Which Thai dessert is also called gold egg-yolks drops?

Thong yot is the Thai dessert also known as “gold egg-yolks drops.”

It is made by combining egg yolks with flour and sugar, then forming the mixture into small rounded drops that cook in a sugar syrup. The finished sweets are glossy, golden, and tender, with a texture that contrasts with the more flower-shaped thong yip or the molded thong ek.

Thong yot is one of Thailand’s nine auspicious traditional desserts. Its name means “golden drop,” and the imagery of gold gives it a symbolic connection with wealth and blessings. It is therefore served at important occasions including weddings and other ceremonies, where auspicious foods carry wishes for prosperity.

The dessert is part of a family of Thai egg-yolk sweets associated with Maria Guyomar de Pinha, a Japanese-Portuguese cook in the Ayutthaya royal court during King Narai’s reign. Thong yot is often described as having roots in Portuguese sweets, especially ovos moles from Portugal’s Aveiro region. The related names are easy to confuse: thong yot means golden drops, thong yip means pinched gold egg yolks, and foi thong refers to golden strands.