Halo-Halo

In this Filipino culinary guide, halo-halo is maybe the most popular and well-known dessert. Halo-halo is a crushed ice dish made with evaporated or condensed milk and a variety of ingredients such as sweetened beans, ube, coconut strips, kaong (sugar palm fruit), macapuno (young coconut), leche flan, and sugar-sweetened plantains, among many others.

Halo-halo is frequently served in a tall parfait glass so that the multicolored layers of ingredients can be seen. To assemble, put the various ingredients in the glass before covering with crushed ice and topping with leche flan and/or ube (either halaya or ice cream). Before serving, evaporated or condensed milk is poured into the glass of halo-halo.

There is no preset outcome.

Because there is no predetermined set of ingredients in halo-halo, the ingredient combinations will vary from restaurant to restaurant. Many Filipinos believe that the more vivid the halo-halo, the better. Therefore, if you visit Philippines, try it.