Boba ice cream bar
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Boba ice cream bars are a frozen dessert of an ice cream bar with tapioca pearls, otherwise known as boba, throughout. The ice cream is usually made from dairy products, and can be flavored with other ingredients, such as green tea or thai tea. The boba is made out of tapioca starch, becoming gelatinous when cooked.
The bars are sold commercially in both Japan and the United States, and are typically kept frozen and defrosted slightly before eating.{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-626-night-market-20170630-htmlstory.html|title=From wonton nachos to boba tea in IV-drip bags, 626 Night Market continues to evolve in its sixth year|first=Frank|last=Shyong|accessdate=7 July 2017|website=Los Angeles Times|date=6 July 2017|archive-date=6 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706212649/http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-626-night-market-20170630-htmlstory.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Wong |first=Grace |date=2020-02-20 |title=Brown sugar boba ice cream bars are a must-have frozen treat |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/ct-food-brown-sugar-boba-ice-cream-bar-20200220-epexbzkdy5gqrp3w47hazurivu-story.html |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=Chicago Tribune}}{{Cite web |last=Pyne |first=Irene |date=2019-07-29 |title=8 crazy boba dishes across Asia that have gone viral |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/travel-food/article/3020437/delicious-or-disgusting-boba-craze-spills-over-bubble |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}
History
The idea of boba ice cream bars came from the Taiwanese drink of bubble tea; that is, tea served with tapioca pearls.{{cite web |title=Can It Be?! A Boba Milk Tea Icecream Bar!! |url=http://www.comeonilene.com/2011/11/18/can-it-be-a-boba-milk-tea-icecream-bar/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611142713/http://www.comeonilene.com/2011/11/18/can-it-be-a-boba-milk-tea-icecream-bar/ |archive-date=11 June 2015 |accessdate=10 June 2015 |publisher=Come On Ilene}}
Process
Boba ice cream bars consist of ice cream and boba. A mixture of whole milk, heavy whipping cream, sugar, vanilla, and any additional flavors are mixed in a bowl until the mixture is homogeneous. Once homogeneous, the mixture is poured into an ice cream maker. Boba typically consists of tapioca starch, sweet rice flour (mochiko), brown sugar, and water. The dough is rolled into tiny spheres. The spheres are cooked in boiling water. When done, it is cooled in an ice bath so that they do not stick together. The boba is then mixed in with the ice cream. The boba and ice cream mixture is then put into popsicle molds and put into the freezer until the popsicles are hardened.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}
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