If you’re not familiar with mochi ice cream, I suggest you change that quickly.
Mochi ice cream is especially great after a meal because it’s not too much.
One serving is oftenunder 150 calories!
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When it thaws, the whole bonbon is soft enough to bite into without making your teeth hurt.
Like all ice cream, it becomes a melty mess if you let it sit out too long.
For this taste test, I sought to find the best mochi ice cream available.
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I picked up five different brands, each in the same three flavorsso everything would be equal among them.
Some were just better than others.
Fuji Mochi Ice Cream
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The brand has a small selection of flavors, including chocolate, vanilla, and mango.
The look:These round little bonbons were well dusted and well filled with ice cream.
The taste:The vanilla ice cream lacked any vanilla flavor, instead just tasting like sweet milk.
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The mango was the best of the threeit tasted like biting into a tropical fruit salad.
It was so light and bright.
Among them are double chocolate, mango, and vanilla bean.
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My/Mochi is one of the easier brands to find on grocery store shelves.
The look:Dusty!
All three little round round bonbons came covered in corn starch.
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The chocolate was so covered that it was basically pure white on the outside.
The amount of coating was a little off-putting.
The mango flavor came in bright orangea little more orange than a real mango.
The taste:The vanilla unfortunately didn’t have a lot of flavor.
It just tasted sweet.
The chocolate, however, was very rich and chocolaty.
There were tiny chocolate pieces in the ice cream, adding a nice crunch.
The mango flavor tasted fresh and authentic, which I loved.
So many fruit-flavored foods taste artificial, and this didn’t at all.
The mochi coating on all of them was sweet and chewy, if a bit on the thick side.
I grabbed these at my local 99 Ranch Market for $4.99 each.
The taste:The vanilla flavor was really strongprobably the most vanilla-y of any of the options.
The chocolate was fine.
It tasted like your basic chocolate ice cream with a smooth, rich cocoa flavor.
The mango was the true star of the trio.
Because the filling is sherbet and not ice cream, it has more of a tangy taste to it.
Besides being really flimsy, the mochi coating was sweet and chewy.
The look:Bubbies ice creams were less round and more like a fat disc.
The different shape just made them feel bigger.
The taste:The vanilla ice cream here had a well-balanced flavor.
The chocolate ice cream was really robust and intense.
The mango ice cream was very light and sweet with an authentic fruit flavor.
The mochi was so thick in all three, it packed a lot of sweetness into every bite.
The look:These ice creams weren’t as uniform as some of the others.
The mochi looked a bit wrinkled on some of them.
The mochi layer was also a little thinner than other brands, but still thick enough to notice.
The taste:The vanilla had a very subtle sweetness.
The chocolate was much bolder and full of cocoa flavor.
Like other brands, it also contained little chocolate chips, breaking up the creamy texture.
The mango was my favorite of the bunch.
It’s sweet and bright, and tasted like a mango twist on the old-school Orange Creamsicle.
The mochi shells were soft and chewy and the perfect thickness.
All three of these flavors felt indulgent and would make an impeccable after-dinner treat.
