Mo mochi makes me mo happy.

Mmm-mmm-mmmochi. It's a killer treat. Literally. People die eating these sticky rice balls for new year in Japan. Yet it doesn't seem to stop even the frailest new year revelers from trying to gulp down the potentially air-blocking goodness. And now Western mutations of mochi have appeared on frozen yogurt and around dollops of ice cream in the grocery store freezer. Which means my teeth have found yet another carby treat to sink themselves into. (Such busy buggers, those teeth. Some days I can't keep up with what they're chomping.) Trader Joe's has a six-pack of coconut mochi ice cream in mango, coconut and chocolate that really should come in a Costco-sized 36-pack but doesn't. The mochi is not as choke-tastically thick or soft as the traditional stuff, but it does just fine with the filling made of coconut milk. Nondairy means healthier, right? Which means these are, like, good for you, right? Just say yes.
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