# The most famous Arabic sweets

The most famous traditional Middle Eastern sweets across the Arab world, from the Levant to Egypt and the Gulf, according to Arabic cooking sites and lists of popular sweets.

- 2 votes · 13 items
- Jun 23, 2025 · ramenhunter77
- https://even.best/en/l/197/the-most-famous-arabic-sweets

## Top 12

1. **Ghraybeh** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Butter and icing sugar shortbread that melts in the mouth.
2. **Baklava** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Layers of filo filled with pistachios or walnuts and soaked in syrup.
3. **Basbousa** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Semolina cake soaked in syrup, the sweet of Egyptian family gatherings.
4. **Ma'amoul** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Shortbread filled with dates, pistachios or walnuts, the Eid sweet.
5. **Qatayef** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Pancakes stuffed with ashta cream or nuts, the Ramadan sweet.
6. **Om Ali** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Baked pastry with milk and nuts, from Egypt.
7. **Luqaimat (luqmat al-qadi)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fried dough balls with date syrup or honey, from the Gulf and the Levant.
8. **Balah el-sham** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fried dough fingers soaked in syrup.
9. **Namoura (harissa)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Semolina cake with coconut and almonds soaked in syrup.
10. **Muhallabia** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Milk and starch pudding with rose water and pistachios.
11. **Halawet el-jibn** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Cheese dough rolls filled with ashta, from Homs in Syria.
12. **Kallaj** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Starch sheets filled with ashta, a Ramadan sweet in Lebanon.
13. **Knafeh nabulsieh** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Kunafa pastry with Nabulsi cheese and syrup, from Nablus in Palestine.

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