Fro-yo girl here. I recently found Mikawaya Strawberry Mochi Ice Cream with Boba at the Grocery Outlet. A box of six pieces was $3.99, with a list price of $6.49. I remember hearing about the new strawberry with boba ice cream, but this was my first time seeing it in a store.
I also couldn’t find any information about Mikawaya Strawberry Mochi with Boba ice cream online. The Mikawaya website doesn’t list the flavor. They must have discontinued it or maybe it was a limited-time flavor.
Mikawaya invented ice cream mochi and they had a shop in LA’s Little Tokyo for over a hundred years. Sadly, the shop closed in 2021, Mikawaya was acquired in 2015, and Mikawaya’s treats were rebranded as My Mochi. My Mochi makes a strawberry with boba mochi ice cream, possibly identical to the Mikawaya ones. You can still buy Mikawaya branded mochi ice cream AND My Mochi branded mochi ice cream.
Strawberry Mochi with Boba: The pink mochi shell was thin, soft, chewy, and sweet. It was stuffed with a sweet and creamy pink strawberry flavored ice cream with a chewy, soft, super sweet boba center. The boba part was way too sweet. It would have been better without the boba center.
One piece is 1.25 oz, 80 calories, with 1.5g total fat, 16g total carbs, 12g total sugars, and 1g protein.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
3 out of 5 stars.
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Fro-yo girl here. Yasso launched a new line of frozen Greek yogurt mochi last month. I’ve been looking for it at Target, Vons, Ralph’s, Whole Foods, Bristol Farms, Gelson’s, and other supermarkets in Los Angeles. No luck. However, Yasso is currently offering free shipping and two free boxes (one box of mochi, one box of Poppables), so I ordered the mochi online.
Yasso frozen Greek yogurt mochi is the first of its kind; it features creamy frozen Greek yogurt wrapped in fluffy, sweet rice dough. Each mochi is 80 calories, is gluten-free, and is made with all natural ingredients. And yes, each contains live and active cultures. A pack of 6 mochi has a suggested retail price is $5.49. Each mochi is individually wrapped.
- Mango: Tasted like ripe mango, almost floral.
- Strawberry: The strawberry flavor was “off” for me and I love strawberries. It had a less than pleasant aftertaste. I know it’s made with strawberries but they didn’t taste ripe.
- Vanilla: Sweet with lots of vanilla flavor
- Chocolate: I don’t like chocolate ice cream but this one was really good, like a dark chocolate – richer and not as sweet. Lots of chocolate flavor!
Available flavors: Mango, Strawberry, Vanilla, Chocolate
Yasso’s mochi are as tasty as or better than most of the ice cream mochi out there – at least the vanilla and chocolate flavors. The rice dough shell was thin, soft and chewy. The mochi had plenty of froyo. The froyo was firm and fairly creamy.
One mochi (vanilla) is 80 calories, 0g total fat, 16g total carbs, 11g total sugars, and 2g protein.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
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Fro-yo girl here. The 85 Degrees in Pasadena, CA has been closed for months (temporarily?) due to the coronavirus, so I hadn’t visited one in months. They added oolong milk tea (yay, finally) and ice cream mochi since my last visit. The mochi ice cream come in a pack of two for $3.50. There were three flavors: mango, strawberry and vanilla.
Vanilla: The mochi shell part looked yellower than it would naturally but was soft and chewy. However, it was also crazy sweet. The ice cream part didn’t have much vanilla flavor and had an icy edge.
Strawberry: The shell looked unnaturally pink. The shell was soft, chewy and way too sweet. The ice cream had an unpleasant aftertaste.
The mochi ice cream are flatter but bigger than the leading brand, Mikawaya. Mikawaya’s mochi ice cream is far tastier than 85C’s version.
2.5 out of 5 stars.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
85C Bakery Café: 300 W Main St., Ste. 100, Alhambra, CA 91801
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