✔ Updated · 146 desserts, sorted by category
Desserts that start with B include brownies, banana bread, baklava, Boston cream pie, banana pudding, Black Forest cake and bread pudding.
B is one of the richest letters for sweets, so this list covers cakes, cookies, pies, cobblers, puddings, frozen treats, pastries and candy, plus desserts from India, Brazil, the Philippines, Vietnam and beyond. Every entry is a real, named dessert with a short note on what it is and where it comes from, by category.
Desserts that start with B, from everyday favorites to rare finds. The most popular:
Cakes That Start With B
Layer cakes, cheesecakes and celebration cakes that start with B.
Black Forest Cake
A German chocolate sponge layered with whipped cream and sour cherries, covered in chocolate shavings and traditionally flavored with kirsch.
Boston Cream Pie
Despite its name, a cake: two layers of yellow sponge filled with vanilla pastry cream and topped with chocolate glaze.
Bundt Cake
Any cake baked in a fluted ring-shaped Bundt pan, from pound cake to chocolate, usually finished with a simple glaze.
Banana Cake
A soft, moist cake made with mashed ripe bananas, often topped with cream cheese frosting or brown butter icing.
Battenberg Cake
A British cake of pink and yellow sponge squares arranged in a checkerboard, joined with apricot jam and wrapped in marzipan.
Basque Cheesecake
A crustless cheesecake from San Sebastián, Spain, baked very hot until the top is deeply burnt and the center stays creamy.
Blueberry Cheesecake
Creamy baked cheesecake on a graham cracker crust, swirled or topped with a glossy blueberry sauce.
Butter Cake
A classic tender cake rich in butter, sugar and eggs, the base for many American layer and sheet cakes.
Bienenstich
German bee sting cake: a sweet yeast dough topped with honey-caramelized almonds and filled with vanilla custard or cream.
Birthday Cake
A celebration cake, usually layered vanilla or chocolate with buttercream and sprinkles, topped with candles for the birthday person to blow out.
Berry Chantilly Cake
Vanilla sponge layered with fresh berries and a whipped mascarpone and cream cheese frosting, a famous New Orleans bakery cake.
Blackout Cake
Brooklyn blackout cake: dark chocolate layers filled and covered with chocolate pudding, then coated in chocolate cake crumbs.
Baumkuchen
German tree cake, baked one thin layer at a time on a rotating spit so each slice shows rings like a tree trunk.
Bûche de Noël
The French Christmas yule log: a rolled sponge cake filled with cream and frosted with chocolate to look like a log.
Burnt Sugar Cake
A Southern American cake flavored with caramel syrup made from sugar cooked until dark, topped with caramel frosting.
Biscuit Cake
A British and Irish no-bake cake of broken tea biscuits set in melted chocolate, butter and golden syrup.
Butterkuchen
A flat German yeast sheet cake topped with pools of butter, sugar and sliced almonds, served with coffee.
Boterkoek
Dutch butter cake: a dense, fudgy round cake made with lots of butter and sugar, topped with an almond and egg glaze.
Blitz Torte
A German-American layer cake baked with a meringue and almond topping, filled with vanilla custard and sometimes berries.
Black Bottom Cupcakes
Chocolate cupcakes with a cream cheese and chocolate chip filling baked into the center, an American favorite since the 1950s.
Cookies & Bars That Start With B
Cookies, brownies and bar desserts that start with B. Brownies are my weakness.
Brownies
Dense chocolate squares that can be fudgy or cakey, one of the best-loved American desserts, often with nuts or chocolate chips.
Get the recipe →Blondies
The vanilla cousin of brownies: chewy bars made with brown sugar and butter, often studded with chocolate chips or nuts.
Get the recipe →Biscotti
Crunchy twice-baked Italian almond cookies, sliced from a log and dunked in coffee or vin santo.
Butter Cookies
Rich, crumbly cookies made mostly of butter, sugar and flour, piped into rings and swirls, famous in Danish blue tins.
Black and White Cookies
Big, soft, cakey New York cookies iced half with vanilla fondant and half with chocolate.
Biscoff Cookies
Crisp Belgian speculoos-style caramelized cookies with cinnamon and brown sugar, famous on airplanes and crushed into cookie butter.
Bourbon Biscuits
British chocolate sandwich cookies with a chocolate buttercream filling, sprinkled with sugar on top; they contain no bourbon.
Brutti ma Buoni
Italian ugly but good cookies: lumpy, crunchy meringues packed with toasted hazelnuts or almonds.
Bizcochitos
Anise and cinnamon sugar shortbread cookies traditionally made with lard, the official state cookie of New Mexico.
Benne Wafers
Thin, crisp, toasty sesame seed cookies from Charleston, South Carolina, brought to the region by enslaved West Africans.
Berger Cookies
Baltimore shortbread-style cookies topped with a thick layer of fudgy chocolate frosting, a local bakery tradition since the 1800s.
Brandy Snaps
Thin, lacy British cookies of butter, golden syrup and ginger, rolled into tubes while warm and filled with whipped cream.
Basler Läckerli
Hard, chewy Swiss spice cookies from Basel made with honey, almonds and candied peel, glazed with sugar.
Bethmännchen
Frankfurt Christmas marzipan cookies shaped into balls and decorated with three almond halves pressed into the sides.
Bredele
Small Alsatian Christmas cookies baked in many varieties, from butter and anise to cinnamon stars, shared through December.
Brunsli
Swiss chocolate almond cookies from Basel, chewy and flourless, cut into hearts or stars at Christmas.
Baci di Dama
Italian lady kisses: two small hazelnut cookies joined with a dab of dark chocolate, from Piedmont.
Barquillos
Thin, crisp rolled wafer cookies from Spain and Latin America, sometimes filled with cream or dipped in chocolate.
Buckeye Brownie Cookies
Fudgy brownie cookies topped with a ball of peanut butter filling and dipped in chocolate like a buckeye candy.
Get the recipe →Blueberry Crumb Bars
A buttery shortbread crust topped with a layer of sweet blueberry filling and crumbled dough, baked and cut into bars.
Pies & Tarts That Start With B
Pies and tarts that start with B.
Banoffee Pie
An English pie of a biscuit crust filled with toffee from cooked condensed milk, sliced bananas and whipped cream.
Banana Cream Pie
A pie shell filled with vanilla custard and sliced bananas, topped with whipped cream or meringue.
Blueberry Pie
A double-crust or lattice-topped pie of sweetened fresh or frozen blueberries, the official state dessert of Maine.
Blackberry Pie
A juicy summer pie of sweetened wild or cultivated blackberries under a flaky lattice or full top crust.
Buttermilk Pie
A Southern custard pie made with buttermilk, sugar, eggs and butter, with a tangy flavor and a lightly browned top.
Black Bottom Pie
A Southern pie with a layer of chocolate custard on the bottom and a rum-flavored chiffon layer on top.
Bakewell Tart
An English tart of shortcrust pastry spread with raspberry jam and filled with almond frangipane, often iced on top.
Butter Tarts
Small Canadian tarts with a runny filling of butter, sugar, syrup and egg, sometimes with raisins or pecans.
Boysenberry Pie
A pie made with boysenberries, a raspberry and blackberry hybrid, made famous by Knott's Berry Farm in California.
Bob Andy Pie
An old Amish and Midwestern custard pie spiced with cinnamon and cloves, which separates into a cakey top and custard bottom.
Bean Pie
A sweet custard pie made with mashed navy beans, sugar and spices, popular in African American Muslim communities.
Bourdaloue Tart
A French tart of poached pear halves baked in almond cream, named after a street in Paris.
Bumbleberry Pie
A Canadian mixed-fruit pie made with several berries plus apple or rhubarb; there is no actual bumbleberry.
Butterscotch Pie
An old-fashioned diner pie with a brown sugar and butter custard filling, topped with meringue or whipped cream.
Cobblers & Fruit Desserts That Start With B
Cobblers, crisps and baked fruit desserts that start with B. Blackberry cobbler is a summer must in my kitchen.
Blackberry Cobbler
Sweetened blackberries baked under a soft biscuit or batter topping until bubbling, served warm with ice cream.
Blueberry Cobbler
Fresh blueberries baked under golden biscuit dough or cake batter, an easy American summer dessert.
Blueberry Buckle
A single-layer cake with blueberries folded into the batter and a streusel topping that makes the surface buckle as it bakes.
Brown Betty
An old American baked dessert of sliced fruit, usually apples, layered with buttered sweet breadcrumbs and spices.
Blueberry Crisp
Baked blueberries under a crunchy topping of oats, flour, brown sugar and butter.
Blackberry Crumble
A British-style dessert of blackberries, often mixed with apple, baked under a buttery crumb topping and served with custard.
Blueberry Grunt
A Nova Scotia dessert of blueberries simmered on the stovetop with dumplings steamed on top; also called a slump.
Bananas Foster
A New Orleans dessert of bananas cooked in butter, brown sugar and cinnamon, flambéed with rum and served over vanilla ice cream.
Baked Apples
Whole cored apples filled with butter, brown sugar, cinnamon and oats or raisins, baked until tender.
Puddings & Custards That Start With B
Puddings, custards and creams that start with B. Banana pudding is the one I bring to every potluck.
Bread Pudding
Cubes of stale bread soaked in a sweet egg custard with cinnamon and raisins, baked and often served with sauce.
Banana Pudding
A Southern layered dessert of vanilla pudding, sliced bananas and vanilla wafers, topped with whipped cream or meringue.
Get the recipe →Bavarian Cream
Crème bavaroise, a cold dessert of vanilla custard set with gelatin and lightened with whipped cream, often molded.
Blancmange
A smooth molded milk pudding set with cornstarch or gelatin and flavored with almond or vanilla, dating to medieval Europe.
Butterscotch Pudding
A creamy stovetop pudding flavored with brown sugar and butter, sometimes with a splash of vanilla and sea salt.
Budino
Italian for pudding: a rich, silky set custard, often chocolate or butterscotch, served in small jars or cups.
Bakewell Pudding
The original Derbyshire dessert behind the Bakewell tart: puff pastry with jam under a rich egg and almond custard.
Burnt Cream
The English name for a baked custard with a caramelized sugar top, associated with Trinity College, Cambridge.
Bonet
A Piedmontese baked custard of eggs, milk, cocoa and crushed amaretti cookies, set in caramel like a flan.
Frozen Desserts That Start With B
Ice creams, sundaes and shaved ice that start with B.
Baked Alaska
Cake and ice cream encased in meringue and briefly baked or torched, so the outside is browned and the inside stays frozen.
Banana Split
A long sundae of a split banana with three scoops of ice cream, sauces, whipped cream, nuts and cherries.
Bingsu
Korean shaved ice made from fluffy frozen milk, topped with sweet red beans, fruit, condensed milk or rice cakes.
Bastani Sonnati
Persian saffron ice cream flavored with rosewater and pistachios, with chunks of frozen cream folded through.
Bombe Glacée
A French frozen dessert of ice cream and parfait layers frozen in a dome-shaped mold and unmolded to serve.
Brown Bread Ice Cream
An Irish and British ice cream with caramelized brown breadcrumbs folded through, giving a nutty, toffee-like crunch.
Butter Pecan Ice Cream
Vanilla-based ice cream with buttery toasted pecans, one of the best-selling ice cream flavors in America.
Blue Moon Ice Cream
Bright blue ice cream from the American Midwest with a mysterious fruity flavor often compared to cereal milk.
Black Sesame Ice Cream
Gray, nutty ice cream made with toasted black sesame paste, popular in Japan, China and Taiwan.
Blood Orange Sorbet
A vivid red-orange dairy-free sorbet made from blood orange juice, sweet and slightly berry-like in flavor.
Biscuit Tortoni
An Italian-American frozen dessert of rum- or almond-flavored cream with crushed macaroons, frozen in paper cups.
Bubblegum Ice Cream
Pink, sweet bubblegum-flavored ice cream, sometimes with real gum pieces mixed in, a favorite with kids.
Bacio Gelato
Italian chocolate and hazelnut gelato, named after the famous kiss chocolates of Perugia, often with hazelnut pieces.
Pastries & Doughnuts That Start With B
Pastries, doughnuts and sweet breads that start with B.
Beignets
Square New Orleans doughnuts of fried yeast dough buried in powdered sugar, served with café au lait.
Bear Claws
A Danish pastry filled with almond paste, cut along one edge so it fans out like a claw as it bakes.
Berliner
A German jelly doughnut: fried yeast dough with no hole, filled with jam and dusted with sugar.
Babka
A sweet Jewish and Eastern European yeast loaf twisted with chocolate or cinnamon filling, sliced to show swirls.
Get the recipe →Baba au Rhum
A small French yeast cake soaked in rum syrup and often served with whipped cream; it contains alcohol.
Banana Bread
A moist quick bread made with overripe mashed bananas, one of the most-baked home desserts in America.
Get the recipe →Bara Brith
Welsh speckled bread: a fruit loaf made with dried fruit soaked in tea, sliced and spread with butter.
Bostock
A French pastry of day-old brioche brushed with syrup, spread with almond cream and baked with sliced almonds.
Bomboloni
Italian filled doughnuts, rolled in sugar and stuffed with pastry cream, chocolate or jam.
Banbury Cake
An oval English pastry from Banbury, Oxfordshire, filled with spiced currants and topped with sugar.
Bath Bun
A sweet English bun from Bath topped with crushed sugar, with a lump of sugar baked into the bottom.
Belgian Waffles
Thick, light waffles with deep pockets, served with fruit, whipped cream, chocolate or ice cream.
Blintzes
Thin Jewish crepes folded around sweet farmer cheese, pan-fried and served with sour cream or fruit.
Bocconotti
Small Italian shortcrust pastries from Abruzzo and Puglia, filled with chocolate, almonds, jam or custard.
Bougatsa
A Greek pastry of crisp phyllo wrapped around a semolina custard, dusted with powdered sugar and cinnamon.
Buchteln
Austrian and Bohemian sweet yeast rolls filled with plum jam, baked together in a pan and served with vanilla sauce.
Banana Fritters
Ripe banana pieces dipped in batter and deep-fried, eaten across Asia, Africa and the Caribbean with sugar or honey.
Bossche Bol
A large Dutch cream puff from Den Bosch, filled with whipped cream and coated in dark chocolate.
Candy & Confections That Start With B
Candies and confections that start with B.
Bonbons
Small bite-size chocolates with a soft filling such as fondant, ganache or cream, often sold in boxes.
Buckeyes
Ohio candies of peanut butter fudge balls dipped in chocolate with a circle left uncovered to look like a buckeye nut.
Butterscotch Candy
Hard golden candies made from brown sugar and butter, often individually wrapped in cellophane.
Butter Mints
Soft, pastel after-dinner mints that melt in the mouth, made with butter, sugar and peppermint.
Brigadeiros
Brazilian chocolate truffles made from condensed milk, cocoa and butter, rolled in chocolate sprinkles.
Beijinhos
Brazilian little kisses: coconut and condensed milk balls rolled in sugar and topped with a clove.
Black Licorice
Chewy candy flavored with licorice root extract and often anise, especially loved in the Netherlands and Scandinavia.
Boiled Sweets
British hard candies made by boiling sugar syrup with fruit or mint flavors, sold in jars and tins.
Bêtises de Cambrai
French mint-flavored hard candies with a stripe of caramelized sugar, said to have started as a mistake in Cambrai.
Berlingots
French pyramid-shaped hard candies with stripes, made by pulling and twisting cooked sugar.
Butter Toffee
Crunchy toffee made by cooking butter and sugar to a deep caramel, often topped with chocolate and almonds.
Bonfire Toffee
A dark, brittle British toffee made with black treacle, eaten on Bonfire Night in November.
Bajadera
A Croatian layered nougat candy of hazelnuts, almonds and chocolate, cut into small squares and sold in boxes by the Kraš company.
Indian Desserts That Start With B
Indian sweets, or mithai, that start with B.
Barfi
Fudge-like Indian sweet made from milk solids and sugar, flavored with cardamom or pistachio and often topped with silver leaf.
Balushahi
A flaky Indian fried pastry similar to a glazed doughnut, soaked in sugar syrup until it forms a sweet crust.
Boondi Ladoo
Round sweets made from tiny fried chickpea-flour pearls soaked in syrup and pressed into balls, made at festivals.
Besan Ladoo
Indian sweet balls made from chickpea flour roasted in ghee, mixed with sugar and cardamom.
Basundi
A Gujarati and Maharashtrian dessert of milk simmered until thick and sweet, flavored with cardamom, saffron and nuts.
Badam Halwa
A rich South Indian pudding of ground almonds cooked with ghee, sugar and saffron until thick and glossy.
Bhapa Doi
A Bengali steamed yogurt dessert sweetened with condensed milk, set like a soft cheesecake.
Bebinca
A Goan layered cake made with coconut milk, eggs, sugar and ghee, baked one layer at a time, served at Christmas.
Bal Mithai
A brown fudge-like sweet from Uttarakhand made with roasted khoya and coated in tiny white sugar balls.
International Desserts That Start With B
Desserts from Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and Portugal that start with B.
Baklava
Layers of buttery phyllo pastry and chopped nuts baked and soaked in syrup or honey, made across Turkey, Greece and the Middle East.
Butter Mochi
A chewy Hawaiian cake made with glutinous rice flour, coconut milk, butter and sugar, baked in a pan.
Get the recipe →Bibingka
A Filipino rice cake baked in banana leaves, often topped with salted egg and cheese, eaten at Christmas.
Bánh Flan
Vietnamese crème caramel, a silky egg custard with dark caramel, sometimes served with coffee poured over it.
Bánh Bò
Vietnamese honeycomb cake: a chewy, spongy cake of rice flour and coconut milk leavened with yeast.
Bánh Da Lợn
A Vietnamese steamed layer cake of tapioca starch, coconut milk, pandan and mung bean, with a chewy texture.
Brazo de Mercedes
A Filipino rolled dessert of soft meringue wrapped around a rich egg yolk custard filling.
Buko Pie
A Filipino pie filled with tender young coconut meat in a creamy custard, a specialty of Laguna.
Buko Pandan
A chilled Filipino dessert of young coconut strips and pandan jelly cubes in sweetened cream.
Bolo Rei
Portuguese king cake, a ring-shaped sweet bread studded with candied fruit and nuts, eaten from Christmas to Epiphany.
Bolo de Rolo
A Brazilian roll cake from Pernambuco made of paper-thin sponge layers rolled around guava paste.
Bolo de Mel
A dark, dense honey cake from Madeira made with sugarcane honey and spices, traditionally baked for Christmas.
Bolo Bao
Hong Kong pineapple bun: a soft sweet roll with a crackly sugar topping, which contains no pineapple.
Buñuelos
Crisp fried dough fritters from Spain and Latin America, dusted with cinnamon sugar or drizzled with syrup at Christmas.
Basbousa
A Middle Eastern semolina cake soaked in sweet syrup, often flavored with coconut and topped with almonds.
Bubur Ketan Hitam
Indonesian and Malaysian black sticky rice pudding cooked with palm sugar and served with coconut milk.
Bubur Cha Cha
A Malaysian dessert soup of sweet potato, taro and sago pearls in coconut milk, served warm or cold.
Bakpia
Indonesian flaky pastries filled with sweet mung bean paste, a famous specialty of Yogyakarta.
Bika Ambon
An Indonesian cake from Medan with a chewy honeycomb texture, made with tapioca, coconut milk and pandan.
Bolinhos de Chuva
Brazilian rain fritters: small fried dough balls rolled in cinnamon sugar, traditionally made on rainy days.
Bienmesabe
A Venezuelan dessert of sponge cake layered with coconut cream and meringue; in Spain the name means an almond sweet.
Did You Know?
- Boston cream pie is actually a cake: it was created at the Parker House Hotel in Boston in the 1850s and is the official state dessert of Massachusetts.
- Black Forest cake is named after Schwarzwälder Kirschwasser, the cherry brandy from the Black Forest region of Germany that flavors the original.
- Biscotti means twice-cooked in Italian: the dough is baked as a log, sliced, then baked again until dry and crisp.
- Beignets have been the official state doughnut of Louisiana since 1986, and the most famous are served at Café du Monde in New Orleans.
Quick List: All 146 Desserts That Start With B
Handy for alphabet games, quizzes and Scattergories. The full list, A to Z:
Baba au Rhum, Babka, Baci di Dama, Bacio Gelato, Badam Halwa, Bajadera, Baked Alaska, Baked Apples, Bakewell Pudding, Bakewell Tart, Baklava, Bakpia, Bal Mithai, Balushahi, Banana Bread, Banana Cake, Banana Cream Pie, Banana Fritters, Banana Pudding, Banana Split, Bananas Foster, Banbury Cake, Banoffee Pie, Bara Brith, Barfi, Barquillos, Basbousa, Basler Läckerli, Basque Cheesecake, Bastani Sonnati, Basundi, Bath Bun, Battenberg Cake, Baumkuchen, Bavarian Cream, Bean Pie, Bear Claws, Bebinca, Beignets, Beijinhos, Belgian Waffles, Benne Wafers, Berger Cookies, Berliner, Berlingots, Berry Chantilly Cake, Besan Ladoo, Bethmännchen, Bhapa Doi, Bibingka, Bienenstich, Bienmesabe, Bika Ambon, Bingsu, Birthday Cake, Biscoff Cookies, Biscotti, Biscuit Cake, Biscuit Tortoni, Bizcochitos, Black and White Cookies, Black Bottom Cupcakes, Black Bottom Pie, Black Forest Cake, Black Licorice, Black Sesame Ice Cream, Blackberry Cobbler, Blackberry Crumble, Blackberry Pie, Blackout Cake, Blancmange, Blintzes, Blitz Torte, Blondies, Blood Orange Sorbet, Blue Moon Ice Cream, Blueberry Buckle, Blueberry Cheesecake, Blueberry Cobbler, Blueberry Crisp, Blueberry Crumb Bars, Blueberry Grunt, Blueberry Pie, Bob Andy Pie, Bocconotti, Boiled Sweets, Bolinhos de Chuva, Bolo Bao, Bolo de Mel, Bolo de Rolo, Bolo Rei, Bombe Glacée, Bomboloni, Bonbons, Bonet, Bonfire Toffee, Boondi Ladoo, Bossche Bol, Bostock, Boston Cream Pie, Boterkoek, Bougatsa, Bourbon Biscuits, Bourdaloue Tart, Boysenberry Pie, Brandy Snaps, Brazo de Mercedes, Bread Pudding, Bredele, Brigadeiros, Brown Betty, Brown Bread Ice Cream, Brownies, Brunsli, Brutti ma Buoni, Bubblegum Ice Cream, Bubur Cha Cha, Bubur Ketan Hitam, Buchteln, Buckeye Brownie Cookies, Buckeyes, Budino, Buko Pandan, Buko Pie, Bumbleberry Pie, Bundt Cake, Burnt Cream, Burnt Sugar Cake, Butter Cake, Butter Cookies, Butter Mints, Butter Mochi, Butter Pecan Ice Cream, Butter Tarts, Butter Toffee, Butterkuchen, Buttermilk Pie, Butterscotch Candy, Butterscotch Pie, Butterscotch Pudding, Buñuelos, Bánh Bò, Bánh Da Lợn, Bánh Flan, Bêtises de Cambrai, Bûche de Noël
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the most popular dessert that starts with B?
Brownies are the most popular dessert that starts with B in the United States. Banana bread, banana pudding, baklava, bread pudding and Boston cream pie are also among the most searched and most baked B desserts.
Why is Boston cream pie called a pie?
Boston cream pie was created at Boston's Parker House Hotel in the 1850s, when cakes and pies were baked in the same pans and the names were used loosely. It is really a sponge cake filled with custard and topped with chocolate.
What is the difference between brownies and blondies?
Brownies get their flavor from chocolate or cocoa. Blondies use no cocoa; their flavor comes from brown sugar, butter and vanilla, which give them a caramel taste. Both are baked in a pan and cut into bars.
What is a French dessert that starts with B?
French desserts that start with B include bûche de Noël, baba au rhum, bavarian cream, bostock, bombe glacée, the Bourdaloue tart, bonbons and the bêtises de Cambrai candies.
What are some no-bake desserts that start with B?
No-bake desserts that start with B include banana pudding, biscuit cake, buckeyes, brigadeiros, bavarian cream, banana split, buko pandan and blancmange. They set in the fridge or freezer or are cooked on the stovetop.
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