Belizean Pumpkin Sweet Recipe
My grandma used to spoil us grandkids with this dulce de calabasa or pumpkin sweet.
Joe PostAugust 4, 2026
Desserts here lean on coconut, condensed milk, corn, cassava and tropical fruit, and many are tied to holidays rather than everyday cooking.
Cassava pone, coconut tarts, conkies and bread pudding are the Belizean core, with black fruit cake and rum cake reserved for Christmas. Flan, tres leches and polvoron come from the Mestizo side.
From further out: Jamaican gizzada and toto, Puerto Rican arroz con dulce, and Cuban pastelitos.