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.
