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Grenadian Nutmeg Ice Cream
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Grenada
Nutmeg Ice Cream
Creamy ice cream infused with Grenada's spice, nutmeg; a warm, slightly woody kick that cuts through the heavy cream in a way vanilla never does; found at beach kiosks along Grand Anse; the best dessert of the Spice Isle; Grenada produces roughly 20% of the world's nutmeg; the signature sweet of the island.
Grenada
Rum Raisin Ice Cream
Ice cream made with local rum and rum-soaked raisins; a traditional Grenadian dessert; the rum is from one of the island's distilleries; creamy, boozy, and sweet; found at ice cream parlors and beach kiosks; the rum raisin ice cream of the Spice Isle; a tropical twist on a classic.
Grenada
Soursop Ice Cream
Ice cream made from soursop, the prickly green fruit with fibrous white flesh; a mild, tart flavor perfect for ice cream; a traditional Grenadian treat; found at Church Harvest festivals and ice cream parlors; one of the island's exotic fruit ice creams alongside nutmeg, guava, and mango; the soursop ice cream of the Spice Isle; a refreshing tropical dessert.
Iran
هویج بستنی
Carrot juice is frozen into a bright Iranian sherbet, often paired with saffron ice cream and a splash of rose water.
Argentina
Argentina's favorite ice cream flavor: creamy dulce de leche ice cream, often with swirls of caramel. A heladería staple, served by the kilo in every neighborhood.
Peru
Peruvian ice cream made from lúcuma, a golden Andean fruit with a sweet, mapley flavor. One of the most popular ice cream flavors in Peru.
Nariño, Colombia
Pasto's hand-churned ice cream: fruit pulp poured onto a metal paila set over ice and straw, worked against the cold by wrist until it freezes into dense, grainy scoops — a market craft dating to the 1800s.
Ecuador
An Ecuadorian artisanal ice cream from Salcedo, with unique flavors like avocado, cheese, and tropical fruits
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Sorvete di Ondjo
Frozen dessert made with ondjo (hibiscus); the hibiscus gives a deep red colour and a tart, cranberry-like flavour; a refreshing treat in Guinea-Bissau's tropical heat; sold as street ice cream and made at home.
New Zealand
Hokey pokey
Vanilla ice cream studded with lumps of golden honeycomb toffee that stay crunchy in the freezer.
United States
A Southern freezer-cup treat: sweet juice or fruit drink frozen in a paper cup and eaten with a spoon.
Thailand
ไอศกรีมกะทิ
I tim kati, coconut ice cream scooped into a split bun or a coconut shell with peanuts and sticky rice from street carts, is a named Thai street dessert.
United States
A novelty dessert shaped like a baked potato: vanilla ice cream rolled in cocoa for 'skin', with whipped-cream 'butter'.
Singapore, Singapore
A thick slab cut from a block of local ice cream and clamped between two rainbow wafers or a folded slice of coloured bread.
Indonesia
Es Campur
Mixed ice dessert with various fruits, jellies, cincau, coconut milk, syrup, and condensed milk.
New Zealand
Tip Top's signature since the 1950s: vanilla ice cream on a stick dipped in chocolate flavoured with raspberry jelly crystals, the coating cracking over the vanilla.
Japan
かき氷
Shaved ice drizzled with flavored syrup, a beloved summer treat with countless flavor combinations.
United Kingdom
An elaborate British ice cream sundae in a tall glass, layered with ice cream, fruit, cream, syrup and toppings, served with a long spoon.
India
कुल्फी
Milk is reduced, sweetened, and frozen without churning into a dense Indian ice cream.
Puerto Rico
Fruit juice, coconut milk or spiced milk frozen solid in a small plastic cup and eaten by pushing it up from the bottom.
Taiwan
芒果冰
A Taiwanese summer dessert of finely shaved ice topped with fresh mango chunks, mango puree, condensed milk and sometimes ice cream, an iconic warm-weather treat.
Thailand
ข้าวเหนียวมะม่วง
Sweet glutinous rice with ripe mango slices and coconut cream, a beloved Thai dessert.
United States
Vermont's summer treat: soft-serve ice cream made with real maple syrup.
Sweden
Swedish dessert of meringue, whipped cream, and fruit or chocolate, a classic café treat.
Japan
抹茶アイス
Green tea ice cream made with bitter matcha, balancing creamy sweetness with vegetal astringency.
Dominican Republic
Dominican dulce de coco-filled popsicles or pops of coconut cream and sugar, frozen until creamy. A tropical, coconutty treat, sold from carts and colmados.
Philippines
Halo-Halo
A shaved ice dessert with evaporated milk, sweet beans, fruits, jellies, ube ice cream, and leche flan, the Filipino summer icon.
Bangkok, Thailand
น้ำแข็งใส
Thai shaved ice dessert with colorful jellies, sweet corn, lotus seeds, and syrup toppings.
United States
A New Mexico twist on the sundae: ice cream topped with warm, spiced red or green chile.
Dominican Republic
Dominican coconut popsicles of coconut milk, coconut shreds, and sugar, frozen until creamy. A refreshing tropical treat, sold from carts and colmados.
Dominican Republic
Dominican fruit popsicles of fresh fruit (mango, chinola, guanábana) and sugar, frozen until icy. A refreshing tropical treat, sold from carts and colmados.
France
Poire Belle Helene
Poached pears with chocolate sauce and vanilla ice cream, a classic dessert.
Peshawar, Pakistan
پشاوری آئس کریم
Dense milk ice churned by hand in a metal drum packed with ice and salt, flavoured with pistachio, cardamom and dried fruit.
Puerto Rico
A cone of ice shaved by hand from a block with a metal scraper and drenched in bright syrup.
Arequipa, Peru
Arequipa's cinnamon-scented frozen milk dessert shaved into curls; despite the name it contains no cheese.
Colombia
A Colombian shaved-ice dessert with fruit syrup (lulo, mango, or corozo), served in a paper cup. A Caribbean-coast street snack, cold and sweet.