Honduras Sweets You Simply Must Try | Latin Post [Video]

The food from the Central American country of Honduras has largely been underrated and below the radar of many people. This, unfortunately, includes its sweets, which are quite delectable despite standing in the shadow of its other Latin American counterparts, like Mexico.

While it has a sort of similar history with Mexico, with its country’s cuisine also being influenced by its Spanish colonizers, its cuisine was also influenced by Garifuna cuisine, and this makes the country’s food, including its sweets, quite different.

5 Honduran Sweets That Are Very Underrated

Because of its shared history with its neighbors, many foods are quite the same. To differentiate itself from other Latin American cuisines, Honduran dishes are often described as Hondureño or catracho, which means Honduran style. This applies to some desserts that have been described by locals and people who have visited there as “incredible.”

Macheteadas (Honduran Fried Dough)

Much like many former Spanish colonies like the Philippines and Mexico, fried dough, more popularly known as doughnuts, are …