It's been about 9 months since that turmoil. This time has finally arrived. Today (December 8, 2009), has filled Haagen-Dazs "Hana has" series revival of the day. This is the last (maybe) big event of the year for the author who missed eating at the time of the last sale.

But though. Many of you may remember that while the series wasn't there, various "mochi-filled ice creams" became a hot topic. This time, I would like to arrange them side by side and do a "mochi comparison"!


The players who will participate in the mochi comparison are all of you.

[1] Haagen-Dazs "Hanamochi Kinako Black Mitsu" (272 yen plus tax)
[2] Chateraise "Japanese sweets ice cream Mitarashi" (298 yen including tax, 4 pieces)
[3] Imuraya "Yawamochi Ice Cream Kyoto Kinako Bean Paste Cup" (130 yen plus tax)
[4] Kikyouya "Kikyou Shingen Mochi Ice Cream" (269 yen plus tax)

Let's eat each one right away!

[1] "Hanamochi" with no "growth"


Haagen-Dazs "Hanamochi Kinako Kuromitsu" is made by layering soft rice cakes and fragrant flour on top of kinako ice cream mixed with black honey sauce. When you put a spoon in it, it hits a soft mochi, and when you lift it, it stretches out . It really grows ... I'm a little impressed.


Even though it stretches this much, the tongue feels smooth and smooth. It is well-balanced with the melting of ice cream. The black honey sauce mixed with ice cream does a good job again.

[2] I want to eat at a sweets shop (?) "Mitarashi ice cream"


Chateraise's "Mitarashi Ice" or "Wabo Mitarashi" is a product that appeared in June. Mochi-style sauce is layered on vanilla ice cream, and sweet and sour mitarashi sauce is also added. The mochi-style sauce was crisp, close to the image of dumplings. The mitarashi sauce also tastes like "sauce" itself, so the impression I ate was "cold mitarashi dango" !


By the way, the small size is 74.5 yen per piece, and I think that the place where you can eat it with a feeling of "a little breath at the sweets shop" is like dumplings, but how about it?

[3] "Yawamochi" with an irresistible texture


The "Yawamochi Ice Cream" series sold by Imuraya, which is famous for its "Azuki Bar". The flavor I bought this time is a combination of mochi, kinako ice cream, and red bean paste.


Unlike the two products mentioned above, the rice cakes are spread out like a lid on ice cream, but five round rice cakes are lined up at the top. When I chewed the mochi, it was punyu and elastic, and it was the most chewy of the four products. If you want to feel like "I ate mochi", this is it!

[4] “Kikyou Shingen Mochi” ice cream that produces mochi no matter where you eat


Kikyouya is a Japanese confectionery store that manufactures and sells "Kikyou Shingen Mochi," which is famous as a famous confectionery in Yamanashi Prefecture. The ice cream "Kikyou Shingen Mochi Ice Cream" made by this long-established store is characterized by the mochi that is lumpy in the kinako-flavored ice cream. It became a hot topic during the "Hanamochi riot" and became famous.

Mochi is mixed in the ice cream, so I'm glad that the mochi comes out no matter where you eat! You can enjoy the unique texture of Kikyo Shingen Mochi, which is soft and fluffy, even when it becomes ice cream. If you eat while entwining the black honey in the center ... the taste is exactly Kikyo Shingen Mochi!


Even so, I was surprised that none of the ice cream mochi was stuck in a click. The exquisite combination of mochi texture and ice cream will make you sick. That's why the flower mochi is sold out. By the way, it seems that a large amount of flower mochi is being produced along with this re-release, and although the quantity is limited, it will not sell out as soon as last time.