This is a list of notable Sri Lankan sweets and desserts. Sri Lanka is well known throughout South Asia for sweets and desserts originating from there. Desserts are usually served as part of main meals, whereas sweets are consumed at tea times. Many Sri Lankan desserts and sweets contain domestic spices, jaggery and kithul (Caryota urens) treacle. Locally-made treacle and jaggery are the most common sweeteners.
Commonly used ingredients across traditional Sri Lankan sweets are rice flour, treacle and coconut milk. Treacle is a syrup made from the sap of "tapped" blossoms of palm trees, usually coconut (Cocos nusifera) or kithul (Caryota urens).