Desserts That Start With C

30 desserts Food and drink Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are 30 desserts that start with C, 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.

Thirty desserts make C the richest letter by a long way. Cake, cookie, candy and cupcake are the obvious picks, and a child could name a dozen more without help.

Chocolate shows up again and again: chocolate cake, chocolate pudding, chocolate fudge, chocolate truffle and chocolate mousse. Candy is another big pattern, with candy apple, candy bar, candy cane and candy corn. For something less common, try cannoli, churro, charlotte, cobbler or compote. Caramel apple and candy apple describe the same treat.

Desserts starting with C: 30
Best known: cake, candy
Longest name: chocolate pudding

Best-known desserts that start with C

The ones most people will recognise, good for school lists, quizzes and games.

cake
candy
cookie
caramel
cupcake
cheesecake
chocolate cake
crepe
cotton candy
candy cane
cream puff
cannoli
churro
creme brulee
custard

All desserts that start with C

#	Name	What it is
1	cake	baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat
2	candy	a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
3	candy apple	an apple that is covered with a candy-like substance (usually caramelized sugar)
4	candy bar	a candy shaped as a bar
5	candy cane	a hard candy in the shape of a rod (usually with stripes)
6	candy corn	a small yellow and white candy shaped to resemble a kernel of corn
7	cannoli	crisp fried pastry tubes filled with sweet ricotta cream
8	caramel	firm chewy candy made from caramelized sugar and butter and milk
9	caramel apple	an apple that is covered with a candy-like substance (usually caramelized sugar)
10	charlotte	a mold lined with cake or crumbs and filled with fruit or whipped cream or custard
11	cheesecake	made with sweetened cream cheese and eggs and cream baked in a crumb crust
12	chewing gum	a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing
13	chocolate cake	cake containing chocolate
14	chocolate fudge	fudge made with chocolate or cocoa
15	chocolate mousse	dessert mousse made with chocolate
16	chocolate pudding	sweet chocolate flavored custard-like pudding usually thickened with flour rather than eggs
17	chocolate truffle	creamy chocolate candy
18	churro	fried dough stick rolled in cinnamon sugar
19	cobbler	a pie made of fruit with rich biscuit dough usually only on top of the fruit
20	coconut cake	cake containing shredded coconut in batter and frosting
21	coffee cake	a cake or sweet bread usually served with coffee
22	compote	dessert of stewed or baked fruit
23	cookie	any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term)
24	cotton candy	a candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature
25	cream puff	puff filled with cream or custard
26	creme brulee	rich custard topped with a hard caramelized sugar layer
27	crepe	small very thin pancake
28	crumb cake	cake or coffeecake topped with a mixture of sugar and butter and flour
29	cupcake	small cake baked in a muffin tin
30	custard	sweet creamy sauce or pudding made with eggs and milk

Short desserts with C

cake
candy
crepe

Questions people ask

How many desserts start with C?

This list has 30 desserts starting with C, from well-known ones like cake, candy, cookie to rarer kinds.

What desserts start with C?

Well-known examples are cake, candy, cookie, caramel, cupcake, cheesecake, chocolate cake, crepe.

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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