# The tastiest Italian desserts

Italy's best-loved traditional desserts at home and abroad: the Michelin Guide picked tiramisu, cannolo, cassata, sfogliatella, babà and gelato; CNN put cannoli 7th among the world's desserts. The rest from Dissapore and regional guides.

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- Oct 2, 2026 · Michele De Santis
- https://even.best/en/l/85/the-tastiest-italian-desserts

## Top 15

1. **Tiramisu** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ladyfingers soaked in coffee, mascarpone cream and cocoa; born in Veneto/Friuli, the best-known Italian dessert in the world.
2. **Sicilian cannolo** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Crisp fried shell filled with sweetened sheep's ricotta, with chocolate chips, candied fruit or pistachio.
3. **Artisan gelato** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Denser and less airy than industrial ice cream; pistachio, hazelnut and stracciatella are the classic flavours.
4. **Sicilian cassata** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Sponge cake, ricotta, green marzipan and candied fruit, of Arab-Norman tradition.
5. **Neapolitan sfogliatella** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Shell-shaped flaky (riccia) or shortcrust (frolla) pastry filled with semolina, ricotta and citrus.
6. **Rum baba** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Mushroom-shaped yeast cake soaked in rum syrup, a symbol of Naples.
7. **Panna cotta** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Cream, sugar and gelatine, served with berries or caramel; from Piedmont.
8. **Neapolitan pastiera** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Easter tart of cooked wheat, ricotta, eggs and orange blossom water.
9. **Panettone** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Milanese Christmas bread with raisins and candied peel, now reinvented by every pastry chef.
10. **Maritozzo con la panna** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Roman sweet bun split and filled with whipped cream, a Roman breakfast.
11. **Cantucci with Vin Santo** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Almond biscuits from Prato to dip in Tuscan Vin Santo.
12. **Zabaione** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Egg yolks, sugar and Marsala whisked over a bain-marie.
13. **Pandoro** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Verona's star-shaped Christmas cake, soft and dusted with icing sugar.
14. **Bombolone** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fried doughnut filled with pastry cream, typical of Tuscany and the Romagna beaches.
15. **Torta caprese** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Flourless almond and chocolate cake born on Capri.
16. **Sicilian granita with brioche** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Almond, coffee or mulberry granita served with a brioche col tuppo.
17. **Seadas** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Sardinian fried pastry filled with fresh cheese and lemon zest, covered in honey.

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