Recipe

If You Love Snow Cones, Make This Filipino Halo-Halo Dessert

By David Zambuto at Marist College

Want to enjoy a different—and even better—version of a snow cone? Try the Filipino version, known as Halo-Halo, that uses a combination of sweet Asian ingredients. 

Halo-Halo

  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Cook Time: 3 mins
  • Total Time: 13 mins
  • Servings: 4
Ingredients
  • 4 12 fl oz cans evaporated milk
  • 1 jar red Mung beans
  • 1 jar jackfruit
  • 1 jar sweet sugar palm fruit
  • 1 jar ube purple yam jam
  • 1 bag ice

Step 1

Shred the ice using a snow cone machine. Add the shredded ice to a cup.

Photo by Camilla Caffo

Step 2

Add a spoon full of the ube purple jam, the red mung beans, the sweet sugar palm fruit and 2 to 3 slices of jackfruit.

Photo by Camilla Caffo

Step 3

Fill the cup 3/4 of the way full with the evaporated milk.

Photo by Camilla Caffo

Step 4

Mix and enjoy.