# The best traditional Mexican sweets

Traditional sweets of Mexico, almost all handmade and of indigenous or convent heritage, that repeat most in guides and recipe books.

- 115 votes · 16 items
- Dec 18, 2023 · croqueta_puebla
- https://even.best/en/l/131/the-best-traditional-mexican-sweets

## Top 15

1. **Cajeta de Celaya** (14 · ▲15 ▼1) — Goat's milk caramel cooked with sugar, famous in Celaya (Guanajuato).
2. **Quince paste (ate)** (11 · ▲11 ▼0) — Fruit paste (quince, guava) typical of Morelia, eaten with cheese.
3. **Cocadas** (8 · ▲9 ▼1) — Grated coconut with sugar and milk, baked or as a bar.
4. **Alegrías** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — Amaranth bars with honey or piloncillo, of pre-Hispanic origin; Tulyehualco (Mexico City) holds a fair for them.
5. **Borrachitos** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — Milk and starch sweets with liqueur, rolled in sugar, typical of Puebla.
6. **Peanut mazapán** (6 · ▲8 ▼2) — The De la Rosa brand (Guadalajara, 1942) is a corner-shop classic.
7. **Palanquetas** (6 · ▲7 ▼1) — Toasted peanuts or pumpkin seeds with piloncillo or honey, crunchy.
8. **Obleas con cajeta** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — Two thin wafers with cajeta in between, a fair treat.
9. **Glorias de Linares** (4 · ▲6 ▼2) — Goat's milk fudge with pecans wrapped in red cellophane, from Nuevo León.
10. **Chilli tamarind sweets** (4 · ▲6 ▼2) — Tamarind pulp with sugar and chilli, the Mexican sweet-sour-spicy taste.
11. **Jamoncillo** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Milk, sugar and cinnamon fudge cooked in a copper pot.
12. **Camote poblano** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Sweet potato bars with sugar and fruit flavours, from the Santa Clara convent in Puebla.
13. **Sugar skulls** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Decorated sugar skulls for the Day of the Dead.
14. **Dulce de leche quemada** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Milk and sugar cooked until caramelised, from Zacatecas and Jalisco.
15. **Muéganos** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Fried dough cubes stuck together with piloncillo syrup, from Puebla.
16. **Pepitorias** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — Pumpkin seeds with piloncillo between coloured wafers, from Guanajuato.

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