[citation needed] Sorullos are served as a side dish or as appetizers (commonly known by the diminutive form sorullitos), and are sometimes stuffed with cheese.

Sorullo are made of a mix of steamed water or milk, sugar, salt, butter, and cornmeal; formed as sticks or logs, then fried.

Alternatively, it can be shaped as a disk instead; in this case they are called "tortitas de maíz" (corn fritters).

In some areas in Puerto Rico a "tortitas de maíz" isn't a round sorullo but a pancake made with cornmeal, baking powder, milk or buttermilk, coconut milk, butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, and topped with powder sugar and cinnamon.

They are considered a side dish, usually served alone as a snack with guava sauce, mayo-ketchup or as a French fry substitute for burgers and sandwiches.