22 Easy Cinco De Mayo Desserts That Take Less Effort Than a Piñata
Cinco de Mayo celebrations call for something sweet, but no one wants to spend hours in the kitchen when there are margaritas to drink. These easy Cinco De Mayo desserts bring all the fun without the extra effort—because let’s be real, breaking open a piñata is already enough work. They’re simple, quick, and still impressive enough to make you look like you planned ahead. Bonus: No risk of taking a blindfolded swing at the dessert table. Grab a spoon, because these treats are ready in no time.
Pina Colada Cheesecake Bars
If you love the creamy and tropical flavors of the Pina Colada cocktail, then you’re going to become obsessed with these Pina Colada Cheesecake Bars!
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Chocoflan Recipe
Chocoflan recipe is part flan caramel custard, part chocolate cake. This twist on the classic dessert combines two favorite desserts into delicious and authentic cake recipe!
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Sopaipillas
Best sopaipilla recipe! This easy sopaipilla recipe makes 12 light and airy pieces of fried dough that are coated in cinnamon sugar.
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Arroz con Leche Recipe (Mexican Rice Pudding)
Arroz con Leche (or Mexican Rice Pudding) is a delicious Mexican dessert made from simple ingredients including rice, milk, cinnamon, and sugar. It can be served hot or cold and is guaranteed to satisfy any sweet tooth.
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Cinco de Mayo Dessert: Churro Bars
Soft and delicious cookie bars that have all of the flavors you love from the traditional deep fried churros but in a totally doable recipe that everyone will love.
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How To Make Churros
Churros are one of life’s most delicious desserts. Like a cinnamon sugar donut, yet infinitely better, it’s almost impossible to resist churros. From concession stands to Costco to Disney, it’s easy to see how popular churros are. Your family will cheer when you learn how to make this delicious cinnamon sugar treat at home!
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Fried Ice Cream
Fried Ice Cream is a favorite restaurant dessert that you can recreate at home! Skip the mess, and the stress, of the deep fryer and see how to easily make an at home version of this classic Mexican food dessert. Cinco De Mayo gets even better when you finish the meal with homemade fried ice cream!
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Tres Leches Cupcakes with Pipettes
A fun cupcake recipe perfect for parties! These tres leches cupcakes with pipettes are a playful way to present a classic cake. Moist tres leches cake cupcakes, soaked with the traditional three milk mixture, topped with whipped cream and cinnamon, plus a pipette of extra milk!
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Biscoff Tres Leches Cake
If you're a cookie butter fan, you're going to adore this Biscoff Tres Leches Cake! A super light and airy meringue cake, soaked in the traditional three milk ‘tres leches' mixture, but with added Biscoff spread. Then topped off with a generous layer of Biscoff, a Biscoff whipped cream and a sprinkle of crushed Lotus Biscoff cookies. For the caramelised cookie lovers out there, what's not to love?
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Mexican Milk Jello (Gelatina de Leche)
This deliciously creamy Mexican Milk Jello (gelatina de leche) is the easiest and quickest milk gelatin dessert to make!
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Tres Leches Cake
A classic Mexican dessert made with a vanilla sponge cake soaked with three kinds of milk — heavy cream, evaporated milk and sweetened condensed milk and topped with fresh sweetened whipped cream. An authentic Mexican dessert recipe!
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Fresas con Crema (Strawberries and Cream)
This Fresas con Crema is an authentic Mexican dessert made with fresh sliced Strawberries, Mexican Crema, Heavy Cream, and Sweetened Condensed Milk. This is the best Strawberries and Cream recipe!
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Sopapilla Cheesecake Bars
These Sopapilla Cheesecake Bars, inspired by the Mexican dessert called sopapillas, have a sweet, creamy cheesecake filling tucked between 2 crescent roll pastry sheets, and are topped with butter, cinnamon, and sugar and drizzled with honey.
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Cajeta (Caramel) Empanadas
This Mexican Cajeta Empanadas recipe, or empanadas de cajeta in Spanish, is easy to make and simply the best recipe out there!
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Easy Air Fryer Churros
Air Fryer Churros are moist on the inside and have a nice golden crunchy outside rolled in cinnamon sugar. These tasty Mexican treats are fried until they’re golden ribbons of perfection. Read on to learn just how simple they are to make at home.
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Fried Ice Cream Air Fryer
Air fryer fried ice cream is a delicious and fun dessert that will delight family and friends. Scoops of vanilla ice cream coated with crunchy cinnamon toast crunch cereal, then quickly air fried for a toasty exterior and slightly melty ice cream interior.
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Mexican Paletas Popsicles
These colorful Mexican Paletas (fruity popsicles), made with four ingredients are easy to make and refreshing on hot summer days.
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Mexican S’mores
S’mores lovers are going to love this warm and spicy twist on the traditional campfire classic. Mexican S’mores are made with a few surprises that you will love, and we’re going to show you how to make them with or without a campfire.
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Sopapilla Cheesecake (Churro Cheesecake)
This easy recipe for Sopapilla Cheesecake takes a few simple ingredients like crescent roll dough, cream cheese, and cinnamon sugar, and turns them into the best dessert bars ever!
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Easy Churro Bites
Easy churro bites that are baked into fluffy moist balls, then dipped in cinnamon sugar. These churro bites are not deep-fried which makes them a healthier version of churros, and they make great party food!
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Mexican Hot Chocolate Popsicles
Mexican Hot Chocolate Popsicles Made with All Vegan Ingredients is the Perfect Dessert Recipe for Those Hot Summer Days. Instead of Refined Sugar, I used Coconut Palm Sugar and Agave. It has Cayenne Pepper, Cinnamon Powder and Nutmeg. Add Chopped Hazelnut for a Crunch.
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Copycat Choco Taco
This copycat recipe for choco tacos is fun to make, delicious and so easy to switch up with different toppings and favorite ice cream flavors.
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27 Unique Taco Recipes That Spice Up Your Mealtime And Your Mood
These recipes bring big flavors, wild combos, and just enough chaos to keep things interesting. Great for shaking up dinner or proving tacos still have a few tricks up their sleeve, they’re messy in all the right ways—and impossible to stop eating. If dinner feels a little too predictable, these are ready to cause some trouble.
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