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“A spiced red bean soup dessert that turns Easter into comfort in a bowl—coconut milk, sweet potato, and crispy yuca flatbread.”

Habichuelas con dulce

What the real thing tastes like

Habichuelas con dulce is a sweet bean liquid dessert from the Dominican Republic that is especially popular around the Easter holiday. The dessert is part of the cuisine of the Dominican Republic and is traditionally garnished with milk cookies or with casabe, "a flatbread made of yuca flour." Habichuelas con dulce is made with red beans, cinnamon, nutmeg, coconut milk, evaporated milk, raisins, sugar and salt. The beans are boiled with cinnamon sticks and sweet cloves and then blended to the consistency of soup. The coconut milk and evaporated milk are added along with cooked sweet potato chunks. Cloves and ginger can also be added as flavorings.

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Habichuelas con dulce is a Dominican Easter tradition that arrives at the table as a warm, spiced bean soup—not quite dessert in the conventional sense, but unmistakably sweet. Red beans are boiled with cinnamon and cloves until they dissolve into a silky base, then enriched with coconut milk, evaporated milk, and chunks of soft sweet potato. The result is finished with raisins and topped with milk cookies or crispy yuca flatbread, making each spoonful a study in contrast between the creamy, aromatic soup and its textured garnish.

Order it here when it has

  • aromatic spice profile
  • creamy-to-crispy contrast
  • holiday tradition
  • regionally specific

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