From Alsace ? I'd say Schankalas could join the set of cookies for celebrations : they are some mouth shaped donuts with a bit of kirsch and almond in the dow. Traditionally they are for Mardi Gras. They first become popular in Louisiana around Les Allemands, and then spread until they are cherished as part of the Southern cuisine.
Many protestant alsacians also spread the recipe around the world after being forced to leave by Louis XIV, making it popular in South Africa and all along the spice routes, where they are dipped in cinammon "à la huguenote" (meaning protestant style, as opposed to the ""American ones"" with just sugar, because many French protestants fled in colonial empires, notably around the spice road)
Perhaps it could even reach Asia ...