Sweets are of many types owing to the ingredients that they are made up of.

Dry fruit sweets are made from cashew nuts, almonds, pista, and dried coconut kernal. These sweets do not contain any added flavors. Such sweets have a shelf life of 30 days.

In India, halwa`s popularity became the root of halvais, the confectioners caste. Many Indian versions are made with semolina and ghee. Depending upon where you go, you can find types that use spices, nuts, or seeds. Non-semolina-based confections can be made from zedoary flour or veg (carrot, potatoes, beets or squash), fruit (bananas, mangoes, papayas) or legumes (lentils, peanuts, moong beans). Other ingredients can include cream, egg custard or coconut milk and can be flavoured with any number of nuts, spices and/or dried fruits.

Khoya or mawa is a dairy product. Khoya is used in making many sweets dishes and gravy vegetables. It is considered as one of the important dairy products and in many houses it is very commonly used. Khoya can be made at home, though the method is little tedious. It is prepared by boiling and reducing the milk to a semi-solid stage. There are different types of khoya depending on the use of ingredients and moisture content. Dry fruit sweets are made from cashew nuts, almonds, pista, and dried coconut kernal. These sweets do not contain any added flavors. Such sweets have a shelf life of 30 days.

These sweets are modern sweets and are readily available in all sweet shops across the country. They are used for Gift hampers for the festive season because they have a long shelf life and are not easily perishable.

These sweets are made into various shapes and colours. They are made in the shapes of some fruits like apple, strawberry etc.

Some famous dryfruit sweets include: kaju katli, anjir rolls,kaju anjeer moon , kesari kaju katli, anarkali, apple,butterscotch almond ,chocolate almond, dryfruit flower, kaju bonbon, kaju kalinger, kaju pista roll, kalash etc.Other popular sweets includes Namkeen and Confectioneries.

Indian sweets are not only popular in India but abroad as well. The non resident Indians settled abroad are sure shot customers but the foreigners equally have developed a taste for Indian sweets. All Indian festivals are celebrated abroad with a lot of pomp and show, So the demand of sweets is also very high during festive and wedding seasons.

Indian sweets are famous abroad is also understood by the fact that there are a number of branded sweet shops that have opened their branches across the globe. There are many Indian restaurants in every part of the world. All serve Indian sweets because of its demand.