20 Thai Desserts to Try on Your Next Trip to Thailand

Thailand is famous around the world for its flavourful and diverse cuisine. People in Thailand have a genuine love for desserts, and they also put effort into making desserts low on fat and calories. They also use fruits in Thai desserts, which makes them healthier and tastier. Thai desserts are a delightful end to any Thai meal. They often balance sweet, salty, and sometimes spicy flavors to create unique and delicious treats. Here's a detailed list of Thai desserts to try:

1. Mango Sticky Rice (Khao Niew Mamuang)

Mango sticky is unarguably the most delicious dessert in Thailand. The dessert is made with chilled mangoes. Mangoes are sliced and then put over steaming sticky rice. Then, this concoction is drenched in Coconut Milk.

2. Black Sticky Rice with Coconut Cream (Khao Niew Dam Sangkhaya)

This delightful dessert features black glutinous rice cooked with rich and sweet coconut cream. It's slightly sticky and has a pleasing chewy texture, often enjoyed as a comforting treat.

3. Ruby Chestnuts in Coconut Milk (Tub Tim Grob)

Tub Tim Grob is a visually striking Thai dessert with red water chestnut rubies, which are actually made from water chestnut starch. These "rubies" are served in sweet coconut milk and are often accompanied by crushed ice.

4. Bamboo Sticky Rice (Khao Lam)

Sticky bamboo rice may be one of the unique foods you will taste in Thailand. Sticky rice is the favorite dish among the people of Thailand. Rice, mixed with red beans, coconut cream, and sugar, is put into a hollow bamboo cylinder and then cooked until all the ingredients are melted. You can easily get these dishes in markets and roadside stalls in Thailand. It is affordable, unique, and delicious.

5. Thai Coconut Crepes (Khanom Buang)

In Thailand, Khanom Buang is a famous street dessert that you can find in any local market. There are two types of Crepes you will find in Thailand. Both are called Khanom Buang. They are sometimes called “Thai Tacos' due to their shapes and are stuffed with a mixture of shredded coconut, roasted peanuts, shrimp, salted radish, and fried tofu. And all are served with bean sprouts and sweet cucumber relish.

6. Banana in Coconut Milk (Kluay Buad Chee)

Kluay Buad Chee is a simple yet delectable dessert consisting of banana slices simmered in sweet coconut milk. The addition of pandan leaves and a pinch of salt enhances the flavor.

7. Coconut Rice Dumplings (Kozhukatta)

Coconut Rice Dumplings is an adorable and delicious combination of coconut and rice flour topped with green onions or corn. Dumplings are cooked on a grill that gives a great texture and taste. It is a popular dessert in Thailand, and you can find Coconut Rice Dumplings in almost every food stall in Thailand. 

8. Thai Roti (Roti Gluay)

Thai Roti, a signature dish in Thailand, is very famous among tourists in Thailand. The roti is stuffed with bananas and eggs dipped in condensed milk and often served with a ton of toppings and sauces like chocolate, Nutella, or honey. You can find this delicious dessert sold by vendors on every corner in Thailand, especially near the major tourist locations in Thailand. 

9. Thai Coconut Ice Cream (Ais Krim)

If you are in Thailand, you may get steamed in the brutal heat. And Coconut Ice Cream is the perfect dessert to have in this heat. You will get these coconut ice creams in almost every other corner of Thailand. The vendors offer a wide range of toppings to put on the Ice Cream, like peanuts, sweet syrup, sweet corn, etc. Often, the ice cream is served in a coconut, which is scraped out to make room for the ice cream

10. Thai Candied Fruit (Look Chub)

If you go to Thailand, You will see containers filled with fruits. When you pick them and eat them, only you will understand that these are candies sculpted carefully to look like fruits. Made of Mung bean marzipan, these candies are colorful, vibrant, and delicious. You can find these candies in many markets in Luk Chup.

11. Thai Coconut Rice Pancakes (Khanom Krok)

Khanom Krok is also called coconut rice pancakes. This is a traditional Thai dessert, and they are made by mixing rice flour, sugar, and coconut milk to form a dough. Often Khanom Krok is composed of two types of batters, one Salty and one sweet. This gives this dessert a whole range of tastes. This is the one dessert you should definitely have on your eating list.

12. Thai Jelly (Wun or Agar-Agar)

If jelly is the one for you, then Thai Jelly is a must-try dessert in Thailand. The jelly is more or less the same as the jelly found in Western Countries. But the Thai jelly is topped with sliced coconut, strawberries, etc. These make jelly tastier.
The jelly is made by mixing sugar, flour, coconut milk, and gelatin together. That’s what makes it so sweet and gives a jelly-like structure. This dessert literally melts in your mouth and gives you a blast of sweetness in your mouth. Do taste it when you come to Thailand. 

13. Lod Chong (Cendol)

Lod Chong is a refreshing Thai dessert featuring green rice flour pandan noodles submerged in a bowl of sweet coconut milk and palm sugar syrup. The noodles provide a slightly chewy and cooling sensation.

14. Thai Tapioca Pudding (Saku Sai Moo)

Saku Sai Moo is a tapioca pudding prepared with pearl-sized tapioca pearls, which are cooked with coconut milk and pandan leaves. It's served in sweet syrup, creating a creamy and chewy dessert.

15. Thai Doughnuts (Pa Thong Ko)

Thai doughnuts are deep-fried, crispy on the outside, and soft on the inside. These tasty treats are often served with sweetened condensed milk for dipping, making them a popular street food snack.

16. Thai Fried Bananas (Kluay Tod)

Kluay Tod consists of banana slices coated in a light, crispy batter and deep-fried to golden perfection. It's a sweet and crunchy dessert often enjoyed as a snack.

17. Thai Sweet Eggs (Kai Wan/Tong Yord)

These egg yolk desserts are weirdly famous in Thailand. Kai Wan is made by dropping egg yolks in sugary water and boiled with ginger. Tong Yord is another similar dish which is made of egg yolk. The egg yolk is mixed with sugar water and then boiled till it solidifies to a cake-like structure. Apart from these, Tong yip(flower-shaped egg cake) and Foi Tong are some of the best egg-based desserts in Thailand.

18. Thai Coconut Custard (Sangkhaya Fakthong)

This sweet and creamy dessert features a layer of coconut custard over pumpkin or squash. It's steamed and often sprinkled with toasted pumpkin seeds.

19. Thai Creme Caramel

Thai Creme Caramel is made of Coconut, and it is a better version of the original Crème Caramel. Not only that, it is even tastier and healthier than normal Crème Caramel. Since it uses Coconut Milk to make instead of normal milk, it is great for lactose-intolerant people. Also, it helps you to lower your cholesterol. This is a must-try dessert for those who are visiting the country.

20. Coconut Jelly Soup (Pakim Kai Tow)

Also known as Coconut Jelly soup, Pakim Kai Tao is one of the most delicious desserts you can find in Thailand. An insane amount of flavors bursts when you take a spoonful of Pakim Kai Tow in your mouth. With creamy white Coconut Soup filled with chewy, salty jelly, you must admire the creativity of Thailand's delicious desserts. It comes in two varieties, one with lightly sweet coconut Milk and another with brown palm sugar in it. 

These Thai desserts showcase the country's talent in combining ingredients like coconut, pandan leaves, and exotic fruits to create sweet and satisfying treats that are often a wonderful end to a Thai meal or a delightful street food find. Each dessert offers a unique taste and texture, making them an integral part of Thailand's culinary heritage.