Churros

Churros are fried dough pastries eaten for breakfast or as a late-night snack along with a thick and rich chocolate dipping sauce; they were likely introduced to Spain by the Arabs. The name comes from the Churra breed of sheep in Castile, as the spiral shape of the pastries resembles the horns of the sheep.

During the sixteenth century, while exploring Mexico, the Spanish were introduced to a bitter drink called xocolatl, made from ground cacao beans and spices and en