Guatemalan Dessert Recipes
Champurradas with coffee, rellenitos from the street cart, torrejas at Christmas and a hot cup of atol de elote: Guatemala’s sweets are corn, plantain and panela.
+5Guatemalan desserts come from the market and the holidays. Rellenitos de plátano, plantain stuffed with sweet black beans, and plátanos en mole show the plantain side; champurradas are the sesame cookies dunked in coffee; torrejas and buñuelos arrive at Christmas; and atol de elote is dessert in a cup. Every recipe below is written for a home kitchen.
Champurradas
Large, flat, crunchy cookies topped with sesame seeds, made for dunking in Guatemalan coffee.
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A Guide to Guatemalan Desserts
Guatemalan sweets follow the calendar. Day of the Dead brings dulce de ayote and fiambre; December brings torrejas and buñuelos in panela syrup; and any afternoon calls for champurradas with coffee or a cup of atol de elote. From the street carts come rellenitos de plátano and plátanos en mole, both built on the ripe plantain.
Start with the roundup of Guatemalan desserts, then browse Latin desserts by country, Guatemalan breakfast and the full Guatemalan food hub.
For the baked side of the region's sweets, see our country-by-country guide to Latin American and Spanish cakes and pastries.
Shaved ice and frozen fruit feature in our guide to Latin American and Spanish frozen treats.
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