Sweets and Dessert Recipes - Kawaling Pinoy

Kalamay Hati

Lalaine Manalo — Sun, 01 Jun 2025 19:29:03 +0000

Kalamay Hati is made with glutinous rice flour, coconut milk, and muscovado sugar. Perfectly sweet and sticky, this rice cake is delicious as a midday snack or after-meal dessert! Kalamay is a proud symbol of many local traditions across the Philippines. Many regions have their versions, made with various flavors, including sapin-sapin, kapit, and bibingkoy. Sweet, chewy, and…

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Mango Sago

Lalaine Manalo — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 01:51:00 +0000

Rich, creamy, and refreshingly cool, Mango Sago is loaded with tropical flavors you’ll love year round! This Hong Kong dessert is easy to make in minutes and blends sweet mangoes, chewy tapioca pearls, and silky coconut milk into a simple and satisfying treat. Although we're months to Summer when mangoes are in season, I do…

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No-Cook Caramel Pastillas

Lalaine Manalo — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 20:57:00 +0000

No-cook Caramel Pastillas are super easy to make and taste amazing! They're soft and silky with some peanut crunch and loads of dulce de leche flavor. Perfect for a quick treat or holiday gift-giving! On my pastillas de leche recipe post, a reader was kind enough to share his no-cook version, which uses condensed and full-cream…

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Kalamay Gabi

Lalaine Manalo — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 05:44:00 +0000

Kalamay Gabi is a Filipino cake made with coconut milk and taro. It's perfectly sweet and creamy and loaded with golden latik, making it a delicious and filling midday snack or dessert. Along with kapit and tibok-tibok, this kalamay gabi was one of the things I learned to make during my trip to the Philippines.…

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Sticky Rice Balls with Peanuts

Lalaine Manalo — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 19:51:00 +0000

Sticky Rice Balls with Peanuts are easy and fun to make and the perfect snack or dessert! Sweet, chewy, and generously coated with ground peanuts and toasted sesame seeds, they're seriously addictive! Every time I shop for ingredients at our neighborhood Asian supermarket, I always pick up a pack or two of sticky rice balls…

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Yema

Lalaine Manalo — Sun, 22 Sep 2024 20:00:00 +0000

Yema balls are popular Filipino candy made from a heavenly blend of egg yolk and condensed milk. These bite-sized sweet treats are perfect for satisfying your sweet tooth and make great holiday gifts. Yema is a popular Filipino sweets made of egg yolks, condensed milk, and sugar. The mixture is cooked until thick, shaped into…

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Calamansi Cheesecake Bars

Lalaine Manalo — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 00:43:00 +0000

Calamansi Cheesecake Bars are the ultimate sweet treat! They're rich, creamy, and full of citrus flavor for a guaranteed crowd favorite. Perfect as an after-meal dessert or midday snack! If you're planning your holiday festivities and looking to add to your Noche Buena menu Kawaling Pinoy is the place to be. Every year, I feature…

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Ten Filipino Desserts You Should Make for Christmas

Lalaine Manalo — Sun, 15 Sep 2024 21:08:00 +0000

Ten Filipino Desserts You Should Make for Christmas is a delicious list to help you plan your holiday festivities! From cassava cake to sapin sapin and leche flan, you'll find a sweet treat for everyone! No Filipino celebration is complete without dessert or panghimagas to round off the delicious feast. If you're looking for sweet…

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Carioca

Lalaine Manalo — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 09:36:00 +0000

Carioca with brown sugar glaze are the perfect snack or dessert! These fried rice balls are sweet, chewy, and gluten-free! They're easy to make with only four ingredients and under 30 minutes. On one of my ritual afternoon phone chats with my mother, she asked what I was cooking for my website. "Carioca," I answered.…

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Hawaiian Bread Pudding

Lalaine Manalo — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 07:48:00 +0000

This is a tasty recipe brought to you by Nestle All-Purpose Cream. All opinions are mine alone. Hawaiian Bread Pudding is the perfect use for leftover bread! This soft custard, loaded with tropical flavors and a fruity caramel sauce, makes a great dessert or snack. Over the years, the Kawaling Pinoy recipe archive has grown…

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Christmas Fruitcake

Lalaine Manalo — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 15:44:00 +0000

This Christmas Fruitcake is a dense yet moist cake chockful of dried fruits and nuts laced with liquor. It's a festive baked treat that's delicious as a dessert and perfect for holiday gift-giving! I used to visit my mom in the Philippines at least twice a year, but I was not always able to take…

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Dulce de Leche Flan

Lalaine Manalo — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 14:12:00 +0000

Dulce de Leche Flan levels our regular leche flan up a notch. Made with sweet dulce de leche, it's rich, creamy, and full of caramel flavor! A year ago, I decided to challenge myself and set out on a mission to recreate all the different types of flan known to mankind in my kitchen. Well,…

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