Dessert35

Belizean desserts reflect the country’s tropical ingredients and cultural diversity. Many traditional sweets feature coconut, condensed milk, corn, cassava, or locally grown fruits, creating rich and flavorful desserts that are often served during holidays, celebrations, and family gatherings.

Some Belizean desserts are baked, while others are steamed or prepared on the stovetop using traditional techniques passed down through generations. Coconut-based sweets, puddings, and cakes are especially popular throughout the country.

Dishes like cassava pone, coconut tarts, sweet breads, and cookies such as polvorón highlight the influence of both Caribbean and Central American baking traditions.

In this category you’ll find Belizean dessert recipes that range from simple everyday treats to traditional sweets often enjoyed during special occasions.

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Belizean Lemon Pie BelizeDessert

Belizean Lemon Pie

Belizean Lemon Pie Belizean lemon pie is a condensed-milk citrus filling in a blind-baked crust under a tall meringue. It is tart the way a key lime pie is tart, sweeter from the condensed milk, and it sets without gelatin because the acid does the work. There is no cooking of the filling at all. Belizean lemon pie, Belizean lemon meringue pie and Belizean lime pie all name the same dessert, and the recipe below is written for either fruit. Ingredients 1 can (14 oz / 397 g) condensed milk,…
Joe Post
August 10, 2026
Rice Pudding Recipe - Belize News Post
Creamy Cardamom Rice Pudding BelizeDessert

Creamy Cardamom Rice Pudding

This is a stovetop rice pudding built on cardamom pods and a cinnamon stick, thickened with condensed and evaporated milk. It is not a regional recipe. It is one cook's version, picked up across a lot of kitchens, and the cardamom is the part that makes it worth the pot. Rice Pudding Recipe Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups (300 g) rice 4 cups (960 ml) water 4 cardamom pods, squashed but whole 1 cinnamon stick 1/2 cup (100 g) sugar 1 can (14 oz / 397 g) condensed milk 1 can…
Joe Post
August 11, 2026