Los Angeles loves Mateo's. Since 2000, the ice cream shop's Oaxacan-inspired frozen treats have delighted locals with fruity flavors from mamey to mango, and more. We tried every flavor of paleta.

The flavors may start with fresh fruit, but that's not where they end, according to Shalabi, whose paleta shop offers 80 flavors including "oreo molido," "smoky horchata," and even "tequila." ...

Explore the world of cool icy treats, with Mexican paletas, Korean bingsu and more offering refreshing flavors and unique ...

The most popular paleta flavors here include mango with chamoy, as well as one inspired by gansito, a strawberry jelly-and-cream cake with chocolate. Location 2328 E Cesar E Chavez Ave, Los ...

Paletas also require fewer ingredients than a typical popsicle — authentic, homemade paletas can have as few as four — but the ingredients that paletas do include are often packed with flavors ...

Paletas, in flavors like watermelon, guava and mango-chili. Carlos Chavez / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images file. More competition — and creativity.

Paleta flavors include water-based watermelon hibiscus, pineapple cucumber, tamarindo and mango with chamoy, plus dairy-based arroz con leche, coconut and blueberry guava. 831 W. Davis St., Dallas ...

3640 N. Andrews Ave., Oakland Park; 954-498-9732. This is an imaginative dessert shop with sweet and savory Mexican treats. The owner says she makes all her own paleta flavors with about 40 ...

The flavors may change, but the paleta will endure as a testament to the Mexican American immigrant story. Whoever invented them, they ended up here, in Latino neighborhoods in Chicago, ...