Category: Filipino Snacks
Traditional Kakanin (Rice Delicacies)
‣ Bibingka, Kalamay, Biko, Puto, Nilupak, Suman, Palitaw
Chichirya (Munchies)
‣ Kornik (corn nuts), Chicharon (Pork Rinds), Butong Pakwan (Watermelon Seeds), Buto ng Kalabasa (Squash Seeds), Adobong Mani (Adobo Peanuts)
Tinapay at Biskwit (Bread / Pastry / Baked Goodies)
‣ Pandesal, Pandesiosa, Paborita, Prima Toast, Wafers, Skyflakes Crackers, Hopia, Pilipit, Otap, Pasencia Cookies, Rosquillos
More Filipino Snacks
‣ Hatdog, Ispageti, Prutas (Fruits), Banana Chips, Pusit (Dried Squid), Jelly Snacks, Dried Mangoes, Nilagang Saba, Nilagang Kamote (Boiled Sweet-Potato), Banana Cue (Sugar-Glazed Bananas), Kamote Cue, Sorbetes (Ice Cream), Ice Candy, Ube Piaya
‣ Goldilocks Cheesy Ensaymada, Sunshine Crunchy Green Peas, Rebisco Choco Cream-Filled Cracker Sandwich, Ding-Dong Mixed Nuts, Jack n Jill Quake Overload Caramel Craze, Richee Crunchy Milk Snack
Philippine snacks we all love: Cornick, Cassava Crisps, Sweet Peanuts, Dilis (Anchovies), Garlic Peanuts, Pop Beans, Mixed Nuts, Cracker Nuts, Spicy Sampalok (Tamarind), Sweet-Potato Chips, Lengua de Gato, Turrones, Iced Gem Biscuits
Great for snack packs and holiday gift baskets.
Snacks… More Fun in the Philippines!
Have a Filipino-style snack break :)
Bibing Mamon
Combining a bibingka and mamon into one!
Chichacorn
Photo by MeNi C.
Chichacorn is a semi-popped style of cornick that uses glutinous corn, which is treated with lime before frying. The name is a combination of the words chicharon (crispy pork rinds) and corn.
Rosquillos
Rosquillos are one of the baked goodies most associated with Cebu. Rumored to have been coined by Philippine president Sergio Osmeña himself, the name comes from the Spanish word rosca, meaning “ring.”
Bongbong’s Delicacies
Photo by Toyang Noresa of Barquillos, Butter Scotch, Napoleones, Bañadas, Barquiron and Piaya from Bongbong’s of Bacolod City.
Champorado
Photo by Mary Rizale.
The word is from the Spanish champurrado, a traditional hot drink in Latin America. In the Philippines, tsamporado / tsampurado / champorado / champurado is chocolate-flavored rice porridge.
Purple Ice Cream?
Passionfruit? Grape? Honey Lavender? Nope! Purple Ice Cream has to be none other than the UBE flavor of the Philippines!
UBE (oo-beh) is Purple Yam… a root crop you dig from under the ground.