As Mid-Autumn Festival approaches on September 15, so do mooncakes in their annual orbit of supermarket shelves.
So densely compact with filling they have their own gravitational field, mooncakes are notoriously known as the gift that keeps on re-gifting.
Though already available in a rainbow of "flavors," novelty has broadened the spectrum in recent years, from the curiously appetizing to the downright gross, china.hket.com reported.
This year's standouts include spicy crayfish, snowy durian and pickled vegetable flavors.
But the instant winner is the ramen noodle mooncake, perfect for the person too lazy to add water to the easiest meal food engineers can concoct.
Or celebrate the holiday marked by family reunion with the gift of stinky breath --presenting fermented bean curd and Chinese chives options.
After a holiday meal, perhaps cleanse your palate with a bamboo-charcoal mooncake, which claims to have detox properties.
Most on social media hoped none of their friends would be thoughtful enough to give them such treats.
"It seems like everything can be put into a mooncake ... everything!" a user commented.
