Asia’s billion-dollar mooncake market is going green — although not in the way you’d expect

The dessert-stuffed Dubai chocolate bar, of viral TikTok fame, has seen many imitators.

Its chocolate snap and pistachio-pastry crunch has inspired everything from milkshakes to croissants.

Now, Hong Kong-based Conspiracy Chocolate is reimagining it again: this time, as a mooncake.

The bean-to-bar brand, launched by chocolate-obsessed couple Amit Oz and Celine Herren in 2018, has produced mooncakes before that more closely resemble the traditional Chinese treat, which is typically made with sweet lotus seed paste and savory salted duck egg yolk in a soft pastry casing.

But this year, the duo wanted to do something more fun and accessible.