Peanut Butter Mochi (with Variations)
Peanut butter mochi is a delicious Japanese-inspired sweet treat that combines chewy mochi rice cake with a rich, creamy peanut butter filling. It’s a popular fusion dessert enjoyed for its soft, sticky texture.
While also eaten year-round, mochi is a traditional food for the Japanese New Year and is commonly sold and eaten during that time.
Tips
- Use smooth, creamy peanut butter for easy spreading.
- You can roll the finished mochi in additional starch or confectioners’ sugar for presentation.
- For a flavor twist, add a pinch of salt or a drizzle of honey inside the filling.
Peanut Butter Mochi (with Variations)
While also eaten year-round, mochi is a traditional food for the Japanese New Year and is commonly sold and eaten during that time.
- Prep Time: 24 hours
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 24 hours 10 minutes
- Yield: 2 dozen
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients
Filling
1 cup peanut butter
Mochi
3 cups water
1 (16 ounce) box mochiko (sweet rice flour)
Katakuriko (potato starch) or cornstarch, for dusting
Paste food coloring, colors desired
Instructions
Filling
Combine peanut butter and honey; refrigerate until firm, a few hours or overnight.
Mochi
Bring water to a boil; add sugar and stir until dissolved.
Add mochiko a little at a time, stirring constantly. Continue stirring over medium heat until lumps are dissolved.
Stir in paste food color, if desired; Remove from heat.
Place dough on a surface dusted with katakuriko. Allow to cool slightly.
Sprinkle with more katakuriko and knead a few times until smooth. Form into a log.
Pinch off a 1 1/2 inch piece of dough and flatten into a circle. Place a teaspoon of filling in the center. Fold edges around filling and pinch to seal.
Sweet Red Bean Paste Mochi
- Chill the red bean paste, then place a small ball of bean paste in the center.
Strawberry Mochi
- Coat strawberries in koshi-an (sweet bean paste), then wrap in mochi dough.
- Add red food coloring to the boiling water, if desired, to turn the dough pink, green to turn dough green, blue to turn dough blue, etc.
Chocolate-Peanut Butter Mochi
- Substitute chocolate sauce for the honey in the filling, or wrap a chocolate Kiss in the filling.
