The Most Famous Persian Sweets

Sohan is one of the most popular treats you can find from Iran especially from the famous city Isfahan.

Sohan is made with a combination of nuts, flour, and spices so it comes with a rich and sweet taste and a wonderful aroma made of rose water.

Rose petals and pistachios are placed all-around a toffee candy along with other ingredients, so it makes Sohan incredibly buttery and crunchy.

Sweet lovers know nougat but when it comes to Gaz it’s on another level.

Gaz is made of sugar, egg whites, roasted nuts especially pistachio, and of course the famous Iranian magic perfume rosewater which has a big role in Gaz’s incredible aroma.  Best served with Persian black tea.

Zaban (Zaboon) is one of the most popular sweets in Iran.  As with other Persian sweets, Zaban is best when it is served with a hot cup of Persian tea.

The surface of Zaban is covered with a sweet and very delicious syrup while the sesames seeds or pistachio inside it make a special taste you never had before.

Zaban is made of pastry, butter, flour, sugar, egg yolk, syrup, and nuts like pistachio and sesame seeds

One of the most popular sweets during Nowruz (Persian new year) is Nan Nokhodchi which is made of nuts (specifically pistachios) and chickpea flour and a blend of rosewater and cardamom for more aroma.

Nan Nokhodchi usually has the shape of a cloverleaf, it’s very light, buttery soft, and melts in the mouth.

Simply rice cookies with poppy seeds are one of the most famous and popular sweets in the Persian culture.

Nan Berenji is made of rice flour, poppy seeds, and rose water they are healthy and gluten-free and of course super delicious!

Noon Khamei is one of the most popular Persian sweets. It is easy to make and it’s very delicious.

This pastry is golden brown, crispy and the fluffy cream inside it which is sweetened with sugar and vanilla and a touch of rose water gives it a delicious taste, unlike anything you’ve tried before.

Qottab is known in Yazd the famous city of Iran, and it is one of the most popular sweets in the country.

Qottab is made of deep-fried walnut, almond, and lightly cinnamon and cardamom which makes it soft but crunchy at the same time.

Iranian Halva is made of wheat flour fried in butter with sugar, saffron, cardamom and finally rose water to make a delicious sweet dense paste.

Halva can be cut into wedges, and it works best with a hot cup of Persian black tea.

Believe it or not, making Halva is not easy as it sounds as timing is the key of making Halva, each of the ingredients needs to be carefully added and mixed with others to bring out the color and make the main flavor of the paste, making Halva needs experience.

Faloodeh is a semi-frozen dessert made with vermicelli and a syrup of rosewater and lime.

May sound a little different, but the taste of Faloodeh is incredible! It has a sweet and sour taste you can’t find in any other dessert.

Faloodeh is very popular especially in summer when it would be refreshing to have a cold desert.

Saffron plays an important role in Iranian cuisine and when it comes to Bastani Sonati it has the main role, that’s why this Persian ice cream has its own taste, flavor, and aroma.

Bastani sonati is made of saffron, rosewater, and nuts (usually pistachio). It can be used plain or in a more popular version between two crispy wafers to make a heavenly dessert sandwich!