A polvoron is a type of soft and crumbly shortbread made of flour, sugar, milk and nuts. The Filipino version of the polvoron uses a large amount of powdered milk which is left dry, as well as toasted flour, and butter or margarine instead of lard.
Typical polvoron flavours include polvoron with cashew nut, polvoron with pinipig (pounded and toasted young green rice, similar to crisped rice) and polvoron with malunggay leaves.
The flavours that got me more interested are the chocolate coated, purple yam and peanut polvorons.
The initial bite caused the shortbread to crumble and break. All the more reason to pop the whole thing your mouth. Handle it with care or you'll end up with a de constructed polvoron really quickly. The polvoron was slightly salty (for some reason I was expecting it to be super sweet) but that's because the chocolate biscuit of the Oreo is slightly salty. Texture was nice and soft and melted in your mouth to a paste.
I love these Filipino crumbly snacks.. just like Choc Nut....
