[1][2][3][4] [5] By changing the ratio of milk, buko salad desserts can also become beverages (usually chilled or with shaved ice), known generally as samalamig.

Buko salad can have many variations as it can incorporate numerous other ingredients ranging from fruits, gulaman (agar) jellies, sago, kaong, tapioca pearls, nata de coco, macapuno, and others.

[8] A popular variant of buko salad whose secondary ingredient are green gulaman (agar) cubes flavored with pandan leaf extracts.

[11] A popular snack in farming regions because it can be made easily with readily-available ingredients.

[12][13][14] A salad made with another common traditional pairing, that of ube halaya (mashed purple yam) and macapuno.