Sweets

Pulparindo is a tamarind and chili flavour sweet bar, a favourite treat for millions of Mexicans. Its sweet, salty and spicy flavour is one of my favourites too! My Irish niece and nephew love it. Made by De La Rosa, one...

Tarrito means 'tankard' in Spanish. These little 'tankard' lollipops are not only super cute, but they taste pretty good too. Made with a pineapple flavour slightly resembling pineapple beer, they are completely non-alcoholic.

Enjoy them as a treat. One of...

This is a classic Mexican sweet. Chili in the outside, sweet in the inside. This lollipop has plenty of chili and below the spicy layer, a sweet mango shaped lollipop awaits. Not for the faint hearted! 

Detail: Vero Mango Lollipop, 

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Skwinkles are an odd sweet very, very popular in Mexico. They are chamoy flavoured, spicy, soft-candy strips very similar to jellies, only with a sweet and spicy taste to them. I love them as they bring me back home....

This is a classic Mexican sweet. Chili in the outside, sweet in the inside. This lollipop has plenty of chili and below the spicy layer, a sweet corn (elote) shaped lollipop awaits. Not for the faint hearted! 

Detail: Vero...

Skwinkles are an odd sweet very, very popular in Mexico. They are Pineapple flavoured, spicy, soft-candy strips very similar to jellies, only with a sweet and spicy taste to them. These Skwinkles are 'rellenos' or stuffed with tamarind flavour candy. ...

Rockaleta is the bad ass of all lollypops, there's no point on beating around the bushes on this one. It's a fourth layer soft and hard candy lolly that encapsulates a bubble gum centre. Every Mexican kid (and some...

Piloncillo is the rawest form of sugar in Mexico. It is made of sugar cane juice that has been poured into cone-shaped molds and heated until harden. It is been made in Mexico since Aztec times and it was...

PupparinDots are small balls of soft tamarind fruit, guajillo chilli and citric acid. They are hard in the outside and soft in the middle.  They're the ultimate sweet, sour and spicy treat. They're a little like those chewing gum balls we...

Cajeta is a sort of Dulce de Leche made with goats milk in Mexico. It is a deliciously creamy, thick sauce made mainly by slowly heating goat's milk and sugar until the mixture has caramelised. One of my favourite...