Does anyone know any desserts that are sweet but not too sweet?

[Whatthefluff]

I’ve never been outside of the US, but have heard people say that one of their culture shocks was bread and pastries in the US being so very sweet. I agree that a lot of stuff on the shelves is sickly sweet, and I want to know if I can buy a dessert or pastry item that’s “sweet but not too sweet”.

The closest thing I’ve found to this is the Sprouts no sugar added blueberry pie. Something that’s obviously a dessert and it has 6grams of sugar per serving.

[jennifer_bloom]

I find biscottis from expensive Italian chains are not too sweet because people who buy from them are older and older people buy less sweets. Go in and buy one and if you like it, buy 4 or 5 to last you the week.

[Whatthefluff]

It’s a good idea, I wish I liked biscottis but they’re too hard

[Pudsmucker]

To answer your question about finding a dessert that's not too sweet. My wife and I enjoy making things from scratch. We can control the sweetness. We also use honey in 90% of the things that we make. When you do desserts from scratch there are many recipes online that you can find that are low in sugar content.

[horatiohornblower]

I wonder which countries. It can’t be British or Japanese saying it. Compared to their sweets American sweets are almost savory.

Anyways, if you want less sweet. make it yourself. Premade stuff always has too much sugar, salt or fat. Often all three. Restaurants being the worst offenders.

[comekitty]

I think most things that you buy premade at the store will tend to have more sugar and be very sweet. When you make something at home you can control the sweetness. 🙂

[OfMiceandMen]

I like rhubarb pie, you can add strawberries to it and lower the sugar content and it makes for a nice sour-sweet treat.

[AnusNdaPainus]

Try jello

you can make it yourself and add as much sugar as you want

plus it’s fat free

but the texture isn’t for everyone

peanut butter sandwiches with strawberry jello is favorite cheat day snack

[Jadebamboo]

Fruit. But as a serious answer if you go to a high quality, top shelf gelato shop, you will find they use significantly less sugar than you would expect. The one that comes to mind for me is “Hotel chocolate British cocoa grower“

[hahahmm]

Indian pudding. You can make cakes and ice cream with less sugar if you make them yourself.

[Anonymous]

Yes, very sweet foods, and why doesn't everything have to be drowned in cheese. Americans know how to destroy a good pizza.

[Iron_Man]

Pound cake but it’s extremely boring and dry

[Z1pTD]

Traditional Asian deserts like red bean soup are sweet but not super sweet :)

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Fresh strawberries

[LavLavLuv]

Cream puffs

[DrKrieger]

Banana bread