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Home › Recipe Index › Desserts

Desserts

Travel through the sweeter side of the Mediterranean with these delightful dessert recipes. In the mood for chocolate? Try Italian Hot Chocolate. Feel like making candy? Whip up a batch of Turkish Delight. Need something gluten-free try Red Wine Poached Pears. Birthday coming up? Wow your guests with Orange Cardamom Olive Oil Cake. 

Zabaglione in a bowl topped with raspberries on a plate with biscotti.

Zabaglione (Italian Egg Custard Dessert)

Bowls of tahini, blueberry, vanilla and chocolate hazelnut dairy free ice cream with spoons.

Creamy Dairy-Free Ice Cream (4-Flavors!)

Several slices of zucchini on a platter, one with a dollop of butter.

Healthy Zucchini Bread with Olive Oil and Walnuts

An overhead photo of 4 yogurt berry homemade popsicles surrounded by blueberries, strawberries and raspberries on a plate.

Homemade Popsicles with Greek Yogurt, Berries, and Honey

Baked breakfast cookies on a sheet pan.

Easy Breakfast Cookies

Koulourakia on a platter next to a bowl of sesame seeds with a spoon.

Koulourakia (Greek Easter Cookies)

Italian lemon cookies on a parchment lined sheet pan next to a bowl of non-pareils.

Italian Lemon Cookies (Anginetti) 

A close up of one energy ball on a platter surrounded by other energy balls.

Almond Date Energy Balls

Several apricot cookies on a platter.

Apricot Walnut Cookies

Almond cookies on a platter.

12 Mediterranean Christmas Cookies

Almond cookies on a platter.

Greek Almond Cookies (Kourabiedes)

A close up of a slice of baklava cheesecake on a platter with the rest of the cake. I the background are small bowls of nuts.

5 Thanksgiving Desserts That Are Better Than Pie

Several magdalenas evenly spaced on a round wire rack.

Magdalenas (Spanish Lemon Muffins)

A close up of two alfajores halves on a plate.

Andalusian Alfajores (No-Bake Cookies)

A partial pumpkin bread loaf along with 2 slices on a platter. Next to this is a knife, a bottle of ras el hanout, a bowl of ras el hanout, and a slice of pumpkin bread on a stack of 2 plates.

Healthy Pumpkin Bread

Several macarons stacked on a platter.

How to Make Macarons

A close up of a stack of baklava bark on a plate. In the background are bowls of chopped pistachios and honey.

Baklava Bark

Kabak Tatlisi drizzled with tahini and topped with walnuts on a plate with a fork.

Turkish Pumpkin Dessert (Kabak Tatlısı)

A partially sliced loaf of persimmon bread behind 3 slices of the bread on a parchment-lined cutting board with a knife. In the background are 3 persimmons.

Persimmon Bread

A close up of 3 caramel apple slices on a plate.

Date Caramel Apple Slices

A serving of bread pudding in a bowl.

Umm Ali (Egyptian Bread Pudding)

A goblet with persian ice cream being drizzled with honey from a honey dipper.

Persian Ice Cream with Saffron, Pistachios, and Rose (Bastani Sonnati) 

Watermelon Fruit Salad with Pistachios and Honey-Lime Syrup

Scoops of olive oil ice cream topped with flaky sea salt and a drizzle of olive oil in a bowl with a spoon.

Olive Oil Ice Cream with Lemon and Sea Salt

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