One of the things that would automatically bring people together is good food. And suppose you are coming to Australia, then you should never miss out on some of the country’s most loved and iconic desserts. Let’s sample some of them.
Caramel Slice
The mouthwatering Caramel slice is a chewy and crisp biscuit created with a shortbread base. Its center has a smooth caramel and a delicious milk chocolate topping. The dessert also comes in different variations depending on the type of additional ingredients. For example, some may consist of semolina flour. Others use ground almonds, making it a highly healthy dessert.
Lamingtons
Lamingtons are a popular Australian dessert made of soft sponge cake. Usually, they are dipped in chocolate and have desiccated coconut sprinkled on them. You can serve this treat with a generous cream layer of jam. If you have kids, they can savor the lamingtons with marshmallow mousse trifles and bits, but make sure they brush their teeth after this tasty morsel, or you might be scheduling an appointment with Australia’s Dr. Bobby Chhoker. The narrative behind the sprinkling of desiccated coconut is that Lamington, the eighth governor of Queensland, is the one who suggested it to avoid the mess that accompanies any lamington eating session.
Tim Tam
Tim tams are not just a preserve of Australia. They are famed all over the world because of their sheer taste. Still, the Australian brand of Tim Tams consists of two types of malted biscuits, with a light, delicious chocolate filling separating them. The tasty dessert has a thin coating layer of sweet textured chocolate. Besides the original flavor, you can pick from the white caramel, salted, or double chocolate.
Pavlova
Pavlova is a popular summer dessert that consists of whipped cream on a snowy meringue. The sweet can then have a dash of color in the form of fresh fruit. The dessert has rich origins, initially created from a German torte and named after a Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova. It comes in different variations. You can choose from the chocolate pavlova, which mostly has a many topping of fresh berries, or pavlova consisting of marshmallows at its center.
Jelly Slice
Jelly Slice also ranges among the most loved on the Australian dessert list. The sweet comes in three tasty layers of custard, jelly, and sometimes cream on a crunchy sweet biscuit. Depending on the jelly color, the slice has an equally colorful fruit topping making for a sumptuous dessert. Mostly, if the jelly color is red, then red strawberries can make the fruit the topping.
Chocolate Crackles
Another common name for Chocolate Crackles is Chocolate Bubble Cakes. The delightful snack comes in a combination of chocolate coconut and rice bubbles, the main ingredient. Chocolate crackles come in different varieties and flavors. Besides the original taste with cocoa, coconut oil, sugar, and rice bubbles, the Australian kitchens are famed for making variations with marshmallows, raisins, peanut butter, or chocolate chips in them.
Fairy Bread
Fairy bread makes the extensive list of must-tasting delicious desserts in Australia. The highly-rated buttered bread has multicolored sprinkles with a sugary kick which excites the kids and the young at heart.
Iced VoVo
Iced VoVo is among the most loved traditional Australian sweet biscuits you should taste. The sweet butter biscuit has decadent raspberry jam toppings and pink icing. The colorful dessert’s final dressing is desiccated coconut.
Golden Gaytime
Golden Gaytime is a delicious ice cream snack found in Australian kitchens and stores since 1959. The dessert, which consists of toffee and vanilla ice cream, is usually dipped in chocolate. The outer layer of it has tasty honeycomb crumbs of which you can never get enough.
Chiko Roll
This dessert’s main ingredient is chicken. But it also features other healthy fillings such as cabbage, beef, and carrots. Most households love it, especially during the cold winter months, as it has a warming effect.