# Ube Macapuno **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 29, 2012, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ube-macapuno/626744 "2012-06-29T22:38:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bamboo\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@Bamboo\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bamboo_Boy)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ube-macapuno/626744/1 "2012-06-29T22:38:33Z")
So I was down at one of the Asian grocery shops in town today- I was looking for things to throw in halhalo, the filipino dessert/food of the gods. One of the jars I bought was this: [http://www.imeldasarisaristore.co.uk/p/209/purple-jam-w-coconut](http://www.imeldasarisaristore.co.uk/p/209/purple-jam-w-coconut) The others stuff I bought I’m more familiar with, like nata de coco, those palm nut things, red beans, etc. but can I throw this in halohalo or is it meant for use on bread? I thought I saw places serve halohalo with this stuff in it, but thinking back, it was ube ice cream. Ice cream. Not this stuff. So- If it can’t be used for halohalo, what do I do with this stuff? Or can it be used in hh? My Google-Fu totally failed me. Any Filipino dopers out there? Or anyone just in the know? Thanks in advance, BB ---
**Author:** ![Bamboo\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@Bamboo\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bamboo_Boy)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2012, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ube-macapuno/626744/2 "2012-06-30T12:24:53Z")
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**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2012, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ube-macapuno/626744/3 "2012-06-30T12:28:06Z")
I Googled and found a bunch of cake recipes, which makes some sense given the coconut.