![]() A popular combination with younger customers is Rainbow Magic, which features Fruity Pebbles and sprinkles along with plenty of whipped cream and more sprinkles on the top. Lee opened the business four years ago for one simple reason: “My kids like ice cream.”Ĭhoose from 22 flavors of ice cream at Penguin Rolled Ice Cream, and then enjoy having your unique dessert be created by hand. Those toppings include fruit, chocolate chips and brownies as well as pocky (Japanese biscuit sticks), yogo jelly (flavored jelly cubes), custard pudding and aloe vera. “I would say that customers can choose from at least 50 different types of toppings,” Lee says. Ice cream enthusiasts opting to build their own creations simply order their preferred ice cream flavor and then select mix-ins and toppings from a long list. EMAW (Every Man a Wildcat) features fresh bananas, strawberries and blackberries mixed into vanilla ice cream and topped with whipped cream, teddy bear cookies and chocolate sauce. Thai Chai features fruit lychee mixed into Thai tea ice cream and topped with lychee popping pearls (bubbles filled with fruit-flavored juices that pop when you bite them), rainbow mochi (short-grained sweet rice), and sweetened condensed milk.īecause her business is located in Aggieville, near the Kansas State University campus, Lee created a special flavor as an homage to the K-State cheer. Pandora’s menu lists more than 20 suggested combinations, such as Monkey Business, made using a sweet cream base with banana and Nutella and topped with chocolate sauce, banana and whipped cream. The cylinders are then arranged vertically in a cup and sprinkled with multicolored toppings. As the ice cream begins to freeze on the slab, the server spreads a thin rectangle and uses a spatula to roll the semi-solid ice cream into cylinders. Fruits and syrups are added for flavor to create aesthetically-pleasing color swirls in the ice cream. The server then stirs and chops the mixture in a process almost like scrambling eggs. To prepare a cup of rolled ice cream, the server must first pour a sweetened milk-based liquid (coconut milk for the lactose-intolerant) onto an extremely cold slab. Mprll Lee, owner of Pandora Rolled Ice Cream in Manhattan, compares the preparation of rolled ice cream to an art form. Photography by David Mayes Shops across the state bring a sweet approach to an old summer favoriteĪ treat to the eyes and palate, the international trend of hand-rolled ice cream began in Thailand and has swept through Kansas.
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