pastillas

Perhaps the most popular Philippine sweet is pastillas de leche, a sweet based on carabao’s milk, rolled in white sugar and wrapped in soft papel de Japon.

Pastilyas

Pastillas by Soundtech27… Pastilyas in the Philippines are traditionally white from the Spanish sweet pastillas de leche (milk). They are often called “soft milk-candy” in English.

Pastillas

Soft milk candies

Pastillas de Yema

Pastillas de Yema from Villa Escudero. Photo by Mildred Cruz.

Also known as Pastiyema, especially when cut into smaller pieces.