Chocolate Filled Malasada

I had my first malasada (Portuguese fried donut) 3 years ago at Leonard's in Honolulu. I loved it. Hot. Fluffy. Sweet. Not oily at all despite being deep fried. I probably could have had a couple more but I was full from eating (Rick and I were taken on an eating tour by some friends). Since then, I've kept an eye out for someone or someplace that carries/makes malasadas. Unfortunately, no luck.

I had practically given up on finding malasadas on my own, when one day, when I was browsing through the freezer section at Takahashi Market when I saw them! A box of frozen malasadas! And they're chocolate filled! I practically dropped Emi-chan to get into the freezer. I was ecstatic! But wary, too. I took my box up to the check out counter to ask the 2 young guys working if they had tried them. Their reaction was this: "These are awesome!" "I can eat a whole box myself." "Whoa! Check it out. We got chocolate ones. We gotta try these." And so on. I was encouraged.

Once I got the malasadas home, I had to try one. I microwaved one for a few seconds and it was still frozen. I put it back in for almost a minute and I got molten lava in the middle. I had to wait a couple of days to let my tongue heal from the burns.

Finally, I got it right. Warm. Moist. Sweet. The chocolate wasn't too sweet, but not bland, either. A little oily, but not too bad. It was good. Not as good as Leonard's, but still very satisfying. I'll have to see if they get in the regular ones and try them out.

Looks like a brown egg...

It's chocolate, no yolk!