Guide to Puerto Rican Pastries (2024)

FAQs

What is the most popular pastry in Puerto Rico? ›

Quesitos are Puerto Rico's most popular treat and can be found almost everywhere – from bakeries to coffee shops and even supermarkets.

Traditional seasonal desserts include tembleque, a silky coconut custard; and arroz con dulce, rice pudding with cinnamon and raisins. Other traditional desserts include flan, a vanilla custard cake; and casquitos de guayaba, guava paste paired with local white cheese.

While there are many ways to eat mofongo, it's typically served with chicken, shrimp or beans and rice. For a traditional dish found across Puerto Rico, you can't go wrong with mofongo.

Loiza Dark is Puerto Rico's premiere single-origin chocolate brand.

Limber is essentially a Puerto Rican-style ice cream.

It has the texture of a popsicle but it is frozen in a plastic cup.

Stir together coconut milk, sugar, and salt in a saucepan. Spoon 3 to 4 tablespoons coconut milk mixture into a small bowl and stir in cornstarch until dissolved; pour into the saucepan. Bring mixture to a boil while stirring constantly; cook until smooth and thick, about 5 minutes.

We have to start, of course, with the national drink of Puerto Rico, the piña colada. The origins of this signature drink are hotly debated to this day. Most accounts agree on the fact that the drink was invented in San Juan.

The pilon is made of wood and stone and it includes a small hammer. The hammer is use to smash garlic and other foods. The pilon originated in Mexico, Puerto Rico, etc it is basically came from the Hispanic culture. It is also used for herbs, spices, and medicine.

What is a popular dessert in Puerto Rico? ›

Arroz con Dulce is a traditional Puerto Rican dessert that combines the delicious flavors of rice, coconut, cinammon, cloves and raisins. We bring you the recipe for one of Puerto Rico's most traditional summer treat: limber! Bring out the lemons! This recipe is a crowd favorite!

These small hotels must have more than seven and less than 75 rooms to be considered a parador. Paradores are bigger than a Bed & Breakfast and smaller than a hotel. There are around 13 paradores in Puerto Rico.

This amalgamation of traditions produced varied expressions of craftsmanship: musical instruments, masks, carved wooden saints (santos), furniture, rag dolls, textiles, and drums.

1. Churros. Let's start with the most iconic Spanish dessert – churros. Served piping hot from cafés, churro bars, and street vendors, these delectable fried dough fritters are traditionally a late-night snack in Spain.

In Puerto Rico, the word piragua refers to a frozen treat made of shaved ice and covered with fruit-flavored syrup. Unlike the American snow cone which is round and resembles a snowball, the piragua is pointy and shaped like a pyramid.

Empanadillas/empanadas are larger in size. Pastelillos are smaller. They both contain meat, like beef, pork, ground turkey, cheese, guayaba paste or crab meat.