If there's one variety of ice cream that's been on the up-and-up in recent years, it's mochi. Mochi ice cream has an outer layer of rice flour dough surrounding a puck of frozen ice cream.

Despite an annual warning from authorities, a deadly New Year's trend continued in Japan this week as two people died after choking on mochi — a doughy cake made from steamed sweet rice that is ...

Mochi Joy co-owners Rachel Burnett and Tom Nguyen began making mochi donuts inside a commercial kitchen in Noblesville in ...

Mochi is a popular food in Japan, especially during the New Year's holiday. Tokyo Fire Department officials advise cutting mochi into small pieces and chewing thoroughly before swallowing.

Two people in Japan have died and seven others had to be taken to hospitals after choking on mochi, a sweet rice cake that can prove difficult to swallow if not thoroughly chewed. In just the ...