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From Light to Decadent
From lighter fare to over-the-top indulgence, summer desserts

This adventurous alternative to the classic cone is credited

can offer your bakery's guests a refreshing change of pace.

to Good Food Coffee and Bakery cafe in Prague, whose fried
sensation went viral in February, drawing the attention of

A number of retail bakeries now sell house-made granola, which

foodies on social media platforms and major news outlets.

becomes a perfect pairing in the summer time to create yogurt-

These speciﬁc desserts are inspired by the Czech trdelník

granola parfaits. According to Mintel, more than half of adults in

and include a cone made from donut dough and a Nutella

the United States eat yogurt an average of 7.5 times per month.

lining, topped with soft serve ice cream.

Paradise Bakery offers yogurt and granola parfaits on its break-

And the ice cream donut trend is catching on elsewhere.

fast menu. The parfaits are topped with fresh strawberries.
Jeanne Bolger, director of research and development for
On the ﬂip side, ice cream donuts are the new decadent version

Baskin-Robbins, a business unit of Canton-based Dunkin'

of a summer dessert for bakeries to capitalize on.

Brands Group, Inc., experiments daily with ice cream ﬂavors
and ingredients. The ice cream chain also is testing a Donut

One recent example comes from Tampa, Florida, retailer

Ice Cream Sandwich in select markets this summer. The item

Dough, which is now offering its version of Doughnut Ice

includes a sweet scoop and hot fudge between a halved

Cream Cones on a permanent basis. Dough's version of the

powdered sugar donut.

deep-fried spirals are made fresh daily and served while
supplies last. Each week, Dough ﬁlls its ﬂaky cone with a

"A lot of thought goes into every ingredient we put into a

different donut-ﬂavored soft serve ice cream. Each new ﬂavor

new ice cream ﬂavor, including what the ice cream base ﬂavor

is announced on Monday via social media. 

should be, as well as what inclusions and ribbons to add,"
Bolger told Food Business News, a sister publication to bake

The candy-coated sister to iconic Tampa restaurant Datz,

magazine.

Dough has been riding a sugar high of sweet success since
opening in 2012.

"We want to make sure all of the different components of
the ice cream ﬂavor go together, both in terms of ﬂavor and

For its Florida debut, the Doughnut Ice Cream Cones are ﬁlled

texture. Sometimes we start with a speciﬁc end goal in mind,

with swirls of house-made jelly donut-ﬂavored ice cream.

for instance creating an ice cream ﬂavor that tastes like tira-

Toppings include bacon caramel popcorn, cotton candy,

misu, and other times we experiment with a range of different

whipped cream, and a cherry.

ingredients to try to come up with something completely new."

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