Their fanatical fans argue that we should be able to enjoy them all year round since melomakarona (Greek Christmas Honey Cookies) are a truly excellent dessert with a unique taste. Fortunately, as the years go by, they make their appearance earlier and earlier in the windows of pastry shops and bakeries.
Tradition calls for them to be crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside, with plenty of grated walnut on top, mussed with olive oil, orange and cinnamon cloves. However, they come in different versions: morsels, crispy like biscuits, covered in chocolate, filled with nuts, etc.
Olive Magazine has compiled a list of the best placed to get melomakarona’s in Athens and Thessaloniki.
In Athens
Choc O Rock Pastry Lab
Sweet shop
Sintrivani
Metropolitikon
Thessaloniki
Everof
Miltos