115 fritter recipes

Apple matzo fritters with sliced apples, matzo meal, and cinnamon sugar topping. Crispy Passover-friendly dessert in 30 minutes. Kosher for Pesach.

Deep-fried apple fritters with diced apples in a simple egg batter, served with a homemade maple-brown sugar syrup. Crispy outside, tender and fruity inside.

Savory pumpkin fritters with canned pumpkin, eggs, and a hint of pepper, deep-fried golden. Serve with ham or bacon for a heritage brunch classic.

Lemon fritters: puffy, golden drop fritters fried until crisp and showered with a bright lemon sugar sauce. An old-fashioned skillet dessert done in 30 minutes.

Mexican-style shrimp fritters: light, souffle-textured chopped shrimp fritters served with a chunky tomato and green chile sauce. Crispy outside, fluffy inside, with real heat.

Filipino okoy fritters made with shrimp, sliced bean curd, and mung bean sprouts in a crispy batter, served with a soy-garlic dipping sauce. A classic Filipino street food snack fried until golden and crunchy.

Matzoh fritters stuffed with currants, almonds, and dried apricots, lightened with folded egg whites and fried golden. A Passover-friendly treat with bright lemon flavor.

Crispy, golden blueberry fritters rolled in powdered sugar. Just 20 minutes and a handful of pantry staples get you a batch of 25 bite-sized treats that disappear fast.

Golden fried clam fritters made with chopped clams, a light batter of flour, eggs, and milk, dropped by the spoonful into hot oil. Crispy New England-style seafood bites.

French fruit fritters with a light, airy batter made from separated eggs and lemon juice. Dip any fruit in the batter and deep fry until golden. Dust with powdered sugar.

French-style fruit fritters: apple, orange, or pineapple slices macerated in lemon and sugar, dipped in an egg-white-lightened batter, and deep-fried golden. Serve with powdered sugar or syrup.

Fresh apricots stuffed with almonds, soaked in rum, then dipped in cinnamon batter and deep-fried until golden for a show-stopping dessert.

Protein-rich lentil patties blended with aromatics, coated in crispy bread crumbs, and baked until golden. Served in warm pitas with tangy cabbage slaw for a satisfying vegetarian sandwich.

Banana fritters dredge ripe banana pieces in flour, dip in a light water batter, then deep-fry to golden crisp. Hot, crackly Asian-style street snack served with ice cream.

Holderkuechle are traditional German elderberry blossom fritters dipped in pancake batter and deep-fried until golden, then dusted with sugar. A seasonal springtime treat made with foraged elderflowers.

Deep-fried pineapple fritters with crushed pineapple folded into the batter, served with a brown sugar and pineapple juice sauce. Crispy outside, fruity and tender inside.