# The best Argentine desserts

Argentina's best-loved sweets and desserts, almost all with dulce de leche, according to recipe books and the food press.

- 130 votes · 12 items
- Aug 10, 2025 · bairescocinillas
- https://even.best/en/l/316/the-best-argentine-desserts

## Top 10

1. **Alfajor** (19 · ▲19 ▼0) — Two soft biscuits sandwiching dulce de leche, coated in chocolate or cornflour with coconut; the Mar del Plata one is a classic.
2. **Flan mixto** (14 · ▲14 ▼0) — Flan with whipped cream and dulce de leche, probably the most ordered dessert.
3. **Chocotorta** (10 · ▲12 ▼2) — Chocolate biscuits soaked in coffee with dulce de leche and cream cheese, created in the 1980s.
4. **Pastafrola** (7 · ▲9 ▼2) — Lattice tart of quince, sweet potato or dulce de leche, for afternoon tea.
5. **Medialunas** (6 · ▲7 ▼1) — Butter or lard croissants for breakfast and merienda.
6. **Dulce de leche ice cream** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — The star flavour of artisan ice cream shops.
7. **Panqueques con dulce de leche** (4 · ▲9 ▼5) — Crêpes filled with dulce de leche, sometimes caramelised with sugar.
8. **Bombón escocés** (4 · ▲7 ▼3) — Vanilla and dulce de leche ice cream coated in chocolate.
9. **Torta Balcarce** (4 · ▲6 ▼2) — Sponge, dulce de leche, meringue, chestnuts and cream, born in Balcarce.
10. **Vigilante (cheese and quince)** (3 · ▲8 ▼5) — Fresh cheese with quince or sweet potato paste.
11. **Arroz con leche** (3 · ▲5 ▼2) — Rice cooked in milk with cinnamon and lemon peel.
12. **Rogel** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Layer cake of thin pastry with dulce de leche and Italian meringue.

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