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18 hours ago, KennethT said:

What is meant by Durian ice mooncakes?  The box said 100% durian - is it just frozen?

As promised, clarification. The Chinese name is slightly more helpful. 冰皮月饼 (bīng pí yuè bǐng）means íce skin mooncakes. Basically they are sweetened durian pulp wrapped in a sort of artificial cream and frozen.

From my Chinese-English food dictionary:
 

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snow skin mooncake (with a soft casing which is not baked, instead of the traditional baked pastry casing)

It is wrong about 'snow'. 冰 definitely means íce'. 'Snow is 雪 (xuě).

Ingredients as listed are:

Durian pulp, pure milk, ice skin powder [hydroxyendyl distarch phosphates, white sugar powder, non-dairy cream (glucose syrup, hydrogenated coconut oil, casein, diglycerol fatty acid ester, diacetyl tartaric mono and digyceride, dipotassium hydrogen phosphate, sodium tripolyphosphate, sugar, xanthan gum, salt) beta carotene].

Lovely!

So 100% durian! They aren't even Malaysian. They are Cantonese. Yet, surprisingly moreish.

17 hours ago, KennethT said:

What is meant by Durian ice mooncakes?  The box said 100% durian - is it just frozen?

As promised, clarification. The Chinese name is slightly more helpful. 冰皮月饼 (bīng pí yuè bǐng）means íce skin mooncakes. Basically they are sweetened durian pulp wrapped in a sort of artificial cream and frozen.

From my Chinese-English food dictionary:
 

Quote

snow skin mooncake (with a soft casing which is not baked, instead of the traditional baked pastry casing)

Ingredients as listed are:

Durian pulp, pure milk, ice skin powder [hydroxyendyl distarch phosphates, white sugar powder, non-dairy cream (glucose syrup, hydrogenated coconut oil, casein, diglycerol fatty acid ester, diacetyl tartaric mono and digyceride, dipotassium hydrogen phosphate, sodium tripolyphosphate, sugar, xanthan gum, salt) beta carotene].

Lovely!

So 100% durian! They aren't even Malaysian. They are Cantonese. Yet, surprisingly moreish.

17 hours ago, KennethT said:

What is meant by Durian ice mooncakes?  The box said 100% durian - is it just frozen?

As promised, clarification. The Chinese name is slightly more helpful. 冰皮月饼 means íce skin mooncakes. Basically they are sweetened durian pulp wrapped in a sort of artificial cream and frozen.

Ingredients as listed are:

Durian pulp, pure milk, ice skin powder [hydroxyendyl distarch phosphates, white sugar powder, non-dairy cream (glucose syrup, hydrogenated coconut oil, casein, diglycerol fatty acid ester, diacetyl tartaric mono and digyceride, dipotassium hydrogen phosphate, sodium tripolyphosphate, sugar, xanthan gum, salt) beta carotene].

Lovely!

So 100% durian! They aren't even Malaysian. They are Cantonese. Yet, surprisingly moreish.