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Miss Trunchbull whips up her favourite gelato at Rollickin!

Miss Agatha Trunchbull from Matilda's Musical has given us strict instructions to start whipping her best ice cream recipe for all of Christchurch! Dessert at it's very chocolatey best!Trunchbull's Chocolate Cake. Her cook is smashin TRUNCHBULL’s most scrumptious chocolate cake (in the entire world!!!) and whipping it into a licking chocolate gelato with lots of dripping chocolate sauce. Smells super chocolatey to me! You wanna a LICKIN cake! Little Brucie loves chocolate cake gelato for ...

Peter Carrot Cake!

Rollickin whips all our gelato's with litres and litres and litres of Organic Milk that gets dropped off daily. Our chefs only use the highest quality ingredients to make sure our gelato's are the best desserts in Christchurch. Organic milk is nutrient rich so it's perfect for creating creamy mouth watering gelato desserts! Our latest ice cream creation is PETER CARROT CAKE. Yes! You had me at Carrot Cake! Churning organic milk, carrots and caramel into the creamiest gelato. With layer...

Yo Ho Ho & a Bottle of Rum!

Our gelato chefs are whippin what Dad’s really want for Fathers Day! Rum & Raisin creamy gelato with splashin Rum, Caramel & Raisins. Just for you Dads! Treat those Dads with a well deserved dessert treat! Yo ho ho & a bottle of rum! Warning it may contain rum - everything happens for a raisin! Best Dad Days Gift Tips for you! 1. Fill a Rollickin Party Tub full of his favourite ice cream flavour 2. Create a dessert for him at home with a Rollickin Dessert Box 3. Grab a Rollickin Gift...

A treat that will knock his socks off

Being a dad (or taking on the role of a dad) is a big job! Father’s Day is a day most certainly worth celebrating, to say thanks to all of of our heroes! Is your dad or “father person” in your life a sweet tooth? Mine too. Here are some dad- approved Rollickin treat recommendations to spoil dad’s with this Father's day.  Firstly, a Rollickin party tub of their favourite flavour. Party Tubs make a great last-minute gift! Order one online to collect from one of our stores. Who kn...

The Queen of all flavours

This new flavour is breathtakingly gorgeous and I promise it tastes just as good as it looks! Introducing the rich, lush, and creamy Bohemian Raspberry gelato. A berry cheesecake gelato, slathered in gooey caramel, vanilla cake chunks & a generous sprinkling of freeze-dried raspberries. ...

Sugar, Spice And Everything Nice!

The temperature may be getting colder outside.... but it's getting HOT in the Rollickin cafes! August is a month of spicy sounds, sights & bites in the Central City! Our freezer is chocka with new, hot, finger lickin' good whips. We’re taking part in Ōtautahi's Turn Up The Heat with Spicy Chica. A luxurious ginger, cinnamon and chai gelato, engulfed in layers or cream cheese icing, firey sprinkles of the very trendy crushed biscoff cookies & a kick of crysta...

Chocflation Galore!!

This has been a super exciting week here a Rollickin, we've been bucking the trend of a usual week and changing things up a bit!First week post holidays, we've certainly noticed the absence of children and our gelato classes! But we've still managed to find a way to make some noise!...

Everything's Bigger at Rollickin

This weeks blog post is going to be a little bit excessive!We've got the last in our series about hot desserts, which is a cookie, but taken to the max!And i'll be showing off our latest gelato creation, which is chocolate on a huge scale! ...

A Rocky Holiday

Happy holidays! School holidays that is, if you don't have children - just ignore that.Yes the school holidays are in full swing, and just like that, our cafes are engulfed in the squeals and joy of children! This week we've hosted 3 children's gelato classes, and thus, a lot of noise and mess has certainly been made.But watching their excitement as they create their own gelato is worth the clean-up afterwards!This week we also released a bloody delicious gelato flavour, and, as is my tradi...

All Good Desserts Have Fruit!

Hello Gelato Lovers!We hope you're well and keeping out of that nasty winter cold!A handy reminder: our cafes are always cosy & warm, and our desserts are always hot!This week, we've got a fruity theme going on! So let's dive right in! ...

A Gay Dog and Dessert Hog!

Rollickin has had some crazy times since last week's post!Over the Matariki weekend you guys came and conquered! We had our freezers and cabinets emptied multiple times! It must be the power of the new sticky date pudding right? Too enticing!Last Sunday also saw our Pride Week Dog Walk, 'Doggie Style', and once again you cam and conquered. So many people turned up, we could've started our own dog-loving nation!...

Long Weekend? More Time For Eating!

Ngā Mihi o Matariki, te tau hou Māori! This weekend is Aotearoa's first ever long weekend in celebration of Matariki! An exciting milestone for the country, and an important inclusion, not just for our Māori whānau, but for all of us! Like all long weekends, Rollickin will be open to spread some joy and encourage you to spoil yourself! With Winter being well and truly here, this is a perfect weekend to come and warm your soul with a delicious hot dessert!...

Hot Here, Hot There, Hot Desserts Everywhere!

As the temperatures get colder outside, it's getting hotter indoors! We're cranking up the heaters and flicking on the ovens to prepare as many hot dessert treats as possible. Because a hot dessert and a wintery night go together like bread and butter! And it appears lots of you agree, because our stores have been run off their feet making you lots and lots desserts! ...

A Gay Ol' Week At Rollickin

It's been an exciting few weeks at Rollickin! With busy stores and lots of new products, there's always something to talk about here at Rollickin!We're still recovering from a crazy Queen's Birthday weekend. The extra day off meant we saw our cafes get super busy with all your gorgeous faces! It was a big weekend especially for our dessert cabinets, with many people looking to battle the winter cold with one of our delicious & fresh hot desserts! And i'm ecstatic to announce that our sticky...

I Have a Date With a Pud!

Yes, as you might have gathered from that title, we had a new pudding here at Rollickin.A sticky date pudding!As part of our ultra delicious Hot Desserts Menu, we've released a new sticky date pudding to celebrate the winter season!Appropriately named 'Hey Pud Lookin', our sticky date pudding comes served with a scoop of your choosing, vanilla cream, brandy snap crumbs, a dusting of cinnamon, and a jug of the most delicious butterscotch sauce!There is only one way to describe this dessert: Divin...

Gelato Fit For A Queen!

Rollickin has been buzzing with excitement this week, as we finally released a super quirky gelato flavour!'Game of Scones' is our reaction to Queen's Birthday weekend coming soon. What's more british than scones with a bit of jam and cream? Well, not much actually.So we've created a jam and scone gelato! Game of Scones is a vanilla scone flavoured gelato, with layers of raspberry jam, whipped cream, and sweet scone chunks.We love the weeks that we release crazy flavours, and this is certainly o...

Going Bananas for Dogs!

After many dogless months, we are proud to announce that our first Dog Walk in a long, long time was a huge hit!Despite wet weather, a huge number of dogs and their owners came to the walk, with many people making the observation "well I was going to have to walk them anyway"The walk saw us go through the central city, notably passing the awesome new Te Pai convention centre and going down beautiful New Regent St.Our walk ended with the traditional handing out of our Woof Woof Dog Gelato, a huge...

Dogs, Dogs, Dogs

I haven't been able to focus all week, because all i've been able to think about is our wonderful, four-legged, floofy friends!...

Hellos and Goodbyes

It's been an interesting and jam-packed week at Rollickin with lots of you, our wonderful customers, and a week of hellos and goodbyes....

Hustle & Bustle

Orange Light came, and boy oh boy, so did you!We've officially been in the orange setting of the COVID-19 Protection Framework for a week, after having been in the red setting for a long time!With the lightening of restrictions, Ōtautahi central got the hustle and bustle it needed! It's been wonderful to see so many customers flooding back into our cafes, and we've loved the sound of chatter flood the stores!...

Hellooooo Long Weekend!

Ahhhhh! It's a long weekend!I don't know about you, but i'm in serious need of a rest!I take my hat off to all the parents out there who aren't just looking at a long weekend, but two weeks of school holidays! Good luck!!(pssst, there's still a few Kid's Gelato Class tickets available)We're open all weekend long, because it's the perfect time to spoil yourself for a delicious sweet treat, and to make it even better, we've got some super special flavours out at the moment!...

Mates, Dates, and Full Plates

Rollickin has been trucking along, running events, serving our lovely customers, and launching new flavours!...

Full Steam Ahead!

It's been a crazy couple of weeks here at lil' ol' Rollickin.From classes, and blind dates, new flavours, to silly gimmicks. We've been full steam ahead at trying to keep Rollickin a hive of activity!Here's an adventure through some of the things we've been up to: ...

Action Packed!

It's been an action-packed first half of February here at Rollickin! We launched our Gelato Classes, had our first ever Speed Dating event, and saw the end of our Greatest Hits flavour series. Despite being under the shadow of COVID, and the red light settings, we didn't want to stop being a hub of fun and activities. So we're always thinking up new, COVID-friendly activities for our amazing customers. You can be assured we've always got health and safety in mind!...

Love is in The Air

For the first time ever, Rollickin is venturing into the business of matchmaking.This week we announced our Valentine's Day speed dating event: Romancin' at Rollickin!Fortunately, dessert is the most romantic of meals anyway, so this only makes the event even easier for us!...