Most people are aware, on some level, that eating excessive amounts of sugar is bad for human health. Eating large quantities of sugar can cause serious diseases such as type two diabetes. However, everybody should take a day off from watching what they eat now and again. You may even find it is easier to stick to a diet if you let yourself have a treat once a week. Are you in the mood for a naughty but delicious sweet treat? If so, here is a list of ten of the most decadent and calorific desserts from around the world to tempt you:
Tiramisu
Tiramisu is an Italian dessert that tastes like coffee and cream. The ingredients in tiramisu include sponge fingers dipped in coffee, mascarpone cheese, sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, and cocoa. Tiramisu is a dessert you will definitely like if you enjoy drinking coffee. However, there are 491 calories in one piece of tiramisu, so it is not something you should eat regularly.
Baklava
Baklava is a sweet variety of layered Turkish pastry. The ingredients in baklava include filo pastry, a variety of chopped nuts, butter, cinnamon, cloves, and honey. If you like crunchy desserts and nuts, you will probably like baklava. One piece of baklava contains approximately 334 calories, so do not eat it too often.
Crème Brulée
Crème brulée is a yummy French dessert. Common ingredients in crème brulée include egg yolks, heavy cream, sugar, vanilla pods, and whole milk. The dessert comprises a rich custard with crunchy, caramelized sugar on the top. Some people avoid making crème brulée because they imagine it will be complicated, but it is relatively easy to make because it doesn’t contain many ingredients.
After reading about the rich ingredients in crème brulée dessert, you probably will not be surprised to discover that just one 95-gram serving contains 233 calories.
Apple Pie
Apple pie is a popular dessert in the USA and even shows up in funny posts on social media as birthday memes when people argue about the best birthday dessert. People generally consider apple pie an American dessert, though the earliest recipe came from England. You can serve apple pie hot or cold. It usually contains apples, brown sugar, cinnamon, lemon, and pastry. Some people enjoy eating their apple pie with either cream or ice cream.
One hundred grams of apple pie contains around 237 calories. Adding an average-sized scoop of vanilla ice cream increases the total calories to 382.
Black Forest Gateau
Black Forest gateau is sometimes called Black Forest cake. This popular dessert originated in Germany. It contains layers of chocolate sponge cake, whipped cream, cherries, morello cherry jam, and cocoa powder. Some people like to add kirschwasser, a liquor made of cherries, to the cake batter. If you do not have a kirschwasser for your cake batter, you can use rum instead.
An average-sized slice of Black Forest gateau contains 441 calories. The significant calorie content means you should probably make sure you have done plenty of exercise before tucking into a piece of this cake.
Alfajores
People in South American countries such as Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Columbia typically enjoy eating alfajores. They are also popular in France and Spain. Alfajores contain honey, almonds, hazelnuts, flour, bread crumbs, and spices such as cloves, aniseed, and cinnamon. South American countries make alfajores with sweet fillings such as dulce de leche.
Alfajores with a sweet filling contain around 160 calories each. However, because they are rather moreish, you might not be able to resist eating more than one of them.
Cannoli
Cannoli are from Italy. They are crispy tubes made out of deep-fried pastry with a sweet, creamy filling that usually contains ricotta. However, you can be as creative as you want with cannoli fillings. For example, some people add a pistachio filling, while others prefer chocolate.
A traditional, medium-sized cannoli dessert has about 240 calories. If you use a filling such as white chocolate cream in place of ricotta, the calorie content will increase.
Gulab Jamun
Gulab jamun desserts come from India. They are also popular in other Asian countries such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Nepal. Gulab jamun desserts are fried balls of dough dipped in chashni syrup. The dough contains semolina and milk solids. The chashni syrup includes rose water, sugar, saffron, and cardamom.
One gulab jamun dough ball dipped in chashni syrup contains approximately 125 calories. However, you will probably want more than one.
Sesame Balls
Sesame balls are a Chinese dessert. They are well-loved in China, Korea, Japan, and Taiwan. Sesame balls are fried pastries made using heavy rice flour and coated in sesame seeds. Sesame balls are hollow inside and usually have a filling. Popular sesame ball fillings include lotus paste, sweet black bean paste, or red bean paste.
One sesame ball usually contains about 125 calories, but you may feel compelled to consume at least two.
Sticky Toffee Pudding
Sticky toffee pudding is a traditional English dessert. It is well-loved in New Zealand and Australia, too. Sticky toffee pudding is a sponge cake that contains dates and vanilla extract. It is smothered in a rich toffee sauce and generally served with fresh cream or custard.
An average-sized piece of sticky toffee pudding contains six hundred calories, and that is before you add any ice cream or vanilla custard. If you intend to indulge in sticky toffee pudding, you might want to hit the gym first to avoid feeling any remorse.
Get Ready to Loosen Your Belt
If any of the desserts described in this article appeal to you, you have two choices. You can either buy them or attempt to make them from scratch at home following a recipe from the internet or a cookbook. Whichever option you choose, you should prepare to loosen your belt and recover on the sofa for a while after enjoying any of these delightful high-calorie desserts.