17 Middle Eastern Desserts That Will Actually Change Your Life

A delicious crispy pastry heated in palm oil, with a milk pudding and white cheese filling. Learn how to make it yourself here.

A creamy pudding made using rice flour or cornflour, sugar, and milk. It tastes amazing topped with finely chopped nuts or cinnamon. Find a recipe here.

The perfect light dessert. Qatayefs are deep-fried pancakes stuffed with nuts and can be served with cream. Learn how to make it yourself here.

Mini deep-fried doughnuts typically served with a topping of rich, warm honey. Find a recipe here.

Delicious toasted bread soaked in caramel syrup and layered with thick custard. Best when topped with nuts of your choice. Learn how to make it yourself here.

Creamy rice pudding baked slowly in a fluffy egg coating, topped with a sprinkle of finely chopped nuts. Find a recipe here.

A soft fudge-like confectionery typically made with a variety of bases such as tahini, semolina, and sunflower seeds. A recipe can be found here.

A semolina-based dough rolled out and filled with fresh date paste, fried or baked before being cut into divine little bites. Find a recipe here.

Crispy, golden sweets that are deep fried and oozed in fragrant syrup. You can learn how to make these little bites of heaven here.

Almond or semolina-based shortbread cookies, coated in powdered sugar that softens the cookies and make them melt in your mouth. Learn how to make it yourself here.

A sweet semolina-based cake topped in almond, nuts or coconut flakes. Find a recipe here.

An exquisite ice cream made using rose water, saffron, and pistachio. It is commonly served with flakes of frozen clotted cream. Find a recipe here.

A renowned pastry, filled with nuts and held together with sweet syrup that will satisfy your sweet tooth with just one bite. Learn how to make it here.

A cold, refreshing dessert made with fresh delicate noodles and served with semi-frozen syrup and rose water. Find a recipe here.

A traditional winter dessert of candied pumpkin made by slowly cooking the pumpkin overnight in a sugar coating. Learn how to make it yourself here.

A light dessert of creamy goodness wrapped in a delicious cheesy, semolina layer. You can learn how to make it yourself here.

Delicious bread pudding made from puff pastry, walnuts, pecans, raisins, and desiccated coconut. Serve it with whipped cream or a dollop of ice cream and you are in dessert heaven. Find a recipe here.