What is Turkish Delight?

Turkish delight is a super popular and quite full of flavor sweet treat originating in Turkey.

This sweet treat dates back to around the late 1700s. Turkish delight is often given as a gift to guests as a sign of hospitality. In Turkey, the delicacy is usually served with coffee or tea.

Making Turkish delight, like many candies, begins with boiling water with sugar to make a sugar syrup.

It is then thickened using cornstarch, which sets it apart from many chewy candies.

In confectionery, floral flavors such as rose water, orange blossom are used when making it. It's smooth and delicious, and usually comes in many different variations.

It is sometimes covered in chocolate rather than the traditional powdered sugar.

However, Turkish delight is certainly not a healthy food. A small 40 gram serving of Turkish Delight contains 32 grams of sugar and zero nutritional value.

However, nuts such as pistachios or almonds are often included as additives.

Turkish delight is usually sprinkled with powdered sugar to prevent the cubes from sticking together.

Apart from the favorite recipes for Turkish Delight, these Turkish delight sweets and Turkish delight rolls are popular and loved.