Sweets

Desserts in Oaxaca are not so much an additional course at the end of a dinner, but a full experience in the streets or at a table full of family with coffee, Oaxacan drinking chocolate, and sobremesa, the kind of conversations that can only happen right after dinner when your belly is full and your heart is happy. Think of things like the dulce de leche known as jamoncillo, enjoyed while perusing handmade crafts in Oaxaca’s centro, or roasted plantains smothered with sweetened condensed milk after a nice meal.