(Courtesy of Kayco) Chanukah this year starts November 28 and concludes December 6. This festive Jewish holiday is traditionally celebrated with specific foods and desserts.

Kayco, America’s largest source for on- trend, gourmet-forward kosher products, debuts two serious twists on the festive sugar cookie tradition, putting the ‘Happy’ in Chanukah. The two new kits are: the Manischewitz Ugly Sweater Chanukah Sugar Cookie Kit and the Manischewitz Ready to Decorate Pre-Baked Sugar Cookie Kit, which join the existing Chanukah line, which includes the Manischewitz Chanukah House Cookie Kit and the Manischewitz Donut Making Kit.

Try this on for size—the new Manischewitz Ugly Sweater Chanukah Sugar Cookie Kit. The exciting offering has everything your family will need to create your ugliest sweater yet. The kit includes sugar cookie mix; traditional yellow and blue color powders; Chanukah sprinkle mix; three piping bags and a sweater cookie cutter. All you need is your sense of humor and creativity. The packages make eight to 10 Ugly Sweater Cookies to share, gift or just eat. They are available at a suggested retail price of $8.99.

For just plain fun and good eating, make a Chanukah party around the Manischewitz Ready to Decorate Pre-Baked Sugar Cookie Kit. For an activity anywhere in the house, this kit includes 12 pre-baked sugar cookies shaped in all the festive ornaments of the season including Stars of David, dreidels, wine glasses and menorahs. The package is complete with blue and silver glitter crystals; royal icing mix; blue and yellow color powders and three piping bags. Your kids, friends and family can show their Chanukah creativity, snacking all along the way. The package yields 12 Chanukah sugar cookies at a suggested retail price of $9.99.

These Manischewitz Cookie Kits do not just taste good, they do good. Manischewitz has teamed up with PJ Library, the Jewish nonprofit program delivering 225,000-plus books every month to children across North America, All the cookie kits contain a PJ Library subscription card so that families raising children with Jewish values and traditions can sign up to receive a free, expertly curated, age-appropriate children’s book each month. To learn more about PJ Library, visit: www.pjlibrary.org/about-pj-library 

For more information go to www.kayco.com  for information for Chanukah recipes, chefs’ suggestions and everything food. For kosher related go to www.kosher.com.

The kits are available at leading supermarket and retail chains nationwide, including ACME, Shaw’s, select Albertsons, ShopRite, Wegmans, Stop & Shop, Kroger stores and online outlets including Amazon.