What Tex-Mex dessert is a fried pastry often served with honey?

A sopaipilla is a Tex-Mex fried pastry often served with honey.

Sopaipillas are made from a simple dough that is rolled, cut, and deep-fried. Steam can inflate the dough, creating a light, hollow center and a crisp exterior. In Tex-Mex restaurants, the pastry is commonly served warm with honey, although cinnamon sugar or other toppings may also appear.

The dessert belongs to a wider family of fried pastries found across Latin America and the American Southwest. Recipes and shapes vary by region, so sopaipillas are not identical everywhere.

They are often confused with buñuelos, another fried dough preparation. Buñuelos are typically flatter and may be shaped as discs or thin pieces, while sopaipillas are commonly puffy and pillow-like.