Halo-halo

A Filipino shaved ice dessert layered with sweet beans, jellies, fruit and evaporated milk, topped with ube and leche flan.

Halo-halo: A tall glass of halo-halo with shaved ice, colorful jellies, beans, purple ube jam, a slice of leche flan and a scoop of ice cream
  • Traditional and regional desserts
  • Philippines

Halo-halo means mix-mix in Tagalog, and that is how it is eaten. A tall glass is filled with sweetened beans, coconut strips, jackfruit, palm fruit, colorful jellies and sometimes sweet corn or tapioca pearls, then piled with shaved ice and drenched with evaporated milk.

It is crowned with ube halaya, a sweet purple yam jam, a slice of leche flan and a scoop of ice cream. Every shop and family has its own combination, and it is a beloved dessert in the hot summer months.

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Written by VanillaGoods in our own words from these sources. Last reviewed October 15, 2026.

  1. DID YOU KNOW? – National Library of the Philippines, National Library of the Philippines