27+ Best Hungarian Desserts & Treats

This mouthwatering collection of delicious Hungarian desserts and sweets will take you on a sweet trip to Hungary.

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• 1. Beigli: Hungarian Nut & Poppy Seed Roll
• 2. Hungarian Christmas Cookies
• 3. Hungarian Donuts (Szalagos Fánk)
• 4. Hungarian Apple Pie (Almás Pite)
• 5. Esterhazy- Hazelnut Meringue and Custard Buttercream Cake
• 6. Pull-Apart Yeast Cake – Hungarian Coffee Cake
• 7. Hungarian Kiffles
• 8. Hungarian Dobos Torte
• 9. Hungarian Shortbread
• 10. Hungarian Gerbeaud Cake (Zserbó szelet)
• 11. Hungarian Sour Cherry Cake
• 12. Hungarian Pancake – Palacsinta
• 13. Vargabeles - Hungarian Sweet Noodles
• 14. Hungarian Fruit Squares
• 15. Hungarian Krémes
• 16. Hungarian Plum Dumplings – Szilvásgombóc
• 17. Hungarian Kifli Cookies
• 18. Gerbeaud Cake
• 19. Hungarian Chimney Cake Recipe (Kürtőskalács)
• 20. Hungarian sour cherry pie (Meggyes pite)
• 21. Hungarian Kugelhopf Cake
• 22. Hungarian Cookie Treasures
• 23. Cottage Cheese Strudel
• 24. Hungarian Decadent Chocolate Cake- Rigó Jancsi
• 25. Hungarian Walnut Cake
• 26. Kakaós Csiga: Hungarian Chocolate Rolls
• 27. Kókuszgolyó (Hungarian coconut balls)
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1. Beigli: Hungarian Nut & Poppy Seed Roll

Beigli with walnut and poppy is a cake that is very popular in Hungary. The cake turned out beautifully and delighted everyone in the family. It’s simple, delicious, and soft!

2. Hungarian Christmas Cookies

These traditional Hungarian Christmas Cookies from nagyanya (grandma) are simply delicious. Each bite reminds you of the old country, a time of good food and fond memories. If you are looking for old-fashioned Christmas cookies, try this Hungarian Christmas Cookies Recipe.

3. Hungarian Donuts (Szalagos Fánk)

This homemade Hungarian Donuts (Szalagos Fánk) is a treat you always want to make over and over again. So simple yet delicious, and their smell is incredible. This beginner's friendly doughnut recipe's hardest part is the waiting… is almost torture!

4. Hungarian Apple Pie (Almás Pite)

Hungarian Apple Pie – or almás pite in Hungarian – is a delicious apple dessert. The simple apple filling that oozes cinnamon and sugar is baked between two layers of flakey, doughy crust. Popular in Hungary, it's a dessert recipe often passed down and across continents!

5. Esterhazy- Hazelnut Meringue and Custard Buttercream Cake

Esterhazy Cake is an Exceptional Hungarian cake made of Hazelnut Meringue layers and rich Custard Buttercream. The layers can be customized with a different type of flour like almond, or walnut.

6. Pull-Apart Yeast Cake – Hungarian Coffee Cake

Soft and delicious pull-apart yeast cake with almonds. Also known as Hungarian coffee cake or monkey bread.

7. Hungarian Kiffles

Kiffles (kiflis) are traditional Hungarian cream cheese pastry cookies with assorted fruit and nut fillings like apricot, almond, and poppy.

8. Hungarian Dobos Torte

Dobos Torte is a traditional Hungarian cake with thin layers of light sponge filled with rich chocolate buttercream. A showy caramel garnish makes it an eye-catching holiday centerpiece.

9. Hungarian Shortbread

Tender layers of shortbread sandwich a tart layer of tangerine preserves to create a unique, yet deliciously familiar, dessert that everyone will love. Note that this recipe is for a 9x12" pan. The photos in this post featured a half recipe in a 7x7" square cake ring.

10. Hungarian Gerbeaud Cake (Zserbó szelet)

Gerbeaud Cake (Zserbó) is a delicious layered yeast cake with an apricot walnut filling, covered in thin chocolate glaze. Traditionally it is a holiday dessert, made at Christmas or Easter time. Gerbeaud cake is probably the best-known Hungarian dessert, I grew up eating it all the time. 

11. Hungarian Sour Cherry Cake

Hungarians use sour cherries in several dishes - including in a cold cherry soup. There are several ways in which sour cherries (called meggye) appear in desserts. Here they appear in a low rise sheet cake

12. Hungarian Pancake – Palacsinta

Hungarian pancakes are thin crepes, rolled up and sprinkled with powdered sugar. There are several things you can fill the palacsinta with, like apricot, strawberry or blueberry jam, vanilla or chocolate pudding, apple sauce with cinnamon, ground walnut, or cocoa powder.

13. Vargabeles - Hungarian Sweet Noodles

Vargabeles or Hungarian sweet noodle pie made with filo pastry, cheese, and raisins, you can serve it as a dessert or sweet main meal.

14. Hungarian Fruit Squares

This is my Hungarian great-great-grandmother's recipe. It is a family favorite every year. Once you make it one time, you will continue to make it every year.

15. Hungarian Krémes

Krémes are made up of layers of pure deliciousness and incredible textures. You have pressed sheets of crisp, golden puff pastry with a hefty amount of decadent vanilla custard sandwiched in between.

16. Hungarian Plum Dumplings – Szilvásgombóc

HungarianPlum Dumplings are made with mashed potatoes, the dough is the same aswhen you make gnocchi.  Simple, tastyingredients, they can be eaten as dessert o rside dish.

17. Hungarian Kifli Cookies

Hungarian Kifli Cookies – Rich and flaky traditional Hungarian cookies filled with a light walnut filling. Perfect Christmas cookies!

18. Gerbeaud Cake

Shortcrust pastry layers are smothered with almond jam-walnut filling and covered with rich dark chocolate. This Hungarian Gerbeaud Cake is moist and so delicious!

19. Hungarian Chimney Cake Recipe (Kürtőskalács)

This authentic traditional Hungarian Chimney Cake Recipe (Kürtöskalács) has a crunchy sugary exterior and a soft and fluffy interior. You'll find this treat in every single tourist hotspot in Hungary and Romania, but now you can make the original recipe straight from your kitchen.

20. Hungarian sour cherry pie (Meggyes pite)

is a classic Hungarian summer dessert when you can get the most delicious sour cherries. The filling is baked between two fine-textured layers of pastry.

21. Hungarian Kugelhopf Cake

Hungarian Kugelhopf is a delightful chocolate cake, boasting a gorgeous ring shape and a marbled blend of plain and cocoa batters. Drizzled with a rich chocolate glaze, it’s a must try for any dessert lover.

22. Hungarian Cookie Treasures

It is so simple with only 6 ingredients. And you can add the jam or preserves of your liking, or sub a nut filling too. Dress it up with powdered sugar, frosting, or serve them plain.

23. Cottage Cheese Strudel

Which is the best part in the cottage cheese strudel? The creamy cottage cheese filling, of course! The phyllo sheets are only protecting the filling from falling into pieces, the essential is the creamy filling.

24. Hungarian Decadent Chocolate Cake- Rigó Jancsi

Hungarian Decadent Chocolate Cake- inspired by the original recipe of Rigo Jancsi Cake, an elegant dessert from the 19th century in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

25. Hungarian Walnut Cake

Making walnut cakes from scratch is easy and this Hungarian Walnut Cake is filled with a creamy chocolate rum center you’ll love.

26. Kakaós Csiga: Hungarian Chocolate Rolls

Kakaós csiga are chocolate rolls often served for breakfast in Hungary. Traditionally made with laminated blundell pastry, these Hungarian chocolate rolls have crisp edges and soft, fluffy centers.

27. Kókuszgolyó (Hungarian coconut balls)

Did you already hear about kókuszgolyó? That’s Hungarian coconut balls made with plain biscuits, cacao, and coconut balls. They usually eat kókuszgolyó during Christmas or Easter.

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