List of Turkish desserts Facts for Kids

This is a list of desserts from Turkish cuisine.

Name of dessert	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 beautiful neighborhood of Izmir, 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.
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
Bomb of Izmir or Izmir 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 Izmir.
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	Pistachio with Nuts
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
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.
Kabak tatlısı	Fruit	Candied pumpkin garnished with walnuts and fresh kaymak cream
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	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 Izmir or Ayvalik
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 Ayvalik 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
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

List of Turkish desserts facts for kids

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