Candy

🇮🇳Agra, India

Agra petha

आगरा पेठा

Ash gourd is cut, simmered in sugar syrup, and set into translucent pieces in Agra's famed confection.

🇯🇵Ise, Japan

Akafuku

赤福

Akafuku, the red-bean-draped mochi sold at the Ise Grand Shrine approach since 1707, is a named regional confection with a fixed place and a three-century history.

🇬🇷Greece

Akanés

Ακανές

A loukoumi-style confection from Serres in northern Greece, set with salep into a chewy cube dusted in icing sugar, traditionally offered with coffee.

🇦🇲Armenia

Alani

Ալանի

Dried peaches stoned and stuffed with a paste of ground walnut and sugar, then pressed flat — a traditional Armenian fruit sweet.

🇦🇷Argentina

Alfajor

Argentina's national cookie: two tender cookies sandwiched with dulce de leche, coated in chocolate or rolled in coconut. Industrial and artisanal versions are sold in every kiosk.

🇦🇷Córdoba, Argentina

Alfajor Cordobés

A Córdoba-style alfajor of three cookies layered with dulce de leche and quince paste, coated in white icing or chocolate. Sweeter and taller than other regional alfajores.

🇦🇷Argentina

Alfajor de Maicena

A homemade cornstarch alfajor of two soft, pale cookies sandwiched with dulce de leche and rolled in shredded coconut. A classic Argentine homemade treat, softer than the industrial kind.

🇪🇨Ecuador

Alfajor Ecuatoriano

Alfajor

An Ecuadorian alfajor is a tender cornstarch cookie sandwich filled with manjar and often rolled in coconut.

🇦🇷Argentina

Alfajor Marplatense

The iconic Havanna-style alfajor from Mar del Plata: two dense cookies with dulce de leche, coated in dark chocolate. A national favorite since 1948, sold in kiosks nationwide.

🇦🇷Argentina

Alfajor Santafesino

A Santa Fe-style alfajor of three thin cookies layered with dulce de leche, glazed with white icing. A regional specialty, lighter and crisper than the marplatense.

🇦🇷Tucumán, Argentina

Alfajor Tucumano

A Tucumán-style alfajor of soft cookies with dulce de leche, often coated in white icing or rolled in coconut. A regional specialty, softer and less chocolatey than the marplatense.

🇪🇸Valencian Community, Spain

Alicante Nougat

Turron de Alicante

The hard, brittle style of turron from Alicante, with whole toasted almonds bound in a honey-and-sugar matrix under a thin wafer.

🇳🇪Niger

Alkaki

Nigerien fried dough pieces coated in honey or sugar syrup for a sweet snack.

🇯🇵Japan

Amanattō

甘納豆

Amanatto consists of beans slowly candied in syrup and coated in sugar, leaving each piece glossy and chewy.

🇧🇩Bangladesh

Amriti

অমৃতি

Flower-shaped loops of fried black-gram batter soaked in syrup, chewier and less crisp than a jilapi.

🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda

Antiguan Fudge

Fudge

Traditional Antiguan fudge made with fresh coconut milk; sugar added to the coconut milk and stirred to melt and thicken; butter added and beaten with a wooden spoon until thick; poured into an oiled pan and cut into squares; found at markets and schoolyards; the fudge of Antigua; a nostalgic sweet.

🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda

Antiguan Peanut Brittle

Peanut Brittle

Crunchy sweet of parched peanuts in a boiled sugary base with local spices; set and broken into pieces when hard; still popular today; also called peanut sugar cake; found at markets and schoolyards; the peanut brittle of Antigua; a crunchy, nostalgic treat.

🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda

Antiguan Peppermint Candy

Peppermint Candy

Traditional Antiguan peppermint candy; a classic sweet from the old days when a sweetie lady sat at the school yard entrance with her wood-framed glass box; peppermint-flavoured hard candy; a nostalgic treat; found at markets and old-fashioned sweet shops; the peppermint candy of Antigua; a nostalgic, minty treat; a childhood memory.

🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda

Antiguan Raspberry Stew

Raspberry Stew

Sweet raspberry stew, a traditional Antiguan confectionery; local raspberries cooked down with sugar into a thick, sweet stew; eaten as a dessert or snack; found at markets and home kitchens; the raspberry stew of Antigua; a nostalgic, fruity treat; unique to the island.

🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda

Antiguan Tamarind Balls

Tamarind Balls

Sticky sweet-and-sour balls of tamarind pulp rolled with sugar, sometimes with a pinch of hot pepper; a bite-sized Antiguan snack with a tangy kick; coated in granulated sugar; chewy, peppery, sweet, and sour; found at markets and schoolyards; the tamarind balls of Antigua.

🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda

Antiguan Tamarind Stew

Tamarind Stew

Sweet and tangy tamarind stew, a traditional Antiguan confectionery; tamarind pulp cooked down with sugar into a thick, spoonable stew; eaten as a dessert or snack; found at markets and home kitchens; the tamarind stew of Antigua; a nostalgic, tangy treat.

🇱🇹Lithuania

Apple Cheese

Obuolių sūris

A traditional dessert of dried, stewed apples pressed into a cheese-like form, flavored with cinnamon and ginger.

🇯🇲Jamaica

Asham

A traditional Jamaican sweet snack of dried corn parched and ground with sugar and ginger, eaten as a sweet, gritty powder, of African origin.

🇧🇪Belgium

Babelutte

A Belgian hard caramel candy with coffee or honey flavor from the coast, a daily and street classic

🇧🇭Bahrain

Bahraini Zalabia

زلابية

Fried dough soaked in sugar, lemon, and saffron syrup with a distinctive swirly shape — a traditional Bahraini sweet, crispy and syrupy, popular at celebrations.

🇧🇷Bahia, Brazil

Bala Baiana

A Bahian coconut sweet coated in a thin amber caramel shell that cracks around the soft filling.

🇸🇨Seychelles

Banana and Coconut Nougat

Traditional Seychellois nougat made with banana and coconut; a sweet confection combining the islands' abundant tropical fruits; a dessert that showcases the coconut and banana that define Seychellois cuisine; often sold at markets and festivals.

🇹🇻Outer Islands (Nanumea / Nanumaga / Niutao / Nui / Vaitupu / Nukufetau / Nukulaelae / Niulakita), Tuvalu

Banana Fudge

Tuvaluan banana fudge uses grated green bananas combined with toddy or yeast and flour, wrapped in leaves, and baked into a dense fermented sweet.

🇮🇳India

Barfi

बर्फी

A dense Indian milk fudge, often flavoured with cardamom or pistachio and cut into squares.

🇦🇲Armenia

Bastegh

Բաստեղ

Fruit leather made by spreading boiled grape or apricot must on cloth and drying it in the sun into flexible amber sheets.

🇶🇦Qatar

Batheet

بطيط

Traditional Qatari sweet of date paste mixed with ghee and roasted flour — a dense, rich confection cut into pieces and served with Arabic coffee.

🇧🇷Brazil

Beijinho

Soft coconut and condensed milk truffles rolled in sugar or coconut flakes and topped with a clove, a classic party sweet.

🇵🇹Algarve, Portugal

Beijinhos de amêndoa

Beijinhos de amêndoa is a Portuguese sweet from Algarve, shaped as a candy and finished with its characteristic sugar, nut, or egg filling.

🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago

Benne Balls

Sesame seeds bound with boiled molasses or sugar and rolled into hard, chewy balls.

🇧🇸Bahamas

Benny Cake

Toasted sesame seeds bound with boiled brown sugar or molasses and set into hard, chewy squares.

🇱🇰Sri Lanka

Black Dodol

කළු දොදොල්

The dodol cooked longer until the coconut oil separates out and the mixture turns jet black and glossy