A List of the World's Most Expensive Desserts and What Justifies Their Prices

Everyone agrees that desserts are an indulgence. But exactly how much are you willing to shell out? Here’s a list of desserts to get you thinking.

With the world’s most expensive desserts, culinary opulence is on its finest display. There’s desserts accompanied by diamond rings and topped with edible gold and silver. Served at the world's most exclusive restaurants, these desserts are an experience and a memory. Creative and imaginative, these desserts are lovingly conceptualized and expertly crafted. So let's take a walk through the most expensive desserts in the world.

The Strawberries Arnaud

Price: $9.85 million

While the dessert itself isn't new and has existed since the 18th century, there are special additions to the dish at the Arnaud’s restaurant in New Orleans that make it expensive. The dish was invented by restaurant owner Pierre Arnaud and his wife Jeanne, who lived in Paris. It’s essentially a coming together of vanilla ice cream, strawberries, whipped cream and chocolate sauce. The additions are a 10.06 carat diamond right and a golden spoon that make the price of the dessert shoot up.

The Three Twins’ Ice Cream

Price: $60,000

Three Twins Ice Cream, founded by Neal Gottlieb, offers a true experience in the name of a dessert. While the company has several unique ice cream flavors and desserts, this one is a true dessert experience. Customers fly out to Tanzania, to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, and eat the ice cream of their choice. Neal collects ice from glaciers and makes ice cream of whatever flavor the customer orders. He came up with the idea during one of his own travels when he successfully made ice cream on the snowy trail.

Lindeth Howe Country House Hotel Pudding

Price: $35,000

At the Lindeth Howe Country House Hotel in England’s Cumbria county, there's a special pudding, created by chef Marc Guibert, which consists of pudding, caviar and gold. There’s also a two-carat diamond, which isn’t edible. It’s served at the hotel, which is located at the Cumbria Lake District, a popular tourist destination. You need to give the hotel prior notice and make a downpayment to enjoy this dessert.

Frrrozen Haute Chocolate

Price: $25,000

At New York City’s Serendipity 3, established by Stephen Bruce, you can order an extravagant hot chocolate. You need to give prior notice since the truffle is sourced from France, and the cocoa from several locations all over the globe. It’s served with a golden spoon and 18-carat gold bracelet, with one carat of white diamonds. It’s served in an edible gold goblet. The gold comes from Switzerland. The restaurant also boasts an association with pop art legend Andy Warhol, who helped in branding it for its food and large range of ice creams.

Krispy Kreme’s Golden Doughnut

Price: $1,685

Krispy Kreme is well known for its desserts, established in 1937 and focusing exclusively on donuts at first, and later adding other dishes. Their Golden Doughnut has gold dusted edible chocolate, edible diamonds, and gold leaf. The flavor has hints of champagne and an elaborate, chiseled design sits on top. However, this dessert was only created for the cause of raising funds for charity, and it's not regularly available on their menu.

The Golden Phoenix Cupcake

Price: $1,000

In a small bakery named Bloomsbury’s in the Dubai Mall, there’s a cupcake with lofty ingredients like Ugandan vanilla beans, Italian chocolate and strawberries dipped in gold. It's also topped with an edible gold dusting and edible gold sheets. The bakery provides a golden spoon to eat the dessert with, although you cannot take the spoon home.

Golden Opulence Sundae

Price: $1,000

The Serendipity 3 restaurant in New York City features again on this list, with another masterpiece that they invented for their 50th anniversary. They need a 48-hour prior notice if you want the dessert, so they can source their ingredients from all over the globe, like caviar, chocolate truffles, and Tahitian vanilla bean ice cream. It's dusted with 23-carat edible gold leaf, gold flakes and gilded sugar. It's served in a $350 Baccarat Harcourt crystal goblet, which you can take home with you as a souvenir.

Beyond Gourmet Jelly Beans

Price: $500

Here’s a twist on the simple jelly beans, created by David Klein. These jelly beans have no artificial coloring or flavors. They are given in a crystal jar and each bean is coated with a 24-carat gold leaf.