Supermarket hack for the indulgent dessert foodies can’t get enough of

There comes a time when we want it all from a sweet treat – a great taste, an interesting texture, a good temperature, all while being healthy. The newest food trend has the solution all wrapped up in a neat parcel.

Rice paper mochi is making the rounds online, offering an easy alternative to daifuki mochi and mochi ice cream, with all the ingredients available at your local supermarket.

Mochi is a Japanese delicacy traditionally made by soaking glutinous rice overnight before steaming it, kneading it into a paste, and pounding it to create an elastic, sticky dough. 

It is then moulded into shapes, with daifuki mochi being a variant that encases different fillings inside a thin sheet of mochi.

Some of the more popular fillings include red bean paste and strawberry, though a popular fusion combination entails putting ice cream inside of the mochi to create mochi ice cream. 

Now, many foodie influencers have jumped on the bandwagon, making an easier and healthier version with yoghurt, fruit, and rice paper sheets.

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Aussie content creator Sophie Fisher shared her attempt, first cutting up some strawberries before mixing them into strawberry yoghurt. 

She then wet a rice paper sheet and placed it into a bowl to create a mould. After spooning the yoghurt mixture into the bowl, she pinched the rice paper shut over the opening, creating a parcel. 

She then dusted the top of it with glutinous rice flour, though she mentioned that cornflour can be used as well. 

She then froze the treat for 30 minutes before digging in. 

Another creator, Mimi Ikonn, shared a different, layered approach.

She first placed her fruit inside the bowl lined with rice paper, before adding yoghurt and jam, repeating the process until it was full, pinching it closed like before.

She used strawberries and strawberry jam for one, and mango and honey for the other.

“Omg so pretty,” said one commenter on Ikonn’s video.

“I’ve tried it too 🔥 soo good !” added another. 

“Omg i should make one with bananas and cinnamon,” one fan suggested. 

“Keep it coming 💕. So easy... makes me want to try it now,” said another.

However, some who tried the experiment did not end up with satisfying results.

“I tried it, because I am obsessed with mochi ice, but the rice paper tasted like gummy or weird consistency wobble wobble,” said one.

“The texture of the rice paper when it is soft feels just like rubber in your mouth,” said another, commenting on Fisher’s video. 

Mochi is traditionally made by soaking glutinous rice overnight before steaming it and pounding it to create an elastic, sticky dough.

While this hack does not completely replicate daifuku mochi or mochi ice cream, it does share an accessible and affordable alternative, with the soaked rice paper replicating the texture of the mochi that encases the fillings.