year's treats.

Soup Joumou

The once-forbidden stew now symbolizes Haitian independence.

Tejocote

On Day of the Dead, garlands of the tiny, apple-flavored fruit serve as offerings to the deceased.

Candied Hawthorn

To celebrate Chinese New Year, vendors sell skewered, sugar-coated berries.

<em>Kagami mochi</em> with a traditional orange on top.

The Los Angeles Bakery Keeping Mochi in Temples and Traditions

Brian Kito wants to protect mochi’s status as more than a standard sweet.

Richard Foss March 23, 2018