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Synonyms and antonyms of Sweet food and desserts in American Thesaurus

Sweet food and desserts

angelica (noun)

stems of a tall plant that are boiled in sugar and used for decorating cakes

apple pie (noun)

a sweet food made from apples baked in pastry

banana split (noun)

a sweet food that consists of a banana with ice cream, cream, sauce, and nuts

brown sugar (noun)

sugar that is brown and has not been refined (=made pure) or has been only partly refined

cake (noun)

a sweet food made by baking a mixture that usually contains sugar, eggs, flour, and butter or oil

carob (noun)

a sweet brown powder that tastes like chocolate and is made from the seeds of a Mediterranean tree

choc-ice (noun)

British an ice cream covered with a layer of chocolate, shaped like a small block

Christmas pudding (noun)

British a sweet food made with dried fruits and spices (=substances that flavor food), eaten at Christmas

cobbler (noun)

a sweet food consisting of fruit covered with a soft thick layer of pastry that is baked in an oven

coconut milk (noun)

the sweet thin liquid contained in a coconut, used in drinks and in Asian and Caribbean cooking

compote (noun)

a sweet food made from fruit cooked with sugar

confection (noun)

formal a sweet food, especially a cake

confectioner’s sugar (noun)

American sugar that it is like a powder and is used for making candy and decorating cakes

crème caramel (noun)

a sweet food made from cream, eggs, and sugar

donut (noun)

a doughnut

double-dip (noun)

American a cone (=a container made of thin dry cake) with two balls of ice cream inside it

doughnut (noun)

a round sweet food, often in the shape of a ring, that is made by cooking dough in oil

dumpling (noun)

a sweet food consisting of pastry filled with fruit

flan (noun)

American a crème caramel

fondant (noun)

a very soft sweet food made from sugar and water, usually spread over cakes as frosting

fool (noun)

a sweet food made from crushed cooked fruit mixed with cream and served cold

frosting (noun)

American a smooth sweet substance usually made from sugar, butter, and liquid, used for covering cakes

fro-yo (noun)

Americaninformal frozen yogurt that you eat like ice cream

fruit cocktail (noun)

a food consisting of small pieces of different types of fruit, often sold in cans

fruit salad (noun)

a food consisting of small pieces of different types of fresh fruit, usually eaten as a dessert

fudge (noun)

a soft brown sweet food made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream

fudge (noun)

a sweet soft chocolate that is spread on cakes or poured over ice cream

ganache (noun)

a mixture of chocolate and cream used on top of or inside cakes

granulated sugar (noun)

sugar in the form of small white grains, used especially for adding to cups of tea and coffee

gur (noun)

Indian English a type of dark brown sugar that you buy in solid pieces, not small grains

halo-halo (noun)

Philippine English a dessert made by mixing different fruits, beans, crushed ice, sweetened milk and ice cream

honey (noun)

a sweet, sticky yellow or brown food made by bees

ice (noun)

British an ice cream or sorbet

ice cream (noun)

a frozen sweet food made from cream or milk and sugar, often with fruit or chocolate added to flavor it

icing (noun)

a substance used to cover or fill cakes. Icing is made by mixing sugar with water or butter.

icing sugar (noun)

British confectioner’s sugar

jaggery (noun)

Indian English in South Asia, brown sugar from sugar cane or from a palm tree

Jell-O (American)

American a soft solid food made from fruit juice, sugar, and gelatin that you can see through and that shakes when you touch it

jelly (noun)

British Jell-O

junket (noun)

a sweet food made from milk that was popular in the past

lump (noun)

a solid piece of sugar with a square shape

marzipan (noun)

a sweet food made from sugar and almonds that is used for decorating cakes and making candies

meringue (noun)

a sweet food made from a mixture of sugar and egg whites

mincemeat (noun)

a sweet food made by mixing small pieces of dried fruit and spices, used especially to make mince pies

molasses (noun)

American a sweet brown liquid food made from sugar plants, used for making other foods sweeter. The British word is treacle.

mousse (noun)

a cold sweet food made with cream, eggs, and fruit or chocolate

parfait (noun)

American a sweet food consisting of layers of fruit and ice cream, served in a tall glass

peach melba (noun)

a sweet food that consists of half a peach with ice cream and raspberry sauce on top

pudding (noun)

a soft sweet food that you eat at the end of a meal

pudding (noun)

a sweet food like thick cream, usually flavored with fruit or chocolate, eaten as a dessert

raspberry/chocolate etc. ripple ()

ice-cream that has lines of a raspberry/chocolate, etc. flavored substance in it

rice pudding (noun)

a sweet food made from rice cooked with milk and sugar

sherbet (noun)

American a type of food like ice cream

snow cone (noun)

a sweet food that consists of a lump of flavored ice that you hold in a paper cone

sorbet (noun)

a sweet food made from fruit juice, ice, and sugar

sugar (noun)

a sweet substance consisting of very small white or brown pieces that is added to food or drinks to make them taste sweet

sundae (noun)

ice cream served with a sweet sauce, and nuts, fruit, and syrup

sweets (noun)

American any food with a lot of sugar in it

syllabub (noun)

a sweet food made from cream, sugar, fruit juice, and wine

syrup (noun)

a sweet liquid made from sugar and water

syrup (noun)

a sweet thick yellow liquid made from sugar, used especially in cooking

treacle (noun)

British molasses

trifle (noun)

a sweet food eaten especially in the U.K., made from cake covered with fruit or gelatin, cold custard, and sometimes cream

turnover (noun)

a sweet food like a small pie, filled with fruit

tutti frutti (noun)

a type of ice cream that contains small pieces of different types of fruit

whip (noun)

a sweet soft food made with cream and flavors or fruit

yoghurt ()

another spelling of yogurt

yogurt (noun)

a food made from milk that has become thick and slightly sour, sometimes with fruit added to it