I’m kicking off this Diwali with a fun and extravagant Diwali Dessert Box! When I was younger, every year my parents would make us go house hopping to all of our relatives house and hand out a box of Indian sweets. As much as I hated that as a child, I truly miss it now as an adult! I know this year Diwali is going to be very different and not being able to see my family makes it even wore. I wanted to create something that you can drop off to a family or loved ones house, or you ship them a beautiful Diwali box like I did.

You can use an array of different desserts or even Diya’s like I did. I wanted to send a box that was filled with personal items but also meaningful, I did use store bought macaroons because I didn’t have time to make them and also its something that everyone loves, but I also filled the box with some nuts, chocolate bars and even Indian snacks.

I wanted to add a couple of my home made desserts as well including my families favorite; Gulab jamun Donuts and no bake protein bites! I did a mixture of Indian + American desserts because its a great way to please everyone from, kids, adults and even grandparents!

ASSEMBLING THE DIWALI DESSERT BOX

The boxes I used were off Amazon and everything fit so well! I plan on using these same boxes for Christmas when I do my cookie box! These boxes are meant to be used to a bottle of wine so the length and width is perfect to add the small mini containers that I filled up with desserts. I added layers of tissue paper and then added all the desserts. Decorated with a ribbon on top and added a tag with a printed label of all the desserts in the box.

All of the mini containers I used to place in the box were also from amazon, the lids all fit tightly which was a huge relief. These container are perfect for cakes, cookies even halwa! I even included mini ice cream containers you can use when you make any of my fusion Indian flavored ice creams/gelato OR Gajar Halwa ice cream sandwiches!

DESSERTS TO FILL YOUR DIWALI BOX?

Here are a couple of fusion + Indian desserts you can use to fill your Diwali box.

• Rose Glazed Gulab Jamun Donuts
• Shrikhand Cannolis
• Chocolate protein bites (perfect for kids)
• Gajar halwa truffles
• Kulfi Tres Leches Cake/Cupcakes
• Jalebi Upside Down Cake
• Salted Caramel Burfi
• Gulab Jamun Cheesecake
• Gajar Halwa Cheesecake
• Parle G Pecan Pie Brownies
• Rose Leches Cake
• Ras Malai Eclairs
• Pear Tart with Cardamom Caramel Sauce
• Apple Spice Bundt Cake with Cardamom Caramel Sauce
• Ras Malai Ice Cream
• Gulab Jamun Gelato
• Carrot Halwa Ice Cream Cookies