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 11 months ago

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

by Anonymous 11 months ago

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

by Anonymous 11 months 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 11 months 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 11 months ago

I've only seen vending machines

by Anonymous 11 months ago

The only place I ever saw them was a priceless

by Anonymous 11 months ago

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

by Anonymous 11 months ago

I've seen them at gas stations

by Anonymous 11 months ago

Yeah. They're kept frozen with dry ice

by Anonymous 11 months ago

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

by Anonymous 11 months 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 11 months 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 11 months 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 11 months 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 11 months 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 11 months ago

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

by Anonymous 11 months ago

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

by Anonymous 11 months 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 11 months ago