Cucurucho

{{Short description|Cuban dessert}} {{distinguish|Holy Week processions in Guatemala|text=Guatemalan cucuruchos, purple-robed penitents during Holy Week processions in Guatemala<ref>{{cite web |last1=Guy |first1=Jack |title=The Untold Story of Guatemala's Cucuruchos |url=https://theculturetrip.com/central-america/guatemala/articles/the-untold-story-of-guatemalas-cucuruchos/ |website=Culture Trip |language=en |date=18 March 2018 |access-date=15 February 2023}}</ref>}} {{Infobox prepared food | name = Cucurucho | image = Cucurucho.jpg | image_size = 150px | caption = | alternate_name = | country = Cuba | region = Baracoa | creator = | course = | type = Dessert | served = | main_ingredient = Coconut, sugar, orange, guava, pineapple, papaya. | variations = | calories = 200 | other = }} '''Cucurucho''' is a sheet of paper, cardboard or wafer (cookie) rolled into a cone shape that contains different types of ice cream, sweets, candies, seeds, etc.

==Cucurucho of Baracoa== Cucurucho is a local delicacy of the city of Baracoa in eastern Cuba. Wrapped in a cone-shaped palm leaf (hence the name: ''cucurucho'' - Spanish for cone or cornet), it is a mix of coconut, sugar and other ingredients such as orange, guava and pineapple.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sainsbury |first1=Brendan |title=Cuba's best food and where to find it |url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/cuba-best-foods |website=Lonely Planet |access-date=15 February 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

thumb|150px|Cucuruchos or cones. ==Cucurucho in music== The conical container, whether cardboard or of another type, is also known as a cucurucho. The song in question is “El manisero” (“The Peanut Vendor”), which in Spanish the lyrics say: don't go to sleep, without eating a “peanut cone” (“cucurucho de maní“).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hess|first1=Carol|title=El Manisero (The Peanut Vendor)|url=https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/documents/ElManisero.pdf|access-date=17 August 2024|publisher=loc.gov|date=2005}}</ref>

==See also== *Cuban cuisine

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Category:Cuban cuisine Category:Coconut desserts Category:Fruit desserts