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TOP 20 PHILIPPINE DESSERTS
When you’re in the Philippines any time is a good time for dessert. In addition to the after-dinner sweets there’s also a ritualistic daily snack called merienda where you might find yourself reaching for something sweet to tide you over from breakfast to lunch and from mid-afternoon to dinner. Here are a dozen of our favorite Filipino sweets that showcase the flavors of a rich and diverse multicultural heritage including Asian Spanish Malaysian European and Western flavors just to name a few. Enjoy these sweet treats for dessert or merienda the Filipino way.
This popular baked dessert made with soaked glutinous rice coconut milk and sugar has a dense creamy chewy texture. Reviewer Beya says "This recipe tasted better than the biko I buy in the Filipino store. Follow these steps to make it authentic: I used only 2 cups of rice (enough) and soaked it in 3 cups of water for a few hours. Make sure you use glutinous rice! Cook it with half a can of coconut milk and soaking water. Cook it just like rice until it becomes soft and mushy. For the topping: Instead of canned rice I used macapuno strings (4 tablespoons) or more. When you take the biko out of the oven it is slightly soft and a bit runny. But when it cools it hardens. The finishing touch is brown coconut jam drizzled over it. I will never buy biko again!"
Halo-Halo means “mix-mix” in Tagalog which is a perfect definition for this fun Filipino dessert that invites you to mix up the many different flavors and textures inside. Everyone loads their halo-halo differently and this version features the obligatory shaved ice along with canned jackfruit sweetened adzuki and white kidney beans evaporated milk and ice. For an extra colorful and flavorful halo-halo use ube ice cream instead of vanilla.
