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Los chinos are made from a buttery cake, very similar to pound cake. Sometimes covered with pecans or chocolate chips.

Made of puff pastry, the name means “pillow”, a rectangular piece of dough sprinkled with sugar before it's baked.

Made of puff pastry, completely covered in sugar and cinnamon, similar consistency to a churro.

This is a Mexican sweet bread, the texture is like a baked donut. Often topped with fine sugar or cinnamon.

These best bring to mind french croissants. With the exception that they are filled with cream cheese and rolled in fine sugar. The name originates from the fold of the croissant and the way it hugs the cheese in the center.

Its shape resembles sea shells, hence its name, and it's made of enriched yeasted bread and covered with a sugary topping made of sugar, flour, and shortening.

Sweetbread that is rich tasting, fluffy inside with a crumbly outer layer often topped with sugar, nuts, or confetti sprinkles.

A muffin-shaped buttery pound cake is sometimes called panqué.

Shortbread cookie, topped with a strawberry jelly happy face design.

This is a Mexican sweet bread, the texture is like a baked donut. Often topped with fine sugar or cinnamon.

Made from puff pastry dough, this crunchy, and flaky treat takes its name from the daggers used during the second third of a bullfight. It's finished with egg whites for caramelization.

Made from puff pastry dough, delicate and flaky, rolled in fine sugar, and topped with strawberry jelly.

Mexican sweet bread, pan dulce with a flaky but dense consistency topped with strawberry jelly in the middle.

Made of puff pastry, completely covered in sugar and cinnamon, similar consistency to a churro.

One of the charming creations of the Mexican bakers. They are made of choux pastry filled with vanilla pastry cream, chocolate & covered in finely powdered sugar.

Made of puff pastry, the name means “pillow”, a rectangular piece of dough sprinkled with sugar before it's baked.

Shortbread cookie, topped with toasted coconut flakes and strawberry jelly.

Also known as a cream cone, this pan dulce is made of puff pastry and filled with a thick custard. Sometimes you will see it covered in icing sugar, apricot, or orange glaze.

The little worm-shaped bread spiced with cinnamon.

Cuernos are rolled pastry that resembles the horns of a bull. These are topped with chocolate custard and rolled in fine sugar.

Sweet flakey puff pastry, finished with egg wash for caramelization topped with sugar before baked.

Sweetbread is often topped with a flavored sugar custard and topped with an infused fine sugar.

Rolled-up puff pastry treats which are stuffed with fruit jam. They are flaky, buttery, sweet, and fun to eat.

The little worm-shaped bread that's commonly spiced with cinnamon and anise seed, with a crumbly dough consistency.

These are made from two, raised-dough, soft, dome-shaped bread joined together on the bottom with a jam or cream. Often covered with butter and sugar or with jam and grated coconut.

A bread flavored with anise and cinnamon and topped with sesame seeds. It's believed to be one of the oldest bread in Mexico.

Fruit jam-filled flaky pastry dough pan dulce that's shaped like a hair comb.

Los chinos are made from a buttery cake, very similar to pound cake. Sometimes covered with pecans or chocolate chips.

Shortbread cookie, topped with confetti sprinkles.

Oreja means ear. This pastry has a flaky pie dough texture and is sometimes simply brushed and dusted with sugar and other times also the ends are dipped into melted chocolate.

An egg-rich dough is similar to the concha with a hint of cinnamon and covered with sugar topping and egg-washed for a crunchier texture.

Made from layers of yeasted bread, a bigoted is shaped like a croissant but covered in a very generous sugar layer. When you bite it, you will most likely end up with a sugar mustache on your face.

Empanadas are small turnovers that can have a filling of jam made from pineapple, strawberry, apples, peach, pumpkin, and camera. The empanadas can either have the shortcrust dough type or a buttery and flaky pastry dough.

This bread translates to bull’s eye. The outermost layer of Ojo de Pancha is a sugar-coated puff pastry, this encases a soft and sweet bread with almost a cake-like texture.

Thick and sweet shortbread cookie, topped with strawberry jelly in the middle.

Raised dough, very similar to the concha topped with chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, and rolled in sugar.

Borrachitos can be in many shapes, some are made with yeasted dough, and some are soft sponges. They all have in common the syrup made with rum or brandy that gives them their characteristic moist consistency.

A concha shaped with a small round nipple in the center, so that it resembles a lemon sometimes lemon oil is added to the cookie crust for flavor.

Cuernos are rolled pastries that resemble the horns of a bull. These best bring to mind french croissants. With the exception that these are sweeter and a little denser. They are typically coated in fine cane sugar to sweeten them. There are also smaller varieties which are called carnitas (little horns).

These best bring to mind french croissants. With the exception that they are filled with cream cheese and rolled in fine sugar. The name originates from the fold of the croissant and the way it hugs the cheese in the center.

Buttery, flaky, and pastry are similar to puff pastry.

Strawberry cheesecake-like filling sandwiched between two thin and soft layers of sweetbread.

Delicious round and flat crumbly dough, resembling a shortbread-like sweetness topped with fine sugar.

A rhomboid or oval bread, a little dry in consistency with piloncillo and anise flavor. Good with a cup of coffee.

Its shape resembles sea shells, hence its name, and it's made of enriched yeasted bread and covered with a sugary topping made of sugar, flour, and shortening.

Its shape resembles sea shells, hence its name, and it's made of enriched yeasted bread and covered with a sugary topping made of sugar, flour, and shortening.

Yes, in Mexico donuts are quite the range. Mexican donuts are very similar to American donuts and can be found anywhere from bakeries, grocery stores, cafes, and restaurants.