Another rice magic is ampaw (rice crunchies). Which can be claimed originally from Carcar Cebu, rice crunchies capital of the world. In fact when you go to Southern Cebu, failing to purchase ampaw is like going to Boracay without even stepping into the white sand beaches. Ampaw is just simply made of rice grain and sugarcane extract.Traditionally, the people made these by hand, with the rice painstakingly cooked with sugar and then dried for 30 minutes or until completely dry and brittle in bilaos or round trays made of bamboo. You can also make it more special like mixing with evaporated milk and peanuts. Because of its growing popularity, some companies have even refined their ampaw-making process further by adding food-coloring and flavoring to their mixes, resulting in multi-colored balls with enjoying shades of blue, green, yellow, red and violet. Ampaw is best as pasalubong (giveaways from one arriving from a trip) especially for kids and kids at heart.
