This year Mid-Autumn Festival is on Sunday. I am not going to make anything special for the day. But I bought a few snowskin mooncakes and some traditional mooncakes with lotus paste to celebrate. Before the day is here, Bryan and I have already finished our snowskin mooncakes. So sad… I wish I have bought more…
Talk about snowskin mooncakes, they are one pretty new invention. They appeared at around 20 year ago, and they started to get popular around 10 years ago. They can now be found in most bakeries in Hong Kong. They are not baked pastries any more. They are some cold treats like mochi. The outside skin is soft and a bit chewy that made with glutinous rice flour. The inside usually are mung bean paste with some fruits flavoring and fruits. They are definitely healthier than the traditional mooncake. And since they are cold and sweet, children and young people tend to like the snowskin mooncake more than the traditional one. I personally love both. The traditional one reminds me of my childhood and home. The snowskin one is more fun and special. All I know is that I must have some mooncakes for Mid-Autumn Festival.
I bought two kinds of snowskin mooncakes. They were both amazing! I love the crunchy texture of the dark chocolate crisps. But I also love the strong mango flavors in the Mango with Pomelo one. I just can’t pick one. There are also many other flavors, like strawberry, green tea, blueberry with cheese, chesenut and etc. Go get some before they are all gone!
I wish you a happy Mid-Autumn Festival! May you and your family can get together and enjoy some precious moments. 中秋節快樂! 祝大家人月兩團圓!
Maxims Snowskin Mooncakes
Mango and Dark Chocolate Crisps Snowskin Mooncake
Chocolate Flavor Skin with Mango, Mango Flavor Mung Bean Paste and Dark Chocolate Crisps
Mango with Pomelo Snowskin Mooncake
Mango Flavor Skin with Mango, Mango Flavor Mung Bean and Pomelo
Want to get some mooncakes?
Snowskin Mooncakes: 99 Ranch Market (140 W Valley Blvd, San Gabriel, CA 91776)
Traditional Mooncakes: Kee Wah Bakery (150 W Valley Blvd, San Gabriel, CA 91776)
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to you! Nice site you have here and will be back often.
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Thank you Ann! Enjoy the night!
There are really much flavors of snow skin moon cakes to choose from, and still, it seems that they’ve got more new varieties each year.
Wish you Happy Moon Festival too!
Very true! Healthier and lighter moon cake is definitely the trend. As soon as it is tasty, I am down. Have a good night! 🙂
Hope you had a nice Mid-Autumn Festival celebration with your family. Yes, I love Snowskin mooncakes much better than the traditional ones. Both of yours look wonderful. I think I will have a hard time picking just one favorite as well. 🙂
Thanks, Amy! We had a good time. We were walking around the neighborhood blocks with some lanterns. Hahaha… The neighbors may think we were weird. But it was fun!