Mexico Food: 5 All-Time Favorite Mexican Snacks That You Should Try

Mexican snacks or "botanas" are like the Mexican dishes served in every household in Mexico, with basic ingredients such as corn, chili, fruits, and vegetables.

According to Snack History, the Mexican snack culture is also based on the traditional flavors of lime, salt, caramel, tamarind, and chili. Aside from homemade Mexican snacks, there are also some snacks that can be store-bought.

Mexico: 5 All-Time Favorite Mexican Snacks

The usual Mexican snacks can be accessible through neighborhood "abarrotes," liquor stores, and supermarkets. Here are five all-time favorite snacks in Mexico that you should try.

Gansitos

The Mexican snack gansitos or "little goose" is a snack cake filled with strawberry jelly or cream, covered with chocolate with a sprinkled topping.

It is similar to the United States' snack twinkies. It was created in 1957 by Grupo Bimbo, which was affiliated with the world's largest baking company Marinela, as the Eater website reported.

The first Gansitos snack-cake order was for 500 units and took eight hours to create since the process was done by hand at the time. Marinela's hit with the snack cake delivered success to the whole family, with it becoming the most iconic pastry of the company.

Oblea con Cajeta

The wafer snack was invented in the Mexican town of Celaya in Guanajuato state. It is a dulce-de-leche style spread with bits made from goat's milk. According to The Infatuation, the texture of oblea con cajeta is a crispy, papery wafer that is wrapped around a chewy caramel.

De la Rosa Mazapan

De la Rosa's Mazapan is considered to be a timeless Mexican snack that is usually sold in bodegas across the country. Mazapans are sweet, with a taste of peanut, and have a tinge of difference from the almond-based marzipan.

The snack is mainly made of crushed peanuts, sugar, and other artificial flavoring. Jesus Michael Gonzalez and his family started doing hand-made candy at home in 1942, birthing Mazapan. Gonzales said it is a candy made for the people and the people gave it its name, according to the Dulces de la Rosa website.

Elote

Aside from store-bought and processed snacks, Mexico also prides itself on elote. It is a corn street meal that consists of a corn cob coated with lime and mayonnaise.

The street snack is then rolled in cotija cheese crumbles and chili powder, as Snack History reported. In recent years, it has also been found in upscale restaurants worldwide, where it is served as an international delicacy.

Mangonada

Mangonada, also known as Mangoneada or Chimango, is a favorite in Mexico, especially during summertime. It is a combination of fruit sorbet, lime, Tajin, liquid chamoy, and mango chunks.

Liquid chamoy is a savory condiment that is created from pickled fruit. According to Dish Roots, Mangonada is a sweet, spicy, and sour dessert that quenches one's thirst during a hot summer day.

It instantly became popular in the United States after Mexican fruit popsicle stores started to spread it across the U.S. in 2010.

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Written by: Mary Webber

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