chocolate

→ Aragonese: chicolate

→ Asturian: chicolate, chocolate

→ Basque: txokolate

→ Bikol Central: tsokolate

→ Catalan: xocolata

→ Cebuano: sikwate, tsokolate

→ Dutch: chocolade (see there for further descendants)

→ English: chocolate (see there for further descendants)

→ French: chocolat (see there for further descendants)

→ Galician: chocolate

→ Hungarian: csokoládé

→ Italian: cioccolato, cioccolata (see there for further descendants)

→ Kapampangan: suklati

→ Maguindanao: sikulate

→ Portuguese: chocolate

→ Swedish: choklad
→ Finnish: suklaa

→ Tagalog: tsokolate

→ Taos: cikulòtiʼína

From a Classical Nahuatl word, possibly from chocolatl (a late attestation), or from Yucatec Maya chocol (“hot”) though the etymology is unknown. See English chocolate.

hot chocolate (drink made by dissolving chocolate in milk or water)


helado

Inherited from Latin gelātus, perfect passive participle of Latin gelō (“to freeze”). Cognate to Italian gelato.


brownie

Unadapted borrowing from English brownie.


dulce de leche

es-noun

dulce de leche m (plural dulces de leche)


algodón de azúcar

algodón de azúcar m (plural algodones de azúcar)

From the cotton-like appearance, compare cotton candy.


caramelo

→ Catalan: caramel

→ French: caramel (see there for further descendants)

Borrowed from Portuguese caramelo, probably from Late Latin calamellus, and therefore a doublet of the inherited caramillo.


galleta

→ Cebuano: galyeta

rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines


alfajor

Inherited from Old Spanish alfaxor, beginning as a more jammy food from Andalusian Arabic الْفَشُور (al-fašūr, “nectar, juice”), from Arabic أَفْشُرَج (ʔafšuraj, “juice”). Somewhere surely mixed up with alfaxú, alajú from حَشْو (ḥašw, “filling”).

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(Spain) A popular confection in Andalusia usually made with honey, almonds, nuts, and spices such clove and coriander.

In one hand I had the ukulele and the alfajor, in the other the joint.

2021, Pedro Mairal, The Woman from Uruguay (in English), Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 109:

(Latin America) A popular confection in South America usually filled with dulce de leche.


tarta

Borrowed from French tarte. Cognate with English tart.


regaliz

By metathesis from Late Latin liquirītia, from Ancient Greek γλυκύρριζα (glukúrrhiza, “sweet root”), influenced by liquor (“liquid”).


mazapán

Two possible theories:
* From Old Spanish [Term?], from Andalusian Arabic بسمة, from Ancient Greek παξαμάδιον (paxamádion, “cookie”), with influence from masa (“mass”) and pan (“bread”).
* From Italian marzapane, thought to be derived from Arabic مَرْطَبَان (marṭabān, “spice box”), from Martaban (မုတ္ထမ (muthta.ma.)), a Burmese port known for its spice exports, with influence from Italian pane.

marzipan (confection made with almond paste, or another nut such as peanut)


cajeta

From caja (“box”) + -eta. The sweet takes it name from the containers it was stored in.

a Mexican confection of thickened syrup usually made of sweetened caramelized goat’s milk


tamarindo

Ultimately from Arabic تَمْر هِنْدِيّ (tamr hindiyy, “tamarind”, literally “Indian date”). The "police officer" sense is in reference to the fact that Mexican transit police officers used to wear brown uniforms from the 1950s until the early 2000s

تَمْر هِنْدِيّ


manzana de caramelo

es-noun

manzana de caramelo f (plural manzanas de caramelo)

From manzana (“apple”) + de (“of”) + caramelo (“candy”).


arrezuz

Borrowed from Arabic عِرَقْسُوس (ʕiraqsūs, “liquorice”), from عِرْقُ السُّوس (ʕirqu s-sūs, “licorice root”).


arequipe

Named after Arequipa, Peru, from a local language such as Quechua or Aymara.


malvavisco

Borrowed from Medieval Latin malvaviscus, from Latin malva (“mallow”) + hibiscum (“marshmallow”), from Ancient Greek ἱβίσκος (hibískos). Cognate with English mallow, mauve, hibiscus.

(Chile, Mexico, Central America) marshmallow


gominola

any gummy candy (wine gum, gumdrop, jelly bean)


sirope

Borrowed from Old French sirop. Doublet of jarabe.


bastón de caramelo

es-noun

bastón de caramelo m (plural bastones de caramelo)


alfeñique

→ French: alphénic

→ English: alphenic

Borrowed from Arabic فَانِيد (fānīd) via Andalusian Arabic, from Classical Persian پانید (pānīd, “sugar candy”).


panqué

(Mexico, Venezuela, US, Philippines) pound cake


jarabe de arce

es-noun

jarabe de arce m (plural jarabes de arce)


cabello de ángel

cabello de ángel m (plural cabellos de ángel)

Calque of Catalan cabell d'àngel; literally, "angel's hair".


chispa de chocolate

chispa de chocolate f (plural chispas de chocolate)


galleta de la fortuna

galleta de la fortuna f (plural galletas de la fortuna)


galleta de la suerte

galleta de la suerte f (plural galletas de la suerte)


majarete

From manjarete, diminutive of manjar (“delicacy”).

(Cuba, Dominican Republic, Panama, Venezuela) A type of sweet corn pudding made with milk, sugar, and fresh corn, cornmeal or cornstarch.


manjarete

(Venezuela) Alternative form of majarete