Caramelo Tortillas

Only available through Sunday, February 1.

All orders will ship Wednesday February 4.

Caramelo tortillas are the only ones Chris Kimball eats at home—and once you try them, you’ll see why. Paper-thin yet resilient, chewy yet tender and flavorful, these are Sonora-style flour tortillas at their best. Famous in Northern Mexico, Sonoran tortillas use just four ingredients—flour, water, fat and salt—and are leavened only by steam from the dough’s water content. Skipping chemical leavening agents makes the tortillas chewy and stretchy rather than puffy and airy, which allows them to accommodate lots of filling without ripping or leaking. Caramelo designed their entire manufacturing process around that texture; their custom equipment and tight temperature control are calibrated to produce gauzy, almost translucently thin tortillas, every time. Plus, the minimal ingredients list lets the flavor of the fat shine through—these tortillas aren’t a mere vehicle for toppings, they’re the star of the show. Their Pork Fat tortillas use fat from humanely-raised pigs, which lends a deep savoriness and slight sweetness; the Avocado Oil tortillas are rich, buttery and fully vegan.

We’re offering three curated bundles—available in single or mixed flavors—with both 6- and 10-inch tortillas that are ideal for tacos or burritos and quesadillas, respectively. Each package comes with 64 tortillas total. Caramelo tortillas are hard to find as they sell out at specialty stores across the States quite fast, and lead times on orders placed directly through Caramelo’s website start at four weeks. Milk Street has secured an exclusive partnership with Caramelo that allows us to offer curated bundles of their bestselling Sonora-style tortillas with shorter ship times and in bulk. Our first drop is only open for orders through midnight Sunday, February 1.