by | December 14th, 2009
Well, not really gingerbread (they’re usually made with molasses) but they ARE shaped like pigs! I don’t think they’re just a holiday item, either, but since it’s December, I’ll offer them as a Gingerbread Man alternative that I found in my local Juarez Mexican bakery and restaurant in Round Rock, Texas.
If you have such a bakery in your town, stop by and look for this cookie, called a marranitos although this description and recipe says that some Mexican-American communities call them cochinos or puerquitos.
For more about my local bakery, don’t miss the (ever-awesome) Taco Journalism’s review of the Juarez.
Do you eat these piggies in your family? Comments below are welcome!
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There are pigs in Scandinavian traditions, too, but ours are usually made of marzipan. And you “win” a marzipan pig if you are the lucky person at the Christmas meal to find a whole (unshelled) almond at the bottom of your porridge.
We had some Danish friends who did the “find the almond” to win marzipan, but I don’t think it was a pig. Of course, they always served so much wine at their dinners that it’s a miracle I can remember the marzipan part at all!
Hi Multe Music and Kay,
Thanks for the feedback on a similar Scandinavian treat - wonder what it is about pigs that makes people decide to make sweets out of them.
These are one of my favorite Mexican pastries (pan dulce).
Look at the color and the structure of the bread it looks so sweet. Gingerbread is one of my favorite.
No i don’t eat this pig at all. But here in Bali we usually eat roasted pig. We usually called it Babi Guling with the spicy tasted.