: a Spanish and Mexican pastry resembling a doughnut or cruller and made from deep-fried unsweetened dough and sprinkled with sugar
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Customers can pick three tacos with chicken, beef, seafood or veggie fillings; an appetizer of chips and dip, chicharrones or corn with bone marrow butter; and for dessert, tres leches cake or churros with chocolate sauce.
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Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 18 Feb. 2026
Mochi doughnuts —chewy, slightly sweet doughnuts made with rice flour for a unique texture — come in flavors like matcha, chocolate, ube, Biscoff, churro, crème brulee, cookies and cream, chocolate sprinkle, and glazed.
—Susan Stapleton, Des Moines Register, 1 Feb. 2026
The sugar dusting was a little different than usual and the pineapple drizzle added a little bit of flavor, but not enough to change my opinion about the basic theme park churro.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 24 Jan. 2026
And in Miami, eating piping-hot churros can warm a belly, too.
—Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2026
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Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 18 Feb. 2026
Mochi doughnuts —chewy, slightly sweet doughnuts made with rice flour for a unique texture — come in flavors like matcha, chocolate, ube, Biscoff, churro, crème brulee, cookies and cream, chocolate sprinkle, and glazed.
—Susan Stapleton, Des Moines Register, 1 Feb. 2026
The sugar dusting was a little different than usual and the pineapple drizzle added a little bit of flavor, but not enough to change my opinion about the basic theme park churro.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 24 Jan. 2026
And in Miami, eating piping-hot churros can warm a belly, too.
—Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2026
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“Churro.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/churro. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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