Mouth-Watering Caribbean Sweets and Caribbean Desserts
Caribbean sweets and Caribbean desserts are often made using fresh fruit and other delicious local tropical ingredients. Here are some of the traditional Caribbean sweets that can be found in these beautiful tropical islands.
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The Caribbean Sea is a body of water that lies beside the Atlantic Ocean.
The many warm, beautiful islands which are found there form the Caribbean. Caribbean sweet potato pudding and Caribbean sweet bread can be found on salein sweets shops in the region.
The Caribbean is blessed with excellent weather all year round and is home to many species of tropical fruit trees and tropical plants.
Some of these tropical fruits, such as the abricot from Haiti, can be found on only one island. Others, such as pomegranates, avocadoes, carambolas (starfuit), tamarind, coconuts, papaya and bananas are common to all.
In the Caribbean fresh fruits are used to make these delicious sweets. Here are some of the traditional Caribbean desserts and sweets that can be found in the region.
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Tert
Prunes fill the bottom of this small cake, which is shaped like a cupcake.
Peanut Cake
Peanuts are first roasted, then added to sugar, ginger and other spices to make the crunchy candy known as peanut cake.
Tamarind Balls
Tamarind can be sweet or sour. Tamarind balls are balls made with tamarind fruit and brown sugar.
Kokada
Coconut is a healthy food. Coconut water is recommended as a substitute for oral rehydration fluid.
Coconut is grated before being used to make a kokada. The grated coconut is prepared in a brown sugar glaze.
Candied Bananas
Bananas are candied with brown sugar and spiked with rum to make these delicious candied bananas.
Coconut Drops
These are made of coconut which is finely diced and boiled with ginger and syrup.
Barfi
This is an Indian-style dessert made by thickening milk with sugar and other ingredients.
The finished product is then cut into squares.
Tentalaria
This is ground cashew nuts in a sugar cream.
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Peanut Brittle
This is a hard toffee made of peanuts and syrup.
Video- How to Make Peanut Brittle
Ko’I Lechi
This is milk fudge.
Toolum
This is a blend of molasses, coconut, orange peel and ginger.
Pholourie
These are little balls of split pea flour which are fried and served with a sweet mango chutney.
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We have tamarind in the Philippines too. I miss that!
I’ve seen some drink mixes that actually taste almost like the real thing. I hope you can find some where you are now, 8She.
yummie…. I like it all.. I had taste it all because that fruits is also grow in my country
Mmmmmm! I’m hungry now!
The fruity tree above reminds me of my younger days when climbing the trees for those fruits were so adventurous!
Hi Sandhee, you must enjoy them.
@ Rose
@Gaby
Good fun, then.
very good work
Thanks Ittechil.
