At the end of a good Filipino meal, expect to hear a lot of ice crunching. It’s from dessert, which requires studious spoon-work in and out of a tall dessert glass.

Halo-halo literally translates to mix-mix, and the ingredients that go into this Filipino dessert do seem like a hodgepodge. They’re laid out in parfait-like strata, each layer a distinct part of the delicious dessert. A generous serving of halo-halo will definitely help you forget, for a few minutes, that it’s below zero outside.

We made the trek to Chicago's Isla Pilipina for a frosty glass of halo-halo, breaking down each layer before mixing them up, so we could share with you exactly what goes into each one.

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