Dippin’ Dots is a novelty ice cream made from frozen ice cream with liquid nitrogen, creating small pellet-shaped “dots” that can be scooped or poured. It offers basic and exotic flavors and can be used in alternative frozen treats. However, due to a patent flaw, other companies can legally produce similar products.
Dippin’ Dots is a novelty ice cream created from frozen ice cream with liquid nitrogen through a proprietary process. The end result is a number of small pellet-shaped “dots” of ice cream that can be scooped into a serving bowl and eaten with a spoon or poured directly into the mouth. Dippin’ Dots is heavily promoted as the “Ice Cream of the Future,” and is generally only available in approved Dippin’ Dots franchises.
Dippin’ Dots began as an experiment on the effects of quick freezing on food. An engineer used a can of liquid nitrogen to freeze a basic batch of ice cream, and the result was beaded ice cream that retained all the creaminess of regular ice cream, but with the portability of tiny pellets. Dippin’ Dots servers shouldn’t have to take the stress and strain of churning out ice cream with a traditional scoop. Dippin’ Dots can be served with dry scoops from containers stored in a specially designed super freezer unit.
There are several basic flavors for Dippin’ Dots, including traditional chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry. Exotic flavors like banana, mint and pina colada can also be created through the flash freezing process. Customers can choose specialized blends such as Chocolate Mint or Strawberry Banana or select any number of base flavors to mix. Dippin’ Dots can also be made from a frozen yogurt base or flavored syrup base to create frozen yogurt or frozen ice pearls.
There are also alternative frozen treats that feature Dippin’ Dots ice cream, including a version of the traditional Dippin’ Dots beaded ice cream sandwich poured between two cookies. Dippin’ Dots can also be used as sprinkles on other ice cream novelties, such as sundaes or banana splits.
While billed as the “Ice Cream of the Future,” Dippin’ Dots has yet to have a significant influence on the ice cream market. Due to a flaw in the original patent application, other companies can legally produce a frozen ice cream product similar to Dippin’ Dots, and at least one brand has already hit grocery store shelves. For now, Dippin’ Dots can mostly be used at amusement parks, malls, and a few independent franchises.
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