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!

11 comments:

Sidney said...

Need to try this... but you will have a hard time to convince me that there is something better than Belgian chocolates ! ;-)

Ning said...

I think I would love the pinipig crunch bars the best! :)

Oggi said...

Sidney, I knew you'd say that.:D
The dark ones are Belgian and the bittersweet bars are German. Both are excellent chocolates.:)

Ning, ang sarap with bittersweet chocolate, pang adult.:)

Midge said...

The store in question is called Machiavelli and they do a number of chocs with indigenous ingredients. (The dark choc truffle with mangosteen? Lovely!)

But pinipig with dark chocolate ~ ! Wow! I'm stunned!

Oggi said...

Midge, thanks for the info. Truffle with mangosteen, I have to try that.:)

caninecologne said...

those candies look amazing! i would love to eat those...i love jackfruit...my mouth is watering.

pinipig 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.

Oggi said...

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.

Gmirage said...

You're a genius Oggi! I won't be surprised to see you opening your wn choco factory soon!

Oggi said...

G, I would love to but I need capital.:D

Lory said...

maybe you can sell some online...

Oggi said...

Manang, I'm thinking of that..I just don't know how.:)

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