Dessert, Mexican Recipes

Cocada imperial: a silky Brazilian coconut custard pudding made with fresh coconut, homemade reduced milk, and egg yolks. A beloved tropical dessert from Portuguese colonial kitchens.

Mexican wedding cookies shaped into crescents with butter, crushed pecans, powdered sugar, and vanilla. Tender, crumbly, and melt-in-your-mouth with just six ingredients.

Granny Smith apple pie with a flaky homemade crust and a buttery brown sugar crumble topping spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg. From-scratch apple pie the way it should be.

No-bake low-calorie fruit truffles made with mashed bananas, orange juice and zest, ground almonds, rolled in cocoa and crushed almond coating. Naturally sweet, gluten-free.

Lemon cats' paw cookies piped from almond dough with lemon zest and vanilla, sandwiched and dipped in dark chocolate. An elegant bakery-style cookie worth the effort.

Fresh ginger cheesecake with a ground pecan crust, featuring three forms of ginger: preserves, ground, and fresh grated. A rich, spicy cheesecake baked low and slow, garnished with candied ginger.

Mexican chocolate sauce made with unsweetened chocolate, Kahlua coffee liqueur, cream, butter, and corn syrup. Rich, pourable, and keeps in the fridge for up to three months.

Mexican chocolate wedding cakes rolled in powdered sugar with unsweetened chocolate, brown sugar, butter, and chopped nuts. A rich, crumbly chocolate twist on the classic polvorones cookie.

Golden color and rich flavor is achieved by the caramelization of the sugar, and the addition of orange rind.

Velvety custard flan with a double dose of caramel from both a golden sugar base and melted caramel candy in the custard itself. A Mexican-inspired make-ahead dessert with a gorgeous amber sauce.

Treat your friends to dessert with this fruity and scrumptious dish that will have everyone licking their lips!

Warm flour tortillas baked with fresh strawberries, bananas, and cinnamon brown sugar butter, then topped with vanilla sour cream whip. A fun 30-minute dessert the whole family will love.

Chocolate mint rice pudding layered in sherbet glasses, lightened with whipped cream and egg whites, studded with cooked rice and swirls of mint jelly.

Bananas in rum caramel sauce with pineapple juice, cinnamon, and butter, served over vanilla ice cream. A quick stovetop dessert ready in 30 minutes.

Fruit salsa sundaes scoop vanilla ice cream into crisp tortilla bowls and top with peaches, strawberries, candied ginger, and lime zest. A Tex-Mex inspired summer dessert that takes 25 minutes.

Chocolate rice pudding made with Mexican chocolate, cinnamon, and vanilla, set with gelatin and layered with Kahlua-spiked whipped cream. A rich Mexican-inspired dessert.