cascaron

{{Short description|Filipino doughnut}}

{{Not to be confused with|Cascarón}}

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{{Infobox prepared food

| name = Cascaron

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| caption = Top: Skewered cascaron;
Bottom: Ibanag pinakufu

| alternate_name = carioca, karioka, tinudok, bitsu-bitsu, bicho-bicho, pinakufu, paborot, binuelos, binowilos, bunuelos

| country = Philippines

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| course = Dessert

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| main_ingredient = ground glutinous rice, grated coconut, and sugar

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Cascaron is a Filipino 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.{{cite web|title=Cascaron -- Bitsu-Bistsu (Dough Balls)|url=http://recipeofhealth.com/recipe/cascaron-bitsu-bitsu-dough-balls-441984rb|website=Recipe of Health|access-date=December 4, 2014}}

They are approximately golf-ball sized.{{Cite book |last=Laudan |first=Rachel |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Food_of_Paradise/ZnsTxepydfQC |title=The Food of Paradise: Exploring Hawaii’s Culinary Heritage |date=1996-08-01 |publisher=University of Hawaii Press |isbn=978-0-8248-1778-7 |language=en}}