Chancaca

Chancaca is a typical Bolivian, Chilean and Peruvian, warm, sweet sauce made of raw unrefined sugar from sugarcane. It is often flavored with orange peel and cinnamon, and is consumed on sopaipillas or picarones.

TypeDessert topping

Place of originBolivia, Chile, and Peru

Main ingredientsSugar, honey; usually zest of orange

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Chancaca

Sopaipillas with and without chancaca sauce
Type	Dessert topping
Place of origin	Bolivia, Chile, and Peru
Main ingredients	Sugar, honey; usually zest of orange

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Chancaca is also a synonym for panela, the unrefined sugar used to make chancaca syrup.^[1] Chancaca can be used to prepare chicha de jora, Peruvian maize beer.^[2]

In Colombia, chancacas are a traditional coconut candy.