As a local specialty, shiruko is sometimes made from white haricot beans, chestnuts, winter squash, edible lily bulbs or green soybeans (and in Yamanashi Prefecture, there is also a type of shiruko known as 'azuki boto' in which hoto (wheat flour noodle dough cut into small pieces) is substituted for rice cakes.
地方料理の一環として、小豆以外に白餡、栗、かぼちゃ、百合根、枝豆（ずんだ）を用いて作る場合もある（山梨県には「小豆ぼうとう」と呼ばれる餅の代わりにほうとうを入れたものもある）