Fast food restaurants are best known for savoury snacks and fried goods – but sweet-toothed customers are certainly not neglected. Pretty much every chain serves at least one sweet treat, with special variations regularly joining the menu. From Tim Hortons’ Timbits and Taco Bell’s cinnamon twists to one-off and market-specific creations like McDonald’s corn pies, we rate the best fast food dessert items of all time.

Click or scroll through our gallery as we count down to the ultimate fast food dessert ever created. Have your favourites made our list?

Our ranking is based on reviews, accolades and the popularity of each item, taking into account sales, longevity and the reaction to the products at the time of their release.

Ranked: the best fast food dessert items of all time