9 Versions Of Ice Cream You Never Thought This World Has

Adi Miguel

August 3, 2016

• Do you experience that kilig feels whenever you see ice cream? And even if you won’t eat one, as long as you hear that bell and see the colorful stall, you feel like you’re a kid again? We all have that feeling as if rainbows, unicorns, hearts, and stars are falling down at the site of ice cream! It’s a universal happy pill!

  We all know that this dessert originated in US but are we aware that there are so many versions of it available in different parts of the world? Oh, yeah! And these jaw-dropping iterations are surely an additional on your food bucket list!

  

  JAPAN: Mochi Ice Cream

  The fusion of American and Japanese desserts resulted into an international sensation! A golf-ball-sized mochi, which is a Japanese glutinous rice, with ice cream filling in different flavors like green tea and red bean is popular all over the world!

  

  ITALY: Gelato

  No, we were all wrong when we say that “gelato” is the Italian word for ice cream. Nope! We are so wrong on that one! You’ll surely piss an Italian when you call gelato “ice cream.”

  Though the two are quite the same but gelato is denser and milkier than the usual ice cream. It only means that gelato contains less fat than ice cream because it uses more milk than cream! Yep! Less fat and more space for more flavors!

  

  ISRAEL: Halva Ice Cream

  Halva is a sweet candy-like sesame seeds mashed into a sugar-and-honey paste which is very common in many Israeli’s dishes. One hot day in Tel Aviv, cooling off with this ice cream is a known pastime!

  

  FRANCE: Foie Gras Ice Cream

  The world is still debating on the cruelty of making foie gras, which is the fattened liver of ducks and geese. But for the French, ice cream life goes on because this foie gras ice cream is their delicacy!

  

  IRAN: Faloodeh

  Who would have thought that a blend of citrus and floral taste can refresh your warm summer day?

  In Iran, they have this Persian frozen dessert made of thin vermicelli noodles (a type of pasta similar to spaghetti) frozen with corn starch, rose water and lime juice. Amazing! Never thought that flowers can be flavors!

  

  TURKEY: Dondurma

  It sound unusual, but yes, in the streets of Istanbul you can find a stretchy ice cream which has the ability not to fall off a stick or even melt. Amazing, right? And what’s more amazing is that it is thickened with salep, a flour made of orchids. Wow, just wow!

  

  GERMANY: Spaghetties

  You might think of pasta, but no. In Germany, spaghetties is a vanilla ice cream drawn through a pasta maker and topped with strawberry syrup so that it can look like tomato sauce. It was 1960s when this creative pasta was created by an Italian in Germany and it was popular to kids and adults since then.

  

  ALASKA: Akutaq

  When you can’t even understand why there’s ice cream in a very cold place, there’s such thing as Eskimo ice cream. Traditionally, this dish includes meat and fat from animals like seals, moose and caribou. Though these days there is a substitute for animal fat. But seasonal ingredients are still used in the modern version of Akutaq.

  

  INDIA: Kulfi

  Condensed milk mixed with exotic spices is an Indian frozen dessert similar to custard than ice cream. Before, this treat is only sold in the streets of India and were kept in earthenware pots of ice and salt.

  

  US WIDE: Frozen Yogurt

  Late 1970s to and took off 1980s, this froyo was all over US as a low-fat alternative ice cream! And since everyone loves America, it’s all over the world!

   

  SOURCE: Food Network

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