37 Passover Desserts to End Your Seder on a Sweet Note
Finding great Passover dessert recipes can be challenging—especially when keeping kosher. But your search ends here: We’ve collected years of our best kosher for Passover desserts just below. In this roundup, you’ll find a coconut-crusted rhubarb tart, a few riffs on flourless chocolate cake, a spring-y strawberry cobbler crowned with matzo streusel, and sweets like chewy almond cake and classic macaroons that’ll fit right in at your Passover seder dinner and beyond.
None of these desserts contain chametz (leavening, wheat, barley, spelled, rye, or oats); some recipes, however, are made with corn, rice, sesame, or legumes, so if you’re avoiding kitniyot as well, be sure to read the ingredient list carefully. Scroll on for our favorite Passover desserts.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Nathaniel James, Food Styling by Simon Andrews1/37Chocolate Mousse
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Beatrice Chastka, Food Styling by Kat Boytsova2/37Coconut Custard and Rhubarb Tart
Dairy-free, flourless, and kosher for Passover—this rhubarb-topped tart is just the thing to bake this spring. Make it and stash it in the fridge overnight to let it chill (and cut down on last-minute prep).
Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Kaitlin Wayne3/37Coconut Macaroons
Not to be confused with French macarons, these coconut cookies get a boost of flavor from almond extract. The recipe makes four bite-size confections, but can easily be doubled.
Photo by Isa Zapata, Prop Styling by Stephanie De Luca, Food Styling by Yekaterina Boystova4/37Flourless Chocolate Cake
Feel free to swap the butter for margarine in this fudgy dessert, one of our favorite recipes from the Gourmet archives. Since it only calls for five ingredients, seek out the best: High-quality bittersweet chocolate and cocoa powder.
Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Micah Marie Morton5/37Bibingkang Cassava (Cassava Cake)
Frozen grated cassava is the base of this classic Filipino dessert. It soaks up the rich coconut milk to yield a sweet, sticky cake.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Beatrice Chastka, Food Styling by Olivia Mack Anderson6/37Meringue Sundae With Peppery Berry Sauce
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop and Food Styling by Ali Nardi9/37Strawberry Rhubarb Compote With Matzo Streusel Topping
This perfect spring cobbler also happens to be our ideal Passover dessert. Matzo meal and potato starch bind the buttery streusel topping, while tangy strawberries and rhubarb mingle in the zingy filling.
Photo by David Malosh10/37Giant Meringue (Pavlova Gigantata)
With its fissures and epic swirls, this giant meringue presents a beautiful landscape for garnishes. Toasted coconut and mezcal-macerated strawberries are lovely, but you can substitute any fruit you have on hand. Skip the powdered sugar, or make your own kosher for Passover version.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Olivia Mack Anderson11/37Triple-Cherries Jubilee
Set sweet cherries, dried cherries, and cherry juice aflame, then spoon the saucy mix over store-bought vanilla ice cream to make a simple yet impressive dessert.
Photograph by Isa Zapata, Food Styling by Pearl Jones, Prop Styling by Beth Pakradooni12/37Flourless Chocolate Meringue Cake
Why choose between flourless chocolate cake and meringues when you can have both? Reserve some of the whipped egg whites folded into the batter of this dessert to create the crackly marbled effect on top.
Michael Graydon and Nikole Herriott14/37Strawberry-Rhubarb Salad With Mint and Hazelnuts
If you have a carton of plump, flavorful strawberries, this colorful fruit salad is a fresh way to wrap up your seder. Want to take it up a notch? Upgrade your fruit salad with this clever trick.
Photo by Evi Abeler15/37Chocolate-Almond Butter Cups
Forget truffles: These miniature, homemade almond butter cups are the perfect bite-size dessert.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, food styling by Anna Stockwell16/37Flourless Pistachio Cake With Strawberry Meringue
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, prop styling by Brian Heiser, food styling by Rhoda Boone17/37Coconut Milk Custard With Strawberry-Rhubarb Compote
Make DIY coconut milk by blending shredded coconut with warm water—or just use the canned stuff. Either way, this dairy-free dessert makes a fitting finale for a Passover meal where meat is served.
Photo by Alan Benson18/37Flourless Apple, Almond, and Ginger Cake
Though apple cake is typically found on the Rosh Hashanah table, you can enjoy this gluten-free version for Passover, too. Top the cake with candied pecans for extra crunch.
19/37Chocolate-Almond Fridge Fudge
The dairy-free secret to this brownie-adjacent confection’s creaminess? Avocado. Keep leftovers in the fridge for snacking all week long.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Rhoda Boone20/373-Ingredient Hazelnut Cookies
These cookies are light as air from fluffy egg whites, but grounded by nutty-sweet hazelnuts. And unlike typical meringue cookies, these won’t take hours to bake: 16 to 18 minutes will do the trick.
Photo by Ray Kachatorian21/37Passover Chocolate Mousse Cake
This flourless cake gains lightness from whipped egg whites folded into the batter and a layer of chocolate mousse on top. Decorate the cake with candied orange peels.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Alex Brannian, Food Styling by Anna Hampton22/37Flourless Almond Cookies With Cardamom, Orange Zest, and Pistachios
Photo by Marcus Nilsson, Prop Styling by Amy Wilson, Food Styling by Rebecca Jurkevich23/37Peach Lassi Sorbet With Crushed Blackberries
Photo by Rick Martinez24/37Caramelized Plantain Parfait
When pan-fried, the surface of sweet plantains caramelizes, forming a crackly shell, while the inside turns soft and custardy, like crème brûlée.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Beatrice Chastka, Food Styling by Anna Stockwell26/37Candied Kumquats
Photo by Michael Graydon and Nikole Herriott27/37Fallen Chocolate Cake
To make this cake Passover-friendly for a meat meal, use pareve margarine instead of butter and skip the mascarpone cream in favor of a non-dairy whipped topping.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Kat Boytsova28/37Homemade "Dole Whip"
You may see soft serve and think dessert, but we’ll be enjoying this frozen, dairy-free treat for breakfast during Passover, too. It is a holiday, after all.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Anna Stockwell29/37Pannelet Cookies With Sweet Potato and Coconut
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Alex Brannian, Food Styling by Ali Nardi30/37Coeur à la Crème With Roasted Strawberry Sauce
This traditional French dessert—which also happens to be a perfect Valentine’s Day sweet—is a great way to wrap up a dairy-focused meal. Be sure to use a kosher for Passover powdered sugar.
Photo by Marcus Nilsson31/37Grapefruit Brûlée
This retro breakfast of caramelized grapefruit makes an easy Passover dessert for those without much of a sweet tooth. Use a culinary torch to get the crisp crust on top without cooking the fruit.
Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Erika Joyce33/37Easy Egg Custard
You’ll only need five ingredients to make these stunning egg custards. We recommend a topping of freshly-grated nutmeg, but you can opt for whipped cream or fresh fruit.
Photograph by Emma Fishman, food styling by D’mytrek Brown, prop styling by Elizabeth Jaime34/37Flourless Chocolate Cake With Café de Olla Ganache
This recipe combines two of our favorite things—dark chocolate and coffee—into an outlandishly moist loaf cake. The best part? It’s completely gluten-free.
Con Poulos35/37Almond-Crust Raspberry Cheesecake
You won’t find a graham cracker or sponge cake crust at the base of this gluten-free cheesecake—it’s got a brown sugar-almond crust. There’s also a raspberry swirl topping, which makes this dessert an eye-catcher. For lump-free cheesecake, remember to set your cream cheese out ahead of time to soften.
Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Rebecca Jurkevich36/37My Trademark, Most Requested, Absolutely Magnificent Caramel Matzoh Crunch
What happens when crispy matzo—sometimes spelled matzah—meets gooey caramel sauce? You get matzo toffee, the most popular Passover dessert recipe ever. Feel free to change the toppings—trade the slivered almonds for toasted pepitas or try a white chocolate drizzle.
