It's time for mooncakes

Now that I'm in HK, mooncakes are a treat that I look forward to during the year. I`m continuously impressed by the variety and new flavors that companies come up with each year. Aside from the traditional egg yolk and lotus paste mooncakes, there are a ton of different versions. Last year I've tried a few different kinds, like custard and pomello snowy mooncakes. This year, I've been able add Godiva's chocolate mooncake, Hagaan Dazs' chocolate ice cream mooncake, and Arome's fuji apple snowy mooncake to that list.

Traditionally mooncakes are meant to be shared between family members as they celebrate the mid-Autumn festival together. Everyone would get a tiny slice of the filling egg yolk and lotus pste mooncake. But now even though families still get together to celebrate the festival, smaller individual-sized mooncakes have become popular to please the more "health conscious" or "variety-seeking" crowds.

I feel pretty spoiled to have received the Hagaan Dazs mooncakes from my cousin. She knows I have a pretty big sweet tooth and loves ice cream. The rich ice cream and chocolate shell really makes them an extra special treat. The packaging is pretty fancy too. Just look at how pretty this box is!

This box of mooncakes is so big that it barely fits into our freezer (Photo: CathC)

The strawberry ice cream mooncakes was a yummy after dinner treat (Photo: CharK)

But at the same time, the simple snowy mooncakes have their own appeal. More like mochis, these make a great afternoon snack for  hanging out at home on a weekend.

I like that Arome's snowmoon cakes are less powdery than other ones (Photo: CathC)

Be sure to look up at the night sky--the moon should be at its roundest tonight. Happy mid-Autumn festival!