Diwali is India’s biggest and most important festival of the year. It is known as the festival of lights. It’s a five days celebration that includes good food (Diwali sweets and Diwali snacks), fireworks, diyas, rangoli.
This year Diwali is on 4th Nov 2021. The celebration starts two days before and lasts for five days.
Here I have made the list of the whole collection of Diwali sweets recipes. All of them are easy to make at home. All these diwali sweets recipes have step by step photos with possible tips and tricks so beginners can also make them without any fear.
We usually give a box of sweets away as a gift to relatives and friends on the new year day. We also serve the guests who came home for the new year's wishes.
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13 Burfi/Peda recipes
Coconut Burfi (With Condensed Milk)
Make this easy, quick coconut burfi recipe with condensed milk during this festive season. {3 ingredients + 10 Minutes}
Peda Recipe (Doodh / Milk Peda)
This instant version of milk peda or doodh peda is made in microwave and gets ready in 10 minutes only.
Kaju Katli
This is the BEST kaju katli recipe around the web! You get a soft, smooth and melt-in-your-mouth texture with of course full of cashew flavor.
Gajar Ki Barfi Recipe (Carrot Burfi)
Carrot burfi recipe is the modified version of the popular gajar ka halwa. This gajar ki burfi is made with condensed milk, khoya, cream, and carrot.
Chocolate Peda
Easy Chocolate Peda - it’s delicious, rich, chocolaty with the right amount of sweetness. Perfect to pack in a gift box to giveaway during the Diwali festival.
Chocolate Burfi Recipe (Mawa Chocolate Barfi)
Chocolate Burfi Recipe (Two-layered barfi recipe) - The bottom layer is plain khoya barfi while the top layer is cocoa-flavored chocolate burfi.
Besan Barfi (No Sugar Syrup)
The easiest way to make besan barfi at home, and it’s ready in no time! This burfi is perfectly sweet with great texture.
Kalakand Sweet
This is really the best kalakand sweet you’ll ever taste! It has a moist, juicy and grainy texture with a perfectly sweet milky taste
Lauki Barfi Recipe (How to make Lauki Burfi Recipe)
Lauki Barfi Recipe - made using bottle gourd, milk, sugar, and khoya. For the flavoring, cardamom powder and rose water are added.
Walnut Burfi
These walnut burfi are the perfect festive treats for Diwali. They only need 4-ingredients, they take no time at all to make, and of course, they’re incredibly delicious!
Kopra Pak Recipe (Gujarati Topra Pak)
Kopra pak recipe - This is Gujarati style of making coconut burfi.
Chocolate Pista Rolls
easy to prepare and delicious looking Diwali Mithai or sweet.
Sukhdi recipe (Gur papdi or Gol Papdi) Gujarati Sweet with Jaggery
Sukhdi recipe - Authentic Gujarati sweet made with jaggery (gur or gol), ghee, and atta. This quick dessert requires only 10 minutes.
8 Ladoo Recipes
Coconut Ladoo (With Condensed Milk)
My favorite coconut ladoo recipe with condensed milk (aka Indian coconut balls)! These are not to be missed. It has full of coconut flavor with a perfectly sweet taste.
Besan Ladoo
The BEST Besan Ladoo Recipe! Easy to make and deliciously sweet! These ladoos are soft, creamy yet you can taste the granular feel from the besan.
Boondi Ladoo
The only homemade boondi ladoo recipe you will ever need! These turn out deliciously sweet, soft with perfectly round boondis every time. Plus they’re so easy to make.
Rava Laddu (Ladoo) With Condensed Milk
This rava laddu (ladoo) is the easier version made with condensed milk. I have mentioned all the tips and tricks to make it soft and perfect every time.
Rava Besan Ladoo Recipe (How to make rava besan laddu)
Rava besan ladoo recipe - simple and easy laddu recipe made from semolina, gram flour, ghee, and powdered sugar.
Kuler Recipe (Bajra Ladoo)
Kuler Recipe - These are Gujarati style Bajra Ladoo. These are easy-to-make, no-cook dessert made with only 3 ingredients.
Magaj Recipe (Gujarati Magas Ladoo)
Magaj or magas recipe - Gujarati style of making besan burfi
Sweet Potato Ladoo
Sweet potato ladoo - Healthy dessert for Navratri vrat or any other religious fasting.
10 Halwa/Sheera Recipes
Rava Sheera
Sheera - A classic Indian sweet (dessert) made on special occasions or festivals. This is a simple, quick and easy dish made with minimal and basic ingredients.
Badam Halwa (Almond Sheera)
The BEST Badam Halwa you’ll ever eat! It is a perfectly rich and heavy festive dessert.
Instant Pot Carrot Halwa Recipe (with condensed milk)
Make this easy, quick and delicious carrot halwa in an instant pot on special occasions or festivals.
Rava Kesari (Kesari Bath)
This classic South Indian dessert, rava kesari (aka kesari bath) is perfectly rich with soft, fluffy and melt-in-your-mouth (no chew) texture. It requires only 20 minutes.
Dudhi Halwa (Lauki Halwa)
Dudhi halwa or Lauki halwa - an Indian sweet dish made with bottle gourd, milk and sugar. It is flavored with cardamon powder and garnished with chopped nuts.
Pumpkin halwa recipe
Pumpkin halwa recipe – It is made from orange pumpkin aka kaddu, sugar, jaggery and milk. It has a touch of flavor from cardamom and coconut.
Atta Halwa (Wheat Aate Ka Halwa)
Atta Halwa!! Who could resist a spoonful of this? It’s perfectly sweet, smooth, rich and melt-in-your-mouth kind
Pineapple Halwa Recipe (Pineapple Sheera or Kesari)
Pineapple halwa recipe - The simple old sooji halwa (sheera) is flavored with pineapple. It is also called pineapple sheera or pineapple kesari.
Banana Sheera Recipe (Satyanarayan Prasad Sheera)
The BEST Banana sheera recipe!! Also known as Satyanarayan Prasad Sheera. It is sooji halwa with banana aka banana sooji halwa.
Beetroot Halwa Recipe {BEST Ever!}
Beetroot halwa recipe - Try this healthy, nutritious, delicious sweet for the next festival or make it for your kids/toddlers.
8 Kheer/Payasam Recipes
Rice Kheer
Making rice kheer at home is very easy. Learn how to make kheer with this easy, no-fail recipe.
Kheer With Condensed Milk (Milkmaid)
My go-to kheer recipe with condensed milk! It’s deliciously rich, creamy and perfectly sweet with irresistible flavors.
Phirni Recipe
This rice phirni is the traditional Indian dessert and is nothing but ground rice sweet pudding garnished with almonds, pistachios and saffron.
Carrot Kheer Recipe (Carrot Payasam Recipe)
This carrot kheer is easy to make and delicious Indian sweet. In south India, it is called carrot payasam.
Lauki Ki Kheer (Dudhi Kheer)
An Indian dessert made from bottle gourd vegetable. It is like the sweet pudding.
Pumpkin kheer (kaddu ki kheer recipe)
Pumpkin kheer recipe – Pumpkin is called kaddu in Hindi, so it is kaddu ki kheer recipe.
Paal Payasam
This perfectly rich and creamy sweet paal payasam made in a jiffy in the pressure cooker.
Paruppu Payasam (Moong Dal Kheer)
This paruppu payasam is one of the easiest payasam recipes you’ll ever make! This creamy, delicious payasam gets ready in 20 minutes only.
17 Traditional Diwali Sweets
Gulab Jamun (With khoya)
The popular Indian sweet, gulab jamun made with khoya. This traditional method is a no-fail recipe, give it a try.
Rasgulla {NO-Fail Recipe}
This rasgulla recipe is a foolproof recipe that is nearly impossible to mess up. It makes perfectly soft and spongy with melt-in-your-mouth kind.
Rasmalai
This is the quick and easy to make rasmalai where we are using ready-made rasgullas. This rich dessert is perfect for festivals.
Milk Powder Gulab Jamun
Milk powder gulab jamun - a must try Indian dessert! It’s deliciously rich, soft, juicy, melt-in-your-mouth kind that always gets compliments every time it’s served.
Basundi
This is the BEST basundi recipe you’ll get around the internet. It is super creamy, rich, perfectly sweet with the crunch of nuts in every spoon.
Rabri (Lachha Rabdi)
This is the BEST rabri recipe you’ll find on the internet. This classic North Indian dessert is made with the traditional method.
Shrikhand (With Greek Yogurt + Traditional)
Shrikhand Recipe - it’s silky, smooth, creamy with a hint of saffron flavor and crunch of nuts. It gets ready in 5 minutes or less (when made with greek yogurt)!
Puran Poli (Vedmi)
Puran poli is a traditional Indian stuffed bread with sweet lentil filling. Learn how to make vedmi at home with this no-fail recipe.
Gujiya (Mawa Gujia)
Gujiya is a traditional sweet, deep-fried, half-moon shaped dumpling. Holi or Diwali festival is incomplete without this mawa gujiya recipe.
Fruit cream recipe (Fruit salad with cream)
Fruit cream recipe – Mixed fruits are mixed with sweetened, whipped cream. This is also called fruit salad with cream.
Karanji
This Maharashtrian karanji recipe makes crispy and flaky (khuskhusit) outer cover with sweet coconut stuffing. A must-have sweet snack for festivals
Fruit Custard Recipe (Custard Fruit Salad)
Fruit custard recipe (custard fruit salad) – mixed fruits are added into a sweet, rich and creamy custard.
Sandesh Recipe (Bengali Sweet Sondesh)
Sandesh (Sondesh) sweet is the traditional Bengali dessert that is made from chenna and sugar only. A must-try dessert for the Diwali festival.
Meethe Chawal Recipe (Zarda Rice or Pulao) Yellow Sweet Rice
Simple, Easy method of making meethe chawal. In other regions this sweet rice is called zarda pulao or zarda rice.
Rajasthani Churma Recipe
US measuring cups are used (1 cup = 240 ml)
Malpua
This is the BEST malpua recipe on the internet. You’ll get crispy edges with a soft, spongy center with a perfect amount of sweetness from the syrup.
Lapsi Recipe (Gujarati Fada Lapsi)
The BEST Lapsi Recipe! A perfectly delicious and festive sweet dish! Fada lapsi is a traditional Gujarati sweet made of cracked wheat (fada or dalia).
Nankhatai (Indian Cookies)
An easy nankhatai recipe - Indian cookies! It’s deliciously rich, lightly sweet with a crisp, flaky and melt-in-your-mouth texture.
Non-Traditional Diwali Sweets
World’s BEST Eggless Brownies
These cake-like eggless brownies are made with cocoa powder. These are soft, moist, rich and chocolaty.
Tutti Frutti Cake (Eggless)
BEST eggless tutti frutti cake that is exactly like Indian bakeries made! This cake is light, very soft and moist with tutti frutti dotted throughout.
Eggless Tutti Frutti Cookies Recipe
US measuring cups are used (1 cup = 240 ml)
Eggless Vanilla Cupcakes
This is my favorite recipe for classic, homemade eggless vanilla cupcakes recipe. These are buttery, soft, moist and fluffy, in short, the best and perfect. You must make them. (1 cup = 240 ml)
Eggless Chocolate Mousse
To make this eggless chocolate mousse recipe you’ll need 5 ingredients and 15 minutes only. Decadently creamy, light and pillowy, and indulgently chocolaty.
Frozen Desserts
Mango Kulfi (With Custard Powder)
A homemade mango kulfi recipe that everyone will love! It is super creamy, rich, dense, loaded with mango flavor and so much better than store-bought!
Falooda Recipe
Homemade falooda is easy to make and it is rose flavored beverage dessert.
Vanilla ice cream recipe
easy to make basic and eggless ice cream recipe. This homemade vanilla ice cream made without ice cream maker.
Kulfi Recipe (Instant, No Cook Kulfi Recipe with Condensed Milk)
This one is QUICk to make instant kulfi recipe where no cooking is required.
Basic Recipes To Make Diwali Sweets
Khoya Recipe (Homemade Mawa)
Learn how to make Homemade khoya or mawa recipe. This is very easy to make and require only one ingredient.
Instant Khoya, Mawa Recipe (From Milk Powder)
Instant khoya recipe or mawa recipe This can be the BEST khoya substitute. It is made from full-fat milk powder.
How to make Chenna (Chhena)
Learn how to make chenna at home with this easy, step-by-step, fool-proof recipe! All the tips are shared to make perfect homemade chhena.
Happy Diwali
Bhumika Patel
Happy Diwali kanan!!!! Thanks for sharing Diwali sweets And Snacks. It's Very Helpfull.
Kanan
Happy Diwali to you and your family.
Glad to know that recipes are helpful