# The best Filipino desserts

Halo-halo, leche flan and bibingka: the kakanin rice cakes, custards and sweets of the Philippines, from Wikipedia's list of Philippine desserts.

- 497 votes · 20 items
- Nov 26, 2020 · Camille
- https://even.best/en/l/2356/the-best-filipino-desserts

## Top 20

1. **Bibingka** (35 · ▲40 ▼5) — Coconut rice cake baked for Christmas.
2. **Halo-halo** (29 · ▲33 ▼4) — Shaved ice with sweet beans, fruit, leche flan and ube.
3. **Leche flan** (28 · ▲31 ▼3) — Rich caramel custard.
4. **Ube halaya** (24 · ▲26 ▼2) — Sweet purple yam jam.
5. **Puto bumbong** (23 · ▲28 ▼5) — Purple sticky rice steamed in bamboo, a Christmas treat.
6. **Biko** (21 · ▲25 ▼4) — Sticky rice cooked in coconut milk and brown sugar.
7. **Cassava cake** (19 · ▲23 ▼4) — Baked cassava with coconut milk.
8. **Sapin-sapin** (19 · ▲22 ▼3) — Colourful layered rice cake.
9. **Brazo de Mercedes** (19 · ▲21 ▼2) — Meringue roll filled with custard.
10. **Buko pie** (15 · ▲21 ▼6) — Young coconut custard pie.
11. **Buko pandan** (15 · ▲17 ▼2) — Young coconut and pandan jelly in cream.
12. **Mango float** (15 · ▲16 ▼1) — No-bake layers of mango, cream and graham crackers.
13. **Taho** (13 · ▲18 ▼5) — Silken tofu with syrup and sago pearls.
14. **Maja blanca** (11 · ▲18 ▼7) — Coconut milk pudding with corn.
15. **Kutsinta** (11 · ▲16 ▼5) — Chewy brown rice cake topped with coconut.
16. **Ensaymada** (10 · ▲16 ▼6) — Soft brioche topped with butter, sugar and cheese.
17. **Sans rival** (8 · ▲14 ▼6) — Layers of cashew meringue and buttercream.
18. **Pastillas** (5 · ▲9 ▼4) — Milk candies.
19. **Palitaw** (5 · ▲9 ▼4) — Flat rice cakes with coconut and sesame.
20. **Suman** (2 · ▲9 ▼7) — Sticky rice wrapped in leaves.

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