# The most loved Turkish desserts

Turkish cuisine's best-loved desserts, from syrup-soaked pastries to milk puddings, based on TasteAtlas' 2026 Turkey list and CNN Türk's dessert guide.

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- Sep 26, 2026 · Defne
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## Top 12

1. **Baklava** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Thin layers of filo, Antep pistachios and syrup; Gaziantep baklava has EU protection.
2. **Künefe** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Melted cheese between shredded kadayıf, with syrup and pistachios; the symbol of Hatay.
3. **Sütlaç** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Oven-browned rice pudding.
4. **Kazandibi** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Milk pudding with a caramelised bottom, from the Ottoman palace kitchen.
5. **Tavuk göğsü** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Milk pudding made with shredded chicken breast, a unique palace dessert.
6. **Turkish delight (lokum)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Starch and sugar confection with rose or pistachio.
7. **Kadayıf** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Shredded pastry with pistachios soaked in syrup.
8. **Şöbiyet** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Triangular syrup pastry with clotted cream and pistachio.
9. **Aşure** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 'Noah's pudding' of wheat, chickpeas, dried fruit and nuts, shared during Muharram.
10. **Revani** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Semolina cake soaked in syrup.
11. **Kabak tatlısı** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Pumpkin cooked in sugar, with tahini and walnuts.
12. **Lokma** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Syrup-soaked fried dough balls, handed out as charity.
13. **Maraş dondurması** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Stretchy ice cream made with salep and mastic.
14. **Sausage with walnuts** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Traditional Anatolian dessert in which walnuts are dipped in grape molasses and dried.
15. **Gaziantep katmer** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Antep dessert made with thinly rolled dough, cream and pistachios and eaten for breakfast.
16. **Tulumba dessert** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A classic of street dessert shops where the dough is fried and dipped in syrup.
17. **quince dessert** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Quince cooked with sugar is served with clotted cream and walnuts.
18. **Güllaç** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — An indispensable dessert of Ramadan, in which starch leaves are soaked in milk and folded with walnuts.
19. **Keshkul** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Almond milk dessert is decorated with coconut and pistachios.

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