# The best Peruvian desserts

Peru's Creole confectionery, largely born in Lima's convents in the 17th and 18th centuries, plus the regional sweets every Peruvian knows.

- 6 votes · 11 items
- Dec 10, 2025 · Carlos C.
- https://even.best/en/l/318/the-best-peruvian-desserts

## Top 10

1. **Suspiro a la limeña** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Manjar blanco topped with port meringue and cinnamon; named by the poet José Gálvez.
2. **Peruvian alfajores** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Cornflour biscuits with manjar blanco and icing sugar.
3. **Tres leches** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Sponge soaked in three milks, in every bakery.
4. **Picarones** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Squash and sweet potato ring fritters drizzled with chancaca syrup.
5. **Mazamorra morada** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Purple corn pudding with dried fruit, pineapple, cinnamon and cloves.
6. **Arroz zambito** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Rice pudding with chancaca, coconut and raisins; served with mazamorra as 'el clásico'.
7. **Turrón de Doña Pepa** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Anise sticks with fruit honey and sprinkles, the October sweet of the Lord of Miracles.
8. **Lúcuma ice cream** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ice cream of the Andean lúcuma fruit, the most Peruvian flavour.
9. **King Kong de Lambayeque** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Giant cookie filled with manjar blanco and pineapple and peanut sweets.
10. **Queso helado arequipeño** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Milk, coconut and cinnamon ice cream with no cheese at all, from Arequipa.
11. **Chocotejas de Ica** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Chocolates filled with pecans and manjar.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.