4 Flavors that cannot be missing in your ice cream parlor

Gelato is the dessert to have when you want to cool down during the hot summer days. It is light, creamy, dense and intense. Plus, there are endless gelato flavors to choose from. We will show you the 4 flavors that cannot be missing in your ice cream parlor.

In this article, we will cover the following:

• Mango Ice Cream
• coffee ice cream
• Chocolate ice cream
• Vanilla ice cream

The Italians are the masters of gelato experimentation and come up with new varieties of flavors every year. Most artisan ice creams create their own flavors, ingredients, and combinations. The variety of flavors is truly amazing, but there are several flavors that everyone should try. Here are some of the most popular:

Mango ice cream (the first of the 4 flavors that cannot be missing)

mango flavor

Fruit-flavored gelato is one of the most popular seasonal ice cream flavors in Italy and North America. There are amazing varieties, with virtually every fruit available. Here are some of the best:

• Mango (MAHN | goh) – served plain or in combination with other exotic fruits
• visciola (VEESH | yo | lah) – cherry
• Ananas (AHN | ahn | ahs) – pineapple
• bilberry (more | TEEL | oh) – blueberry
• cocomero (koh | KOH | meh | roh) – watermelon
• fico (FEE | koh) – fig
• albicioca (al | BEE | KOH | kah) – apricot
• tarocco (tah | ROH | koh) – blood orange
• frutti di bosco (FROO | tee dee BOHS | koh) – berries – essentially a mix of blueberries, blackberries and raspberries
• fishing (PEHS | kah) – peach

Coffee ice cream

coffee flavor

The Italians are the master craftsmen of coffee making, so it's no surprise that they have created dozens of coffee-based flavors for ice cream. This is undoubtedly one of the 4 flavors that you cannot miss.

Let's take a look at some of them:

• caffe (kah | FEE) – the basic flavor of coffee, often drizzled as a topping
• Cappucino (kah | PUH | chi | noh) – slightly grainy, with real coffee powder and a drop of milk
• espresso (es | PREH | soh) – dark and strong
• tiramisu (TEE | RAH | mee | sooh) – this dessert has many varieties, but its main ingredients are mascarpone cream cheese, espresso coffee, coffee liqueur, and ladyfinger cookies

Chocolate ice cream (the most aphrodisiac of the 4 flavors that cannot be missing)

Chocolate flavor

Cioccolato (cho | koh | LAH | toh) is the Italian word for chocolate, but chocolate ice cream is more than that. Italians love to experiment with flavors, so chocolate isn't just…chocolate.

You'll get endless degrees of flavors from dark white to milk chocolate, fruity chocolate, nutty chocolate, and many other varieties.

Here are some of the loveliest:

• cioccolato fondente (cho | koh | LAH | toh fon | DEN | teh) – is basically dark chocolate, but the flavor is available in different varieties (for example, cioccolato fondente extra noir is very dark chocolate)
• cioccolato al latte (cho | koh | LAH | toh ahl LAH | tay) – this is the Italian word for milk chocolate; It also comes in varying degrees of sweetness.
• gianduja (jahn | DOO | yah) – is a combination of chocolate with hazelnuts, but completely smooth, with a lot of milk in its composition; Gianduja is the precursor to Nutella.
• bacio (BAH | chyo) – the Italian word means kiss, and bacio is Perugia's signature gelato flavor; The flavor consists of a mixture of chocolate and hazelnut pieces.
• cioccolato with peperoncini (cho | koh | LAH | toh kohn peh | pehr | ohn | CHEE | nee): This is a special flavor of dark chocolate flavored with hot chili peppers. The flavor is also available as a hot chocolate, primarily as a topping.

Vanilla ice cream

vanilla flavor

Vanilla has a special spot in the gelato industry. There are countless varieties of vanilla-based flavors to choose from, with multiple degrees of sweetness and creaminess. Let's see some of the best ones:

• fior di latte (FYOR dee LAH | tay): translated as milk flower, it is a gelato with a subtle vanilla flavor, similar to sweet cream; It is often used as the base for other flavors;
• vaniglia (vah | NEEL | yah) – the basic flavor of vanilla, not very common in Italy, mainly because there are so many different varieties;
• zabaione (zah | bah | YOH | neh) – a dessert in its own right, zabaione is often used as a flavor for gelato; It is almost liquid and has a vanilla tinge. Zabaione is one of the most sought after summer gelato flavors.
• cream (KREH | mah) – often translated as French vanilla, the cream is similar to egg cream and has a slight vanilla flavor