1 Minute Chocolate Mochi Donuts

Sesame peach mochi cookies (vegan & gluten-free!)

A buttery, coconut-flavored Hawaiian take on a classic Japanese sweet.

Homemade matcha green tea mochi with passion fruit ice cream centers.

Matcha Mochi Cupcakes.

Green Tea Mochi Cake-chewy, moist and delicious.

Mochi Bread

Mochi Biscuits – Crispy outside and chewy inside….a bite of heaven.

Black sesame ice cream using black sesame paste- sticky like mochi and so delicious!

Simply garnished vanilla ice cream with shiratama mochi, kinako soybean flour, and honey.

Chocolate mochi cakes… gluten-free and the perfect indulgent mini-dessert.

Chocolate Mochi Brownie Squares…gluten-free and deliciously chewy

Passion fruit mochi. If you can stir, you can make this.

How to watch the Amgen Tour of California (and gluten-free blueberry waffles)

Warm soft grilled mochi ball covered in a sweet soy sauce, a traditional Japanese sweet.

Chocolate Mochi Brownie with Matcha. Made with mochiko, so they are gluten-free and delicious!

Mochi is oftentimes loved or hated, but for those who love the sweet, sticky treat, this recipe makes a surprisingly light dessert

Chilled strawberry soup with strawberry chocolate sticky rice balls

Chocolate mochi cake – make it fluffy and spongy or dense and chewy. They’re both fantastic!

Strawberry Daifuku is a soft tender white mochi with sweet anko wrapped around a whole strawberry; it’s the spring time sweet in Japan.

Mochi soup, lucky beans, sweet potato for wealth, & lotus root for wisdom… there’s so much food involved in the Japanese New Year!

FOODjimoto’s Top Ten Posts of 2011–with recipe links–and a Give-A-Way that goes until the Lunar New Year, Jan. 23rd.