Fro-yo girl here. Shaomei, a Taiwanese dessert brand, has been introducing many new popsicle/ice bar flavors. On a recent trip to H Mart in Arcadia, I spotted Lemon & Mochi frozen dessert bars. A 9.9 oz box of four individually wrapped bars was $7.99, regular price. The bars are imported from Taiwan. There’s a picture of a baked lemon tart on the box and on the wrapper.
Shaomei describes Lemon & Mochi frozen dessert bars: “The double lemon taste of lemon ice cream and lemon curd bits are superimposed to create a delicate and slightly sour taste, intertwined with the crispy aroma of lemon biscuit bits and the elegant and slightly sweet taste of white chocolate crispy skin. You can chew the elastic white jade with every bite, perfectly presenting a delicate and delicious taste. An afternoon tea-style ice cream with a chewy taste.” Sounds really good, right?
Lemon & Mochi bar: As a lemon lover, I was very pleased with this bar. It’s excellent in flavor and texture. The thin white chocolate shell is sweet and crispy and it’s studded with crispy biscuit crumbs (the type of crumb that reminded me of Lotus speculoos cookies). I didn’t realize that the crumbs were from a lemon biscuit. I didn’t detect the lemon in the biscuits but that didn’t detract from my enjoyment of the bar. The interior is lemony yellow. It’s more tangy and sweet than it is sour. And it’s smooth and creamy. The mochi rice cakes are in the center of the bar (the ice cream part). They’re plain, soft, and chewy. The size is similar to the mochi you find at froyo shops.
One 70g bar is 190 calories, 11g total fat, 23g total carbs, 1g protein, and 18g total sugars. It has more sugar than their boba ice cream bars but because the lemon is tangy, it doesn’t seem as sweet.
This is the first time I’ve awarded five stars to a Shaomei bar. I hope to buy more boxes soon.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
5 out of 5 stars.
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Fro-yo girl here. Sharetea, the Taiwanese boba chain that was founded in 1992, has partnered with Shaomai, the Taiwanese boba ice cream brand, to introduce a limited time product, Creamy Thai Tea Boba Ice Cream with QQ brown sugar boba. One box comes with 4 individually wrapped bars. I found my box at 99 Ranch Market in San Gabriel, on sale for $7.98 each. The bars are imported from Taiwan.
Creamy Thai Boba Ice Cream Bars: Pretty good! These bars were firmer and creamier than most boba ice cream bars. They were sweet but not sweeter than other boba ice cream bars. Somehow the black tea and spices helped tame the impact of the sugar. The QQ boba were soft, sweet, and chewy. This is a richer boba ice cream bar but I really enjoyed it.
Each bar is 75g, 150 calories, 6g total fat, 22g total carbs, 15g total sugars, and 2g protein.
4 out of 5 stars.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
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Fro-yo girl here. Shaomei, a Taiwanese brand, had (and maybe still has) the most popular brown sugar boba ice cream bars. They’ve been expanding their boba ice cream bar lineup with new flavors like pudding and taro. Recently, I found Shaomei Boba Black Tea Latte ice cream bars at Hmart Arcadia. One box, which contains four individually wrapped bars, was $7.99. One bar is 75 grams. These bars are also imported from Taiwan.Boba Black Tea Latte ice cream bar: The bar was white with brown swirls. The interior of the bar was white. The bar was surprisingly icy (their brown sugar boba ice cream bars are much creamier) throughout. The tea flavor was strong and very bitter. The boba balls were soft, sweet, and chewy. I love a strong tea flavor but this bar was too bitter. The balls were plentiful.
One bar is 130 calories with 3.5g total fat, 15g total sugars, 23g total carbs, and less than 1g of protein.
I probably wouldn’t get these bars again because they’re bitter.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
3.5 out of 5 stars.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
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Cookies & Boba Black Tea Ice Cream: By cookies, I think they mean something like Oreo cookies – chocolate sandwich cookies with a cream filling. The bar was creamier with soft, sweet, chewy boba and bits of cookies (tiny bits). It was creamier than the boba black tea latte ice cream bars. The tea flavor was strong but not as bitter of the boba black tea latte ice cream bars. It seemed lik e there were fewer boba balls. And it wasn’t as creamy as the brown sugar boba ice cream bars that made them famous.
One bar is 150 calories with 4.5g total fat, 15g total sugars, 26g total carbs, and 1g of protein.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
4 out of 5 stars.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
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