Ride the wave of pastel pink hype！ Here are 3 spring-exclusive "sakura-themed desserts"

▲ Mister Donut's Sakura Series Donuts. (Photo / Provided by Mister Donut)

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In addition to cherry blossom viewing in spring, many businesses have also launched sakura-limited edition desserts that are not only delicious but also come in dreamy pastel colors, attracting flocks of girls eager to snap IG-worthy photos.ETtoday ETTODAY and Dongsen News Cloud have handpicked a selection of sakura-themed sweets for the season to capture your pink-loving heart！

1.Mister Donut 
The nationwide donut chain Mister Donut has jumped on the sakura bandwagon, launching five spring-exclusive “Sakura-Themed Season” donuts. The flavors include Sakura Pudding, Sakura Marshmallow Pudding, Sakura Raspberry Pudding, Sakura Franche, and Sakura Opus. The fillings use real sakura leaf extract, with 70% fruit content from raspberry jam imported from the Netherlands mixed with fresh cream. When you take a bite, you can clearly feel the texture of the seeds.

The donut designs reflect the image of falling cherry blossoms, decorated evenly with beet sugar crystals in soft pink and light purple hues, adding to the visual appeal and creating a dreamy floral ring look that’s perfect for photos.

▲ ?Li Tea? launches limited-edition sakura products. (Photo / Provided by ?Li Tea?)

2. ?Li Tea? 
No need to fly to Japan to enjoy a taste of Kyoto spring！?Li Tea? combines domestically grown Japanese yaezakura (double-petal cherry blossoms) with traditional matcha to offer Sakura Latte, Sakura Sundae (Matcha), and a Sakura Set. The sakura items are available from March 17 to May 8.

The Sakura Latte pairs sakura salted pickles with matcha latte; the Sakura Sundae features a delicate pink appearance with layers starting from the bottom: sakura plum jelly, roasted rice grains, and matcha ice cream, topped with sakura red bean paste, sakura salted pickle petals, mochi, sakura mochi, and matcha yukari cake. The sakura salted pickles (cherry blossom petals) are made from domestic Japanese yaezakura without any artificial colors or flavorings, delivering the flower’s natural fragrance.

▲ Yani Shengruan Roll - Sakura Double Swirl (Photo / Screenshot fromYani Bread Workshop official website.)

3. Yani Bread Workshop 
Founded in 2000, Yani Bread Workshop set a record in April 2016 by achieving its highest monthly sales of 240,000 units, with one unit selling every 10 seconds.

Riding the pastel sakura trend, Yani has introduced a limited-edition flavor, the “Yani Shengruan Roll - Sakura Double Swirl,” priced at NT$450 per roll. It’s made by baking Japanese-imported naturally salted sakura with a puff pastry cake body. The salted sakura is quite expensive, but it's not only beautiful but also edible. Limited to 20,000 rolls for spring. Yani will also open its Kaohsiung flagship store on March 25 and a new branch in Zhubei, Hsinchu, on April 9.