If you are planning to host a vegetarian Hanukkah party then you need to be very conscious about the foods that you are going to serve.  This blog suggests you the best 5 Hanukkah desserts to serve at vegetarian Hanukkah party you are planning to host. Although some of the regular Hanukkah fares like latkes, carrot and steam potato tzimmes, and festive fruit relish are fixed, but there might be confusion regarding the desserts to be served.

1. Sufganiyot
   It is an Israeli name for jelly doughnut and is popular throughout Israel as a Hanukkah food.  You need dry yeast, granulated sugar, all-purpose flour, milk, margarine, salt, nutmeg, eggs, vegetable oil, seedless raspberry jelly, and confectioners’ sugar to prepare a Sufganiyot.

   Nutrition information: Totalfat -  9g; Saturated fat - 2g; Cholesterol - 28mg; Sodium - 220 mg; Total carbohydrate - 41 g; Dietary Fiber - 1g; Protein - 4g. And in total packs in 260 calories /serving.

    

2. Almond Macaroon Fingers
   These fingers look good and sound good too. The best thing about these fingers is that these fingers are sumptuous and are gluten free too.  To make macaroon fingers you need almond paste, egg whites, confectioners’ sugar, vanilla extract, and bittersweet or semi sweet chocolate.

   Nutrition information: Total fat - 2g; Sodium - 3  mg; Total carbohydrate - 5 g; Protein - 1g. And in total packs in 35 calories /serving.

    

3. Apple Pie Spice Rugelach
    The walnut-y apple and spiced butter filling makes it most appealing.  You need all-purpose flour, walnuts and pecans, dried currants, brown sugar, granulated sugar, apple pie spice and apple butter to prepare this Rugelach.

   Nutrition information: Total fat - 5g; Saturated fat - 3g; Cholesterol - 15mg; Sodium - 65 mg; Total carbohydrate -  18 g; Dietary Fiber - 1g; Protein - 1g. And in total packs in 125 calories /serving.

    

4. Hanukkah Gelt

   “Gelt” is a Yiddish term for “money”. To keep up with the tradition you can perhaps serve your guests the chocolate coins wrapped in gold/silver foil.  To prepare Hanukkah gelts’you will require sweet cooking chocolate, pretzels, unsweetened chocolate and gold /silver foil squares.  You can perhaps hand these gelt in gift boxes.

   Nutrition information: Total fat - 5g; Sodium - 40 mg. And in total packs in 70 calories /serving.

    

5. Apricot-Raspberry Rugelach
   We can simply call it delicious, because it packs in the flavor of raspberry and richness of the apricot.  You need butter, cream cheese, vanilla extract, salt, sugar, all-purpose  flour, white sugar, walnuts, apricots, brown sugar, cinnamon, raspberry preserves  and milk.

   Nutrition information: Total fat - 7g; Saturated fat - 2g; Cholesterol - 5mg; Sodium - 80 mg; Total carbohydrate - 13 g; Protein - 1g. And in total packs in 115 calories /serving.

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