Mochi Donuts, Because Deep Fried Dough Just Isn’t Chewy Enough

If you’ve never had mochi, just know one of the worst things about these glutinous Japanese rice cakes is that they only come in really small pieces, either pebble-sized at a frozen yogurt shop, or brownie-sized in a restaurant or grocery store. Don’t these pastry manufacturers know how delicious yet expensive these things are? Isn’t it about time we Costco’d this sh*t?

A Japanese grocery store in Torrance, Calif. seems to think so. As spotted by Jean Aw of Notcot, Mochido (Mochi Donuts) are cream-filled and frosting-covered rings of chewy rice cake designed to look like (and pretty impressively I might add) our favorite cream-filled and frosting-covered rings of deep fried dough.

Currently available in 6 flavors, the Mochido are reportedly delicious and apparently beautiful, though for anyone unfamiliar with the treat, I can imagine the extra chewing takes a little getting used to. Oh well, it’s not like growing back teeth as an adult is difficult or anything.

For more pictures and descriptions of the flavors, check out the original post at Notcot.

H/T + PicThx Neatorama