 Sopaipillas with and without chancaca sauce | |
| Type | Dessert topping |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | Bolivia,Chile, andPeru |
| Main ingredients | Sugar,honey; usuallyzest oforange |
Chancaca is a typical Bolivian, Chilean and Peruvian, warm, sweetsauce made of raw unrefinedsugar from sugarcane. It is often flavored withorangepeel andcinnamon, and is consumed onsopaipillas orpicarones.
Chancaca is also a synonym forpanela, the unrefined sugar used to make chancaca syrup.[1] Chancaca can be used to preparechicha de jora, Peruvian maize beer.[2]
In Colombia,chancacas are a traditionalcoconut candy.
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