If you haven’t tried Turkish desserts before, now is your chance! These popular treats are sweet, unique and oh so good! From balaclava to cookies to Turkish coffee, you’re about to take a journey right into Turkey with these recipes.   

Before you begin, it’s helpful to know that Turkish desserts fall into three categories: milk-based, pastry-based, and those made with fruits or vegetables. So, what that means is that you have to try at least one type beyond the ever-popular baklava!

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Popular Turkish Desserts

Turkish Rice Pudding

Prepare yourself for this one! Turkish rice pudding is a melt-in-your-mouth dessert that’s both creamy and rich. Also known as Sütlaç, this recipe lets you make a traditional dessert right in your home at any time of the day!

Baklava 

Turkish Baklava, is one of the more popular desserts! Also known as Fistikli Baklava or Pistachio Baklava, this treat is the perfect combination of rich, buttery, and sweet! Made with phyllo dough, finely ground pistachios, butter,  a sugar syrup, water, and lemon juice. That’s it!

Tulumba Tatlumba Tatlisi

Pronounced too-LOOM-bah TAHT-luh-suh, are oblong balls of fried dough, soaked in syrup. Crispy, syrupy, and incredibly-sweet, Tulumba tatlumba tatlisi is also a popular street food in Turkey. 

Turkish Delight

If dessert recipes aren’t your thing, then this candy recipe might! Turkish delight is a sweet candy that’s popular in the Middle East. Plus, this candy can be made in a wide variety of flavors. 

Turkish Almond Cookies

Gone are the days when chocolate chip cookies were your go-to! And welcome the days of Turkish almond cookies. They’re soft, chewy and provide one unforgettable taste. Plus, all you need are 4 simple ingredients! 

Turkish Shortbread Cookies

It’s shortbread cookies that meet Turkey. From crumbly to delicious, Un Kurabiyesi, is a national favorite! Be sure to serve these in the afternoon at tea gatherings or with some Turkish coffee. 

Turkish Coffee

Get ready to make  Turkish coffee right at home! Perfect to pair with and enjoy with any Turkish dessert. You’ll get step-by-step photos and a video showing you how to successfully make this drink for you and your guests to enjoy.  

Turkish Chicken Breast Pudding

Don’t let the name throw you off here, this is one delicious dessert! Often referred to as ” tavuk göğüsü, this dessert provides a bit of fascination with its fine shreds of white meat chicken!

Turkish Delight Ice Cream

Here’s one that takes a bit more time to make, but is definitely worth the wait! Turkish delight ice cream is creamy, cool and fresh! The tip here is to make this at least 1 day in advance to ensure there is enough time for the mixture to set.

Turkish Bread Pudding

Bread, ekmek, is a main dish in Turkish cuisine. You’ll often find a  loaf of bread at the center Turkish homes, whether it be for breakfast, lunch and dinner. 

Turkish Coffee Brownies

It’s time to kick up your brownie game! This recipe combines chocolate with coffee to provide you with a fudgy, deep-dish, decadent. Enjoy!

Helva

Often found in Turkey, Balkans and the Middle East, helva is a group of sweets!. In modern Turkish cuisine, two kinds of helva can be found. The tough part here is deciding which one to try first. 

Turkish Semolina Cake

It’s time for cake! Turkish Middle Eastern semolina cake that is! Getting its flavor from fresh lemon juice and zest. Also known as Revani, Semolina cake is an easy sponge cake that comes together quickly.  

Turkish Yogurt Cake

This Turkish yogurt cake, can easily be compared to a lemon-scented cheesecake! So if you like cheesecake but prefer something that is fresher and tangier, then this is for you! 

Turkish Cotton Candy

An old Turkish dessert, this treat has been forgotten in Turkey but is making its comeback is the Turkish version of cotton candy and prepared using a special technique. It’s messy, but so worth it! 

Turkish Noah’s Ark Pudding Asure Recipe

If you visit Turkey, you cannot go without coming across Noah’s Ark Pudding. It’s a special dessert that’s better known as aşure! Lucky for you, you don’t have to visit Turkey because you have the recipe right here! 

Fruit Leather

Similar to fruit rollups, fruit leather is a treat that your whole family will love. It’s a wholesome dessert that’s made without sugar! Plus, it’s so easy to make, your kids can help out!

Turkish Candied Pumpkin

Better known as ‘kabak tatlısı’, Turkish candied pumpkin is both simple and quick to prepare! Plus, it looks so fancy, your guests will be nothing short of impressed.  And if you love pumpkin flavors, this one is for you!

Turkish Ice Cream

Made with salep powder, Turkish ice cream is thick and stretchy just like it traditionally has to be. Both with a unique flavor and consistency, this dessert is not like any other ice cream you’ve tried. 

Kunefe

Turkish Kunefe Recipe is a dessert to die for! Easily as popular as the  world-famous baklava. Kunefe is made up of buttered kadaif noodles stuffed with unsalted cheese and sweetened with syrup. The tip here is to serve this hot for a melting and stringy cheese.

Sutlu Nuriye

Sutlu Nuriyes a delicious Turkish dessert that is often compared to  baklava. Made a lighter with a milk based syrup, while crushed hazelnut.s are used in the filling  to give Sutlu Nuriye a whitish look. Easily a huge hit with the kids!

Turkish Delight Sponge Cake

The layers of lemon and rose alone will make you want to devour this dessert! Made with a subtle rose buttercream & chunks of Turkish Delight, this sponge cake is one you don’t want to pass on! And the rose petals to garnish really steps this dessert up a notch. 

Turkish Churros

A popular street food in Turkey, now available to make in your own home! Turkish churros are popular among street desserts and are commonly called Halka Tatlisi in Turkish.

Lokma

How good does this sound? Fried dough covered in syrup? That’s exactly what Lokma is! Served as a dessert, lokma can be sweetened up with chocolate sauce and honey, or even try adding some cinnamon, sesame, or grated walnuts too!