Cuchuflí (known as ''cubanitos'' in

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

) is a popular sweet food in

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

and

. Similar to ''

barquillo Barquillo is a crispy rolled wafer pastry originating in Spain. It is made from the basic cookie ingredients of flour, sugar, egg whites and butter rolled out thinly and then shaped into a hollow cylinder or a cone. It was traditionally sold by ...

s'', they are tubular-shaped desserts made from sugar, egg whites, flour, butter, and vanilla that are often filled with

dulce de leche ''Dulce de leche'' (; pt, doce de leite), also known as caramelized milk, milk candy or milk jam in English, is a confection from Latin America prepared by slowly heating sugar and milk over a period of several hours. The resulting substance, w ...

or other sweet fillings. Cuchuflíes are sold in supermarkets, neighborhood shops, and bakeries in addition to street vendors and on beaches, and they are sometimes covered in chocolate.

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Confectionery Desserts Chilean desserts Chilean cuisine Argentine cuisine {{Argentina-cuisine-stub

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