# List of Italian desserts and pastries

This is a list of Italian desserts and pastries. Italian cuisine has developed through centuries of social and political changes, with roots as far back as the 4th century BCE. Italian desserts have been heavily influenced by cuisine from surrounding countries and those that have invaded Italy, such as Greece, Spain, Austria, and France. Italian cuisine is also influenced by the Mediterranean climate and agriculture.

## Characteristics

Italy has an extremely diverse range of cuisines, due to the many culinary influences throughout its history. Peaches, lemons, and pears are popular fruits for recipes, as well as sweet cheeses, such as ricotta and mascarpone. Coffee, especially espresso, are integral to Italian culture and cuisine, and is featured frequently in dessert recipes, such as tiramisù. Cold dairy desserts, such as ice cream and gelato, were introduced to the Western world through Italy.

## Italian desserts
### A

| Name | Description |
| Abbamele | Sardinian honey-based product |
| Affogato | Espresso served with a scoop of gelato |
| Africanetti [it] | Emilian sweet made with egg yolks, sugar and butter |
| Africani [it] | Biscuits made with egg yolks and sugar, originally from Galatina, Apulia |
| Agnello pasquale [it] | Lamb-shaped Easter sweet made of almond and pistachio paste, originally from Favara, Sicily |
| Amaretti | Biscuits made with almonds, egg whites and sugar |
| Amaretti di Saronno | Biscuits from Saronno, Lombardy, made with apricot kernels, almonds, egg whites and sugar |
| Amor [it] | Tuscan and Emilian wafers filled with cream |
| Amor polenta [it] | Lombard maize-flour cake |
| Angel wings | Fried dough shaped into ribbons and coated in powdered sugar |
| Anello di Monaco [it] | Mantuan ring-shaped cake of Swiss origins |
| Anello di san Luigi Gonzaga [it] | Lombard almond cake |
| Arancini [it] | Carnival sweets from Marche |
| Aranzada [it] | Orange zest candied in honey and almonds, originally from Sardinia |
| Assabesi [it] | |

### B

| Name | Description |
| Baci di Cherasco [it] | Chocolate-covered hazelnuts from Cherasco, Piedmont |
| Baci di Cremona [it] | Lombard hazelnut sandwich cookies |
| Baci di dama | Sandwich cookie made with hazelnuts and chocolate, originally from Tortona, Piedmont |
| Baicoli | Venetian biscuits made with butter, sugar, eggs, flour and yeast |
| Barbajada | Milanese drink made from whipped chocolate, milk, and coffee |
| Baxin | Ligurian sweet made with anise seeds and flour |
| Befanini [it] | Tuscan Epiphany biscuits |
| Bensone | Emilian oval-shaped cake |
| Berlingozzo | Tuscan ring-shaped cake |
| Biancomangiare | Sicilian and Sardinian almond spoon sweet |
| Bicciolano [it] | Biscuits from Vercelli, Piedmont, made with flour, butter, eggs and spices |
| Bignolata mantovana [it] | Mantuan cake made up of beignets filled with zabajone, chocolate and whipped cream |
| Bisciola | Lombard sweet bread made with buckwheat flour, figs, honey, raisins and walnuts |
| Biscione reggiano [it] | Snake-shaped Christmas cake from Reggio Emilia |
| Biscotti bolliti [it] | Boiled and oven-baked biscuits, originally from Ragusa, Sicily |
| Biscotti catalani [it] | Sicilian sugar-coated biscuits prepared for the Day of the Dead |
| Biscotti del Lagaccio [it] | Genoese biscuits made with flour, butter, sugar and aniseed |
| Biscotto di Ceglie [it] | Almond paste with cherry jam, originally from Ceglie Messapica, Apulia |
| Biscotto di mezz'agosto [it] | Tuscan cake flavoured with wine and aniseed |
| Biscotti di San Martino | Sicilian thrice-cooked biscuits flavoured with aniseed |
| Biscotti regina | Sicilian biscuits coated with sesame seeds |
| Biscottini di Prosto [it] | Biscuits from Piuro, Lombardy |
| Biscotto di Castellammare [it] | Biscuit created in 1848 in Castellammare di Stabia, Campania |
| Biscotto Salute [it] | Rusk made with butter, eggs, flour and sugar |
| Bocconotto | Abruzzese Christmas pastry filled with almonds and chocolate |
| Bombolone | Italian doughnut, filled with typically custard, chocolate, cream, or jam |
| Bonèt | Piedmontese custard dessert with amaretti and cocoa |
| Bossolà bresciano [it] | Lombard sweet bread |
| Bracciatello [it] | Romagnol sweet made with flour, eggs and sugar |
| Bracciatello cesenate [it] | Soft biscuit from Cesena, Emilia-Romagna |
| Brasadelo [it] | Ring-shaped cake from the province of Vicenza, Veneto |
| Brigidino di Lamporecchio [it] | Aniseed biscuits from Lamporecchio, Tuscany |
| Brioche con gelato [it] | Sicilian brioche filled with gelato |
| Brioscia [it] | Sicilian brioche |
| Bruttiboni | Biscuit made from almonds or hazelnuts |
| Buccellati | Sicilian Christmas biscuits filled with honey, figs, oranges, spices, nuts and apricot jam |
| Buccellato | Sicilian cake |
| Buccellato di Lucca | Sweet bread from Lucca, Tuscany |
| Budino | Pudding made from milk and egg custard, typically topped with a crust or whipped-cream topping |
| Budino di riso [it] | Rice-based pastry, originally from Pistoia, Tuscany |
| Bussilan [it] | Emilian ring-shaped cake |
| Bussolano [it] | Mantuan cake |
| Bustrèng | Romagnol fruit cake |

### C

| Name | Image | Description |
| Caffè in forchetta [it] | | Coffee budino |
| Calcioni marchigiani [it] | | Easter cheese-filled sweets from Marche |
| Caldi dolci [it] | | Mantuan pastries made with maize flour, raisins, pine nuts, cinnamon, vino cotto, cloves, butter, sugar and lemon zest |
| Caldo freddo [it] | | Gelato dessert from Trapani, Sicily |
| Calzone di San Leonardo [it] | | Christmas almond sweet from Molfetta, Apulia |
| Camporelli | | Ladyfinger-like biscuits made from sugar, flour, and eggs |
| Canestrelli | | Biscuits made with semolina and confectioner's sugar |
| Canestrelli novesi [it] | | Piedmontese biscuits made with flour, white wine, olive oil, sugar and salt |
| Cannarìculi [it] | | Lucan and Calabrian fried pastries made with flour, olive oil, cooked wine and must |
| Cannolo siciliano | | Sicilian rolled, crispy dough filled with ricotta |
| Cannolo [it] | | Puff pastry filled with custard or zabajone |
| Cantarella | | Romagnol sweet flatbread |
| Cantucci | | Almond biscuits from Prato, Tuscany |
| Caragnoli [it] | | Christmas fried pastries from southern Molise |
| Carfogn [it] | | Pastry from Veneto filled with jam or honey and grappa |
| Cariton [it] | | Piedmontese fox grape cake |
| Carsenta [it] | | Tuscan sweet flatbread made with aniseed, pine nuts and raisins |
| Carsenza [it] | | Christmas cake from Milan, containing apples and grapes |
| Cartellate [it] | | Apulian and Lucan Christmas fried sweets |
| Cartoccio di ricotta [it] | | Sicilian fried dough pastry filled with ricotta |
| Cassata | | Sicilian round sponge cake made with ricotta, marzipan and candied fruit |
| Cassatella [it] | | Sicilian fried dumplings filled with sheep ricotta, cinnamon and chocolate chips |
| Cassatella di Agira | | Pastry filled with almonds, cocoa, chickpea flour, sugar and lemon zest, originally from Agira, Sicily |
| Cassatella di sant'Agata | | Small Sicilian cassata |
| Castagnaccio | | Chestnut flour cake |
| Castagne del prete [it] | | Campanian oven-baked chestnuts with wine |
| Castagnole, favette [it] | | Carnival pastries |
| Caterine [it] | | Doll or hen-shaped chocolate biscuits from Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna |
| Cavallucci | | Tuscan pastry made with anise, walnuts, candied fruits, coriander, and flour |
| Caviadini [it] | | Lombard biscuits |
| Celli ripieni [it] | | Abruzzese pastry filled with grape jam, walnuts, almonds and orange zest |
| Certosino di Bologna [it] | | Bolognese cake made with spices, honey, almonds, pine nuts and candied fruit |
| Charlotte alla milanese [it] | | Milanese cake made with stale bread, wine, apples, butter and sugar |
| Chiaro di luna [it] | | Cake filled with apricot jam, raisins and almonds, originally from Paullo, Lombardy |
| Chisulì [it] | | Lombard fried pastry |
| Cialda di Montecatini [it] | | Round sweet from Montecatini Terme, Tuscany |
| Ciambella | | Ring-shaped cake made using flour, milk, sugar, and vanilla flavouring |
| Ciambella di San Cataldo [it] | | Biscuit from San Cataldo, Sicily |
| Ciambella romagnola [it] | | Romagnol cake |
| Ciambellette al vino [it] | | Wine-flavoured biscuits from Lazio |
| Ciambellino [it] | | Ring-shaped cake from Lucignano, Tuscany |
| Ciaramicola [it] | | Umbrian Easter cake containing Alchermes |
| Cicerata [it] | | Lucan Christmas sweet |
| Cicerchiata [it] | | Fried balls of dough covered in honey |
| Cioccolato di Modica | | Specialty chocolate from Modica, Sicily |
| Colomba di Pasqua | | Easter cake made with candied orange and almonds, originally from Milan, Lombardy |
| Confetti | | Almonds covered in sugar coating, sometimes dyed |
| Confetti di Sulmona | | Sugar-coated almonds from Sulmona, Abruzzo |
| Confetto riccio [it] | | Sugar-coated almond from Agnone, Molise |
| Coppa sabauda [it] | | Piedmontese spoon sweet made with seirass cheese, whipped cream, eggs, Marsala wine, raisins and lemon zest |
| Coppetta [it] | | Lombard sweet made with honey, walnuts and wafers |
| Cornetto | | Venetian pastry descended from Austrian kipferl |
| Cotognata [it] | | Quince gel |
| Crema al mascarpone [it] | | Lombard Mascarpone-based spoon sweet |
| Crema bruciata [it] | | Sweet from Alghero, Sardinia |
| Crema carsolina [it] | | Julian millefeuille with zabajone |
| Crema di Caffe [it] | Italian coffee dessert | Espresso frozen dessert |
| Crema di marroni [it] | | Chestnut cream |
| Crema di pistacchio [it] | Sicilian dessert | Pistachio cream or spread used for fillings, toppings, or eaten on its own. |
| Crema diplomatica [it] | | Custard made with cream and crème pâtissière |
| Crema reggina [it] | | Spoon sweet from Reggio Calabria made with zabajone, rum, cherries and cinnamon |
| Cremino | | Piedmontese layered chocolate |
| Cri cri (chocolate) [it] | | Piedmontese chocolate praline |
| Crispelle di riso [it] | | Siciliano rice-based fried doughnuts |
| Croccante | | Almond brittle |
| Crocetta di Caltanissetta | | Sweet pastry from Caltanissetta, Sicily, made from almonds, sugar, sweet lemon purée, oranges or other fruit, pistachio and icing sugar |
| Crostata | | Baked tart or pie |
| Crustuli [it] | | Calabrian Christmas pastry made with must, red wine, vermouth, olive oil, honey and flour |
| Csenta [it] | | Piedmontese cake |
| Cubeletto [it] | | Ligurian jam-filled pastries |
| Cuccìa | | Sicilian sweet made with ricotta, boiled wheatberries and sugar |
| Cuccidati | | Sicilian fig cookies |
| Cuddrireddra [it] | | Cinnamon-flavoured fried pastries from Delia, Sicily |
| Cuddura [it] | | Southern Italian Easter cake |
| Cudduraci [it] | | Calabrian Easter pastry |
| Cullurelli [it] | | Calabrian Christmas fried pastry |
| Cuore d'Abruzzo [it] | | Abruzzese cake made with almonds, candied fruit and chocolate |
| Cupeta | | Dessert made from honey, dissolved sugar and diced almonds |
| Cutizza [it] | | Sweet from the province of Como, Lombardy |
| Cuzzupa [it] | | Calabrian Easter cake |

### D

| Name | Description |
| Delizia al limone [it] | Sponge cake made with Limoncello and lemon cream, originally from Sorrento, Campania |
| Diablottino [it] | Turinese vanilla-flavoured chocolate |
| Dolce di San Michele [it] | Sweet bread from Bagnacavallo, Romagna |
| Dolce mattone [it] | Buttercream-based spoon sweet from Emilia-Romagna |
| Dolce Pan Ducale [it] | Semolina cake from Atri, Abruzzo |
| Dolce Torino [it] | Romagnol sweet consisting in layers of savoiardi, buttercream, chocolate and Alchermes or Marsala |
| Dolceriso del Moro [it] | Rice tart with rose water, pine nuts, almonds and candied fruit, originally from Vigevano, Lombardy |

### F

| Name | Description |
| Faldacchea [it] | Almond and cherry sweet from Turi, Apulia |
| Ferratella | Anise-flavoured waffle cookies |
| Fiadone | Cheese-filled pastry |
| Fiapòn [it] | Mantuan sweet made with polenta |
| Fichi impaccati [it] | Dried figs filled with almonds and fennel seeds |
| Finocchini [it] | Piedmontese biscuits made with fennel seeds, aniseed, flour, eggs and honey |
| Flantze [it] | Aostan cake |
| Focaccia di Susa [it] | Piedmontese sweet focaccia |
| Focaccia veneta [it] | Sweet Easter bread from Veneto |
| Fregolotta [it] | Cake from Treviso, Veneto |
| Frìtołe | Venetian fried doughnuts, eaten during Carnival |
| Frittelle di riso di san Giuseppe [it] | Fried pastry made with rice, milk and sugar |
| Frustingo [it] | Christmas sweet from Marche made with figs and nuts |
| Frutta martorana | Sicilian imitation fruits made from marzipan |

### G

| Name | Description |
| Gelato | Italian dessert similar to ice cream, thicker in consistency |
| Gelo di melone | Sicilian watermelon pudding |
| Genoise | Sponge cake made with melted butter whipped into the dough |
| Genovese | Sicilian custard-filled pastry |
| Gianduja | Chocolate made from hazelnut cream, originally from Piedmont |
| Gianduiotto | Piedmontese chocolate made from sugar, cocoa, and hazelnuts |
| Giurgiulena | Sicilian Christmas sweet made with almonds, sesame seeds, honey and sugar |
| Gòfri [it] | Piedmontese biscuit |
| Graffe | Neapolitan sugar-coated fried doughnuts |
| Granita | Sicilian ice dessert made from sugar, water and various flavourings |
| Grano cotto [it] | Apulian sweet made with cooked wheat, pomegranate, cinnamon, walnuts and cooked must |
| Grattachecca | Roman hand-shaved ice topped with various syrups |
| Grosti [lld] | Ladin fried pastry filled with jam |
| Gueffus [it] | Sardinian sweets made from almond paste |

### I

| Name | Image | Description |
| Iris [it] | | Fried ricotta-filled doughnut, originally from Palermo, Sicily |

### K

| Name | Description |
| Kiachln [it] | Fried doughnuts from Trentino |
| Kirchtagskrapfen [it] | South Tyrolean fried pastries filled with poppyseed jam or apricot jam |
| Krumiri | Biscuits created in Casale Monferrato, Piedmont, in 1878 |

### L

| Name | Description |
| Lacabòn | Handcrafted candy from Alessandria, Piedmont |
| Ladyfinger | Long biscuit, typically used in tiramisù |
| Lattacciolo [it] | Abruzzese spoon sweet made with milk, eggs and sugar |
| Latte brulè [it] | Romagnol spoon sweet made with milk, eggs, sugar and vanilla |
| Latte di mandorla [it] | Chilled and sweetened almond flavored drink |
| Latteruolo [it] | Romagnol milk-based spoon sweet |
| Lingue di gatto | Cat tongue |
| Lonzino di fico [it] | Sweet from Marche made with figs, walnuts, almonds and star aniseed |
| Lose golose [it] | Piedmontese sweet made with peaches, butter almonds, eggs and sugar |
| Lu serpe [it] | Snake-shaped Christmas cake from Marche |

### M

| Name | Description |
| Macafame [it] | Cake made with bread, milk, honey, eggs and raisins, originally from Vicenza, Veneto |
| Maccheroni con le noci [it] | Sweet from Lazio and Umbria made with tagliatelle, walnuts, cinnamon, nutmeg and sugar |
| Mandorla riccia di Francavilla Fontana [it] | Almonds coated in sugar and lemon, originally from Francavilla Fontana, Apulia |
| Mandorlato [it] | Christmas sweet from Cologna Veneta made with almonds, honey, eggs whites and sugar |
| Mandorlato al cioccolato di Modigliana Fontana [it] | Almond and chocolate cake from Modigliana, Emilia-Romagna |
| Mandorlini del ponte [it] | Almond pastries from Pontelagoscuro, Emilia-Romagna |
| Margheritine di Stresa [it] | Biscuits created in 1857 in Stresa, Piedmont |
| Marillenknödel | South Tyrolean, Austrian and Czech apricot dumplings |
| Maritozzo | Enriched bun filled with whipped cream |
| Marron glacé | Chestnuts candied in sugar syrup |
| Marzipan | Confection consisting primarily of sugar, honey, and almond meal |
| Mastazzoli [it] | Sicilian sweets made with fig opuntia, walnuts, vanilla, cherries and candied fruit |
| Mécoulin [it] | Sweet bread from Cogne, Aosta Valley |
| Miacetto [it] | Romagnol Christmas sweet made with honey, raisins and nuts |
| Miascia [it] | Lombard dessert made with stale bread, apples, milk, eggs and sugar |
| Migliaccio campano [it] | Campanian Carnival cake made with millet, semolina, ricotta, orange zest, eggs and sugar |
| Migliaccio romagnolo [it] | Romagnol cake made with pig's blood, nuts and sugar |
| Ministeriale [it] | Medallion-shaped chocolate created in Naples in 1905 |
| Minna di virgini [it] | Pastries filled with cream, zuccata, chocolate and cinnamon, originally from Sambuca di Sicilia |
| Mistocchina [it] | Chestnut-flour pastry from Emilia-Romagna |
| Mohnmingilan [it] | South Tyrolean fried doughnuts filled with poppy seeds and cinnamon |
| Mostaccino | Spicy biscuit from Crema, Lombardy |
| 'Mpanatigghi | Sicilian pastries filled with almonds, walnuts, sugar, chocolate, cinnamon, cloves and minced meat |
| Muccellato [it] | Calabrian Easter cake |
| Muccunetti [it] | Sicilian pastries filled with zuccata and almonds |
| Mustacciuoli | Pastry with a spiced, cake-like interior, covered in chocolate |
| Mustazzoleddus [it] | Sardinian almond biscuits flavoured with sambuca and orange blossom water |
| Mustazzoli [it] | Pastries made with flour, sugar, almonds, lemon and cinnamon |

### N

| Name | Description |
| Nacatole [it] | Calabrian anise-flavoured doughnuts |
| Nadalin [it] | Veronese Christmas sweet bread |
| Neapolitan ice cream | Ice cream featuring three flavors: chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry |
| Neccio | Tuscan chestnut flour galette |
| Nevola [it] | Abruzzese pastry made with grape must, cinnamon and orange zest |
| Niggilal [it] | Fried pastry from the Puster Valley |
| Nocciolini di Canzo | Crumbly small hazelnut cookies from Canzo, Lombardy |
| Nocciolini di Chivasso | Crumbly small hazelnut cookies from Chivasso, Piedmont |
| Novellino [it] | Biscuit |
| Nozza [it] | Sweet flavoured with Rosolio and aniseed, originally from Calcinaia, Tuscany |
| Nucàtuli [it] | Sicilian biscuits filled with figs, raisins, almonds, walnuts, orange and lemon zest. |
| Nutella | Sweetened hazelnut spread |
| 'Nzuddha [it] | Human or animal-shaped pastry from Soriano Calabro |

### O

| Name | Description |
| Occhio di bue [it] | Biscuit with jam |
| Offelle di Parona [it] | Biscuits from Parona, Lombardy |
| Olivette di Sant'Agata [it] | Green olive-shaped almond pastries from Catania, Sicily |
| Orilletas [it] | Sardinian honey-covered fried pastries |
| Ossa di morto | Sicilian biscuits prepared for Day of the Dead |
| Ostie ripiene [it] | Wafers filled with almonds, honey and cinnamon, originally from Monte Sant'Angelo, Apulia |

### P

| Name | Description |
| Pagnotta di San Martino [it] | Romagnol sweet bread enriched with nutmeg, nuts and raisins |
| Pagnotta pasquale [it] | Romagnol Easter cake |
| Palacinta | Pancake eaten in the provinces of Trieste and Gorizia |
| Palummeddi [it] | Sicilian dove-shaped Easter pastries |
| Pan co' santi | Tuscan sweet bread filled with walnuts, dried fruit, honey, Vin santo and pepper |
| Pan dei morti [it] | Sweet prepared for the Day of the Dead, containing eggs, dried figs, vin santo, amaretti, almonds, raisins, sugar and spices |
| Pan dell'orso [it] | Abruzzese cake made with almond flour, bitter almonds, eggs, butter and honey |
| Pan della Marchesa [it] | Piedmontese hazelnut cake |
| Pan di ramerino [it] | Tuscan sweet bread filled with raisins and rosemary |
| Pan meino | Lombard sweet flatbread flavoured with elderflower |
| Pan minisc' | Lucan dessert made with grape must, flour and sugar |
| Pandolce | Ligurian fruit cake |
| Pandoli di Schio [it] | Biscuits from Schio, Veneto |
| Pandoro | Traditional Veronese sweet bread in a star-like formation |
| Pane dell'Assedio [it] | Sweet bread from Asola, Lombardy |
| Pànera [it] | Coffee semifreddo from Genoa |
| Panettone | Milanese sweet bread featuring dried fruits |
| Panficato [it] | Sweet from Isola del Giglio, Tuscany, made with figs and grapes |
| Panforte | Chewy Tuscan Christmas dessert containing fruits and nuts |
| Pangiallo [it] | Roman sweet made with flour, raisins, honey and nuts |
| Panina [it] | Romagnol and Tuscan Christmas cake |
| Paniscedda [it] | Sardinian sweet made with candied fruit, spices and cooked must |
| Panna cotta | Dessert of sweetened cream thickened with gelatin and molded |
| Panone [it] | Christmas cake from Molinella, Emilia, containing candied fruit, cocoa, chocolate and raisins |
| Panpepato | Round sweet bread with nuts and dried fruit |
| Papasìn [it] | Mantuan sweet made with chestnut flour, raisins and pine nuts |
| Papassinu [it] | Sardinian pastry filled with grape must, almonds, raisins and walnuts |
| Pardulas [it] | Sardinian ricotta-filled pies |
| Parrozzo | Abruzzese Christmas cake |
| Pasimata [it] | Tuscan Easter bread |
| Pasta di mandorle | Almond paste |
| Pasta Elena [it] | Ricotta-filled pastry from Favara, Sicily |
| Paste di meliga [it] | Piedmontese biscuits made with flour, maize flour, eggs, sugar, honey, butter and lemon zest |
| Pasticciotto | Pastry filled with ricotta cheese and egg custard, originally from Lecce, Apulia |
| Pastiera | Neapolitan tart made with cooked wheat, eggs, ricotta cheese, and flavoured with orange flower water |
| Patacia [it] | Lombard fried doughnut |
| Pepatelli [it] | Abruzzese biscuits made with flour, honey, almonds, orange zest and pepper |
| Pere al vino | Piedmontese and French dessert consisting in pears with red wine |
| Pesche di Prato [it] | Peach-shaped pastries filled with custard, originally from Prato, Tuscany |
| Pesche dolci [it] | Peach-shaped pastries with fillings |
| Pesche ripiene [it] | Oven-baked peaches with fillings |
| Petit four [it] | Sardinian and Piedmontese biscuits made with almond paste and candied fruit |
| Petrafennula [it] | Sicilian nougat |
| Petrali [it] | Christmas pastry from Calabria made with coffee, vino cotto, figs, walnuts, almonds, raisins, orange and mandarine zest |
| Pignoccata [it] | Sicilian honey-covered fried doughnuts |
| Pignolata al miele [it] | Balls of dough fried and covered in honey |
| Pignolata | Soft pastry, covered in chocolate and lemon-flavoured syrup or icing, originally from Messina, Sicily |
| Pinza | Traditional dessert flan with pine nuts, dried figs, raisins, fennel seeds and grappa |
| Pinza bolognese | Mostarda-filled pastry from Bologna |
| Pinza triestina | Julian Easter bread |
| Piparella [it] | Sicilian and Calabrian biscuit made with flour, honey and almonds |
| Pistiddu | Sardinian Vincotto-filled pastry |
| Pitta di San Martino [it] | Christmas pastry from Calabria |
| Pitta 'mpigliata [it] | Christmas cake from Calabria filled with dried fruits, honey and spices |
| Pitteddhre [it] | Apulian Christmas tarts |
| Pizza dolce di Beridde | Judeo-Roman unleavened sweet bread with almonds, raisins, white wine, olive oil and candied fruit |
| Polenta d'Ivrea [it] | Piedmontese maize-flour, honey and orange juice cake |
| Polenta del Marengo [it] | Maize-flour, raisins and almonds cake from Alessandria |
| Polenta dolce [it] | Maize-flour cake |
| Polenta e osei [it] | Sponge cake covered in almond paste, originally from Bergamo, Lombardy |
| Poperati [it] | Apulian sweet taralli |
| Presnitz [it] | Julian sweet made with walnuts, almonds, pine nuts, figs, raisins, plums, apricots, cinnamon, cloves and rum |
| Puoti [it] | Biscuits from the province of Verona, Veneto |
| Pupazza frascatana [it] | Woman-shaped sweet from Frascati, Lazio |
| Pupi cull'ova [it] | Doll-shaped pastries from Nicosia, Sicily |
| Pupi di zucchero [it] | Sicilian coloured statues made of sugar |
| Purceddhruzzi [it] | Christmas dessert |
| Purcidd' [it] | Christmas sweets from Martina Franca, Apulia |
| Putizza | Julian cake with raisins, apricot jam, walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds, rum, cinnamon, cloves and orange zest |

### Q

| Name | Image | Description |
| Quaresimali [it] | | Biscuits prepared during Lent |

### R

| Name | Description |
| Raffiolini [it] | Biscuits from Caltanissetta, Sicily |
| Raffiuoli [it] | Neapolitan sugar-coated sponge cake |
| Rame di Napoli [it] | Chocolate biscuits from Catania, Sicily |
| Raviola di ricotta nissena | Ricotta-filled puff pastry from Caltanissetta, Sicily |
| Raviole bolognesi [it] | Bolognese pastries filled with Bolognese mostarda |
| Ravioli dolci [it] | Sweet filled dumplings |
| Ricciarelli | Traditional biscuits from Siena, Tuscany – specifically, a type of macaroon |
| Ricciolina [it] | Chocolate cake from Abbadia San Salvatore, Tuscany |
| Ricciolino [it] | Mantuan biscuit |
| Risino [it] | Veronese pastry filled with rice and custard |
| Risiny [it] | Ligurian budino |
| Rocciata [it] | Cake from Umbria and Marche filled with apples, figs, alchermes, raisins, cinnamon, pine nuts and jam |
| Roccocò [it] | Neapolitan pastry made with spices, almonds, flour and sugar |
| Rollò | Swiss roll filled with ricotta and marzipan, originally from Caltanissetta, Sicily |
| Rosa del deserto [it] | Almond cookies with raising covered in cereal flakes |
| Rosacatarre [it] | Molisan and Lucan rose-shaped fried sweets |
| Rossumata [it] | Spoon sweet made with wine, sugar and eggs |
| Rustici di Montalcino [it] | Almond biscuits from Montalcino, Tuscany |

### S

| Name | Description |
| Sabadone [it] | Sweet dumplings from Emilia-Romagna filled with chestnuts and Saba |
| Sacripantina [it] | Genoese cake |
| Salame di cioccolato | Chocolate salami |
| Salòt [it] | Cake from Bra, Piedmont, filled with apricot jam, raisins and candied citrus |
| Sanguinaccio dolce | Pudding made from pig's blood which is made creamy and sweetened with ingredients such as chocolate, milk, pine nuts, and raisins |
| Sannacchiudere [it] | Lucan Christmas sweets with orange blossom water and honey |
| Sasanello gravinese [it] | Sweet from Gravina in Puglia |
| Savòr [it] | Jam from Emilia-Romagna made with quince, fresh fruit and cooked must |
| Sbrisolona [it] | Mantuan almond cake |
| Scarcella [it] | Easter sweet from Manfredonia, Apulia |
| Scarpaccia [it] | Tuscan sweet bread containing courgettes |
| Scarpedd [it] | Lucan Christmas fried dough |
| Scarsella orbetellana [it] | Easter cake from Orbetello, Tuscany |
| Schiaccia briaca [it] | Cake from Elba, Tuscany, made with Alchermes and dried fruit |
| Schiaccia campigliese [it] | Cake from Campiglia Marittima, Tuscany |
| Schiacciata alla fiorentina [it] | Florentine sponge cake |
| Schiacciata con l'uva [it] | Tuscan grape cake |
| Schiacciata di Pasqua [it] | Tuscan Easter cake |
| Scroccafusi [it] | Carnival fried doughnuts from Marche |
| Scumuni [it] | Sicilian frozen dessert |
| Seada | Sardinian fried pastry filled with pecorino and honey |
| Semifreddo | Frozen dessert similar to ice cream, with the main ingredients being egg yolks, sugar, and cream |
| Semolino dolce [it] | Piedmontese semolina cake |
| Serpentone [it] | Snake-shaped cake made with almond paste, almonds and candied cherries |
| Sfincia [it] | Fried doughnut from the province of Trapani, Sicily |
| Sfincia di San Giuseppe | Sicilian ricotta-filled fried pastry |
| Sfincione di riso [it] | Sicilian fried sweet containing rice and milk |
| Sfinge | Sicilian doughnut sprinkled with powdered sugar |
| Sfogliatella | Neapolitan shell-shaped cream-filled Italian pastry |
| Sfoglio polizzano [it] | Cake filled with tuma, cinnamon, chocolate and sugar, originally from Polizzi Generosa, Sicily |
| Sfratto di Pitigliano [it] | Jewish cake filled with walnuts, honey, aniseed, nutmeg and orange zest, originally from Pitigliano, Tuscany |
| Sgaiozzi [it] | Abruzzese fried pastries made with flour, potatoes, raisins and sugar |
| Sgriesolona [it] | Cake from the province of Padua, Veneto |
| Sguta [it] | Easter cake from Calabria |
| Sise delle monache [it] | Abruzzese pastries filled with custard |
| Sorbetto | Sorbet |
| Sospiro [it] | Apulian sweet |
| Spina santa | Easter sweet from Caltanissetta, Sicily, shaped like a crown of thorns |
| Spongada [it] | Lombard sweet flatbread |
| Spongarda | Lombard cake made with honey, hazelnuts, walnuts, almonds, spices and citrus |
| Spongata [it] | Christmas cake made with almonds, white wine, butter, honey, walnuts, hazelnut, pine nuts, raisins, candied orange and spices |
| Spuma di mandorla [it] | Christmas almond sweet from Molfetta |
| Spumone | Neapolitan molded gelato made with layers of different colors and flavors, usually containing candied fruits and nuts |
| Squiccia [it] | Cake from Tortona, Piedmont |
| Stomatico [it] | Biscuit from Reggio Calabria made with flour, honey, cinnamon, cloves, almonds, olive oil and sugar |
| Straboli [it] | Tyrolean funnel cake |
| Stroscia [it] | Ligurian olive oil cake |
| Strucchi [it] | Sweets from Friuli-Venezia Giulia filled with walnuts, hazelnuts, pine nuts, raisins, lemon zest, sugar and grappa |
| Strufoli di Carnevale [it] | Umbrian fried doughnuts covered in honey |
| Struffoli | Neapolitan dish made of deep fried balls of sweet dough and honey |
| Sugolo | Dessert pudding prepared with the must of red grapes, flour and sugar, cooked slowly and then left to cool |
| Susamielli [it] | S-shaped Christmas pastries from Naples |

### T

| Name | Description |
| Tapít [it] | Biscuits from Oleggio, Piedmont |
| Taralli | Cracker similar to a breadstick--can be sweet or savory |
| Taralli di Sant'Antonio [it] | Biscuits from Giuliano Teatino, Abruzzo |
| Tartufo di Pizzo | Gelato covered and filled with melted chocolate, originally from Pizzo, Calabria |
| Tegola dolce [it] | Aostan biscuit made with flour, almonds, hazelnuts, butter, eggs and sugar |
| Tenerina [it] | Ferrarese chocolate cake |
| Testa di moro [it] | Neapolitan sponge cake with custard and cocoa |
| Tetta della monaca [it] | Sweet from Altamura, Apulia |
| Timballo di Martin Sec [it] | Piedmontese pear sweet |
| Tiramisù | Dessert made of ladyfingers dipped in coffee, layered with a whipped mixture of eggs, sugar, and mascarpone, flavoured with cocoa |
| Torcetti | Piedmontese biscuits |
| Torciglione [it] | Filled brioche from Messina, Sicily |
| Torcolo di San Costanzo [it] | Ring-shaped cake with candied fruit and raisins from Perugia, Umbria |
| Torrone | Nougat made with honey, sugar, and whipped egg whites, then filled with roasted pistachios and almonds |
| Torrone di Caltanissetta [it] | Nougat with pistachios and almonds from Caltanissetta, Sicily |
| Torrone di Guardiagrele [it] | Nougat from Guardiagrele, Abruzzo, made with toasted almonds, candied fruit and cinnamon |
| Torrone gelato [it] | Calabrian soft nougat made with almonds, candied fruit, citrus and dark chocolate |
| Torrone Nurzia | Abruzzese nougat made with cocoa, vanilla and hazelnuts |
| Torta 900 | Chocolate cake from Ivrea, Piedmont |
| Torta Barozzi | Thin, crispy cake made from chocolate and coffee, originally from Vignola, Emilia-Romagna |
| Torta beca [it] | Cake from Trentino made with stale bread, milk and raisins |
| Torta bertolina | Lombard fox grape cake |
| Torta caprese | Cake from Capri, Campania, made with chocolate and either almonds or hazelnuts |
| Torta co' bischeri [it] | Tuscan cake rice cake |
| Torta degli addobbi [it] | Emilian rice cake |
| Torta del buonumore [it] | Costmary cake from Castel Goffredo |
| Torta del Donizetti [it] | Pineapple and apricot cake from Bergamo |
| Torta della nonna | Cake filled with custard and covered with pine nuts and confectioner's sugar |
| Torta delle rose | Mantuan cake made with leavened dough rich in butter and sugar, which is rolled up and placed in the baking tin, taking the characteristic shape of a basket of rosebuds |
| Torta di fioretto [it] | Lombard sweet flatbread topped with wild fennel |
| Torta di nocciole [it] | Piedmontese hazelnut cake |
| Torta di San Biagio [it] | Mantuan tart |
| Torta di tagliatelle [it] | Emilian and Lombard tagliatelle cake |
| Torta di tagliatelline [it] | Emilian tagliatelle and almonds cake |
| Torta diplomatica [it] | Cake made with crema diplomatica [it] |
| Torta Elvezia [it; lmo] | Mantuan cake made with almond flour, eggs, butter and sugar |
| Torta Fedora [it] | Sicilian sponge cake with ricotta, pistachios and candied cherries |
| Torta gianduia [it] | Piedmontese gianduja cake |
| Torta greca [it] | Judeo-Mantuan cake |
| Torta mantovana [it] | Mantuan cake |
| Torta margherita [it] | Soft cake |
| Torta mimosa | Cake from Rieti, Lazio |
| Torta monferrina | Piedmontese cake made from pumpkin, or apples and sugar, with amaretti, chocolate, eggs, and rum |
| Torta nera di San Secondo [it] | Cake from San Secondo Parmense, Emilia, with coffee, chocolate and almonds |
| Torta Ostiglia [it] | Cake from Ostiglia, Lombardy, made with egg whites, zabajone and almonds |
| Torta paesana | Lombard cake made with bread, milk, pine nuts, amaretti, raisins, citrus, butter, eggs and cocoa |
| Torta paradiso [it] | Mantuan cake |
| Torta pazientina [it] | Paduan layer cake with zabajone and almonds |
| Torta secca di Carpenedolo [it] | Cake from Carpenedolo, Lombardy |
| Torta setteveli | Chocolate cake with seven layers of hazelnut cream, hazelnut crunch, chocolate mousse, and a glaze |
| Torta Tre Monti | Sammarinese dessert consisting of thin waffle slices with interwoven layers of cream, then covered in chocolate |
| Torta Zurigo [it] | Chocolate cake with cherries and crème chantilly, originally from Pinerolo, Piedmont |
| Tortellino dolce di Marianna [it] | Sweet from Castel Goffredo, Lombardy, filled with cinnamon, cloves, pine nuts, raisins, plum jam, chestnut cream and cocoa |
| Tortionata [it] | Almond sweet from Lodi, Lombardy |
| Tortolèti coi puriòni [it] | Cake from Primiero, Trentino, with wild mint and grappa |
| Treccia d'oro | Cake filled with candied fruit, originally from Crema, Lombardy |
| Treccia mochena [it] | Cake from Trentino filled with custard and blueberry jam |
| Tressian [it] | Maize-flour cake from the province of Verona, Veneto |
| Tricotto [it] | Sicilian thrice-cooked biscuit |
| Turtèl sguasaròt [it] | Lombard sweet filled with beans, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, vino cotto and sugar |

### U

| Name | Image | Description |
| Uovo sbattuto | | Beverage that consists of egg yolk and sugar |

### V

| Name | Description |
| Vartanush [it] | Venetian rose petal jam, originally from Armenia |
| Veneziana | Milanese pastry |
| Viennese [it] | Custard-filled pastry from Messina, Sicily |

### Z

| Name | Description |
| Zabaione | Piedmontese dessert beverage made with egg yolks, sugar, and a sweet wine |
| Zelten | Traditional Tyrolean fruitcake served during Christmas |
| Zeppole | Fried dough dessert with powdered sugar |
| Zirotto [it] | Biscuit from the province of Padua, Veneto, made with maize flour, fig syrup and must |
| Zonclada [it] | Filled cake from Treviso, Veneto |
| Zuccata [it] | Sicilian candied pumpkin |
| Zuccherini bolognesi [it] | Bolognese biscuits |
| Zuccherini montanari [it] | Emilian and Tuscan biscuits |
| Zuccotto | Tuscan semi-frozen, chilled dessert made with alchermes liqueur, cake and ice cream |
| Zuppa Inglese | Dessert layering custard, alchermes liqueur and sponge cake |

## Italian pastries

* Baci di dama
* Baicoli
* Biscotti
* Biscotti regina
* Bocconotto
* Bombolone
* Cannoli
* Ciarduna
* Nocciolini di Canzo
* Pandoro
* Pevarini
* Piada dei morti
* Pignolata
* Pinolate
* Pizzelle
* Sfinge
* Sfogliatelle
* Torta caprese
* Zeppole
* Zippuli
* Bocconotto is a pastry typical of the Italian regions of Apulia, Abruzzo, and Calabria, and is often eaten at Christmas.
* Sfogliatelle are shell-shaped filled pastries native to Italian cuisine.
* Zeppole consists of a deep-fried dough ball, dusted with powdered sugar and sometimes filled with various sweets.