With a host of characters, Naruto Shippuden had several iconic characters, so trust us it was tough to narrow down on a few. So, to combat that, we’ll stick to baby Naruto while he still was part of a trio under the guidance of sensei Kakashi. After all, dessertland is supposed to be fun and before all hell broke loose in the Narutoverse, the young ninjas had quite some fun. Here are some iconic Naruto characters, from the anime, as desserts.
A typical anime lead, Naruto is a simpleton, loud, and loves messing around, he’s an orphan which makes him the odd one out, but his parents made sure he was left in good care. Aside from the behind-the-scenes heartwarming moments, Naruto indulges in tomfoolery quite often and is uncouth. Plus he has yellow hair and dresses in a flashy blue and orange, making a lemon cake perfect for him.
With the most realistic and complex yet easy-to-understand character arc, Sasuke automatically becomes a dark chocolate cake as he waltzes with the dark side despite starting off as a protagonist, driven by revenge and his tragic backstory. A far cry from Naruto who was too young to comprehend the horrors of his childhood. He’s stoic and barely lets any kind of positive emotion slip, but before the darkness took over, it was sheer fun to see him getting perturbed by Naruto and competing with each other.
One of the most hated characters, in fan communities, despite being one of the good ones and the protagonist, Sakura as a character felt like an afterthought always chasing Sasuke’s shadow. She does get her heart’s desire in the end, but watching her go about it was pretty baffling and a little sad. For the beauty over brains character, who the mangakars forgot about, a lonesome Australian Pavlova cake is fitting, with her pining and barely impactful character arc.
Suave and erratic is the perfect way to describe Kakashi with his obsession with romance novels that he can be spotted reading while out on personal business. Despite his vices, he’s a talented ninja and trains youngsters to go on to become excellent ninjas themselves, focusing on teamwork. He tends to be cold, aloof, and look bored all the time, something that makes him appear arrogant, making Naruto goad his two friends (Sakura and Sasuke) into pulling petty pranks on Kakashi, all of which hilariously fail. Keeping in mind his backstory and how he is with the kids, one can only imagine him as a Dark Chocolate Cake.
One of the most entertaining characters when he’s introduced because of his indomitable fighting spirit, Rock Lee with his simple nature creeps out many. But he’s an excellent fighter and quite merciless when it comes to physical combat, not backing down even when his bones are almost pulverized. For this spirited ninja, we picked carrot cake with its absolute wholesome taste and cream cheese frosting symbolic of Rock Lee’s unwavering hope and shiny head.
One of the 3 legendary ninjas Orochimaru is the only one among the 3 who turns into an antagonist as his desire to live forever consumes him, seeking all the knowledge in the world, making him do evil deeds. After being persecuted from his ninja village for unethically experimenting on his fellow citizens, he was banished for good, but that angered him into revenge and he returned, consuming Naruto’s village, managing to lure Sasuke who was drunk in pain and sought revenge. For this evil maniac, a smooth mousse cake is excellent. Its delicate nature is equal to Orochimaru's fragile ego and his maniacal plans too.
Perhaps the craziest sensei or rather ninja, who loves writing romance novels (he’s a pervert after all) that is enjoyed by Kakashi (blissfully unaware about the author) and many others, Jiraiya is one the legendary 3 ninjas and wanders around as a hermit. He taught Naruto’s father, Minato, as a child, and took on Naruto as his final student, passing on all his knowledge to him eventually. He has quite the fun with Naruto who gets frustrated often at his failures and Jiraiya who regularly turns into a skirt-chaser much to the irritation of Naruto. A crazy donut for this perverted but incredible geezer is perfect.