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Japanese Dessert Recipes

  • Japanese coffee jelly served in a cup with sweet cream makes for an easy dessert that comes together from just a handful of ingredients.
    Japanese Coffee Jelly
  • Chocolate filled mochi balls are like the Japanese version of chocolate truffles.
    Chocolate Filled Mochi
  • These matcha pancakes are light and fluffy and taste amazing drizzled with kuromitsu syrup.
    Matcha Pancakes with Kuromitsu
  • Burnt Basque Cheesecake is a ridiculously simple dessert that comes together from a handful of ingredients. Matcha (green tea powder) gives this one its vibrant green hue and fragrant flavor.
    Matcha Basque Cheesecake
  • Close-up of Matcha Latte Hot Chocolate in a clear glass mug, showcasing the vibrant green color and creamy foam layer on top.
    Matcha Latte Hot Chocolate
  • Yuzu Posset
  • Close-up shot of a wooden bowl filled with homemade kinako powder, its golden hue hinting at its rich, nutty flavor. With kinako doughnuts and kinako butter in the background.
    Kinako (Roasted Soybean Powder)
  • A silky dome of vanilla-specked vegan panna cotta draped with glossy black sugar syrup, artfully served on a slate plate.
    Vegan Panna Cotta
  • This quick Anko (Japanese Red Bean Paste) recipe is the easiest way to make this sweet treat that forms the basis for sweets like mochi and ohagi.
    Red Bean Paste Recipe (Anko)
  • A hand holding an irresistible strawberry sandwich half, displaying vibrant strawberries surrounded by velvety whipped cream and soft, cloud-like bread—ready to enjoy.
    Strawberry Sandwich (Ichigo Sando)
  • Ohagi, also known as Botamochi, is a traditional Japanese sweet made with mochi rice, and anko is served here with matcha.
    Ohagi (Botamochi)
  • Crisp and crinkly on the outside and soft and chewy in the center, these matcha crinkle cookies are a deliciously festive holiday treat.
    Matcha Crinkle Cookies
  • Japanese Christmas Cake with strawberries and cream.
    Japanese Christmas Cake
  • Pillowy butter mochi ricecakes make for a delicious mid-afternoon snack.
    Butter Mochi
  • Crisp at the edges and chewy in the center, these fudgy matcha brownies are loaded with white chocolate and green tea powder.
    Matcha Brownies
  • Cross-section of Strawberry Mochi showing a juicy strawberry wrapped in sweet red bean paste and sticky mochi.
    Strawberry Mochi (Ichigo Daifuku)
  • These crispy taiyaki are a Japanese fish-shaped pastry with a crisp buttery crust and sweet red bean paste in the center.
    Taiyaki (たい焼き): Japanese Fish‑Shaped Pastry
  • Tender, fluffy Japanese sweet potatoes glazed in a crisp sesame candy shell, Daigaku Imo is an irresistible Japanese street food snack.
    Daigaku Imo Recipe (Japanese Candied Sweet Potatoes)
  • Luxuriously smooth scoop of homemade matcha ice cream.
    Matcha Ice Cream (No-Churn)
  • A stack of crispy brown sugar donuts from Okinawa called Sata Andagi. They're cookie crisp on the outside and fluffy in the center.
    Sata Andagi (Okinawan Donuts)
  • Oshiruko or zenzai is a traditional Japanese dessert soup made with sweet adzuki bean paste and mochi.
    Sweet Red Bean Soup
  • Rich molten chocolate omelette that comes together in under 10 minutes served with whipped cream and cacao nibs.
    Molten Chocolate Omelette
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