What to know
- Bruno Mars is performing five shows in Toronto.
- Isabella’s Donuts created a limited-edition Halo Halo donut in his honour.
- The shop’s creation celebrates Mars’ Filipino heritage, featuring classic Halo Halo ingredients like ube, sago, and nata de coco.
- The treat is only available while Mars is in the city.
- Local fans are already raving about it on social media.
Bruno Mars may be drawing thousands of fans to Rogers Stadium, but one Toronto bakery is celebrating the singer’s visit in a different way.
Isabella’s Donuts has launched a limited-edition Halo Halo donut inspired by Mars’ Filipino heritage, available only during his five-show run in the city.
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What is Halo Halo?
Isabella’s donuts baked “Halo Halo,” a famous Filipino dessert meaning “mix-mix” in Tagalog, reflective of the colourful assortment of sweet mix-in flavours.
“To celebrate your half-Filipino heritage, we thought we’d recreate some delicious and iconic Filipino halo halo,” the donut shop captioned on their post, tagging the artist, too.
How Isabella’s Donuts created the Bruno Mars-inspired treat
The Filipino-owned business described the ingredients on Instagram as a pillowy-soft dough, an evaporated milk drizzle, ube pastry cream, ube stick-o, sago tapioca, and nata de coco jelly.
The limited-edition item is available at any of their five Toronto locations as long as the Grammy-winning artist is in the city.
Fans are already asking for it to stay
Torontonians are hyped for this item launch.
“Yazzzzz,” one Instagram user commented.
“Welp, I’m OMW,” another wrote.
“Love! We can’t wait to try,” one user commented.
“Hold onnnnn,” one added.
“Keep this around, please! I’m not downtown until June 12th,” another begged.
Why the donut matters
Mars has frequently spoken about his Filipino heritage throughout his career, making the tribute particularly meaningful for many Filipino fans in Toronto.
