Stir-fried ice cream is based of a Thai street vendor tradition where cream is frozen on a pan and then rolled up in front of you. Watch video
There's a new way to eat ice cream -- inspired by a Thai method -- that has started rolling into New Jersey.
Known as stir-fried ice cream or rolled ice cream, the sweet dessert is made on a cold metal pan right in front of the customer, which adds a nice level of theatricality to the ice cream. One stir-fried ice cream parlor has already opened up shop and two more are making their way to New Jersey.
Each ice cream is made special for each customer. The cream or fruit mixture is poured onto a cold metal pan and spread out into a pancake until it begins freezing. Once frozen, the ice cream is scraped off into a roll shape and ready to eat.
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Rolliz Fried Ice Cream opened up this spring in Vineland -- adding a Hispanic flair to the Thai ice cream tradition. Their biggest seller is a mango ice cream with hot sauce on top and their second biggest seller is cookies and cream.
Owner Ricardo Sanchez named his business after how the ice cream looks rolled up afterward and after a portmanteau of his wife's name -- Rosa Elizabeth.
Arctic Freeze Creamery is opening up toward the end of July in Collingswood. The Miller family were inspired after finding a Youtube video about Thai street vendors making the delicious treat.
"People can see what's actually going into their ice cream right in front of them and it's pretty amazing," said Chase Miller. "With no artificial flavoring or coloring it's a nifty treat."
