Coconut toffee explained

Coconut toffee
Alternate Name:	Balikutsa, Ginaok
Country:	Philippines
Type:	Sweets
Main Ingredient:	Sugar, coconut milk

Coconut toffee is a traditional chewy candy from the Philippines made with muscovado sugar and coconut milk boiled until thick and then allowed to cool and harden. It is also locally known as balikutsa in the Visayas and Mindanao, and gináok in the Tagalog regions.^{[1] [2]}

It is similar to the pulot of the Western Visayas except that pulot is made with palm sugar.^{[3] [4]}

See also

• Kalamay
• Belekoy
• Coconut jam
• Dodol
• Toffee
• Panocha
• Taffy (candy)
• Yema
• List of candies

Notes and References

1. Book: Polistico . Edgie . Philippine Food, Cooking, & Dining Dictionary . 2017 . Anvil Publishing, Incorporated . 9786214200870.
2. Web site: GINAOK . Tagalog Lang . 18 January 2024.
3. News: The Peculiar Life of a Buri Palm and an illustrated Philippines sugar map . 18 January 2024 . Meryenda . 10 October 2022.
4. Book: Besa . Amy . Memories of Philippine Kitchens . 2014 . ABRAMS, Incorporated . 9781613128084.