List of Turkish desserts

This is a list of desserts from Turkish cuisine.

Name of dessert Image Type Description
Acıbadem kurabiyesi Biscuit Almond biscuits made from bitter almonds or bitter almond syrup. Well established in Edirne.
Alaçatı kurabiyesi Cookie Non-dairy Cookie that is flavored with mastic flavor. Alaçatı is a neighborhood of İzmir, the area where this cookie originated from.
Aşure Pudding Sweet pudding that is made of a mixture consisting of various types of grains, fresh and dried fruits, and nuts.
Ayva tatlısı Fruit A fruit-based dessert made with quince Originating in the city of Bursa.
Badem ezmesi Nuts Marzipan
Bağdat hurma tatlısı
Fried dough dessert Pastry dessert consisting of flour, sugar, egg, yogurt and 10 kind of spices. Served with grated coconut.
Baklava Phyllo pastry A type of phyllo pastry filled with finely chopped nuts and soaked in sharbat syrup.
Bağaça Tahini cake Bağaça is a kind of tahini cake originated from Antalya. Ingredient in use are flour, butter, sugar, tahini, sesame seeds, pine, rosin, chickpea yeast, and cinnamon.
Bici bici Non-dairy ice A shaved ice dessert, sweetened with powdered sugar and a red fruit or flower syrup. Additional toppings are added, usually fruits. Originating in the city of Adana. Although the taste is different, due to the use of different toppings and syrup, it is very similar to Korea's Bingsu
Biga peynir tatlısı Pastry Made of unsalted cheese, dough of flour, egg, water and baking powder
Cezerye Candy Turkish gelatinous sweet made from caramelised carrots, shredded coconut and roasted nuts
Demir tatlısı Fried batter Fried cookie made with an iron mold
Dilber dudağı Pastry Buttery pastry soaked in sharbat syrup.
Dondurma or Maraş dondurması Ice cream Traditional Turkish ice cream famous for its sellers joking around with customers. The most traditional taste is called Damla sakızı, or, in a literal translation ‘Gummy Drops’. In the Greek society it's known as the ‘Tears of Chios’. Both refer to the mastic taste obtained from the mastic tree. This ice cream originated in the city of Kahramanmaraş, hence the name ‘Maraş ice cream’.
Ekmek kadayıfı Pastry The bread or sponge cake dough is mixed with pistachios and hazelnuts before being baked. Then, it will be drenched in a sweet sharbat syrup and served with fresh clotted cream. Originating in the city of Afyonkarahisar
Görele dondurması Ice cream Type of ice cream specific to Giresun. Its distinguishing ingredients are licorice root extract and salep.
Güllaç Dairy, fruit Consists of milk, rose water and a kind of special very thin dough also called güllaç. Optionally, it can be served with some fruits like pomegranate and nuts on top. It is said that it was first made in the Ottoman palace's kitchen by Chef cook Ali from Kastamonu in 1489.
Hanım göbeği Pastry Deep fried choux pastry balls soaked in simple syrup
Hayrabolu tatlısı

Pastry Fried pastry originating from Hayrabolu made from cheese and semolina, decorated with tahin and hazelnuts. It resembles the Kemalpaşa tatlısı and Biga peynir tatlısı
Helatiye Pudding
Hoşaf Fruit Stewed dried fruits optionally spiced with cloves or cinnamon, may be served cold over rice
Hoşmerim Halva Also called cheese halvah, homemade hoşmerim is made from cheese, semolina and powdered sugar and often served with ice cream, honey or nuts. It has originated in the region of Marmara, with Balıkesir being the most known for it.
İrmik helvası Halva Type of halva consisting of semolina, milk, butter and sugar. Also pine nut is generally added.
İzmir bombası (Bomb of İzmir or İzmir bomb) Stuffed cookies/kurabiye Cookies filled with chocolate spread that leave a bomb of chocolatey explosions in your mouth. Originated in the Aegean city of İzmir.
Kabak tatlısı Fruit Candied pumpkin garnished with walnuts and fresh kaymak cream (sometimes) (also sometimes topped with tahin).
Kadayıf Shredded phyllo pastry Made with kadaif noodles. Sweetened with sharbat.
Kalburabastı Baklava Göreme Pastry Syrup-drenched pastries often served during the Islamic holidays
Katmer Phyllo pastry Flaky pastry similar to baklava. Its filling consists of kaymak (sort of creamy dairy product), pistachio, sugar.
Kaysefe Fruit Stewed dried fruits topped with melted butter and chopped nuts
Kazandibi Pudding Caramelized version of tavuk göğsü
Kemalpaşa tatlısı Pastry
Kestane şekeri Candy Chestnut candied in sugar syrup. (Marron glacé)
Keşkül Pudding Almond based milk pudding
Komposto Fruit Fresh fruit compote
Künefe Shredded phyllo pastry Kadayif filled with a layer of cheese and soaked in sharbat syrup.
Laz böreği Phyllo pastry Consists of thin phyllo dough, butter, muhallebi, black pepper and simple syrup.
Lokma Fried dough dessert Leavened, deep fried dough soaked in sharbat syrup and topped with coconut powder, cinnamon powder, pistachio or hazelnut powder, chocolate sauce, fruits or other toppings. Traditionally, this dessert doesn't use toppings. Very common in Aegean cities such as İzmir or Ayvalık.
Lokum Candy In the English speaking world it is known as “Turkish delight”. It is eaten together with Turkish coffee to compensate the strong taste.
Lor tatlısı Pastry This sweet pastry is made from whey cheese and usually served with mastic flavored traditional Turkish ice cream. It is a local specialty dessert from the coastal town Ayvalık in the Aegean region of Turkey.
Macun Fluid candy Turkish toffee candy, that is not hard but soft and is stretched over a stick and eaten like a Lollipop.
Muhallebi Pudding, dairy Milk pudding
Nevzine Cake Made with tahini, pekmez and walnut
Orcik candy Candy Candy coated walnut and fermented grape juice mixture
Pekmez Syrup Traditionally prepared molasses syrup, usually made from grapes. A great substitute for honey
Pepeçura Mousse Isabella grape must thickened with corn flour and / or corn starch and mixed with sugar
Pestil Fruit Fruit leather
Pişmaniye Halva Flour roasted in butter blended into pulled sugar. Also called çekme helva, or pulled helva. It often reminds people of cotton candy, but it is very different in taste and texture. It is very similar (in taste and texture and in the making) of the Korean Kkul-tarae and China's Dragon's Beard Candy
Revani Cake Semolina cake soaked in sharbat syrup
Soğuk baklava Phyllo pastry, dairy Thin layers of phyllo brushed with clarified butter, poured with a type of cold sharbat syrup consists of milk and sugar and served with cocoa or grated chocolate on top.
Su muhallebisi Pudding Type of pudding made with water, milk, starch. It is generally served with rose water and powdered sugar. Optionally, melted kızamık şekeri (kind of spicy sugar mixture) can be poured on it when served.
Şambali Pastry Made with semolina, sugar and yogurt or milk.
Şekerpare Pastry Soft almond pastry soaked in lemon-flavored sharbat syrup
Şıllık Crepe Turkish dessert crepe filled with walnut and topped with sweet syrup and chopped pistachio
Şöbiyet Phyllo pastry Similar to baklava but filled with sweet cream and nuts
Supangle Cake, pudding Chocolate pudding topped cake garnished with chopped pistachio or shredded coconut
Süt helvası
Pudding, dairy Dessert consists of milk, butter, flour and sugar
Sütlaç Pudding, dairy It is a dessert made using rice, milk and sugar.
Sütlü nuriye Phyllo pastry, dairy Baklava variation with dairy milk
Tavuk göğsü Pudding, dairy Turkish milk pudding made with fine strands of chicken breast
Tahinli pide Pastry Sweet pide with the topping consisting of tahini and sugar. Its shape varies from region to region, can be round or flat.
Tulumba Fried dough dessert Deep-fried batter dough soaked in sharbat syrup
Yanıksı dondurma Ice cream Type of ice cream specific to Antalya. Its distinguishing feature is its smoky taste, caused by the burning of milk during production.
Zerde Pudding Sweet rice pudding colored yellow with saffron

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