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The ice cream truck will also be holding a competition to be in with a chance of winning Little Moons merch or a free tub of mochis. Little Moons are inspired by the ceremonious Japanese dessert mochi which consists of tasty fruits, cake and ice cream wrapped in a thin layer of chewy rice dough. However, Little Moons are filled with all types of intensely flavoured gelato wrapped in coloured rice dough. The popularity of Little Moons has skyrocketed since the start of a viral trend on TikTok that sees users sharing their attempts at searching for the dessert, trying different flavours and reviewing them.
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What’s the iced snack of summer 2021? Forget Magnums and Haagen-Dazs, Britain’s most discerning freezers are fully stocked with mochi ice cream balls.
Yes, they’re tasty, but better still, a mochi is a fraction of the calories of a good scoop of decent ice cream (on average 70-80 calories compared to 140 calories), and because of the intriguing chewy texture of their dough, just one bite-sized mochi can satisfy the most insistent ice cream cravings.
A Japanese treat, mochi ice-cream balls are made by wrapping a glutinous rice dough around Italian ice cream.
In Japan, mochi is nothing new. They were a popular snack during the Heian period (794-1185), when farmers ate them for stamina during the winter and samurai took them on military expeditions.
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