![]() Just don’t spend too much time standing on that red carpet. We can see Cream and Cones being the kind of place where our friends from across the Birmingham area head for the experience too. For us, having another local destination where we can share an experience as a family is a plus. So I decided to make a lounge.” To that, Cream and Cones has ample seating, a leather couch, and stacks of board games. There aren’t a lot of places locally for families to go at night and just spend time together. “I intentionally wanted to create a place where families could come and hang out. “Many ice cream shops don’t have much of a seating area,” Kash says. Photos of the creations line the walls at the lounge. The cotton candy ice cream burrito is exactly what it sounds like: a burrito of ice cream. They recently debuted a doughnut ice cream burger, which features scoops of ice cream between two glazed doughnuts. Kash says that he’s constantly experimenting with new combinations and flavors, and not just for the rolled ice cream. Portions are large: two people could easily split one cup. The ice cream-sweet ratio was delightful, and both of us loved digging into this new form of the frozen treat. Kash said he intentionally chose recognizable favorites as ingredients, including candy and cookies people know and love. So pro tip: shoot your ice cream quickly! It was in that process we realized that the rolls, though they look like bread or pastery folded in that cup, are ice cream and do melt. One of us (the adult) was very excited about the step and repeat backdrop in the shop, which allowed us to photograph ourselves like we were on the red carpet with rolled ice cream. You can order toppings to finish the deal. Rolls are gently placed into a cup - five to a cup. (And a key ingredient in many of the rolled ice cream mixes at Cream and Cones. Obviously Nutella was chosen because it’s the best substance known to man. Editor E ordered Love in Paris, made with Ferrero Rocher and Nutella or Kit Kat and with a chocolate base. ordered the Cookie Monster, made with regular and mini Oreos, with a vanilla base. The whole process takes about three to five minutes and is mesmerizing.įoodie Jr. Staff pour the base on to the stainless steel surface, adding in ingredients and then shaping the freezing mixture into rolls. Think: LaLa Land (Twinkies mixed in), Pieology (Pecan Pie mix in), Peanut Butter (made with Reese’s or Butter Finger) or Wake up (Fruit Loops mix in). This is how it works: you pick from one of five base flavors: vanilla, chocolate, mixed berry, black charcoal (like a dark chocolate) and rose (made with rose syrup). We, like the other people in the shop that day, were there for the rolls. ![]() “They will tell me when something doesn’t work,” he says. Kash experiments with recipes himself, testing them on his family and friends. Kash said he intentionally created a large menu so there’s something for everyone (aka: even if rolled ice cream isn’t your thing, something else on the menu might be).Īnd though Kash, whose family runs gas stations, looked at various franchises he felt strongly about opening an independent store so he could have more control over the offerings. But more on that in a moment.įirst, the offerings: Cream and Cones offers 36 flavors of traditional scooped ice cream, milkshakes, mocktails, and specialty sundaes. The Los Angeles natives who have called Birmingham home for more than a decade opened the 2,000 square foot shop, which is designed to be more than a shop, but a lounge. ![]() (Both Hunstville and Atlanta have offerings.) So Kash Rojani and his sister Kim, seeing an opportunity, jumped on it. Thai style rolled ice cream has taken off around the U.S. Toppings are mixed in and the flat ice cream is shaped into a roll. The rolls are made by using a spatula to shape the freezing mixture. Located in a strip mall with a personal trainer (look away, personal trainer) and a cake shop/Italian takeaway (note for next visit) Cream and Cones opened its doors last month.Ī derivation of Thai style ice cream, rolled ice cream made by pouring a mixture that freezes when it hits a frozen, stainless steel surface. So on a recent Wednesday afternoon we (Editor E and Foodie Jr.) drove down Highway 31 to the new shop. (There is a pop up with a similar concept, but we haven’t tried that yet.) It’s the first brick and mortar rolled ice cream in the Birmingham Metro area. Most recently, this took us to Pelham, where the new Cream and Cones Ice Cream Lounge offers rolled ice cream. When it comes to ice cream concepts, we’re always game for testing.
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