Street Sweet · Pink Puffed Corn
Alboroto
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The corn is dyed bright pink or red with natural food coloring purely for visual appeal — the color adds no flavor at all.
Dried corn kernels are toasted until they pop, then bound together with molasses or honey and pressed into small bars or balls, often tinted pink. León's street sweet vendors sell them stacked on trays alongside other traditional candies.
Why it's made this way: Alboroto is part of the same León dulcería tradition that has made the city famous nationwide for keeping colonial-style street sweets alive and widely sold.
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