The Best Desserts In Dubai And Where To Try Them

Dubai has every cuisine imaginable available. Particularly noteworthy are the delicious desserts the country offers. Here’s our guide to the must-try Dubai desserts and where to find them.

Cotton Candy

Bakery, Middle Eastern, Dessert

Home Bakery has some of the best desserts in town. Our favorite is the Cotton Candy – a vanilla cream and strawberry jam chiffon cake with freshly cut strawberries and coulis. The cake is topped with bubblegum ice cream and covered in a mountain of fluffy cotton candy sprinkled with home-made popping candy.

Cake In a Jar

Jarful offers a revolutionary concept to eating cake. Simply put, their signature is a portion of cake in a jar. It is ideal as a snack and, if you’ve got a sweet tooth, it’s convenient enough to carry in your purse. Orders must be placed 24 hours in advance and the minimum order is six jars. There are nine flavors to choose from. Try the carrot cake jar with cream cheese frosting.

Jarful, orders@jarful.ae, +971 508879726

“L’Africain” Old-fashioned Hot Chocolate

Angelina, Dubai

Restaurant, Tea Room, Dessert, Middle Eastern

The hot chocolate at Angelina Tea Room is so dense it could qualify as a full on dessert. It is so thick it seems as though the drink is simply melted chocolate bars. We don’t know what their secret ingredient is but it definitely hits the spot after a good lunch.

Le Vacherin du Relais

The renowned Le Relais de L’entrecote has a dessert called the vacherin. There are two versions of vacherin to choose from. One is a piled tower of vanilla ice cream and meringue drizzled with chocolate sauce; it is the perfect combination of both crunchy and smooth. The other variation is vanilla ice cream and berry sorbet with meringue drizzle in berry sauce. Both are extremely delicious. Nutella Mini Pancakes | © Mahi Blog

Nutella Mini Pancakes

If you’re looking for a quick snack while walking along Kite Beach then look no further than the bite-size pancakes at Holland House. The pancakes can be covered, dunked, or smothered in your topping of choice. Top your pancakes with Nutella, honey, maple syrup, Kraft cheese, icing sugar, chocolate sauce, or cinnamon. One portion is 10 mini pancakes.

Holland House Jumairah Road – opposite Burger Fuel- Kite Surf Beach, United Arab Emirates , +97142999987

White Chocolate Matcha Surprise

Karma Kafe has the most visually enticing dessert. A white chocolate matcha sphere is melted when warm green matcha sauce is poured on top, revealing a scoop of raspberry sorbet surprise. The mixture of flavors is unusual, but delightful nonetheless. Bakdash Ice Cream | © asalahoney

Bakdash Booza

For Turkish dundurma lovers, look no further than Dubai Mall’s Arabesq Sweets. It offers authentic Syrian Ice Cream that’s organic too. You get a show while waiting for it; two musician-scoopers drumming away a dabkeh using utensils and ice cream containers. The concoction is infused with crushed pistachios. Dough’Sant | © Chikalicious ME

Dough'Sant

The Dough’Sant, more commonly known as the CroNut (a cross between a croissant and a doughnut), at Chikalicious is a must. This hybrid has a honey-glazed golden crust that effortlessly compliments the vanilla cream filling. Everyone wants a bite of this dessert, so make sure to go early as possible to nab this pastry as it will probably be sold out by mid-day.

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Salwa Chamsi-Pasha

Salwa Chamsi-Pasha is an entrepreneur, writer, and event stylist as well as a neurosciences & psychology graduate. Her Syrian heritage and European upbringing have fused together to create a unique and vivacious personality. Curious by nature, her passions include travelling the world and discovering its wonders.