As I scrolled through this round up of traditional Croatian dessert recipes, I felt my sudden sweet cravings spike and my thoughts take me down memory lane.
TOP 20 of our Favorite Traditional Croatian Dessert Recipes
I’m fortunate to say that many of these tasty treats have been part of my childhood, lovingly prepared by my mom and aunts over the years for just about every ocassion. And although I’ll admit it’s hard to choose just one favorite, I do remember being excited to enjoy a cutting of homemade medena pita.
We’ve separated these recipes into a few different categories including cookies, cakes and other tasty treats. I hope you find your favorite Croatian dessert in this mouth-watering list.
Classic Croatian Cookie Recipes
If you’re looking to make a batch of Croatian cookies, here are a few of our go-to dessert recipes. They not only look beautiful, they taste great!
Medenjaci (Croatian Biscuits)
These traditional Croatian biscuits, known as medenjaci are a sweet and soft honey cookies that pair perfectly along side a cup of tea or coffee.
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Slatka Salama (Rolled Wafer Cookies)
Slatka salama is a dessert recipe made from a wafer loaded with a creamy and crunchy filling rolled tightly and cut into bite-sized slices.
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Breskvice (Peach Cookies)
With a sweet, soft jam filling sandwiched between two equally round shaped hard cookies and dipped in red and yellow food dye, there are few desserts that look and taste quite like these peach cookies.
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Skoljkice (Shell Cookies)
A simple 6-ingredient dessert recipe for making traditional Croatian školjkice cookies.
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Kiflice (Crescent Moon Cookies)
A traditional Croatian dessert recipe for making delicious coconut crescent moon cookies as well as bow-shaped cookies with the same dough.
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Kiflice (Jam Filled Crescent Cookies)
With a tender flaky pastry and sweet jam filling, this simple kiflice recipe with sour cream is sure to impress.
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Delicious Cake Recipes
Croatian cake recipes come in a variety of textures, flavors and shapes. There is bound to be a dessert recipe here for just about everyone t enjoy.
Kremsnite (Custard Cake Slices)
This is one of the most popular desserts in Croatia, made with a thin pastry and a delicious custard filling.
Croatian Eggless Apple Cake
This Croatian eggless apple cake with semolina is a must-try! Make magic by layering dry ingredients with apples to yield a delicious and moist cake.
Mađarica (Layered Chocolate Slice Cake)
Layers of dough and chocolate make this mađarica a Croatian dessert staple.
Cupavci (Chocolate and Coconut Covered Cake)
This Croatian dessert is made with squares of butter or sponge cake and then coated with chocolate and coconut.
Apple Pita (Pie)
Filled with luscious cinnamon apples between layers of buttery pastry, this delicious pita is a favorite Croatian dessert.
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Medena Pita (Layered Honey Cake)
Delicious dessert recipe consisting of layers of sponge cake, cocoa cookie and cool creamy filling.
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Cocoa Apple Cake Recipe
A deliciously moist cocoa apple cake recipe loaded with raisins and chopped walnuts for added flavor and texture.
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Kuglof (Bundt Cake)
A classic vanilla bundt cake with swirls of cocoa for a marvelous marbled cake taste to enjoy on it’s own or with a cup of coffee or hot tea.
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Sour Cherry Cake
Check out this recipe for making the ultimate delicious and moist sour cherry yogurt cake.
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Donuts and Other Sweet Treats
And we can’t forget those fresh, homemade donuts that we all know and love as well as a few other traditional Croatian desserts included at the bottom of the list. Enjoy!
Fritule (Fritters)
Easy to follow recipe for making these perfectly-imperfect donuts at home.
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Krofne (Donuts)
Deep fried to golden perfection with a fluffy, moist center and lightly dipped in sugar, makes these krofne a real treat to enjoy.
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Sugar Twist Donut
Deep fried to a perfectly golden crust with a soft moist center, the sprinkled sugar coating is simply icing on the cake.
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Knedle sa Šljivama (Plum Dumplings)
These plum dumplings are made with fresh plums wrapped in dough and coated with sweet, buttery breadcrumbs and cinnamon sugar.
Palačinke (Crepes)
With both sweet and savory varieties this palačinke recipe is enjoyed by people of all ages.
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We’d love to know which one of these delicious desserts are you going to make first? And do you have a favorite Croatian dessert?
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