10 Desserts From Around the World

What better way to take a culinary trip around the world than to sample an array of international sweets? Over the years, we have explored dessert recipes from Persia to Provence, and here are 10 of our favorites. Some are more familiar, like cakes and bars, while others take the form of rice or soup. All of them are definitely worth exploring!

FIRST ROW
• 1 Marking's Bibingka – A chewy and coconut-y Filipino cake
• 2 Cannelé – A cake from Bordeaux, perfectly small and sweet
• 3 Thai Mango with Coconut Sticky Rice – Warm, sticky, sweet, and fragrant
• 4 Chè Đậu Xanh – Vietnamese sweet soup with mung beans and coconut
• 5 Eccles Cakes – Flaky British pastries filled with citrus and currants

SECOND ROW
• 6 Faloodeh – Persian rosewater ice
• 7 Nougat de Montélimar – A soft, chewy bar from Provence
• 8 Gaufres de Liège – Buttery Belgian waffles
• 9 Italian Jam Crostata – A dessert from the coastal town of Vieste in Puglia
• 10 Nanaimo Bars – A decadent Canadian sweet

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Comments (7)

Nanaimo bars are great but I am sad that the Canadian butter tart wasn't mentioned, as they are possibly the most delicious thing ever.

Oh glorious Cannelé! Whenever friends mention they'll be going to France I make sure that they seek out some cannelé.

Where is the mention of Lamingtons? My Aussie friend introduced them to me and they are so delicious!

@bridgetchang Here's a post we did on Lamingtons!

2 and 3 should be reversed -- 2 is the Thai sticky rice and 3 is the cannelé. :)

I don't fancy cannelés much -- there's something about the mochi-esque texture of them that doesn't do it for me -- but I love a lot of these! I was really pleased to read that coconut sticky rice recipe the other day. It's so perfect in the heat of summer.

I really want to try the Egyptian syrup cake called Basbousa. I had it at church a while ago when someone came back from Egypt.

I love bibingka from the Philippines!