How to Indulge your Sweet Tooth in Mexico

Mexico's sugary treats are a little kid's wildest dream and a diabetic's nightmare.

Here's a list of the top ten sweet things you should try if you visit Mexico:

1. Miguelitos

In Mexico, they put chilli in everything... 

Chilli & chocolate, chilli & mints, chilli & sherbert (see above)

and many more weird and wonderful combinations!

2. Pan Dulce/ Pan de Fiesta

Deliciously fattening: sugary bread, perfect for fiestas or a mid-day snack.

My friend Alma treated me for lunch today.

We started healthily with a soup and salad

then ended on a sugar high with pan dulce filled with nieve (ice cream).

Loved the textures and sweetness.

3.Pastel 

                                              Birthday cake from a local pasteleria.

                          Topped with mango, pineapple and a glace cherry. Chosen by Ale :)

                        (And yes, if you look closely, you can see the bitemark in my cake. See

                                                previous post for explanation!!)

4. Pozol

Mexican legend states that if you drink posol 

(traditional Mayan drink made from fermented corn dough with cocoa),

you will return to the place where you drank it.

Does this mean I'm going back to Chiapas?

45 Jamoncillo

Dulce made from pumpkin seeds, milk and sugar.

A traditional poblano sweet.

.6. Jugo de toronja y guayaba

Sweet guyaba (plus a sprinking of sugar) 

compliments the sourness of the citrus fruit, toronja.

7. Mango

You don't know what mango tastes like until you go to a country which grows it.

Divine.

(If Mexican, add chilli as desired)

8. Dulce de Leche

Personally, I'm not a fan. But this sickly sweet

confection made from caramelizing milk

remains popular all over Latin America.

You can eat it with toast or on its own (gross!)

9. Alegrias

Nutty, seedy, sugary delights

10. Borrachitos

Another poblano delicacy. 

A bit like turkish delight but with a hint of tequila;

hence the name.

Jokes about Borachitos-the people not the sweets-in Spanish

Amigo de borrachito: ¿Quieres tomar un taxi?

Borrachito: ¡No, ya no quiero mezclar!

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Borrachito: Bebí para olvidar de ella. ¡Pero ahora la veo doble!

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