Traditional food products include a candy made of guava fruit and sugar, jams, and sweets made from "pulque", milk candies from Bernal, a hard bread called "mezquitamal", which is made by the Otomis, and various types of mole sauces made in Amealco. In the Sierra Gorda area, gorditas can be prepared with sugar, cheese, and "piloncillo". The "zacahuil", a large type of tamale, is filled with chicken, turkey or pork with dried chili pepper. A number of insects are used, especially in indigenous dishes such as "tantárreas" (ants from a type of mesquite tree) and "escamoles", often cooked with cactus flowers. One native beverage, called "mejengue", made with "piloncillo" (a type of sugar derived from the cane plant), banana, "pulque" and corn.