Knickerbocker (Zamboanga)

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| name = Knickerbocker

| image = Knickerbocker, Zamboanga's own version of halo-halo.jpg

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| country = The Philippines

| region = Zamboanga City

| creator = Hacienda de Palmeras restaurant

| course = Dessert

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| main_ingredient = Strawberry ice cream, condensed milk, gulaman (agar), nata de coco, various fruits

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Knickerbocker is an ice cream sundae dessert from Zamboanga City, Philippines made with various fresh fruit chunks, flavored gulaman (agar) cubes, and nata de coco in condensed milk topped with strawberry ice cream. The fruits used include mangoes, bananas, dragonfruit, papaya, honeydew melon, apples, grapes, cherries, pineapple and watermelon among others. Sometimes vanilla or chocolate ice cream may be used. Nuts are also sometimes added.{{cite news |last1=Digal |first1=Neil Kristianne |title=Zamboanga City showcases delightful culinary spectacles |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/food/837601/zamboanga-city-showcases-delightful-culinary-spectacles/story/ |access-date=17 January 2024 |work=GMA News Online |date=9 July 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Guevara |first1=Earl Carlo |title=The Knicker Bocker: Zamboanga City's Iconic Dessert |url=https://www.pinned.ph/the-knicker-bocker-zamboanga-citys-iconic-dessert/ |access-date=17 January 2024 |work=Pinned.ph}}{{cite web |title=Knicker Bocker, Zamboanga City, Philippines |url=https://savorfilipino.food.blog/2018/09/23/knicker-bocker-zamboanga-city-philippines/ |website=Savor Filipino Foods |date=September 23, 2018 |access-date=17 January 2024}}{{cite web |title=Regional Sweets of the Zamboanga Peninsula |url=https://7641islands.ph/explore/regional-sweets-of-the-zamboanga-peninsula/ |website=7641 Islands of the Philippines |access-date=17 January 2024}} It has sometimes been regarded as a variant of halo-halo, but differs from it in that the knickerbocker does not contain shaved ice.

It is most similar to the American and British sundae dessert, a knickerbocker glory, from which it was derived but it has different ingredients. The dish was first popularized by the Hacienda de Palmeras, a restaurant, before spreading throughout the city.{{cite news |title=Hacienda de Palmeras |url=https://zamboangacity.gov.ph/citytourism/2023/06/29/hacienda-de-palmeras/ |access-date=17 January 2024 |agency=City Tourism Office |publisher=Zamboanga City Tourism Office, Republic of the Philippines |date=29 June 2023}}{{cite news |title=Knickerbocker: The Sweetest Tale from Zamboanga |url=https://jontotheworld.com/knickerbocker-zamboanga-city/ |access-date=17 January 2024 |work=JonToTheWorld |date=15 October 2023}}