The perfect place to start your tour of the world's finest desserts is Norfolk, Connecticut, where you can sample a $250 chocolate truffle at a store called Chocopologie. Truffle composition: dark chocolate, French truffle and classic Ecuadorian dark chocolate ganache mixed with fresh cream, vanilla and truffle oil.

You can try a $750 cupcake at one of the most famous stores in Las Vegas - Sweet Surrender. The cupcake is made from chocolate from a rare type of bean from a Venezuelan plantation, and topped with Tahitian golden vanilla caviar.

Dark chocolate candies that use 75% cocoa from Ecuador, Venezuela, Ivory Coast and Trinidad. This is the highest class chocolate, which rightfully owns the title of the best in the world. For beginners in the types of expensive chocolate, the candy company, provides special flavor sets and tasting recommendations.

A box of assorted 400 handmade sweets by Michel Kluizel contains: marzipan, brittle, ganache, chocolate and truffle mix, milk chocolate, raspberry pulp, caramel butter... and other candy options. Finding them is not easy. Currently, the opportunity to purchase sweets is in Ghana, Ecuador and Madagascar.

Not so long ago, The Langham Chicago's Pavillion tea room released a new chocolate dessert. Inside: vanilla and chocolate ice cream, caramelized peanuts, 24 carat gold dust, dark chocolate, hot fudge, salted caramel, toffee and whipped cream. In addition, the dessert features a 24 carat gold leaf and a chocolate crown.

At Brule, a resort in Atlantic City, this sumptuous dark chocolate dessert topped with Italian hazelnuts is served with a scoop of ice cream and a very rare and expensive Quinta do Novel Nicional from Portugal. If brownie seems to someone not the most luxurious dessert, then a glass of wine with it clearly changes things.

A store that sells such ice cream could well be counted as an expensive restaurant. Three Twins Ice Cream, a California ice cream shop, sells this whipped cream dessert for $3,333. Made with a banana split topped with syrups from three rare dessert wines. Dessert is served with an 1850 spoon. And if you warn the store in advance about your visit, then while you enjoy dessert, a cellist will play for you.

Desserts are the decoration of any feast. They can be not only gourmet, refined and tasty, but also very expensive. Price records for sweets were not only brought together by connoisseurs of complex desserts, but even Forbes magazine compiled its own rating of the most expensive desserts in the world. Only the most expensive people can afford them, while the rest can only read about it.

Diamond cupcake. At Christmas, many of us tend to spend time with our family, enjoying good holiday food and spending money on gifts. But how many would be brave enough to shell out $1.65 million for a cake? Only the owners of an impressive bank account can afford this. It was on them that the confectioner from Tokyo apparently counted, deciding to create such an expensive dessert. The chef put up his cupcake called "Diamonds: a miracle of nature" at the Christmas auction. The design of the cake took six months, another month directly preparing for sale. 223 small diamonds are spread over the entire surface of the dessert. Except for them, the rest of the cake is completely edible. Buying such a cupcake can also be a good gift for your wife. What woman would not like such an abundance of diamonds, even if they are glazed and not set in gold?

Strawberry Arnaud. In New Orleans, there is a famous restaurant that recently celebrated its 90th anniversary. Guests of the institution can order a dessert here, proudly bearing the title of the most expensive in the world. The cost of sweets is 1.4 million dollars. For this money, you can taste six strawberries marinated in porto, decorated with mint leaves and covered with the most delicate cream. But the ring with a 5-carat pink diamond, which was once in the possession of the English financier Sir Ernest Cassell, gives the record holder its main value. The chef of the restaurant Arno prepares an exclusive delicacy by prior special order. If suddenly there is a gourmet who wants to taste such a dish, then he will be provided with a special booth in which a jazz group will personally play for him. Along with dessert, a unique set of wine is served, the separate cost of which is about 25 thousand.

Platinum Cake. And this dish was created in distant Japan. Local culinary specialist Nobue Ikara created a cake out of platinum rings for the low price of $130,000. This cake is perfect for a couple in love. It is adorned with white icing and draped in platinum jewelry, including chains, necklaces, pendants, pins, and even foil. Ikara dedicated the cake to many women, trying to convince them to wear platinum. The cake was shown at the Platinum Guild International show, which led to an increase in jewelry sales, despite record high prices. The cake itself was never bought, because it costs much more than many can afford. The future owner will be able not only to taste the platinum dessert, but also to vilify some of its parts.

Chocolate Frrrozen Haute. This original dish is on the menu of the New York restaurant Serendipity 3. The price of such a dessert is 25 thousand dollars. Creamy ice cream accompanies a dish of as many as 25 varieties of cocoa and topped with whipped cream with a tiny chocolate "La Madeline au Truffle" from "Knipschildt Chocolatier". Only a half-kilogram bar of such chocolate by itself costs about $2,600. All food is served in a glass decorated with a gold border, a gold spoon is decorated with diamonds. The composition of ice cream also includes 5.7 grams of edible 23 carat gold! Naturally, an order for such an expensive dish must be made in advance. It is assumed that at the end of the absorption of the culinary components of the dessert, it will be possible to take away everything else, along with a spoon, as a keepsake. Chef Steven Bruce says that the design of the dessert itself took a long time, only the design of the spoon took three months. Chocolate in 2007 hit the Guinness Book of Records as the most expensive dessert, but has since been surpassed several times.

Fortress Stilt Fisherman Indulgence. This dish appeared recently in the menu of the Wine3 restaurant in the Fortress Hotel in Sri Lanka. The cost of the dessert is 14.5 thousand dollars. This delicacy is more like a work of art than food. The miniature sculptural composition is a chocolate figurine of a fisherman, decorated with an 80-carat aquamarine. The composition of the dish includes chocolate, exotic fruits and Irish cream. The fisherman himself stands on stilts, also carved from sweets. True, such an original design of the dessert has not yet attracted buyers to it. Fishing in Sri Lanka is a very popular pastime, which led culinary specialists to create such a masterpiece.

Macaroon Haute Couture. Such cookies are not uncommon in the world, they are two bizet, between which there is butter cream. In France, they are very popular and you can find this delicious dessert at a fairly affordable price. However, French pastry chef Pierre Herme decided to create a new type of cookie, more refined and expensive. This dish made its creator famous outside the country. The composition of the biscuits includes a delicate chocolate cream mixed with cream, fleur de sel sea salt and balsamic vinegar, red wine and peanut butter. However, at the request of the client, the composition of the ingredients may vary. The price for such a dessert starts from $7,414 and can reach tens of thousands, depending on the complexity and preferences of the customer.

Sultan's Golden Cake. This dish is offered to its guests by the Istanbul hotel Ciragon Palace Kempinski. In addition to traditional oriental dishes for the country, you can taste real gold here. Turkish chefs make an unusual golden cake in 72 hours. It is a bar of edible gold garnished with black truffles, apricots, pears and dates marinated for two years in Jamaican rum. The top is adorned with 24 carat gold leaves, French vanilla and caramel. When serving, the cake itself is not placed on a plate, but on a handmade silver box with a gold seal. As a rule, such an expensive dessert is ordered on the most solemn occasions - for a wedding or for the Sultan himself.

Cake Extraordinaire. If you suddenly find yourself on the East Coast of the United States, you can try to order this dessert for yourself, the cost is a thousand dollars. The cake is sold at the Brule Restaurant in Atlantic City. But this cake is unusual, it is made with dark chocolate that is coated with Italian hazelnuts. It also comes with a scoop of ice cream. Along with a sweet dessert, customers are invited to taste a very expensive port wine, Quinta do Novel Nacional. For big gourmets and spenders a whole package of services is offered. For 15 thousand, a dear guest will be able to spend the night at a local hotel on Valentine's Day, spend time together at a romantic dinner, tasting the legendary cake.

Sande "Golden Abundance". The already mentioned restaurant "Serendipity 3" can offer another delicious dish. You can try this sundae in New York on your golden anniversary - 50th anniversary, and the dessert will cost not 50, but 1000 dollars. The restaurant claims that only one dish is sold per month, but that's better than nothing, right? Ice cream is known as the most expensive in the world in the world. It includes 5 servings of Tahitian vanilla blended with Madagascar vanilla and Chuao Venezuelan chocolate, coated in edible 23 carat gold. Other ingredients include golden dragees, Parisian candied fruits, marzipans and truffles. On top of all the splendor is one of the most expensive sweets in the world - Amedei Porcelana, and a sugar flower. On top of the ice cream is caviar in a small bowl, sweetened with passion fruit, armagnac and dyed golden. To fully match the style of the dish, it is served with a golden spoon and a goblet made of Harcourt crystal. The popularity of sundae was so great that it became an integral part of the Studio 30 series.

Vintage chocolate. Collectible chocolate from Noka Chocolate will cost $854 per pound. The company has become famous for its quality product, known throughout the world. Noki uses a variety of cocoa from exotic locations such as Venezuela, Ecuador, Trinidad and the Ivory Coast. Candies presented in the Vintage collection are created entirely from dark varieties, in which at least 75% cocoa. For beginners at this level of chocolate tasting, Noka offers several options, created according to different principles. Each box of expensive dessert is packed in accordance with the classic rules of the company.

Chocolate Variation. Where else can you taste Italian cuisine, if not in Bangkok? It is there, in the Lebua hotel, that the Mezzaluna restaurant is located, which offers an expensive chocolate dessert. Not everyone is able to shell out $640 for such a dish. However, the high price has its own explanation. Chocolate has exclusive ingredients. For example, sherbet is made from Louis Roederer Cristal Brut 2000 champagne, leaves are made from edible gold, creme brulee contains Perigord truffles, strawberry mousse is also attached to a piece of chocolate cake. Along with dessert comes a drink - a glass of expensive and rare champagne Moyet Tres Vieille Grande Champagne No. 7.

Truffles Madeleine. In the state of Connecticut, there is the city of Norwalk, which could become famous for its unusually delicious truffles. They are prepared by the Knipschildt Chocolatier confectionery, and the dessert price reaches $ 250 apiece. Madeleine truffles are made with the freshest Valrhona cream and chocolate, topped with cocoa powder and vanilla flakes. To prepare delicious truffles, it is not enough to devote a lot of time, care is also needed. After all, liquid chocolate must be thoroughly beaten, turning it into a delicate and soft cream. Madeleine truffles must be ordered in advance and are served in a silver box with a gift card.

Cake Imperial. This dessert has one of the richest histories. It can be tasted at Vienna's Imperial Hotel for $63. According to legend, the cake was first created in 1873, in honor of Emperor Franz Josef, just in time for the opening of the hotel. The dessert is decorated with almonds, marzipans, cream and milk chocolate icing.

Frozen Dessert Semifreddo. While in Manhattan, stop by the Waldorf-Astoria to sample the famous delicacy at Peacock Alley Restaurant. Here they offer a semifreddo frozen dessert, decorated with edible gold leaves, biscuit crumbs and a cap of vanilla foam with truffles. At first, the dish was a highlight of the restaurant, offered to select guests, but its popularity led to its inclusion in the main menu. Do not scare gourmets and the cost of delicacies at $ 50.

Chocolate balls with filling. It seems that soon the most expensive desserts in the world will be prepared in Dubai. For now, local chefs are only trying their hand at haute couture food. At the local Burj Al Arab hotel, guests of the Al Mahara restaurant can order a very refined and tasty dessert - small chocolate balls stuffed with fruit. At the same time, they must be eaten in a special way - pouring warm chocolate from a special fountain. A jet of warm sweetness melts a thin layer of balls, exposing their filling - lemon, mango and passion fruit soufflé. The minimum cost of dessert starts at $48.

Chocolate bag. Paris is the universally recognized capital of fashion. Here, even desserts in restaurants are considered a kind of accessory. So, at the Le Bristol hotel you can order a handbag made of chocolate. It will not be possible to wear it, but to taste it - completely. For only $43.50, you can find out that inside the chocolate treat is a filling of mint cream and raspberry sauce.

If you have a sweet tooth and cannot imagine your life without a piece of cake or candy, you will definitely want to try the most delicious desserts from world culinary specialists. Yummy is still the same, but it costs oh how not cheap. What desserts do the richest people eat, what is their preference?

For ice cream with citrus fruits and red wine, the client will have to pay $1.4 million. Such a huge amount is due to the presence of a unique ring with a pink diamond of 4.7 carats. This dessert is also served with the expensive Charles X crystal liqueur, the price of which is about $25,000.

For such a masterpiece cake, you will have to pay some $ 130,000. The cake recipe belongs to Japanese confectioner Nobu Ikaru, who decorated it with a platinum necklace and foil.

How about a $25,000 chocolate bar? This dessert is a mixture of 28 cocoa varieties, 14 of which are the most expensive and exotic in the world. In addition, this dessert also contains 5 grams of edible gold, and its base is entwined with a gold bracelet with small diamonds. And to justify such a high price, a golden spoon is also served with dessert.

4. Fortress Stilt Fisherman Indulgence

You can try this $14,500 dessert at a hotel in Sri Lanka. The main highlight of the cake with a filling of cheese and fruit is golden leaves and decoration in the form of a chocolate figurine of a fisherman and an 80-carat aquamarine.

For a kilogram of exquisite and delicate macaroons from Pierre Erme, you will have to pay $ 7,000. Everyone can independently choose the ingredients for cookies, and to create personal recipes, the chef personally meets with the client.

6. Chocopologie Chocolate Truffles by Knipschildt

Fritz Knipschildt's chocolate shop is the only one in the world that specializes in selling the most expensive chocolate truffles. For one kilogram of truffles, you will have to pay $5,000, or $250 each. In addition, you can get such a gourmet only by prior order.

This gourmet is made in the province of Piedmont in northern Italy.

8. The Sultan's $1,000 Golden Cake

On the list of the most expensive desserts in the world, this cake seems to be the cheapest. The cake can only be tasted in Istanbul, Türkiye at the Ciragan Palace Hotel. It takes almost three days to prepare a sweet masterpiece, and it includes: figs, quince, pear, apricot, which are soaked in Jamaican rum for two years. The top of the cake is decorated with: caramel, black truffles and a leaf of gold, thanks to which the name of the dessert went.

9 Noka Chocolate, $854

The Noka company is known all over the world as one of the best chocolate producers, in the production of which the most expensive cocoa varieties from Ecuador and Venezuela are used. Chocolate has a classic flavor, comes without emulsifiers.

10. And completes our list of the most expensive desserts in the world. chocolate Variation, $640, which can be purchased at the Mezzaluna Italian Restaurant at the Lebua Hotel, Bangkok.

And how do you like these desserts, from the sight of which drooling simply flows and shivers run through the body, when you find out their cost. Seeing a tidy sum, the appetite immediately disappears.