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The Atlas Obscura Podcast

Coqui Snacks

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura

Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.61.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

When you think of Orlando, Florida and the area around it, a certain cartoon mouse might come to mind. But in recent decades the area has also become a destination for Latin American food and culture. Today we visit Coqui Snacks, a cozy snack shop in Kissimmee offering up classic Puerto Rican comfort foods…including a popsicle called a limber, which has a surprising connection to aviator Charles Lindberg. Learn more about Coqui Snacks: https://www.coquisnacks.com/ and https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/coqui-snacks If you’re looking for more places to eat in Kissimmee, check out Gastro Obscura’s Latin Culinary trail – a guide to dozens of restaurants offering up Cuban sandwiches, Dominican-Japanese fusion, and more! https://kissimmee-latin-culinary-trail.atlasobscura.com/

Transcript

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0:00.0

Okay, so let's say it's a hot day in central Florida, like usual, and you're in a city called

0:06.6

Kissimmee. There's a place you can go to cool off, get a drink, and a snack, but it is not easy

0:13.1

to find. It's in a cul-de-sac, so nobody would go there unless you had to. It is hidden away.

0:19.6

Down that cul-de-sac next to a daycare center,

0:23.3

there's a yellow sign in front of what looks like a bunch of trees.

0:27.4

Follow the path next to the sign,

0:29.1

and it will take you back to this little yellow bungalow

0:31.8

with rocking chairs on a front porch,

0:34.6

surrounded by tropical plants.

0:36.7

You'll know you're in the right place because of what it sounds like.

0:41.3

We have the sound of the cocky frog on the outside of the store.

0:48.5

That sound is playing over outdoor speakers.

0:51.9

It's named Koki because that's the sound it makes.

0:55.1

It literally sings Koki, Koki, Koki, Koki, all night long.

0:59.1

And when it's raining, it sings that all night long.

1:02.4

You either love it or it drives you crazy.

1:05.2

But most Puerto Ricans love it.

1:06.7

My mother hates it.

1:07.8

But most Puerto Ricans love it.

1:09.9

So when people come in, they hear this sound. And that's also very emotional for us Puerto Ricans to hear that sound.

1:17.2

Sometimes they sit on the rocking chairs, and they're like, this is what I used to do at my grandmother's songs, and listen to the cookie, and they just break down crying, which is sweet.

1:26.3

It's very sweet.

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