Drain the mandarins in a sieve, collecting the juice. Mix 1 tablespoon of maple syrup or honey and 2 tablespoons of mandarin juice in a bowl. Mix the mandarins with it, let it stand for a short time
Whip the cream in the mixing bowl with the whisks of the hand mixer until stiff. Stir yoghurt until smooth. Score the vanilla pod lengthwise with a knife, scrape out the vanilla pulp
Stir vanilla pulp or vanillin sugar, 1-2 tablespoons maple syrup or honey, ground poppy seeds and 2-3 tablespoons mandarin juice into the yoghurt. Then carefully fold in the whipped cream
Divide the poppy seed yoghurt into four dessert bowls. Arrange mandarins with the marinade on top. Decorate with lemon balm leaves if desired