Edible Nokia Handset Mooncakes

These Mooncakes, made to be consumed as part of a celebration of a mid-Autumn Chinese festival, appear to be officially-sanctioned swag from Nokia.

Cellphone Mooncakes [Spluch via GeekSugar]

[#1 posted by elvisisdead , September 13, 2007 12:19 PM]

Is there one in the shape of an old Cobra CB Radio that I can eat with an RC Cola?

[#2 posted by Anonymous , September 13, 2007 9:12 PM]

It's unfortunate that folks in China has resigned to the fact that moon cakes probably are produced by questionable means, because in other they're still a big deal in Hong Kong, Macau, and Chinese enclaves throughout the world. Maybe that's because those folks know they're safe to eat where they're from.

Note: Hong Kong and Macau have been taken back by China, of course, but native-born HK'ers will tell you adamantly that Hong Kong is not China. Force of habit, I guess. I wouldn't want to be associated with leaden toys and reused moon cake filling either.

[#3 posted by Simon Greenwood , September 14, 2007 2:11 AM]

I wouldn't assume that they were official in any way, this is China we're talking about.
I came across mooncakes in Malaysia many years ago. Like Cory, I was given one as a joke because the Chinese don't really like them, but one you've got over the idea of red bean paste and sugar, they're quite tasty.

[#4 posted by Anonymous , September 14, 2007 2:42 AM]

of all the things i have ever had to consume during my time in asia (4 years total), mooncakes stick out as a historic low in food sensation. taken, i never had the chinese ones (only had the questionable privilege to be presented with korean ones by a roommate during my time in indonesia, and by vietnamese cakes by my colleagues in saigon) it is about the most tasteless (in the best case) to foul-tasting experience, exacerbated by the stickiness and gooeyness of the whole affair. literally hard to swallow - but certainly not 'sweet' as the handle in 'regular' boingboing suggests

[#5 posted by One Eyed Panda , September 14, 2007 7:56 AM]

I'm with Cory. Moon cakes can be sticky but I love them. I get one or two boxes from my company here in Shanghai every year and it takes about two or three weeks but I always -- grudgingly cause they get stale fast -- finish them.

[#6 posted by Anonymous , September 14, 2007 9:58 AM]

I love moon cakes! At least the ones my in-laws buy in Seattle. There are different kinds including those with nuts and/or a egg in the middle, but my favorite are the ones filled with mung-bean paste. Not cloyingly sweet and not a gooey paste, but firm and tasty!

I also admit that I like Christmas cake too. However not those over-sweetened things people in america call fruit cake, but good English Christmas cake with a marzipan top.

Yum!

[#7 posted by JDspeeder1 , September 14, 2007 10:41 AM]

I wonder if they're related to moonpies - a sort of mutant-hybrid of a smore and a Peppermint Patty that not many people actually like, but they're still highly sought after as Mardi Gras throws.

[#8 posted by Victor Muh , September 14, 2007 11:51 PM]

I like good ones. They remind me of Fig Newtons and I like to think they work like one of those energy bars.

[#9 posted by Anonymous , September 15, 2007 4:01 AM]

maybe it's a north chinese thing, but i'm from SE Asia and I love mooncakes! and i dunno anyone who gives them away as a joke.