I’m also gonna try filling them with ube halaya (purple yan jam) and chocolate truffles. If we dig to a more local food, I’d say the espasol from Laguna and the Royal Bibingka from Ilocos are also quite similar
Ube Halaya – Sweetened purple yam cakes. After this “Simbang Gabi” or “Misa de Gallo” everyone enjoys the most popular street food during this season, hot puto bungbong (purple sticky rice cooked in bamboo) and/or bibingka (a rice cake topped with salted duck eggs, margarine and cheese cooked on charcoal oven)