36 Insanely Delicious And Easy Mexican Desserts
Mexican food is one of the most popular dishes in the world from Migas to Taquito, there are so many varieties. The desserts from Mexico are equally delicious. I have you covered with the best Mexican desserts. These desserts will surely make you want to have more.
Let’s find the best
Recipes For Mexican Desserts
1. Rumchata Cupcakes
It is one of the yummiest Mexican dessert recipes that are ready to be served in only half an hour. The cake is creamy and will remind you of milky alcohol. I had tried Rumchata cupcakes in my friend’s house and I simply loved it.
You need to preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. With the combination of Rumchata, cinnamon, butter, eggs, sugar you can make this delicious dessert.
2. Mexican Bunuelos
It is one of the best desserts for holidays, especially for Christmas and New Year.
It takes around an hour to make.
With a combination of all-purpose flour, cinnamon, baking powder, salt, granulated sugar you can make this lovely dessert.
It tastes super good with a crispy surface and fluffiness inside. They are made in two different shapes either flattened or round shape with a hole in the center.
3. Mexican Chocolate Cake
I am a big fan of chocolate cake but Mexican chocolate cake takes it to the next level. It is moist, and tastes wonderful. I thought it is difficult to make but it is quite easy.
Though it takes around an hour to make, the wait is completely worth it.
To make this you need to preheat the oven to 325°F. With a combination of all-purpose flour, chocolate chips, baking soda, eggs, cocoa powder, and vanilla extract you can make this mouth-watering dessert.
I simply love this Mexican cake.
4. Pineapple Empanadas
Empanadas can be sweet or savory but this one is sweet and special.
These empanadas are one of my favorite Mexican desserts. It is a crowd-pleaser.
It takes around 40 minutes to make.
To make it you need to preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
The ingredients needed are cream cheese, all-purpose flour, pineapple, butter, and egg.
5. Sopapilla Cheesecake
It is a great dessert after the meal. It takes 40 minutes to make the dessert. You need to preheat the oven to 350°F.
With a combination of Pillsbury crescent rolls, vanilla extract, sugar, and butter you can make this wonderful dessert. Now you don’t need to go to a restaurant to enjoy this dessert.
You can make it whenever you want. You can serve it warm or cold, both taste yummy.
6. Apple Pie Taquitos
These taquitos are pretty simple to make, they are crunchy and so delicious. To make this you need to preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Now with a combination of tortillas, butter, apple pie filling, and sugar, you can make this dessert.
Instead of apple pie fillings, you can try other fillings as well and it will still taste good. The crunchy and sweet combination do wonders for the dessert.
You can’t stop yourself with just one or two. This is one of the most loved desserts in Mexico.
7. Horchata
This traditional Mexican drink is quite easy to make and is very refreshing.
You need a blender to make this drink.
With a mix of cinnamon sticks, rice, vanilla extracts, and almond you can make this lovely drink.
If you want to make it alcoholic then add rum.
8. Mexican Churros
Though it looks similar to Spanish churros the taste is quite different. It is best to serve churros fresh but even when you have leftovers you can reheat and enjoy them, and will still taste good.
It takes around half an hour to prepare Mexican Churros.
All you need to do is heat the oil to 375°F. You need a mix of all-purpose flour, butter, eggs, and vanilla extract to make churros and then decorate with cinnamon and sugar.
Serve it with chocolate and caramel dip. It looks golden brown and tastes so delicious. Mexican churros are crispy. The inner part is fluffy.
The kids and the entire family love it. I don’t wait for any special occasion to make it. I make it every month twice or thrice.
9. Margarita Cheesecake Mousse
This is a no-bake dessert and takes around 90 minutes to make.
It is a great combination of tequila and cheesecake.
To make it you need a mix of graham crackers, cream cheese, whipped cream, tequila, and vanilla extract.
10. Mexican Sweet Corn Cake
You don’t have to wait for any special day to make this dessert. Every day is special so make it whenever you want to enjoy it. It takes around one hour to make the dessert. You need to preheat the oven to 350°F.
With a combination of masa corn flour, sugar, cornmeal, baking powder, and butter you can make this wonderful dish.
You can drizzle fruit syrup or caramel as toppings as well, it will taste great. The cake is soft and moist. Serve it warm with ice cream and it will be such a treat after the meal.
11. Churro White Chocolate Chip Cookies
This is one of the yummiest Mexican desserts and takes around half an hour to make.
To make it you need to preheat the oven to 330°F.
With a combination of vanilla extract, white chocolate chips, eggs, all-purpose flour, and butter you can make this lovely cookie.
12. Dulche De Leche
It is a sweet condiment that can be enjoyed with cookies or as a bread spread. You can also mix it with your hot chocolate and you will love it. It takes around 3 hours to prepare the sauce.
Preheat the oven to 425°F. It requires sweetened condensed milk. I hosted a party recently and I used it as an ice cream topping and everyone loved it.
13. Dulce de Leche Donuts
Who doesn’t love donuts?
It is one of the most popular Mexican desserts.
The ingredients needed are eggs, milk, all-purpose flour, vanilla extract, cinnamon, and Dulce de Leche filling.
14. Tres Leches Cake
It is one of the most popular Mexican desserts. Tres Leches means three types of milk. You need to preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
With a mix of vanilla, butter, eggs, cake flour, Nestle condensed milk, and heavy whipped cream you can make this mouth-watering dessert.
It has three types of milk sweet condensed milk, evaporated milk, and heavy cream. The cake tastes best when you serve it cold. To make it look better you can use strawberries as toppings.
15. Strawberry, Basil, And Honey Paletas
It is a Mexican frozen treat.
To make it you need an ice pop maker, blender, and popsicle sticks.
The ingredients needed are basil, honey, strawberries, and lime juice.
16. Mexican Wedding Cookies
You don’t need to wait for a wedding to make it, whenever you wish to make it you can enjoy this nutty cookie with coffee or tea. You need to preheat the oven to 400°F.
With a mix of butter, flour, all-purpose flour, vanilla extract, pecans, and sugar you can make these delicious cookies.
It is also known as snowballs or butter balls as it is white and has butter in them.
17. Baked Churro Chips
To make these lovely chips you need to first preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
With a combination of tortillas, cinnamon, cooking spray, and butter you can make these lovely chips.
18. Mexican Fried Ice Cream
Mexican Fried Ice Cream? Sounds so interesting! It tastes delicious too. Now you don’t need to go to any fancy restaurant to have it.
You can enjoy it with your family in the comfort of your home. To make this you need a cookie sheet and a cast-iron skillet.
With a combination of vanilla ice cream or any other flavor of your choice, butter, whipped cream, cinnamon, fudge sauce, and fried cornflakes you can make this wonderful dessert.
Drizzle it with melted chocolate or caramel, this will make your day special.
19. Margarita Bars
I like to make these bars whenever I host parties as it is the crowd’s favorite.
To make it you need to preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
It takes around an hour to make.
The ingredients needed are eggs, tequila, lime zest, flour, and pretzels.
20. Mexican Rice Pudding
This is one of my favorite Mexican desserts. It is also called Arroz Con Leche. To make this you need a mix of rice, vanilla extract, milk, and sugar. It tastes great whether served warm or cold.
You can add raisins, shredded coconut, nutmeg, or cinnamon as toppings.
21. Mexican Hot Chocolate Pie
To make this lovely pie you need to preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
In just 45 minutes with a combination of cooking spray, butter, dark chocolate, cornstarch, egg yolks, and cinnamon you can make this lovely pie.
22. Churro Apple Pie
This is again a popular Mexican dessert. You need a combination of apples, churro bowls, cornstarch, nutmeg, heavy cream, and lemon juice. It tastes amazing.
I had this in a restaurant and since then I tried making it so many times but I did not get that taste, gradually I found the proportionate amount of ingredients needed to make it taste awesome and I don’t need to go anywhere to enjoy Churros apple pie.
23. Frozen Margarita Pie
To make this pie you need a pie pan, measuring cups and spoons, a food processor, a whisk, glass measuring cup.
The ingredients needed are butter, heavy cream, tequila blanco, graham crackers, and heavy cream.
24. Mexican Cinnamon Cookies
Cinnamon cookies are a hit in my family. Everybody loves it. I make it for every special occasion in my family. I have noticed that my guests always praise me for these cookies and who doesn’t like praises?
To make this you need to preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. With a combination of cookie dough, Mexican cinnamon Canela, cinnamon, baking powder, flour, and sugar you can make these wonderful cookies.
25. Horchata Cupcakes
It is pretty easy to make and takes only half an hour.
You need to preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
With a combination of horchata, baking powder, all-purpose flour, cinnamon, egg whites you can make these lovely pancakes.
26. Capirotada
It is Mexican bread pudding. Once you will taste this dish I can assure you, you will want to make it again and again. To make this you need to preheat the oven to 350°F.
With the combination of French rolls, cloves, shredded cheese, piloncillo, and butter you can make this mouth-watering recipe.
It is luscious and sweet. It will surely be loved by anyone who has a sweet tooth.
27. Mexican Flan
It is a custard dessert with a cheesecake-like texture. To make this delicious dessert you need to preheat the oven to 350°F.
With a mix of cubed cream cheese, vanilla extract, condensed milk, eggs, and evaporated milk you can make this Mexican dessert.
It tastes so good and just melts in your mouth. It is easy to make and today is the best day to treat your family with caramel Mexican flan.
28. Baked Apple Empanadas
I get very excited if I have to make an apple dessert. I think anything to do with apple tastes simply great. You need to make sweet pastry dough. Now preheat the oven to 375°F.
With the combination of Honeycrisp apples, cinnamon, all-purpose flour, Mexican piloncillo, and vanilla extract you can make this super delicious dessert. The recipe is pretty easy and you can make it any time.
29. Creamy Mexican Hot Chocolate
Mexican hot chocolate is a little spicy when I mention little that means almost negligible, you won’t have to drink water to get rid of spiciness. But it is a welcome change from sweet hot chocolate.
As for toppings, you can either have chocolate or marshmallows.
To make this you need a mix of cocoa powder, cayenne pepper, milk, condensed milk, and bittersweet chocolate.
As toppings apart from the ones I mentioned above you can also try cinnamon or whipped cream.
30. Mexican Brownies
There are two different versions of brownies. If you use melted chocolate to make brownies then it will be fudgy and more decadent and if you use cocoa powder then it will be more like a cake.
This one is cocoa powder-based. It takes close to an hour to make the brownies. You need to preheat the oven to 350°F.
With the combination of instant coffee, vanilla extract, cocoa powder, all-purpose flour, dark chocolate chips, and eggs you can make this wonderful dessert.
31. Mayan Chocolate Biscotti Recipe
This one is one of the most favorite desserts in my family. I get the request to make it all the time and no matter what I have to make it at least twice a month.
To make it you need to preheat the oven to 350°F. With a mix of vanilla extract, pecans, butter, baking powder, coffee liqueur, and all-purpose flour you can make this delicious Mexican dessert.
32. Chocoflan Impossible Cake
It is one of the most gorgeous-looking cakes. Just by looking at the picture you want to have it then and there. But let’s get into the details of the recipe and then you and your family can have it later in the day.
It is pretty easy to make. The texture and taste both are outstanding. It takes close to 90 minutes to make it.
You need to preheat the oven to 350°F. With a combination of sweetened condensed milk, vanilla extract, cocoa flour, cream cheese, vanilla extract, and buttermilk you can make this lovely dessert.
Use Cajeta as toppings and you will win lots of praise for sure.
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33. Conchas
It is also called pan dulce. This is one of the best-looking desserts. It tastes great as well. It takes around 45 minutes to prepare. You need to preheat the oven to 350°F.
With a combination of melted butter, dry yeast, all-purpose flour, evaporated milk, cocoa powder, and food color you can make this delicious dessert.
You can use instant yeast also but the process will be a little different. You can have it with coffee or hot chocolate.
34. Churro Pancakes With Sweet Milk Glaze
To make this pancake you need to preheat the oven to 200°F.
With a mix of all-purpose flour, baking powder, nutmeg, cinnamon, and baking soda you can make this lovely dessert.
35. Calito Di Limon
This is one of the most delicious Mexican cakes.
It takes a little more than 2 hours to make.
The ingredients include Maria cookies, evaporated milk, lime zest, vanilla extract, and lime juice.
36. Classic Mexican Chocolate Cake
It requires 20 minutes of prep time and 35 minutes of cooking time.
The ingredients include unsweetened cocoa powder, baking powder, all-purpose flour, cinnamon and eggs.