Filipino Candy

LEARN ABOUT FILIPINO CANDY

Yema (condensed milk and egg yolks), Pastilyas (soft milk candy), Turrones de Mani

CANDY FROM FRUITS, ROOT CROPS, ETC.

sampalok (tamarind), ube (purple yam), milon (cantaloupe), langka (jackfruit), kamyas (tree cucumber), pinasugbo (bananas), mangga (mango), luya (ginger), kundol (wintermelon), pakumbo (coconut), bukayo (coconut), panocha (sugar and peanuts)

BRANDED HARD, CHEWY, SOFT & CHOCOLATEY CANDIES

Jack n Jill X.O. classic coffee candy, Viva, Bobot, Hany, Choc-Nut, Stay Fresh menthol candies, Butterkist, Halls, VoZZ cool menthol candy, Butterkist butter-flavored ball candy, iMlk rich milk candies, iMILK choco-filled milk candies, Monami Strawberry & Creamy creamy strawberry-flavored smoothies candy, Monami butter cream caramel rich milky butter cream caramel, Monami premium cafe latte candy with coconut milk, Monami premium coffee candy… Chewy candies like Frutos soft chewy candy (Original, Doublicious, Tropical), Fruichi Duo Berri, iCool chewy menthol, Kool’em Soft Chewy Mint, Champi (Premium) choco-filled chewy chocolate candy, Champi Eclair chewy caramel with centerfilled chocolate, Champi Kape cream-filled chewy coffee candy, Champi Yema (choco-filled chewy yema), Champi Tsoko Pnuts (chewy choco & nut with nutty chocolate filling), Choco Joy soft chewy chocolate candy, Schoko Caramel chocolate-coated caramel… Columbia International Food Products.

PHOTOS OF SWEETS & CANDIES ENJOYED IN THE PHILIPPINES

Pakaskas

Photo by Eva Argenos

A sweet treat consisting of liquified palm sugar that’s liquified that’s placed into a mold of palm leaves.

Belekoy

A sweet Filipino delicacy from the province of Bulacan.

Pastillas

Soft milk candies

White Rabbit

The White Rabbit brand of milk candy is not an original Filipino product but of Chinese origin, yet has been widely enjoyed in the Philippines for decades. This “creamy candy” is white, with a soft, chewy texture.

Pakumbo

Pakumbo or Pacombo is a sweet treat whose main ingredient is dried coconut.

A local delicacy in Batangas and Aurora provinces, pakumbo is distinctive for being packaged in dried banana bark.

Potchi

Potchi is the name of a popular line of gummi candies from the Columbia Candy Company of the Philippines.

The most widely enjoyed variant is Strawberry Cream.

Milkee Polvoron

Milkee Polvoron is a product of Rebisco (Republic Biscuit Corporation). More information

Yakee! Super Asim Gumball

Photo of Yakee! Gumball by Ahljhon Miranda

“Asim” is the Tagalog word for sourness. This is a very sour gumball candy!

Hany Milk Chocolate

Annie’s Hany Milk Chocolate. Photo by Angie Pastor. Ingredients: Philippine peanuts, chocolate, sugar, powdered milk. Comes in thumb-sized bars that smoothly crumble. The other Filipino candy of similar ingredients is CHOCNUT.

Turrones de Casoy

Turrones de Kasoy by Angie Pastor. This Filipino candy is associated with the province of Pampanga. The inspiration is the Spanish turrón, a nougat confection made of honey, sugar and egg white, with nuts. In the Philippines, it’s cashew in these turrones!

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