I… no yes it is what it is I love sweets. And anyone who knows me knows that I would never skip the street of sweets in my entire life if there was one. Of course, in Puebla it’s called ‘Calle de Dulces’ – the Spanish translation of ‘Street of Sweets’.
To be honest, I wasn’t expecting much when I set off for Calle de Dulces because I thought it was just a marketing stunt. In other words, that it’s a touristy thing and that there are maybe three super overpriced shops there that are then being advertised or hyped up as a street of sweets. But as I love sweets, I didn’t care and went there anyway. And I was proved wrong 😀 Because…
Calle de Dulces is actually full of sweets. No joke. It’s not necessarily candy shop after candy shop, but it’s a) pretty close and b) you won’t find what you’d expect and what would be a marketing gimmick – namely sweets from the USA or Europe or something (believe me Mexico is unfortunately very America and/or Europe fixated sometimes – no offence Mexico te quiero, pero es verdad 😉). Instead, you’ll find regional Mexican sweets that I’ve never seen or tasted in my entire life. In plain language: I was in paradise.
Of course, there were also the typical shops like in Europe, where you can put together mixed bags, but the majority were full of Mexican specialities or sweets 😊
Apparently a lot in Mexico consists of jelly or a jelly or something consisting of a harder sweet/substance. Not everything is necessarily sweet either, but has many different flavours such as spicy. Even sour stuff tastes different in Mexico. It’s completely crazy, but after I had stocked up on all kinds of things to try, I sat down on my bed in my hostel, started tasting and what can I say? There wasn’t a fucking flavour that I knew the same – except of course the things that are also available in a mixed bag in Europe 😀 Even the fucking edible paper tastes different 😀 I honestly celebrated it.
My insider tip: there are such flat, very fragile biscuit-like or pancake-like things with cinnamon on top in Puebla – soooooo delicious! (Btw you can’t see the cinnamon, you can only smell and taste it!) I could have sat down and nibbled on them all the time. And so: Puebla thank you for the introduction to Mexican sweets. It was a real pleasure! 😊
There or not? Of course. This is your chance to experience real Mexican culture and flavours that you probably won’t find anywhere else 😀 😊