1-day itinerary

Fes Sweet Tooth Food Trail - Pastries, Honey and Almond Sweets

Fes is famous for its refined, often sweet-savoury cooking, and its pastry tradition is the richest in Morocco. This trail follows the city's sweets, from honey-soaked chebakia to almond briouas and the sweet vermicelli seffa.

City: Fes
Length: 1 day
Style: Day-by-day eating plan

The plan, day by day

Follow it in order, morning to night — each day builds on the last.

A Day of Fassi Sweets

1

Morning

Start with sellou, the toasted-flour and almond blend, and mint tea near the Nejjarine fountain.
2

Late morning

Taste honey-soaked chebakia and ghriba biscuits at the medina sweet stalls.
3

Lunch

A seffa medfouna, sweet vermicelli dusted with cinnamon and sugar over hidden chicken.
4

Afternoon

Almond briouas and gazelle-horn pastries with tea on a shaded terrace.
5

Evening

Finish with a chicken pastilla, whose cinnamon-and-sugar dusting bridges sweet and savoury.

Practical tips

Fassi sweets are richer and more numerous than in most Moroccan cities, so pace yourself.
Chebakia, sellou, ghriba and briouas are the classic sweets to seek out.
Pastilla shows the Fassi love of sweet-savoury, with its cinnamon-and-sugar crust over savoury poultry.
Buy sweets from a busy medina pastry stall for freshness, and take a box home.
To arrange a guided food walk with a local host, message WhatsApp wa.me/212701664704 or call +212 701 664 704.

Frequently asked questions

Why is Fes known for sweets?

Its refined court and merchant cooking developed an elaborate pastry tradition, so Fes has the richest range of Moroccan sweets, from chebakia to briouas and seffa.

What is seffa medfouna?

Seffa medfouna is sweet steamed vermicelli, dusted with cinnamon and sugar and studded with almonds, hiding a layer of spiced chicken beneath, a classic Fassi sweet-savoury dish.

What sweets should I take home from Fes?

Chebakia, ghriba biscuits, almond briouas and sellou all travel reasonably well and make excellent edible souvenirs.

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