Sweets in Nidam al-Tayyibatحلويات

pure cane molasses; often mixed with tahini

Blackstrap molasses (‘asal iswid), a by-product of cane sugar, is allowed by the system as a natural sugar; it is traditionally mixed with t…

Chocolate is allowed, dark, milk or white, despite the system's strict position on liquid milk, presumably by the same logic that allows pro…

Chocolate-hazelnut spread is allowed by the system, which has even cited it as an example of an acceptable sweet.

Date molasses is allowed as a natural sweetener, classically paired with tahini at breakfast.

Gummy candies are allowed by the method.

made only with white sugar and natural butter, without milk or cream

The system's “typical” dessert combines two Fundamentals: caramelized white sugar and natural butter, sometimes over white rice or dates. Th…

Jam is allowed at breakfast, on bran toast or with an aged cheese; it contains neither white flour nor egg.

Honey is allowed as a natural sweetener.

Popcorn is allowed as a snack.

Chips are allowed by the system, like the potato they come from.

Roasted pumpkin seeds, an Egyptian street snack, are allowed.

Sesame halva, made from tahini and sugar, is allowed at breakfast, on its own or with cheese.

5 to 15 tablespoons a day according to the system

Sugar is one of the system's five daily pillars, along with rice, potato, dates and butter: the method recommends 5 to 15 tablespoons of it …

Occasionally, version without egg or yogurt

The system tolerates store-bought basbousa because it contains neither egg nor yogurt, unlike other Middle Eastern pastries.

very rarely, healthy adults and children; without milk or vegetable oil

Dark chocolate and cocoa are placed in the purple zone (very rare) by one source, while another lists “chocolate” as generally allowed witho…

Except malban, foulia and nougat

The traditional sweets of the Mawlid are tolerated, with the exception of malban, foulia and nougat.

Sweeteners are among the system's most insistent prohibitions; it presents them as “poisons” and sets natural white sugar against them. “Sug…

Although the system encourages sugar, it forbids industrial candy because of colorings, flavorings, gelatin and high-fructose corn syrup. Th…

Industrial cookies are forbidden in the system for the same reasons as pastries: white flour, palm or vegetable oil, powdered milk and addit…

Ice cream is excluded because most recipes contain fresh milk and eggs, two ingredients the system rules out.

Middle Eastern pastries made with white flour are excluded: kunafa, zlabia, and by extension Moroccan dough-based sweets such as chebakia or…

Milk chocolate and industrial bars are forbidden: powdered milk, vegetable oils, emulsifiers and flavorings pile up the hidden ingredients t…

Cakes, loaf cakes and Middle Eastern pastries (baklava, konafa, chebakia) are forbidden: white flour, eggs, milk, vegetable oil and nuts all…

milk version forbidden; rice with butter and sugar tolerated

Traditional rice pudding is forbidden because of the milk, despite the rice and sugar, which are fundamentals. Instead, the system offers a …

Malban (Egyptian Turkish delight) and industrial fruit jellies are forbidden by the system: cornstarch, colorings, flavorings and often forb…