• moronga
  • nachos
  • parilladas
  • pasties, a speciality of Cornwall, adopted as comida typical of Pachuca
  • Pejelagarto asado
  • picadillo
  • Poc chuc
  • pollo asado
  • pollo picado
  • pollo rostizado
  • polvorones
  • pozole
  • pulpo, octopus
  • quesadillas
  • rajas con crema
  • romeritos
  • sopes
  • sopa azteca
  • sopa de pescado siete mares, a seven-fished bouillabaise popular in the Gulf of California and Pacific areas
  • sopa de pollo
  • sopa de tortilla
  • sopa tarasca
  • sopapilla
  • tacos
    • taco al pastor
  • tamales
  • taquitos
  • Tortillas
  • Tortas (sandwiches)
  • tostadas
  • tlacoyos
  • tlayudas
  • tripas
  • venado, particularly in the Yucatan.


  • Tejate
  • Bacanora
  • Chocolate Generally known better as a drink rather than a candy or sweet
  • Atole or champurrado
  • Mexican beer and soft drinks are very popular and are major export products.
  • Aguas frescas
  • Mezcal
  • Michelada
  • Tepache
  • Tequila
  • Pulque, a popular drink of the Aztecs
  • Jarritos
  • Agua De Horchata
  • Barrilitos
 

  • Chongos zamoranos, a milk candy named for its place of origin, Zamora, Michoacán.
  • Jarritos (spicy tamarindo candy in a tiny pot), as well as a brand of soda
  • Pan dulce, sweet pastries in many shapes and sizes that are very popular for breakfast. Nearly every Mexican town has a bakery (panaderia) where these can purchased.
  • Pepitorias
  • Obleas
  • Glorias
  • Pan de Acambaro (Acambaro bread), named for its town of origin, Acambaro, Guanajuato. Very similar to Jewish Challah bread, which may have inspired its creation.
  • Ice cream. Pancho Villa was noted as a devotee of ice cream. The Mexican ice cream industry is centered in the state of Michoacan; most ice cream stands in Mexico are dubbed La Michoacana as a tribute to Michoacan's acknowledged leadership in the production of this product.
 

Mexico's candy and bakery sweets industry, centered in Michoacan and Mexico City, produces a wide array of products.
 

 

 

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