Hailing most recently from New Orleans, Chef Jonathan Lestingi offers a boozy spin on the tres leches. Inspired by an Old Fashioned cocktail, this tantalizing tres leches is soaked in bourbon and then topped with orange bitters-infused whipped cream, orange slices, a whiskey-soaked cherry, and a dried orange peel. 

A Houston institution, this Mexican bakery is a most-trusted site for its classic baked goods, including fresh pastries, flan, and you guessed it — tres leches. Offered by the slice or in whole cakes, El Bolillo offers more than a dozen flavors, including Oreo, strawberry, and chocolate, which are perfect go-to for local celebrations.

End your meal at this Mexican restaurant with a different take on the tres leches. Keeping to its theme of incorporating corn, a native staple, in many of its dishes, Maize soaks its corn sponge cake in a corn-infused three-milk combination for a unique texture and flavor.

With cakes made to order, Phoenicia Specialty is a reliable spot to order a tres leches for any festivity, but for a rich and welcomed departure from the classic, go for their tres leches cheesecake. Offered to-go by the slice for $4.50, this is so good it might not make it to your final destination.

Though meat is obviously a focus at this Latin American steakhouse, it has developed a cult following solely for its creamy tres leches, which is topped with Italian meringue. Ask for the “flamado” version, during which a server sets the milk-soaked cake ablaze, or visit on Sundays, when from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Churrascos offers a brunch buffet that serves tres leches in pancake form.

Though known for its cheap but delicious and easy-to-devour street tacos, 100% Taquitos also brags about its desserts. Its tres leches cake is moist, smothered in whipped cream and topped with a generous pile of strawberries, with plenty of leche at the bottom of the to-go container to sop up with each bite.

It’s likely you’re questioning how this local chain made the list for its tres leches of all things, but trust, it’s deserving. Bragged about by servers and bartenders as a favorite post-shift treat, this meringue-topped tres leches comes out delightfully cold, with a hypnotizing three-milk creamy concoction that you’ll want to slurp up with your spoon.