Desserts That Start With Every Letter
Here are desserts that start with every letter from A to Z: 150 in all, with examples for each letter and a full page for every letter that has enough of them.
The full dessert alphabet holds 150 sweets. C is far ahead with 30, thanks to the big everyday words for baked and sugary treats. P follows with 16, then B with 12 and S with 11.
The thin letters need a little creativity. E has only eclair, O has oatmeal cookie, Y has yule log and Z has zeppole, while Q offers quindim among its two. U and V have a single entry each, and X has nothing at all. Kheer and kulfi show that the list reaches well beyond Western bakeries.
- Desserts listed
- 150
- Most common first letter
- C
- Letters with none
- X
Desserts by letter
| Letter | How many | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| A | 5 | apple pie, apple crumble, angel cake, ambrosia, almond cookie |
| B | 12 | brownie, birthday cake, butterscotch, banana split, bubble gum |
| C | 30 | cake, candy, cookie, caramel, cupcake |
| D | 3 | doughnut, divinity, devil's food |
| E | 1 | eclair |
| F | 7 | fudge, flan, fruitcake, frozen yogurt, fondant |
| G | 9 | gingerbread, gumdrop, gingerbread man, gelato, gulab jamun |
| H | 3 | halva, honey cake, hard candy |
| I | 3 | ice cream, ice cream cake, ice lolly |
| J | 6 | jelly bean, jalebi, junket, jawbreaker, jujube |
| K | 3 | key lime pie, kheer, kulfi |
| L | 5 | lollipop, licorice, lemon meringue pie, layer cake, lemon drop |
| M | 9 | marshmallow, mousse, macaroon, meringue, marble cake |
| N | 3 | napoleon, nougat, nonpareil |
| O | 1 | oatmeal cookie |
| P | 16 | pie, pudding, pound cake, parfait, pumpkin pie |
| Q | 2 | queen of puddings, quindim |
| R | 6 | red velvet cake, rice pudding, rock cake, rock candy, raisin cookie |
| S | 11 | sundae, sorbet, sugar cookie, shortbread, sherbet |
| T | 7 | trifle, toffee, taffy, tiramisu, truffle |
| U | 1 | upside-down cake |
| V | 1 | vanilla pudding |
| W | 4 | waffle, wedding cake, water ice, wafer |
| X | 0 | No common desserts start with X |
| Y | 1 | yule log |
| Z | 1 | zeppole |
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Questions people ask
Which letter do the most desserts start with?
C, with 30 on this site's list.
Are there desserts for every letter?
Not in this list. No common desserts start with X.
Source: Princeton WordNet, a public dictionary database, reviewed by our editors to keep only clear, real members of the list. Meanings are short dictionary glosses.