These 5 Iloilo Pasalubong Treats Will Make the Perfect Homecoming Gifts From Your Iloilo Trip

Where to Buy: Panaderia de Molo, Original Biscocho Haus, Panaderia de Iloilo, DITS - Desserts in the Sky, Bread Basket

Price Range: PhP147 to PhP290

The name ‘galletas’ is a Spanish word, literally translating to a biscuit. Galletas are round, thin, and crispy bite-sized biscuit, a popular delicacy in Iloilo. Usually, galletas are tasteless and, at the same time, contain a burst of sweetness in every bite, compelling you to have more as you take on every piece of the biscuit. The paradox of its taste is what makes it unique among other Iloilo pasalubong. These bite-sized biscuits are incredibly addictive, making them pasalubong from Iloilo treats worth bringing home or having as a convenient and pocket-sized treat while traveling back from Iloilo.

Where to Buy: Original Biscocho Haus, Candy Corner - SM City Iloilo

Price Range: Starts at PhP62

Butong-butong, also known as unat, is a traditional Ilonggo delicacy that resembles candy and is quite popular. This sweet is created by combining coconut milk, referred to as gata in the Ilonggo language, sesame seed, also known as lunga, and muscovado sugar. This Iloilo pasalubong usually comes in long, thin pieces individually wrapped or cut into nugget-sized pieces, making it intact before it melts. Butong-butong has a particular sweetness that, no matter how many times you eat it or lick it, you will never become accustomed to the flavor.

Where to Buy: iCreamhorn, formerly Margec’s Cream Horn

Price: Starts at PhP15 per piece

The sweets that are included in pasalubong from Iloilo are legendary, and it goes without saying that the sweets that are included in Iloilo delicacies can never fail to wow your sweet craving. This particular Iloilo pasalubong is famous for its unique taste. Cream horns are sugary, creamy, and horn-shaped treats that most of your loved ones will request you to bring. Cream horns have an oozing, milky, and creamy filling that often tastes like yema. Eggs, milk, flour, and butter are the components that go into making this Iloilo pastry.

Margec's Deli, the most well-known store in Iloilo and noted for selling cream horns with the best flavor, is where you can get these mementos with a candy-like taste to take home with you. These are available for purchase. They also serve this Iloilo pasalubong in chocolate, buko (coconut), pandan, and strawberry flavors in addition to the typical cream horns filled with vanilla custard. This pasalubong from Iloilo is traditionally shaped like horns and is filled with custard.

Where to Buy: E. Lopez Rizal; LaPaz; Roadhouse Gen Luna; St. Paul's Gen Luna; Infante Molo; SM Iloilo; Robinsons Iloilo; Robinsons Pavia; Iloilo Airport; Robinsons Roxas; Robinsons Antique

Price Range: PhP114 to PhP134

If you ask anyone in Iloilo, they will tell you that the best option for an Iloilo pasalubong and the most sought-after pastry in Iloilo is the revel bars from JD Bakery Café. Revel bars are guilt-free sweet treats that satisfy your desire for sweet foods while also providing you with nutritional advantages. The typical ingredients for Revel bars are oats, almonds, chocolate, butter, and milk, and the bars have a texture that combines chewy and crispy elements. The Oatmeal Caramel Bar is the most popular flavor of revel bar that they offer. JD Bakery Café is exclusively available and uniquely pasalubong from Iloilo.

Where to Buy: Roberto’s Store

Price Range: PhP50 to PhP123

The most exciting Iloilo pasalubong treat and probably the most famous is the Special Siopao from Roberto’s Iloilo, a steamed bun stuffed with bacon strips, chicken pork adobo, eggs, and Chinese sausage. Roberto’s siopao stall is always busy with people waiting patiently to taste the bestselling, Special Siopao. The Queen Siopao is the most popular siopao variant and is always sold out before the store closes.

On the other hand, the King Siopao is equally as good, filled with the same ingredients but stuffed with ham instead of bacon. Jumbo Siopao and Regular Siopao are also available, which are also tasty Iloilo pasalubong snacks that you should be aware of bringing to your hometown.

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