# The best Chilean desserts

Traditional Chilean desserts and sweets, from leche asada to mote con huesillo, according to Pilar Hernández's Cocina Chilena and guides to Chilean desserts.

- 17 votes · 12 items
- Sep 20, 2025 · Cristóbal Rojas Valenzuela
- https://even.best/en/l/461/the-best-chilean-desserts

## Top 10

1. **Kuchen** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — German-heritage fruit cake, typical of the south (Frutillar, Puerto Varas).
2. **Murta con membrillo** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Native southern berry in syrup with quince.
3. **Mote con huesillo** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Dried peaches in syrup with husked wheat: the summer drink-dessert of Chile.
4. **Leche asada** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Baked custard, firmer and more rustic than flan, with a golden top.
5. **Torta de mil hojas** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Layers of crisp pastry and manjar with walnuts, the birthday cake.
6. **Sopaipillas pasadas** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Squash sopaipillas soaked in chancaca syrup with cinnamon and orange, for rainy days.
7. **Chilean alfajores** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Crisp biscuits with manjar, coated in chocolate or sugar.
8. **Brazo de reina** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Rolled sponge cake filled with manjar.
9. **Arroz con leche** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Rice in milk with cinnamon, for family lunches.
10. **Turrón de vino** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Meringue cooked with red wine, typical of the countryside.
11. **Calzones rotos** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Twisted fried dough with icing sugar.
12. **Chilenitos** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Manjar biscuits topped with meringue.

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