crispito

English

Noun

crispito (plural crispitos)

1. A food consisting of a crispy fried or baked tortilla rolled tightly around a filling (typically a savory filling such as meat, corn, and/or cheese, but sometimes a dessert filling), similar to a taquito.
   • 2010 May 11, Stephanie Manley, CopyKat.com's Dining Out At Home Cookbook: Recipes for the Most Delicious Dishes from America's Most Popular Restaurants, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

     Crispitos. Also known as buñuelos in many Mexican restaurants, these are favorites around my house. All you need are some flour tortillas, a little cinnamon, and some sugar to make this dessert.

   • 2011 03, Jessie Sawyer, Sarah Connell, Bates College 2012, College Prowler, →ISBN:

     Particular favorites include grilled cheese, chicken crispitos, chicken patties on Saturdays, and name-yourown omelets on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The new waffle makers are also a breakfast hit. There is a clambake every fall […]

   • 2016 04, Noa Gavin, Nick Scott, Practical Applications for Multiverse Theory: A Novel, Inkshares, →ISBN:

     Or maybe the delicious (but probably toxic) fumes from the crispitos had overloaded my brain. I was wrong. Way wrong. Something dripped down my upper lip and into my mouth as a metallic taste hit my tongue.

   • 2017 October 3, T. Edward Nickens, Will Brantley, The Total Redneck Manual: 221 Ways to Live Large, Weldon Owen International, →ISBN:

     CRISPITOS Should you have the great fortune to even find a Crispito, it will likely have aged for a few hours under a heat lamp. Don't worry—aged Crispitos are the best ones.

   • 2019 June 8, Ward Ricker, Holy Hustle: A Bible Parody: Containing all 66 books of both the Old and the New Hustles, Ward Ricker, →ISBN, page 508:

     When you hear my snazzy music played if you fall down and worship like I ordered then fine, but if you don't it's off to the fiery furnace, and there will be just enough left of you to stuff a half dozen fiery hot crispitos.