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October 11, 2026

6 Rioplatense Desserts You Need to Try

Jar of thick homemade dulce de leche with a wooden spoon

From Buenos Aires to Montevideo, these are the sweets everyone grows up with. Here are 6 Rioplatense desserts you need to try, each with an easy step-by-step recipe.

The 6 recipes

Alfajores de Maicena

1. Alfajores de Maicena

Two melt-in-your-mouth cornstarch cookies, dulce de leche and coconut. The classic of every bakery.
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Flan with Dulce de Leche

2. Flan with Dulce de Leche

The home-style favorite: caramel, silky flan and a generous spoon of dulce de leche.
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Chocotorta

3. Chocotorta

Chocolate cookies, dulce de leche and cream cheese. No-bake and always the first to disappear.
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Homemade Dulce de Leche

4. Homemade Dulce de Leche

Milk, sugar and patience: the grandma-style stovetop version. The base of almost every dessert on this list.
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Panqueques with Dulce de Leche

5. Panqueques with Dulce de Leche

Thin, rolled and full of dulce de leche. Even better with a little burnt sugar on top.
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Filled Churros

6. Filled Churros

Crisp outside and filled with dulce de leche, just like on the seaside promenade.
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Which one is your favorite? Tell us in the comments and save this list for your next coffee break.

Leer en español: 6 postres rioplatenses que tenés que probar

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