In Trader Joe’s Brown Sugar Boba Mochi, we’ve taken the distinctive flavors & textures of Boba and made them eminiently portable and entirely enjoyable, without the need for a straw! Our Taiwanese supplier knows well the ways of Boba, which originated in their country circa the 1980s. You can think of this candy version as a deconstructed bubble beverage, where the center of each piece is precisely that pearl (aka tapioca ball) that usually lives at the bottom of your Boba cup. Each individual, caramelized- brown-sugar flavored pearl is surrounded by a creamy coating, then given a classic Japanese rice-wrapper treatment. The result of this mash-up is a soft & chewy Mochi bite revealing a delightfully gooey center that’s bursting with brown-sugar Boba beverage flavor. Only here, no straw is required—just a bag of Trader Joe’s Brown Sugar Boba Mochi, and a mouth ready to receive this innovative, Asian-inspired candy!