Desserts That Start With B
Here are 12 desserts that start with B, each with a one-line description so you can tell what it is. The best-known ones come first, then the full list in A to Z order.
Twelve desserts start with B, and they cover cakes, sweets and puddings. Brownie, birthday cake and banana split are the instant favourites for children.
Sweets are well represented: butterscotch, brittle, bonbon and bubble gum. Baklava is a layered pastry filled with nuts and soaked in syrup, popular across the Middle East. Bread pudding and blancmange are older style puddings, and blueberry pie and butter cookie round out the list. A dessert party menu could easily be built from B alone.
- Desserts starting with B
- 12
- Best known
- brownie, birthday cake
- Longest name
- birthday cake
Best-known desserts that start with B
The ones most people will recognise, good for school lists, quizzes and games.
- brownie
- birthday cake
- butterscotch
- banana split
- bubble gum
- baklava
- bread pudding
All desserts that start with B
| # | Name | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | baklava | rich Middle Eastern cake made of thin layers of flaky pastry filled with nuts and honey |
| 2 | banana split | a banana split lengthwise and topped with scoops of ice cream and sauces and nuts and whipped cream |
| 3 | birthday cake | decorated cake served at a birthday party |
| 4 | blancmange | sweet almond-flavored milk pudding thickened with gelatin or cornstarch; usually molded |
| 5 | blueberry pie | pie containing blueberries and sugar |
| 6 | bonbon | a candy that usually has a center of fondant or fruit or nuts coated in chocolate |
| 7 | bread pudding | baked pudding of bread soaked in sweet custard |
| 8 | brittle | caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets |
| 9 | brownie | square or bar of very rich chocolate cake usually with nuts |
| 10 | bubble gum | a kind of chewing gum that can be blown into bubbles |
| 11 | butter cookie | cookie containing much butter |
| 12 | butterscotch | a hard brittle candy made with butter and brown sugar |
More that start with B
- NamesBarbara, Brian
- Girl namesBarbara, Betty
- Boy namesBrian, Brandon
- Last namesBrown, Baker
- Wordsback, because
- 5-letter wordsbeing, based
- Adjectivesbest, both
- Positive wordsbest, better
- Nounsbeing, business
- Verbsbelieve, become
- Animalsbear, bull
- Birdsblackbird, bluebird
- Fishbass, barracuda
- Dog breedsboxer, bulldog
- Flowersbluebell, baby's breath
- Plants and treesbamboo, basil
- CountriesBahamas, Bahrain
- CitiesBeijing, Bengaluru
- Foodsbread, butter
- Fruitsbanana, blackberry
- Vegetablesbroccoli, beet
- Drinksbuttermilk, bottled water
- Thingsbook, bed
- Colorsbaby blue, baby pink
- Jobsbaker, butler
- Sportsbasketball, baseball
- Dog namesBella, Buddy
Questions people ask
How many desserts start with B?
This list has 12 desserts starting with B, from well-known ones like brownie, birthday cake, butterscotch to rarer kinds.
What desserts start with B?
Well-known examples are brownie, birthday cake, butterscotch, banana split, bubble gum, baklava, bread pudding.
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.
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