What "easy" dessert for a small mexican theme dinner party?

The texture of flan is awful. I know this is just my opinion but GROSS.

How about trying a Tres Leche cake? Those are so yummy. I have no idea if they are easy or not though.

Otherwise, I'd look for a spicy/sweet latin topping for the ice cream, and just get ice cream. Lots of mexican candies have chili powder in them, so look for something like that. I personally hate it, but my Mexican DH loves that stuff.

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07/22/2016 09:41

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Anonymous

Fried ice cream
Sopapillas

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07/22/2016 09:46

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Anonymous

Something like this:
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/mexican-chocolate-cake-109342

Or just ice cream sundaes.

Flan is incredibly difficult to make -- 90% of the time it turns out disgusting because the texture is too curdy, too watery, too solid, something. I never order it, but occasionally I'll try it, and I have had good flan. But it's just extremely rare. It's not like brownies or something, where even if you mess it up a little, they're still usually delicious.

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07/22/2016 09:55

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Anonymous

Costco recently had frozen creme brûlées that were very tasty and could stand in for flan. All you have to do is thaw and then broil the sugar topping.

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07/22/2016 09:56

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Anonymous

Key lime pie

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07/22/2016 09:59

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Anonymous

Watermelon with chili and lime sprinkled on it -- it's delicious