Thessaloniki besides the big variety of traditional food is able to offer to local and visitors, lots of different kinds of desserts or sweets and brag for it!
Desserts with chocolate, sticky pastries, cakes, donuts, ice creams and other traditional sweets are waiting to steal your mind. There are numerous choices all over the town, from the castle until the coast and from west until eastern part of the city, where you can try whatever you desire. Of course there are plenty worth of visiting spots, however we chose the top 10 with our personal preference without having the intention to insult others.
The truth is that I didn't know what to put first in my list because when I choose, one of the others pops up and reminds me how yummy it was! So the line of the top 10 doesn't really mean anything.
1. Let's begin with the Gellisimo biscotto in Proxenou Koromila 8, Thessaloniki 546 23. What a beautiful atmosphere! And what can we say for the pancakes! Especially the sweet with hazelnut creme and bueno topping! Don't forget to put in the side black coconut ice cream! You can order chicken curry pancake and then the sweet! But the truth is that it will take two persons for these because they are huge! And in really good prices! Difinitely it needs a visit!
2. Some years now in at Pavlou Mela 44, 54622 Jerry's foodtruck has arrived in Thessaloniki! A heaven to donut lovers! Small, medium and huge donuts with all kinds of filling, cover and toppings. You can put chocolate, coconut, marmalade, caramel, waffle creme even champagne creme! The variety is so big that you can eat for ever! Personally the best in this heaven is the kit cat cakes! A big synthesis of filled donuts and kit cats around! Colorful toppings and candy for all preferences!
3. The Choureal Choux & Profiterole in Paleon Patron Germanou 7, Thessaloniki 54622 it should be your next stop! Clients have the opportunity to see with their eyes how profiteroles are created. Choux are baked every hour and then they filled with fresh patisserie creme vanilla or chocolate. You can choose your own chocolate covering and then your topping with almonds, hazelnuts, fruits or biscuits which will make your profiterole much better!
4. One of the most famous patisserie in Thessaloniki, which you will find everywhere is Terkenlis. Everyone knows his speciality! Fresh brioche with hazelnut creme filling and white chocolate topping! What can we say? If you don't try it you haven't taste anything in Thessaloniki. Don't miss the chance for a cup of hot coffee and a big piece of this brioche. You can find in Airport, in train station and in city at Tsimiski 30, 546 36.
5. The most traditional dessert in Thessaloniki is called Trigona Panoramatos. They are some triangular sweet with thin fyllo pastry filled with vanilla creme. You can find them anywhere in town but objectively the best are in Elenidis from 1960 at Dimitriou Gounari 13, Thessaloniki, 546 22. The kilo can be expensive but they worth any penny however you can buy them also by piece.
6. You can't leave town without trying the most amazing and tasteful sticky pastries with sugar syrup! In Hatzis Eleftheriou Venizelou 50, Thessaloniki, 546 31 you can find turkish sweets like baklava, kantaifi, saragli or desserts with healthy buffalo milk! Don't forget to combine it with a hot cup of Greek coffee at the afternoon.
7. Near the Church of Agia Sofia at Pavlou Mela 48, 54622 you can visit Estrella! There you will find one of the smartest and tastiest combinations of two desserts. Bougatsan was created to surprise the fans of sugar. Fresh Croissant pastry filled with Traditional Macedonian Bougatsa's vanilla creme. Is perfect for breakfast, brunch or for the afternoon coffee. Don't miss it!
8. If you are lover of ice cream you can choose the best ice cream in town near the White Tower! Parfe at Nikis Avenue 77, Thessaloniki, 546 21, has plenty of flavors and big portions. Maybe it's expensive for some people but it's totally worth it! Is cheaper if you eat it take away and enjoy it by the sea under the White tower and watching the golf!
9. At Zevxidos 2, Thessaloniki, 54622, there is a little cute place called Omikron Z. There you can find a big variety of Toasts, burgers, drinks and of course pancakes!! Delicious fresh cooked pancakes are waiting for you to try in a beautiful relaxing atmosphere! Different sweet and sour fillings or toppings, which you can choose for your pancakes.
10. Last in our list is one of my last findings!
Smell eat is located in Dimitriou Gounari 61 at Thessaloniki, 54635. I don't have words for these amazing creations. Crepes with bueno strawberries and biscuits! Or warm fresh baked waffle with bueno praline maltizers and pieces of strawberries! Pancakes with milks chocolate pralines and bueno pieces! A Cholesterol heaven! You can choose among numerous fillings, toppings, dressings, chocolates, pralines and coverings! Don't miss it!
Thessaloniki is famous not only for the delicious cuisine but for patisseries, too. Don't miss the opportunity to visit them and enjoy every calorie!
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