Mexico: 5 Delicious Mexican Pastries to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth

While Mexico is known for spicy food, its people are also known for having a sweet tooth. Mexican pastries are quite unique, using Spanish techniques mixed with local ingredients.

Mexico has a lot of legendary sweets, but we will tackle those famous sweet pastries rather than savory ones like meaty empanadas. Eating these pastries is a sweet way to start 2023 and may bring some sweetness into the new year.

Mexico: 5 Mexican Pastries For Your Sweet Tooth

Here are the five famous Mexican pastries many people really love, but no flan as it is not a pastry since it is considered more of a custard. Here are our picks.

Tres Leches Cake

When we talk about Latin cakes, there is certainly one that is mentioned more than any others: Pastel de Tres Leches or just Tres Leches. This moist and fluffy cake is simply a yellow sponge cake with three kinds of milk added: evaporated milk, condensed milk, and cream.

It is then coated with some whipped cream. It is not all-milk, though, as Insanely Good Recipes pointed out that some variants add toppings like strawberries and cinnamon.

Churros

It's winter, and the cold weather may have you wanting to tuck inside a blanket and sip some hot chocolate. Churros seem to be the perfect Mexican pastry for this cold season, as this beloved Mexican classic is often consumed with either hot cocoa or melted chocolate.

Sopapillas

Sopapillas are basically Mexico's answer to doughnuts. They are soft and pillowy on the inside and often have a slightly crispy exterior. These lovely fried pastries are often sprinkled with powdered sugar or lightly glazed with honey.

Conchas

Conchas are an extremely popular traditional Mexican sweet bread that was named after the conch shell for similarity in appearance, according to All Recipes..

Their exterior is quite colorful and crispy, while the inside is sweet and fluffy. The bread is often topped with a mixture of sugar, butter, and flour. Sometimes, food coloring is added to make them more colorful. These are akin to Japan's Melon Pan, a sweet bread topped with a mixture of sugar, butter, and flour.

Orejas

Orejas are a type of Mexican puff pastry cookie sold by panaderías all over Mexico. It takes inspiration from the French but has permeated Mexican culture, becoming one of the country's most loved desserts.

According to The Other Side of the taco, it was introduced in the late 1800s when Mexican President Porfirio Díaz allowed French influence to grow into Mexican cuisine. It flourished in the country around the 1900s.

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Written by: Rick Martin

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