
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dulce de Leche
Argentina's national sweet: a thick, creamy caramel of milk and sugar slow-cooked for hours. Eaten by the spoonful, spread on toast, or used in alfajores, cakes, and ice cream.
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
Argentina's national sweet: a thick, creamy caramel of milk and sugar slow-cooked for hours. Eaten by the spoonful, spread on toast, or used in alfajores, cakes, and ice cream.

Paraguay
Ka'i Ku'i
Peanut paste, often served with cane honey, a traditional Paraguayan sweet made from ground peanuts, rich and creamy.

Paraguay
Sour-orange peels cooked in black molasses become a chewy candy with bittersweet citrus flavour.

Paraguay
Ka'i Ladrillo
Rectangular peanut-and-molasses slabs whose name means 'brick' — peanuts held in dark cane syrup, cut sharp and sold wrapped in paper.