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Zesty Besties is back!

Zingy Lemon Sorbet with layers of sweet Raspberry Compote — one’s all zing and zero filter, the other’s soft, fruity, and holding the emotional support spoon.You know the duo. One says “hear me out”, the other’s already putting their shoes on. Reunited for another round of sweet, tangy, spoon-lickin’ shenanigans.Balanced chaos in a cone xGrab your bestie, scoop up a reunion, and take your debrief for a stroll past the spring blossoms in Hagley Park. Plenty to catch up on. One brain...

NEW Fun Lickin' E-Gift Cards

Rollickin E-Gift Cards are here 💌🍦Ever wanted to flirt but the words don’t come out? Got someone in your life who deserves to know they’re the best? Or a work bestie you’re absolutely NOT ready to let leave?We’ve put your feelings on a gift card and there's SO MANY to choose from! Our new Rollickin E-Gift Cards are here, with funky designs for birthdays, big thanks, little crushes, fresh starts and all those “saw this and thought of you” moments. Sent straight to their inb...

Glen's Rum & Raisin

Dedicated to one top dad — Glen.Nominated by his daughter Maya for being “the most supportive and fun dad ever” 🧡And can you believe she managed to get a whole tub all the way up to AUCKLAND so he could try it?! Now that’s dedication to the Dad dessert cause ✈️Rum & raisin gelato, layered with rich house-made chocolate fudge sauce and smashed choccy cookies.Here’s to Glen — RAISIN’ the bar for dads everywhere!This is a limited-edition Father’s Day whip!Available by the...

Lilly's Lolly Cake

So she’s made a big house-made batch right here at Rollickin! Massive lolly cake chunks layered through creamy malt gelato for one colourful, chewy, malty lick of Kiwi nostalgia. It’s the classic party-table treat - only colder, creamier and scooped into a cone. Lose the lollygaggin’ - get licckin’ this Kiwi classic! (Psst, I contain: Dairy, Gluten, Wheat, Soy & Sulphites. Note: I also contain gelatine.) This is a limited-edition nostalgic Kiwi whip! Visit Rollickin Gelato Café at 4...

Pineapple Pash

Lock lips with a Pineapple & Passionfruit sorbet, whipped with real fruit, just like the classic Fruju - only better! It’s gonna be your new love… snogging sorbets!Back for another cheeky winter fling because some summer romances deserve a second chance.This is a limited-edition real fruit whip!Visit Rollickin Gelato Café at 42 Rotherham Street in Riccarton (NEW STORE!!), 98 Cashel Street, or 35 New Regent Street in Christchurch City Central for the best handmade gelato and desserts in ...

Pops Lemon Pie

BACK BY POP-ULAR DEMAND! 🍋Lick your way through creamy vanilla & lemon zesty gelato, layered with tangy lemon curd and buttery biscuit crust 🍋🍦Who’s Pop? Who knows! But he makes a wicked Lemon Pie!This one’s a limited-edition comeback whip!Grab a scoop (or three) at one of our three Rollickin Gelato Dessert Cafés in Christchurch. Or grab a Party Tub to take home & fill your chillers for later. The ultimate “I’ll bring dessert!” flex at your next family hangout.Pro tip...

Choccy Fish

We’ve teamed up with Rolling Meadows Festival 26/27’ 🌼Fluffy raspberry gelato bringing the main-stage energy - layered with front left choccy fudge + a mosh of mini marshmallows. A nostalgic Kiwi classic…like licking it straight from the Dairy!Comes with a mini Choccy Fish per serving :)Keep your eyes peeled 👀 During the final week it’s available, we’ll be hiding NINE Rolling Meadows tickets under cups and tucked into cone napkins. Check before you bin anything… your lick could...

Franks Fanta Float

Nothing hits like a nostalgic Fanta float - so we whipped it up and turned it into the ultimate sorbet experience! Think bubbly orange Fanta, a creamy splash of vanilla, and that classic refreshing zing - because why just sip a float when you can lick one? Warning: May cause flashbacks to hot summers, sticky fingers and brain freezes from drinking too fast. ✅ Vegan✅ Dairy-free✅ Gluten-free This is a limited-edition fizzy whip! Available by the scoop at all three Rollickin Gelato Caf�...

Dubai Choca Bloca

Our no.3 Greatest Lick - voted by you!Silky chocolate gelato swirled with lush pistachio creme and toasted kataifi pastry for that signature crunch.You voted, we listened… and this choccy, pistachio-packed icon has crunched its way back into our cabinets!This is a limited-edition Greatest Licks whip!Visit Rollickin Gelato Café at 42 Rotherham Street in Riccarton (NEW STORE!!), 98 Cashel Street, or 35 New Regent Street in Christchurch City Central for the best handmade gelato and desserts in C...

Banoffee

Our #2 Greatest Lick - voted by YOU! ✨Real bananas smashed through creamy dreamy gelato, dripping in gooey caramel toffee sauce and crumbled with choc-coated butter bikkies.Every lick feels like nana’s just made you a pie 🍌Banoffee has officially claimed the silver medal in our Greatest Licks vote, and honestly… we get it. It’s smooth, nostalgic, packed with real banana flavour and loaded with all the buttery, caramel goodness that makes this one a fan favourite. If you missed it...

Tim Tam Slam

Creamy milk chocolate gelato, layered with baker-made choccy fudge and giant chunks of actual Tim Tams.Every scoop tastes like sitting by the fire with your favourite winter treat. Sluuuurpin' the good stuff through a Tim Tam, and eating the soft chocolately amazing-ness afterwards. Rich, ridiculously chocolatey, and guaranteed to disappear faster than a packet of Tim Tams on a Tuesday eve.The ultimate winter comfort is nostalgic & chocolate-loaded 🤎This is a limited-edition winter whip!V...

Bounty Hunter Returns

We’ve whipped up a smooth coconut sorbet, layered with rich dark chocolate drizzle & flecks of fancy shredded coconut hiding in every bite. If you're the type to pick coconut desserts first or can't walk past anything covered in dark chocolate, this one's got your name all over it. Sweet, creamy, chocolatey and refreshing all at once, Bounty Hunter is bringing serious coco-nutty energy to Christchurch this week.This is a limited-edition vegan coconut-choc whip!Visit Rollickin Gelato Café ...

Short Kings (Shortest Day Flavour)

🤴 SHORT KINGS 🍌 SHORT Bobby Banana gelato, with buttery SHORTbread crumbs, rippled with sunny passionfruit and lemon silk 🌞Tastes like the warmer days to come, cus summer is only on the uprise from here 🍌 A little hit of sunshine for the middle of winter. Sweet banana, zesty citrus and buttery crumbs doing their best to remind Christchurch that longer days are finally on the way. This is a limited-edition shortest-day whip! Visit Rollickin Gelato Café at 42 Rotherham Street in...

Coffee Breaker

We’ve whipped up a rich creamy coffee gelato, with layers of chocolatey wafer-filled Kit Kat spread.Whether you're escaping the library for a study break, celebrating your last exam, or rewarding yourself for finally hitting submit, Coffee Breaker is the perfect excuse to grab a scoop of coffee gelato in Christchurch and give your brain five minutes off.Have a study break. Have a Coffee Breaker.This is a limited-edition exam-season whip!Visit Rollickin Gelato Café at 42 Rotherham Street in Ri...

Goldie's Kiwifruit

Goldie’s brought in a bag of fresh in-season Golden Kiwifruit, all blitzed into a sweet tangy sorbet with juicy goodness in every lick. Packed full of Vitamin C  ✅  Vegan, Dairy Free, & Gluten Free! This is a limited edition fresh fruit whip! Visit Rollickin Gelato Café at 42 Rotherham Street in Riccarton (NEW STORE!!), 98 Cashel Street, or 35 New Regent Street in Christchurch City Central for the best handmade gelato and desserts in Christchurch....

Cake it Reign

Rollickin has been feeling extra royal this week, as we dropped a flavour fit for tiny kings, queens, and anyone who still gets way too excited about sprinkles.‘Cake It Reign’ is our King’s Birthday special, and honestly… it tastes like the best birthday party you went to as an 8-year-old.We started with a lightly salted vanilla gelato, then absolutely loaded it with smashed chunks of iced rich choccy cake and a royal shower of confetti sprinkles. Because if you’re making a cake flavou...

Deana's Peach Cobbler

...dedicated to one amazing mum - Deana.THE QUEEN OF “SAM DAYS” 💅Nominated by her daughter Sam, who calls her an absolute superhero - working full time at the hospital, then spending her one day off (aka “Sam Days”) looking after the grandkids without a single complaint. Always putting others first, always showing up, and always bringing the love.We’ve whipped up a sweet peach sorbet, layered with buttery biscuit crumble - just like Mum’s cobbler, but scoop-able.Happy Mum’s day!...

Six60 x Rollickin

Six60 x Rollickin: This One’s a Bit Special They're playing the first ever concert at the new One NZ Stadium in Christchurch and we wanted to be part of it in a way that actually meant something. So we made a gelato flavour together and used it to back the Six60 Foundation. Six60 started in a flat in Dunedin. Now they’re helping the next wave of Kiwi artists do the same.Six60 Scooped for the public..The band rolled into our Cashel Street store and jumped behind the counter. No big anno...

Anzac Bikkie 2026!

Every year, as requested by you, our fabulous Canterbury Rollickin customers, ANZAC BIKKIE makes it's come back!Our clever Bakers start early, making trays of chewy ANZAC bikkies. Oooh the kitchen smells so delish. "I deserve a BISCUIT please!!!"There's nothing like a straight out of the oven, all snuggles, like nana used to make, hot bikkie.The Rollickin Gelato Chefs then kick into action smashing up the ANZAC biscuits to layer into creamy Rollickin Golden Syrup Gelato, with more layers of gooe...

Fee Fee's Feijoas

..and a bag full of feijoas.She’s sharp, zesty & absolutely not here to blend in. She’s the kind of friend who shows up uninvited, steals the spotlight, and leaves you wanting more.She puts the “fee” in feijoa. 💋 Grab her while she's in season! (Psst. She’s also Vegan, DF & GF!)This one’s a limited-edition sorbet whip using real, fresh, in-season feijoas!Grab a scoop (or three) at either of our Rollickin Gelato Dessert Cafés in Christchurch. Or grab a Party...

Chip Chip Hooray!

We’re celebrating the 2026 UC grads!Salted caramel gelato loaded with dark choc coated Heartland Southern Sea Salt chips. Sweet, salty, & crunchy… it’s giving first-class chaos.You survived on chips… now you graduate with them 🎓🫡I contain: DAIRY, SOY (I'm Gluten Free!)Psst. If you're graduating in the ceremony on the 15th April then UC are shouting you 1000 FREE SCOOPS of Chip Chip Hooray! What a way to sweeten up the day even more. University crunch time is over, now its ...

$2 Rice Flavour

The iconic $2 rice, folded through a creamy vanilla base, absolutely drenched in THE secret gravy - made from pork and chicken juices, boosted with soy, garlic, and salt.It’s rich. it’s savoury. it was never meant to be gelato..... It was April fools 😘🧡🧡🧡Dumplings.$2.Rice has been in Christchurch for over 35 years (just around the corner from our Riccarton caf!), and they’ve never increased the price of their $2 rice. It’s basically a Chch staple now.They’ve made it through...

Hot X Yum

& this time he’s brought the buns!We’re talkin’ classic spiced hot cross buns, absolutely slathered in melty butter, blitzed into creamy gelato goodness, then layered with smooth caramel creme.A limited Easter whip!(I contain: DAIRY, GLUTEN, WHEAT, SOY)Psst. we also have limited BUNNY BUNS for our Easter specials. Pick your favourite scoop and we will make the buns warm and toasty ready to chomp ya bunny teeth into! ....Hot X Yum scoop INSIDE a Hot X BUN?!?!?! Say no more... ...

Pink Pony Club

We’ve whipped up fabulous strawberry gelato with sassy strawberry ripple, and smashed Hundreds & Thousands biscuits, Think sweet, crunchy, pink perfection 😍🎉This one is loud, proud, and ready to party. Who’s joining the Pink Pony Club? 💖🍦🌈Don't forget about our annual Pride Dog Walk on Sunday the 29th March at 5pm, starting from Rollickin Cashel St. We have free DOGGO gelato + heaps of giveaways and prizes to be won for best dressed pooches! W...

Bunny Buns are inbound!

Rollickin Gelato cafes are smelling like Easter!The crew are deliciously toasting Hot Cross Buns with your pick of gelato inside. Check out our super special gelato toasting machine. OMG! It's Easter dessert heaven. You can pick from a delicious CHOCOLATE Hot Cross bun or the old classic FRUITY SPICE. I love the VEGAN Fruity Spice teamed with a scoop of Hokey Pokey gelato. Oh Yes, we've got you covered Vegans for Easter Hot Cross bunning.The buns come from Good Honest Bakery - handcrafted w...