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A glass jar filled with glossy, creamy arequipe
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Milk + sugar + patience = magic

Everything is better with arequipe.

Brownies, breakfasts, Latin classics, cold desserts and ridiculous little snacks—all built around the creamy milk caramel Colombia knows as arequipe.

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Recipes worth opening the jar for.

Familiar enough to make tonight, interesting enough to make again. Every recipe is written with real measurements, clear steps and no twelve-paragraph detour.

Comfort · 55 min

Arequipe Apple Crisp

Warm cinnamon apples under a crunchy oat topping, finished with a generous arequipe drizzle.

◷ 55 min☺ Easy
No-bake · 12 min

Banana Arequipe Sundae

Vanilla ice cream, caramelized banana, warm arequipe and toasted peanuts in one shameless bowl.

◷ 12 min☺ Easy
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A sweet with a passport

Arequipe here. Dulce de leche there. Manjar somewhere else.

Across Latin America and beyond, slow-cooked milk and sugar show up under different names and in local styles. They belong to the same delicious family—but they are not always exact copies of one another.

ArequipeDulce de lecheDoce de leiteManjarManjar blancoCajetaConfiture de lait
ColombiaArequipe
Argentina & UruguayDulce de leche
BrazilDoce de leite
ChileManjar
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