Since moving to the United States in 1999, I have often craved the alfajores my mother and grandmother made when I was growing up in Colombia. Then while my mother was visiting me in Colorado one Christmas, she taught me the secrets of making our traditional family recipe. When I shared these delicate cookies with my friends, their melt-in-your-mouth goodness garnered an incredible response, and so, ‘Dulce Bites’ was born.

My family recipe is the traditional Colombian version: two delicate butter cookies filled with creamy dulce-de-leche, rolled in coconut and dusted with powdered sugar. Additionally, I make alfajores rolled in toasted almonds, or dipped in dark or white chocolate. Every version is delicious. I invite you to experience the sweetness of South America through a delicacy that simply must be tasted!