Dippin' Dots has become the ice cream of the past. amirite?

In what glorious time was it the ice cream of the now? Maybe summer ‘06?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Are you saying it isn't pretty much the best? Cause that blasphemy friend

by Anonymous 1 year ago

This must be an American thing right? Haven't heard of them in the uk

by Anonymous 1 year ago

They are indeed US based. They're basically tiny ice cream pellets super cooled with liquid nitrogen, and resemble broken up styrofoam.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Yep - and you don't generally find them at grocery stores; they're almost exclusively sold from a cart vendor at theme parks, sporting events, carnivals, etc.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I've only seen vending machines

by Anonymous 1 year ago

The only place I ever saw them was a priceless

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Which worked well as a strategy for equating them with "fun" in my child brain.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I've seen them at gas stations

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Yeah. They're kept frozen with dry ice

by Anonymous 1 year ago

probably. exactly like icecream except it's little circles, it's useless

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I had some at the zoo last month. They were pretty good! I just don't like that they're very pricey for ice cream.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Thank God! I summer-job at a theme park and I dry-freeze the skin off my knuckles accidentally while scooping BTW we don't wear gloves 🤣

by Anonymous 1 year ago

There is a Dippin' Dots parlor shop in NYC, on 23rd Street across from Madison Square Park. It's quite popular too.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Well if they could have figured out how to make burnt cherry and bone marrow dippin dots they might have hung around

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Used to drive by their manufacturing facility in my home town without ever knowing what it was. But there was a Dip n Dots store in the small convention center down the road from it.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I like them on really hot days when regular ice cream melts too fast.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

they sell them at the zoo and sports games around here but soooo overpriced it's not worth it

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I'm a bit of an ice cream snob. it's supposed to be smooth and creamy. Not little freezer burnt beads.

by Anonymous 1 year ago