🧺Uraró Cookies

Uraró Cookies: The Pasalubong That Defines Marinduque

No trip to Marinduque is complete without at least one box of uraró cookies — the melt-in-your-mouth arrowroot treat that's been baked on the island since 1946. It's the quintessential pasalubong, the cookie every Marinduqueño grew up on, and the one gift that instantly marks you as someone who actually went.

What Makes Uraró Different

Uraró is built around arrowroot flour, a local ingredient Marinduque has been celebrating for generations, combined with butter and eggs. The result is a powdery, delicately crumbly cookie with a mildly sweet flavor that doesn't compete with its texture — it complements it. Bite one, and it practically dissolves. Bite another, because you already know one wasn't going to be enough.

Why Locals Call It The Pasalubong

Reviews paint a consistent picture: "Perfectly crunchy and delightful," "melt-in-your-mouth treats perfect for a midday snack," and one of the more evocative ones — "Sooo soft and gooey flourless cookies — perfect for pasalubong and for any time of the day." It's a cookie that performs well both as a standalone snack and as a gift that travels cleanly and stores without fuss.

Where to Buy a Box (or Three)

The most recognizable name in uraró is Rejano's Bakery in Boac — the original maker of arrowroot cookies since 1946, and still the first stop for most pasalubong hunters. Several smaller bakeries across the island also carry their own takes, which is worth exploring if you want to taste the variations that make uraró feel like a true Marinduque signature rather than a single shop's product.

Grab extra boxes. You'll thank yourself on the ferry home.