Halo-halo (Filipino shaved ice dessert)

Name: Halo-halo (Filipino shaved ice dessert)
Total time: 20 min
Cuisine: Filipino
Ingredients: 600g ice cubes, crushed to a fine snow in a blender; 200ml evaporated milk, chilled; 150g sweet red bean paste; 150g tinned jackfruit in syrup, drained and sliced; 150g nata de coco, drained; 2 ripe bananas, sliced; 60g small tapioca pearls, cooked; 4 scoops ube ice cream, or vanilla; 4 tbsp gluten free rice crispy cereal

Mixed-up sweet beans, jackfruit, nata de coco, banana and crushed ice, finished with evaporated milk and a scoop of ice cream.

Time20 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £1.13 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

4 glasses

Ingredients

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600 gice cubescrushed to a fine snow in a blender
200 mlevaporated milkchilled
150 gsweet red bean paste
150 gtinned jackfruit in syrupdrained and sliced
150 gnata de cocodrained
2ripe bananassliced
60 gsmall tapioca pearlscooked
4scoops ube ice creamor vanilla
4 tbspgluten free rice crispy cereal

Method

1
Cook the tapioca pearls following the pack until clear, rinse under cold water and drain. Chill.
15 min
2
Put four tall glasses in the freezer for 10 minutes to get cold.
10 min
3
Divide the red bean paste, jackfruit, nata de coco, banana and tapioca between the glasses, layering it in the bottom half.
4
Crush the ice in batches in a powerful blender until it looks like fine snow, and pile it high over the toppings.
5
Pour 50 ml of the evaporated milk over each glass and top with a scoop of ice cream and the rice crispy cereal.
6
Serve straight away with a long spoon and tell everyone to mix it all together (halo-halo means mix-mix).

Double check before you cook. Recipes can contain mistakes. Any diet labels come from the ingredients as written in this recipe and are a guide, not a guarantee. Always check every ingredient and the packet label for allergens and cross contamination, and ask your doctor or dietitian what is right for you, especially with coeliac disease, diabetes or a serious allergy. This is not medical advice.