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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Need to try this... but you will have a hard time to convince me that there is something better than Belgian chocolates ! ;-)
5/27/09 10:39 PMI think I would love the pinipig crunch bars the best! :)
5/28/09 1:53 AMSidney, I knew you'd say that.:D
5/28/09 5:36 PMThe dark ones are Belgian and the bittersweet bars are German. Both are excellent chocolates.:)
Ning, ang sarap with bittersweet chocolate, pang adult.:)
The store in question is called Machiavelli and they do a number of chocs with indigenous ingredients. (The dark choc truffle with mangosteen? Lovely!)
5/29/09 4:59 AMBut pinipig with dark chocolate ~ ! Wow! I'm stunned!
Midge, thanks for the info. Truffle with mangosteen, I have to try that.:)
5/29/09 8:16 PMthose candies look amazing! i would love to eat those...i love jackfruit...my mouth is watering.
5/29/09 11:36 PMpinipig crunch bars would be delicious too.
jacques torres in new york city does a version of dark chocolate covered cereal clusters - they use corn flakes, but rice krispies or pinipig would be just as good.
R, I love all of them. I cooked the jackfruit with sugar until very thick then spread them on an aluminm foil to air dry before chopping. I don't know if dried langka is available at the stores.
5/30/09 8:21 PMYou're a genius Oggi! I won't be surprised to see you opening your wn choco factory soon!
5/31/09 2:46 AMG, I would love to but I need capital.:D
5/31/09 12:27 PMmaybe you can sell some online...
5/31/09 4:56 PMManang, I'm thinking of that..I just don't know how.:)
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