''Cascaron'' is a

Filipino Filipino may refer to: * Something from or related to the Philippines ** Filipino language, standardized variety of 'Tagalog', the national language and one of the official languages of the Philippines. ** Filipinos, people who are citizens of th ...

doughnut made of deep-fried ground glutinous rice, grated coconut, and sugar. They are commonly ball-shaped and are sold on skewers, but they can also be elongated, pancake-shaped, or doughnut-shaped. The name is derived from

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Can ...

''cascarón'' ("eggshell") due to its common spherical shape and crunchy exterior. It is not to be confused with

cascarón A cascarón (plural cascarones, without accent mark; from Spanish ''cascarón'', "eggshell", the augmentative form of ''cáscara'', "shell") is a hollowed-out chicken egg filled with confetti or small toys. Cascarones are common throughout Mexic ...

, which is a hollowed-out chicken egg filled with prizes derived from the same term. It is known by numerous other names, depending on the region, including ''carioca'' and ''tinudok''. It is also known as ''bitsu-bitsu'' (or ''bicho-bicho''), not to be confused with '' bicho'' or ''bicho-bicho'', which is a

Chinese Filipino Chinese Filipinos; tl, Tsinoy, / Tsinong Pilipino, ; Hokkien in the Philippines, Philippine Hokkien , Mandarin Chinese in the Philippines, Mandarin (also known as Filipino Chinese in the Philippines) are Filipinos of Chinese descent, mo ...

version of ''

youtiao ''Youtiao'' (), known in Southern China as Yu Char Kway is a long golden-brown deep-fried strip of dough of Chinese origin and (by a variety of other names) also popular in other East and Southeast Asian cuisines. Conventionally, ''youtiao ...

'' made with regular flour. Among the Ibanag, a variant of cascaron shaped like flattened ovals is known as ''pinakufu'' or ''paborot''. It is also more generically known as ''bunuelo'' (also ''bunwelo'', ''binuelo'', ''binowilo'', etc.), after ''

buñuelo A ''buñuelo'' (; alternatively called ''boñuelo'', ''bimuelo'', ''birmuelo'', ''bermuelo'', ''bumuelo'', ''burmuelo'', or ''bonuelo''; ca, bunyol, ) is a fried dough fritter found in Spain, Latin America, and other regions with a historical co ...

'', the similar fritter made with regular flour from which it is derived from.

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