# The best Venezuelan desserts

Venezuela's Creole desserts and sweets that always appear at birthdays and Christmas, according to Recetas Venezolanas and Venezuelan baking guides.

- 1 vote · 12 items
- Aug 21, 2026 · Andrés Blanco
- https://even.best/en/l/462/the-best-venezuelan-desserts

## Top 10

1. **Quesillo** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Venezuelan egg and condensed milk flan, with its little holes and caramel; the country's sweet pride.
2. **Bienmesabe** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Layered sponge soaked in coconut cream, liqueur and syrup.
3. **Tres leches cake** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Sponge soaked in three milks with meringue.
4. **Majarete** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Coconut, corn and raw sugar pudding with cinnamon.
5. **Dulce de lechosa** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Green papaya in raw cane sugar syrup, for Christmas.
6. **Torta negra** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Dark fruit cake macerated in rum, for Christmas.
7. **Cabello de ángel** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Shredded citron sweet.
8. **Torta de piña** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Pineapple upside-down cake.
9. **Golfeados** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Rolled dough with raw sugar, anise and handmade cheese, from Caracas.
10. **Arroz con coco** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Rice cooked in coconut milk with raw sugar.
11. **Conserva de coco** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Grated coconut and raw sugar sweet.
12. **Besitos de coco** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Baked coconut bites.

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