Thai desserts reflect Thai cuisine in the way certain ingredients are used notably rice, coconut, and fruits. Thai desserts are known as Khanom in Thai or sweet snacks. Eating Khanom is a great way to end a meal and smoothen the palate after eating spicy Thai dishes.
Luk Chup (Mungbean Candy)
These pretty little desserts are shaped into mini Thai fruits and vegetables like mangos, chilis and mangosteens. Made of mung bean marzipan, these candies are coloured and carefully sculpted into shape, then poured into containers from which you can pick the ones you want like you’re at a real fruit stall.
Coconut Ice Cream
This is the perfect dessert to chow down on in Thailand’s brutal heat. Most vendors have a wide variety of toppings to choose from, including peanuts, sweet corn and sweet syrups to drizzle on top. Oftentimes, coconut ice cream is served in your own personal coconut that has been scraped out, making room for the ice cream.
Khao Lam
Another famous Thai dessert you cannot miss while in Thailand. Khao lam is sticky rice cooked with black beans and coconut milk in a hollow bamboo stem, then hacked open with a machete for consumption. You will find different kinds. Some with black beans, sesame or different types of sticky rice, like black sticky rice.
Thai Banana Pancake (Banana Roti)
One of the most popular desserts in Thailand that you can easily see in the street food stall. Roti is a popular snack among both locals and tourists, and roti vendors can be found throughout Bangkok, including many on Khao San Road. You can see roti carts at many tourist attractions around the country, and nowadays, vendors offer so many different filling options like bananas, chocolate sauce, nutella, apples, etc.
Custard-filled Bread
If you like bread, then this is the dessert for you. You can find custard-filled rolls, hot dog buns and more in almost every market in Thailand. These buns are stuffed with different toppings, such as green tea flavoring or sweet, chocolate syrup.
Khanom Krok
These creamy and fragrant bite-sized desserts are cooked in a charcoal-heated pan with small craters, which result in little, rich coconut cups. They are a favorite among Thai people and are widely eaten in the mornings at street vendors around Bangkok. Common toppings are green onions, sweet corn and taro and these treats are best-eaten piping hot off the pan.
Thai Crepe
These are great finger foods. You can get sweet Thai crepes fresh off the grill on almost every soi (street). These are usually filled with meringue, a thick cream made of egg whites and sugar; it is then topped with foy thong, which is shredded egg yolk.
Mango Sticky Rice
Glutinous rice stacked with fresh mango and coconut milk, for some reason mangoes in Bangkok are what sweet dreams are made of. In the takeaway box, it usually comes with a sachet of coconut milk to provide moisture to the sticky glutinous rice. The Thai grains are a bit rougher (as previously mentioned) so it might not sit well with some but the absurdly sweet mango is well worth it.
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