Showing posts with label pinipig. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pinipig. Show all posts

May 27, 2009

Chocolate Candies, Filipino Style

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fondant with chopped candied langka (jackfruit)


mango paste


yema (egg yolk candy)

pinipig (pounded young glutinous rice) crunch bars
enrobed in bittersweet chocolate

A Filipino blog talking about a store (in the Philippines) selling chocolate candies with Filipino flavors and fillings piqued my interest and I immediately borrowed the idea. I was not expecting that dark chocolate and sweet jackfruit will go nicely together but surprisingly they do. It's the same with yema and my favorite, mango paste, which I made by boiling mango puree until very thick, the same process in making fruit leather. They are all delicious as chocolate candy fillings with their familiar Filipino flavors. I have a small bag of puffed pinipig which I will be using later for Guinomis and made bittersweet chocolate Pinipig Crunch, an homage to a childhood favorite, Nestle Crunch. Yummy yum yum!

 
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