The Best of Ramadan’s Dessert ‘Eftekasat’ (2015-2024)
From Mango Kunafa to El Makshoofa, Ramadan desserts have spent the last decade getting wilder, weirder, and more chaotic.

Once upon a time, Ramadan desserts were simple—konafa, basbousa, maybe some atayef if you were feeling fancy. Life was peaceful. Dessert tables were predictable. Order was maintained.
Then one fateful day, someone put mango on kunafa—and just like that, we lost all sense of control. The floodgates opened. Pastry chefs became mad scientists, working overtime to create desserts that were bigger, weirder, and more unhinged than ever before.
Their mission? Shock, awe, and get people to say, "Bro, we have to try this."
Gone were the days of simple syrup-drenched delicacies. Now, if a dessert wasn’t stuffed, layered, or aggressively Lotus-fied, was it even Ramadan? TikTok reviews? Non-stop. The "overrated wala underrated?" debates? Heated. The gatherings? Incomplete without this year’s monstrosity stealing the spotlight.
And let’s be honest—half of these desserts weren’t about taste. They were about the drama, the flex, the content. You weren’t just eating a Ramadan dessert anymore; you were participating in a cultural phenomenon.
So without further ado, here’s a deep dive into the most legendary (read: completely unnecessary) Ramadan dessert inventions that had the entire region talking:
2015 | Red Velvet Kunafa

Someone, somewhere, looked at kunafa and thought, "What if we made it… red?" Enter Red Velvet Kunafa: a baffling mashup of fluffy red velvet cake and crunchy kunafa, drowning in cream cheese frosting. It was giving wedding cake meets iftar, and while some swore by it, others just swore at it.
2016 | Mango Kunafa

2017 | Avocado Kunafa

2018 | The Cronafa

2019 | Black Forest Basbousa

2020 | Kunafa Lotus Cornflakes

2021 | El Metdala’a

2022 | El Ghar’ana

2023 | Basmoula

2024 | El Makshoofa & El Maksoofa

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