Africanitas, delicious chocolate covered cookies. 10 per order

For Cubans who grew up on them, Africanitas are the cookie you reached for after school with a glass of cold milk, or alongside an afternoon cafecito at the kitchen table.

Soft vanilla cookies coated in a layer of chocolate, sold in a pack of 10. A classic Cuban merienda treat that has stayed in the same recognizable form for generations.

Common Uses: afternoon merienda with café con leche, after-school snack for kids, dessert tray alongside pastelitos and turrones, or crumbled over ice cream and flan.

Cultural Context: a fixture of the Cuban diaspora pantry. Africanitas show up at family gatherings in Hialeah and Union City, in care packages sent to grandkids away at college, and on the merienda plates of abuelas who refuse to serve coffee without something sweet.

Pairs With: cafecito, café con leche, cold milk, malta, and a quiet afternoon on the porch.

Hard to find outside South Florida bodegas. Ships nationwide to Cuban-American households wherever they are.