Gourmet Mithai Brands to Keep on Your Radar This Festive Season

With Diwali and the wedding season right around the corner, the hunt for memorable gifts begins. While dry fruits and chocolates will always have their place, nothing captures the spirit of the occasion quite like a box of beautifully crafted mithai. And if you’re looking to go beyond the usual options, there’s a growing selection of gourmet brands offering indulgent flavours, premium ingredients, and packaging designed to impress.

From artisanal laddoos to inventive burfis, these sweet-makers combine traditional recipes with modern presentation, making them perfect for festive hampers, wedding giveaways, or that one gift you know will be opened first. Here’s a list of some of the gourmet mithai brands to look for. 

Here Are the Gourmet Sweets Worth Trying This Season

Khoya

Founded by Sid Mathur in 2016, Khoya brings a refined touch to age-old recipes. They handmake their sweets in small batches using pure locally sourced ingredients. Their speciality is saffron-laced motichoor laddoos, pista burfi wrapped in edible silver, and more seasonal special sweets. Bonus points for their packaging, which makes them perfect for gifting.

Bombay Sweet Shop

The brainchild of Hunger Inc. (behind Bombay Canteen and O Pedro), Bombay Sweet Shop blends nostalgia with playful twists. Expect chocolate pedas, mishti doi cheesecake, and chunky chikki bars, each crafted with a modern sensibility. Their colourful boxes are as Instagram-worthy as the sweets inside.

Saugaat by Bikanervala

Bikanervala’s luxury offshoot, Saugaat, focuses on heritage recipes elevated with premium ingredients. Saugaat brings a global touch to Indian mithai. Their menu features inventive creations like Lait Croquer, a French wafer layered with doda and Turkish hazelnuts, alongside Cashew Bonbons, Orange & Noir barfi, and Almond Rose Lychee Laddoos. Each piece is handmade, preservative-free, and often infused with international flavours such as matcha, tiramisu, and lychee. It’s a brand rooted in tradition but styled for the modern gift-giver.

Varak

Founded by Dipti Sawalka, Varak celebrates the art of mithai-making with jewel-like presentation and indulgent flavours. The menu includes rose-petal ghevar, saffron pista rolls, and chocolate-dipped kaju katli. A flaky khaja becomes a delicate mille-feuille with gur and rabri. A familiar gulab jamun is served atop fine kunafa and rose cream. Their hampers often double as table décor thanks to elegant, customisable packaging.

Arq Mithai

Founded by Ashay Dhopatkar and Neha Lakhani, Arq specialises in preservative-free, small-batch sweets that are both authentic and innovative. Signature offerings include thandai-flavoured laddoos, paan gujiya, and 24-karat gold-plated kaju katli. Their clean, contemporary branding makes them a favourite for corporate and wedding gifting.

Kesar Sweets

A Jaipur-based brand with a 50-year legacy, Kesar Sweets has been elevating its offerings for a younger clientele. Alongside classics like mawa kachori and soan papdi, they offer fusion creations such as blueberry peda and chocolate-soaked boondi laddoo, perfect for mixing tradition with novelty.