23 Mexican Dessert Recipes to Make At Home

Deep frying ice cream is a real challenge. This recipe has you simply covering the ice cream in a delicious coating.

I've actually had it at Mexican restaurants that made it the same way, and I prefer it. You get all the same flavors and deliciousness.

This recipe uses a wonderful baking shortcut: Pillsbury crescent rolls. You get cinnamon coated dough with a cheesecake filling in this delicious dessert.

Rice pudding is a popular dessert at a lot of Mexican restaurants. A lot of regions have their own take on rice pudding.

The Mexican take includes cinnamon sugar. It’s so simple, but very tasty.

This is a type of Mexican sweet bread. They are airy on the inside and crunchy on the outside. These work just as well as a breakfast pastry or a dessert.

This is a Mexican inspired dessert. That's part flan and part chocolate cake. And the cake batter uses Mexican Coca-Cola to provide flavor and sweetness.

This is basically a Mexican version of strawberries and cream, and it only takes 10 minutes to make. It's such a great way to enjoy fresh strawberries in summertime.

Tres Leches cake is a Mexican dessert that’s light and fluffy but rich with three kinds of dairy products. The texture is very moist, so they make perfect cupcakes when you follow this recipe. It includes a pipette of the milk mixture to add even more moisture.

This is a from scratch recipe for sopaipillas. The end result is pieces of fried dough that’s pillowy and flavored with cinnamon and honey.

This is a Mexican inspired dessert that takes the flavor of Dulce de Leche, and turns it into a mousse. It’s made with cream cheese, so it’s rich and satisfying.

These might just look like big stuffed homemade Oreos at first glance. But what makes some Mexican is the addition of chili and cinnamon spices. These are two of the best flavors you can put with chocolate!

If you've never had planned, it's a vanilla custard, top with caramel sauce, and it's absolutely rich and delicious. With this recipe, you can make it at home.

These churros are mini-sized and come with a caramel dipping sauce. If you've ever wished you could make your own churros at home, this is the recipe to use.

Here's another delicious churros recipe, but this one is gluten-free. This recipe uses a specific mix of gluten-free flour and other ingredients to get just the right flavor without the gluten.

Here's a homemade recipe for chocolate ice cream, Mexican style. Seasoned with cinnamon and a hint of chili, this won't taste like any ice cream you've had before.

This dessert is basically no-churn margarita ice cream in chocolate cups. And yes, you do have to include the alcohol, or else it would freeze into a small glacier.

This recipe for Mexican fruit salad has a cream component, and that's what makes it into a real desert. It uses Greek yogurt and condensed milk.

This is a coconut take on the traditional Mexican wedding cookie. It adds coconut flakes and coconut extract to the recipe.

This recipe transforms churros into chip shape. It actually uses tortillas, and the result is lighter and crunchier.

Homemade brownies are easy to make, and this recipe is too. It's a from-scratch recipe - no box mix - that incorporates a hint of chipotle chili pepper into the mix. And yet it still takes only 30 minutes from start to finish.

The traditional sponge cake recipe with additional flavor from the fresh orange zest, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves.

Think of this treat as an easier, quicker alternative to making dulce de leche for the Peruvian dessert suspiro limeño. All the flavor with much less work.

This is a vegan version of Mexican wedding cookies. If you've never had them before, you'll be surprised at the rich pecan flavor.

If you love the idea of Tres leches cake, but you don't do dairy, this is the recipe for you. It's dairy free and eggless.