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.
Ayva tatlısı		Fruit	A fruit-based dessert made with quince Originating in the city of Bursa.
Badem ezmesi		Nuts	Marzipan
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
İzmir bombası (Bomb of İzmir or İzmir Bomb)		Praline 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.
Cezerye		Candy	Turkish gelatinous sweet made from caramelised carrots, shredded coconut and roasted nuts
Cevizli sucuk		Candy	Walnuts lined on a strand coated in thickened grape or mulberry juice and dried to resemble sausages
Demir tatlısı		Fried batter	Fried cookie made with an iron mold
Dilber dudağı		Pastry	Buttery pastry soaked in sharbat syrup.
Dondurma or Maraş Dondurması		Battered dairy 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		Bread pudding	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
Fıstıklı dürüm		Baklava	A kind of rolled, green baklava made with very thin layers of philo dough and thick layers of pistachio
Gaziler helvası		Halva	A type of almond helva from Edirne which has benn traditionally served on special occasions
Güllaç		Dairy, fruit	Turkish milk and pomegranate pastry. 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.
İncir Uyuşturması or İncir Uyutması, or, 'bring the figs to sleep'		Dairy	Dairy dessert made from dried figs, cow milk, goat milk and sugar. From the city of İzmir.
İrmik Helvası		Halva
Kabak tatlısı		Fruit	Candied pumpkin garnished with walnuts and fresh kaymak cream (sometimes) (also sometimes topped with tahin).
Kadayıf
Kalburabastı		Pastry	Syrup-drenched pastries often served during the Islamic holidays
Kaysefe		Fruit	Stewed dried fruits topped with melted butter and chopped nuts
Kazandibi		Pudding	Caramelized milk pudding
Kemalpaşa tatlısı		Pastry
Keşkül		Pudding	Almond based milk pudding
Komposto		Fruit	Fresh fruit compote
Künefe			Tel kadayif dough filled with a layer of cheese and soaked in sharbat syrup.
Lokma		Fried batter	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 Mokka 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
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	Basically a „Mousse au fruit“ made with grape must and thickened with flour and optionally nuts
Pestil		Fruit	Fruit leather
Pişmaniye		Helva	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
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
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
Tulumba		Fried batter	Deep-fried batter dough soaked in sharbat syrup
Zerde		Pudding	Sweet rice pudding colored yellow with saffron

See also

• List of desserts
• Turkish cuisine

References