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Yukimi daifuku
Japanese snack food
Japanese name雪見だいふく
MakerLotte
Ingredientsice milk, mochi
Flavoursvanilla, strawberry, red bean paste, green tea, and chocolate

Yukimi Daifuku (Japanese: 雪見だいふく "snow-viewing daifuku") is a brand of mochi ice cream manufactured by Lotte.

History

It was initially released in Japan in October 1981. It consists of a ball of vanilla ice cream wrapped in a thin layer of mochi. Lotte originally created Watabōshi (Japanese: わたぼうし "cotton hat or capped with snow"), a bite-size ice cream wrapped in a thin layer of marshmallow in 1980. Marshmallow was quickly replaced by mochi because it was more popular in Japan and the company perfected a technology to keep mochi soft at freezing temperature in 1981.

Varieties

It comes in three sizes: a carton containing two pieces of ice cream, with a plastic pick for eating it; a "mini yukimi daifuku" box with nine smaller ice creams that contain 9 spoons; and "yukimi daifuku petit three colour box" (雪見だいふくプチ3色 Yukimi Daifuku Puchi San-shoku) containing three kinds, a green tea ice cream, a chocolate ice cream, and a vanilla ice cream. Many people favour the Vanilla, known for its sweet taste.

Aside from its regular vanilla flavor, there is also strawberry milk, triple chocolate raw, tokachi azuki, and raw chocolate.

The regular Yukimi daifuku, strawberry milk, and triple chocolate raw comes in a packaging of two pieces (47 mL each). The tokachi azuki and raw chocolate flavour comes in the same packaging as the mini box. They contain nine pieces with 30 mL in each.

In the hanami (cherry blossom viewing) season, a seasonal variety with strawberry ice cream is sold.

Etymology

Yukimi is a seasonal activity in Japan, similar to hanami, consisting of watching snow falling. The name is a play upon tsukimi daifuku (月見大福, "moon-viewing daifuku"), the sweets traditionally eaten while viewing the Moon.

See also

References

  1. "Yukimi Daifuku (Mochi Dumplings Filled with Ice Cream) Recipe by cookpad.japan". Cookpad. 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
  2. "Only Sold in Autumn/Winter?! Yukimi Daifuku: Uncovering Japan's Super-Popular Mochi Ice Cream Dessert | LIVE JAPAN travel guide". LIVE JAPAN. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
  3. "Our Japanese reporter tries Yukimi Daifuku mochi ice cream for the first time (probably)". SoraNews24 -Japan News-. 2023-04-19. Retrieved 2024-11-22.

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