6 Untraditional Chanukah Dishes You Need To Try

Sure chocolate gelt is great and who doesn't like a good latke? But these six dishes will make your bubby proud and your taste buds shout for more.

1. Beet Latkes Stuffed with Goat Cheese

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The original latkes weren't made from Potatoes.

Instead they were a cheesy dish, served in honor of Yehudis, who used cheese and wine to defeat Greek general Holophernes.

Get the recipe!

2. Cranberry Jelly Sufganiyot (Doughnuts)

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In the Sephardic world and in Israel today, many people opt for the sweet jelly doughnut, or sufganiya, over the more savory latke.

Get the recipe for these epic home-made cranberry jelly doughnuts!

3. Dreidel-Shaped Ravioli

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Who said Chanukah food couldn't have an Italian twist?

Enjoy these delectable dreidel treats !

4. Chanukah-Shaped Latkes

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Get crafty with your latkes!

Check out these dreidel, menorah and Jewish shaped treats.

5. Chanukah Party Surprise Cake

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Have any Chanukah parties on the agenda? Get all that chocolaty gelt goodness, without ever picking up a dreidel.

Get the recipe.

6. Low-Fat Potato Latkes

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Even if you go for the classics, why put on the extra pounds?

Have your latkes and eat them too with this recipe!