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Image: Doshi Levien

Contrary to popular belief, the moon is not made of cheese. But if you still feel compelled to nom on a natural satellite, then Häagen-Dazs’ latest treat will appeal to your appetite. (Let’s be frank, everybody will want a bite of this.)

The moon-shaped (complete with craters) ice-cream cakes were designed by Doshi Levien for the holiday season, inspired by a variety of sources, according to dezeen magazine.

Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Levien say they were inspired by Georges Méliès’ 1902 silent film Le Voyage dans la Lune, Armenian surrealist Léon Tutundjian’s relief work of 1929, a childhood Bollywood song and the near-spherical shapes of early ice cream bombes. “The moon idea came from many different places and has elements of fantasy, adventure and imagination,” they say.
Image: Doshi Levien

Inside are layers of flayers. The white moon starts with a pistachio biscuit base, macadamia nut ice cream, meringue and is coated with raspberry ice cream. The orange moon has a crunchy chocolate base, nutty ice cream, salted caramel and is coated with vanilla ice cream.

Image: Doshi Levien
Image: Doshi Levien

“We love the ephemeral nature of ice cream and design to be eaten; we never had a design meeting before in which we ate the prototype,” the designers said. Clearly, they poured a lot of hard work into perfecting these cakes.

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