Imagine the joy of a refreshing cup of green tea and a luscious little toffee, and now imagine it in ice-cream sandwich form: crispy golden wafters filled with light but rich matcha sorbet. 
Green matcha sorbet with ginger wafers. Source: Brett Stevens
Believe or not, cheesecake is one of the most ubiquitous desserts in Japan. This silky multi-layered version features a soft moussey base rather than standard biscuit base, topped with a smooth matcha glaze.
Green tea glazed cheesecakes.
Channel your inner obachan (grandmother) with these matcha dorayaki (traditional Japanese-style pikelets). They're filled with deliciously sweet and sticky red bean paste, and mellowed by some whipped cream.
Green tea dorayaki pancakes. Source: Cook Japan / Bloomsbury
Australia meets Japan with these Tim Tam-style biscuits: matcha-flavoured cookies filled with adzuki (red bean) buttercream, and coated in matcha-flavoured white chocolate. 
Matcha and red bean biscuit. Source: Vickie Liu
Layers of matcha-infused sponge and cream cheese icing make for an elegant and impressive cake. Make the sponge ahead of time and freeze it to get ahead, and making assembling it on the day a breeze - just thaw, slice and ice.
Matcha and almond layer cake. Source: Leanne Kitchen
A Japanese dessert fit for an American diner: a sundae glass filled with green tea ice-cream, black sesame ice-cream, sweet soy sauce topping, plus other textured and sweet elements.
Black sesame and green tea ice-cream sundae. Source: Brett Stevens
The perfect sweet for a present, tea party or light dessert. Matcha and coconut are a dream combination, brought together in these soft and chewy little bites.
Matcha and coconut meringues. Source: Leanne Kitchen
Blend, freeze and dip is all that's required for these rich and satisfying iced treats. And because they freeze quite hard, they can be transported to picnics and friends' BBQ's in an esky.
Matcha-avocado popsicles. Source: Leanne Kitchen
Mochi are squidgy little balls made from pounded glutinous rice flour, found throughout Japanese and Korea. This version adds a little matcha powder into the rice dough mixture, and fills the balls with sweet red bean paste for a sweet and bitter taste sensation.
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Red bean mochi balls (chapssalduk). Source: Cynthia C
