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Banoffee any one?

You'll be super pleased. We hear all your 'return the flavour' protests and the Chefs have finally given in (they have put lots of new ideas for flavours on the back burner just for you). You gotta love those Chefs! Bunches and bunches of real bananas are filling the Rollickin whippin kitchen. There's a lot of banana peeling, chopping  and banana smashing to get them ready to be churned through our dreamy creamy gelato (made with organic milk). Then they layer with crumbled butter biscuits ...

Lick an Easter Miracle!

EASTER MIRACLE is our new Rollickin Gelato whip for Easter weekend.Hoppin creamy milk chocolate gelato and bouncing marshmallows and layers of our gooey caramel sauce, plus an extra chocolate drizzling miracle!This ice cream flavour is a Gluten Free egg wonder.Hop on in bunnies, families and friends for Easter dessert treats. We have lots of chocolate options to keep up the Easter themed treating over the long weekend.And there's lots to choose from that meets most Gluten Free, Dairy free, Vegan...

Rollickin Hot X Bunny Buns!

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.Toasting in-stores this week and Easter weekend til we ru...

Rollickin & CHCH Pride Dog Walk!

The most fabulous event for dogs and their owners is back! Christchurch Pride and Rollickin Gelato's Dog Walk is a fun 30-minute stroll throughout our cool Christchurch CBD.Meet at Rollickin Gelato Cafe, 98 Cashel Street on Sunday 17th March at 5pm. There's FREE DOG SCOOPS, (especially whipped gelato that's dog friendly), lots of giveaways and prizes for the best dressed pooches. Woof! Woof! See ya there! XBiggest THANK YOU shout-out to everyone that helps put on such an awesome Christ...

Lick'n'Mix peoples!

Our whipping Gelato Chefs have been taste testing scoop combinations for you. Our ice cream scoops are delicious on there own but why not mix them up and see what fabulous dessert like combinations you can come up with. Licking technique is up and down and vice versa! Some of these come from customers, we certainly come across some interesting triple scoop flavour requests...so here's the Chef's pick!Mango Lassi. My personal Favourite!Grab a scoop of Hello Mango gelato and Salty Caramel and Yogi...

Get your dream dates attention!

Get a Valentines Card they really want!  And your first dessert date nailed at Rollickin.Say NO to boring expensive Valentines Day Cards!Give them a message of LOVE and a Gelato date.Pst. We have chocolate flavours too (yes, it's an aphrodisiac!!!), if they want to go all traditional chocolate on you ;)You've got this! Grab a Rollickin Gelato Gift Card from a Rollickin Gelato Cafe from $15 or online (from $25). If you are buying online, yes, we can add your loved up message & post for y...

Life's too short for boring gelato flavours!

Check out Rollickin's whipping limited edition caramel gelato's! Lick PopNana or Dulce De Pash or Chatty Cathy Coffee ice cream. Caramel on in Dessert Lovers - they are only here for a short time! Driving your tastebuds crazy. Remember Rollickin gives out free wee gelato tastes.POPNANA. Hold on to your popcorn tubs. The Buskers are here! Be entertained lickin caramel popcorn, dreamy banana gelato, chocolate flakes and caramel fun! I’m Gluten Free! Lick popcorn at Rollickin Gelato Cafe Chr...

Happy New Year Ōtautahi Christchurch!

Hey there, Christchurch! Waving goodbye to the year that was and let's dive spoon-first into 2024, the whole Rollickin Gelato gang wants to shout out a massive, chocolate-covered "Happy New Year" to our favourite dessert aficionados!2023 was full of dessert adventures and Rollickin fun times. And, 2024 is going to be even bigger and better!To our sweet-toothed squad in Christchurch, you've made our days as delightful as a scoop of our creamiest gelato. Seriously, your support has been sweeter th...

Happiest Holiday's Open Hours!

See you all Christmas Eve for some Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-ing. We've got the Christmas music cranking & are all tinselled up. OMG! SANTA"S COMING!!!Kill some of that awful Santa arriving wait time at Rollickin Gelato Cafes. We will be open til 10pm, and then everyone can be tucked up in bed before midnight;)Rollickin Gelato Dessert Cafes are only closed on Christmas Day.Merry Christmas everyone! XAnd then we are back scooping Boxing Day as normal! You will be hanging out for an ice...

Ice cream for hire!

Got a work shout, wedding, group gathering, party, team thank you, clients you want to win over? We'll we've got the perfect affordable thing ... Rollickin Funk Trunks!Each Funk Trunk is like a specialised chilly bin that holds gelato cold for 5-7 hours.(Yep, we've even flown one down in the Hercules to Scott Base, Antarctica for a special Scientists Shout. How cool is that!)Ice cream for hire - how many do you need to serve?One Funk Trunk holds two flavours, which is 100 single servings, Two Fu...

Best Rollickin Christmas Gift Card eva!

Easy peasy Santa! Grab them a round of Rollickin Gift Cards. Perfect for your awesome neighbour, that super secret crush, the great teacher, your super boss, the secret Santa Gift, the pool boy (wish I had a pool & boy), your besties, hard to buy for Grandpa, the fabulous hard working work mates, why not just all the whānau and nail that Christmas Gift list in one hit!Grab them in Rollickin Gelato Cafes (if you live in the best city - Christchurch!). Our team are happy to load a Rollickin G...

Whippin a Gelato for Dracula!

What fun, collaborating with the crew from Dracula's Cabaret all the way from the Gold Coast Australia. The Rollickin Chefs created DRACULA'S BLEEDING HEART.Licking creamy nocturnal Vanilla Bod Gelato and bites of bleeding Raspberry and sucking oozy Kiwifruit goo and crushing the breath out of me Meringue .I love a good Gluten Free pavlova Brain Freeze after the show at the iconic Isaac Theatre Royal in Christchurch. Rollickin Gelato Cafe New Regent Street fuelled the talent with icecream a...

Lick your Beer!

Rollickin Gelato and Two Thumb Brewery, two Christchurch passionate businesses have joined forces to whip & brew a summer treat.Releasing Canterbury Anniversary Day Friday 17th November. Cheers Christchurch!Jed Joyce (Rollickin Gelato) & Alex Grimshaw (Two Thumb’s Brewer) worked together on taking one of Rollickin’s Summer Crowd's favourite gelato flavours – Pops Lemon Pie to recreate into a Dessert Sour Beer.Our Pop's Lemon Pie Sour beer is brewed to be intentionally acidic or tar...

Rollickin Scooping Silver Ferns!

The super cool Silver Ferns took over Rollickin Gelato Cafe at 98 Cashel Street to scoop to fans. How much fun is that! Lots of laughs, autographs, selfies and gelato giveaways. Thanks to our friends at ChristchurchNZ and Netball New Zealand. We were all star struck with their icecream scooping performance. You're winners!Biggest thanks team for a fun Saturday! Go the Silver Ferns!Rollickin Gelato Cafes are found in the centre of Christchurch City for netball fuelling!There are two gelato locati...

Rollickin Gelato 2023 Scoop Poll

We're all learning lots and lots about Politics over the last two weeks at Rollickin Gelato Christchurch!Rollickin's Scoop Poll alongside the Electoral Commission team, are educating youth to enrol, vote, understand what each Party stands for and how the Parliamentary seat system works. Every vote counts and the Under 25 year olds are a big voting force here in Christchurch. NZ's second biggest city. Whoop! Whoop!It's been so much fun and we still have three weeks to go! Our Rollickin Youth Scoo...

Good Luck Coconut!

Our Rollickin Gelato Chefs have been busy in the kitchen creating this delicious Vegan, Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free and even Egg-Free creamy sorbet to cover more of your dietary requests.They are whipping dreamy really creamy salted COCONUT sorbet and then adding swirls of MANGO salsa. It’s like a tropical vacation in a Rollickin cup. That's Vegan, Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free and Egg-Free.I'm absolutely addicted as one of Rollickin's chief taste testers! "Take me to the islands with this one".Let's go...

S Club!

Rollickin is churning STRAWBERRY and CREAM gelato with swirls of house-made Strawberry puree and crushing Meringue Chunks.It's like a Strawberry licking meringue party! And boy it's proving to be a popular ice cream flavour!!!This ones Gluten Free for those grizzly allergen tummies.Dance on in S Clubbers! To Rollickin 98 Cashel Street, Christchurch. And Rollickin 35 New Regent Street, Christchurch. 11am-10pm Sunday-Thursday. And a little later for late night dessert dates 11am-11pm on Friday and...

McYum Bun

Toasty joy with every bun bite! Pick your favourite Rollickin scoop and sauciness (Berry, Choc Fudge or Caramel) and we’ll magically toast inside a brioche donut bun.I’m really toasted.Yep! Your the only bun for me! XBun on in Christchurch!See you at Rollickin Gelato Dessert Cafe 98 Cashel Street, Christchurch. OR Rollickin 35 New Regent Street, Christchurch. Open for biting toasty gelato buns 11am to 10pm Sunday-Thursday.And a little later at night for dessert daters... 11am to 11pm Friday ...

Wham Bam Banana Slam!

Our whipping Chefs kitchens at Rollickin Gelato are full of bunches and bunches of Bananas. Waiting patiently to be split, mushed and churned into dreamy creamy Banana gelato. Yes, you're right, I'm going Bananas over this one! Peanuts are being lined up and slammed into little pieces.  And then layers of Chocolate drizzles through the banana gelato and peanuts. BAM! Just think it's a classic licking Banana Split sundae!Pst.  This one obviously has nuts! But hey is a Gluten Free option...

Chatty Cathy Coffee

Best Friday Coffee dessert date ever! Licking Caramel Latte with Brownie Chunks while catching up with your besties. " OMG! Have you seen the Barbie movie yet?"...Our clever chefs at Rollickin Gelato are creating brews of super creamy coffee gelato with organic milk and cream. Smells coffee fantastic when they do it! Adding swirls of gooey caramel sauciness and our famous house-made Gerry Brownie chunked up. It's only out for a limited time, so come on in for a licking super quick!Chatty Cathy C...

We're a Gelato Art Gallery!

Things have gotta little art crazy with our Rollickin no age limit colouring gelato competition. Everyones concentrating, licking gelato and colouring in. A great way to pass away those wintry blasts we are having over the School Holidays here in Christchurch. Waiting for snow!!! Our walls have been plastered with many many many works of gelato art! Love it! And it's not over yet! Still got a week of colouring to go. Six prizes up for grabs - Rollickin Gelato $30 Gift Cards! Gimme a competi...

Study Breaker!

Our Chefs are whipping creamy chocolate gelato with nutrient rich organic milk and cream. Then cramming layers of our house-made chocolate fudge sauciness and smatterings of smashing Kit Kats! Perfect for overworked brains and finger tapping fatigue! This gelato flavour is one of Rollickin's greatest hits as voted by Canterbury's dessert licking lovers!Brought back by numerous customer threats!Go on take a sneaky gelato break from school, work, the gym, tidying up, mowing the lawn, sho...

Hello Dessert Box!

Rollickin Gelato "make at home Dessert Boxes" are perfect for any dinner party, flat treat, barbecue, date night, friend gift...you name it.Grab a Rollickin Dessert Box from our stores in Christchurch or get delivered by UberEats or DoorDash. Then  blow them away with your baking prowess by serving up a smorgasbord of dessert treats (Super easy HOW TO MAKE dessert instructions in each Rollickin Dessert box). You can choose from the Gerry Brownie (Gluten Free), or the Jacindy&...

Lost in Sticky Date!

Our Rollickin Bakers have been working hard to perfect the best Sticky Date Dessert in Christchurch. That means a lot of taste testing batches (yum, yum I'm always up for a good dessert taste testing) Asking our fabulous customers what they think and what makes a Great Sticky Date Dessert???We think we've nailed it here at our Rollickin Gelato Cafes!Here's an epic Hot Sticky Date Dessert that’s moreishly datey and moisty (as requested by you!) Swimming in house-made Butterscotch sauce (yes, yo...

Doughlene, Doughlene, Doughlene, Doughlene...

Doughlene, Doughlene, Douglene, DOUGHLENE...Your beauty is beyond compare with creamy dreamy Vanilla gelato and flaming locks of ooey gooey caramel and chunks of love-made chocolate chip cookie dough!Skip on in cookie lovers! This is a new and improved recipe!What do you think? Doughlene lickers?Our chefs are always looking for little recipe tweaks that will lift our gelato flavours outta this world and have your tongues begging for more. Every time they whip a batch they are checking flavour co...