Choose the cup or the cone, fill it with ice cream to the taste you prefer, decorate it with delicious covering pralines, add waffles, icings, cereals, biscuits, chocolate bars, give a last splash of Nutella or black cherry juice and maybe finish with a few pieces of fresh strawberry or dark chocolate flakes. In the end all that remains is admire your own creation and pay her for her weight.
The mania of the do-it-yourself ice cream is depopulating a Rome and surroundings and it must be admitted that it is really fun to create your own dessert letting your imagination run wild. Some ice cream parlors always offer different toppings, other tastes that change depending on the day, in any case it is almost impossible not to photograph your creation before enjoying it with satisfaction.
Here are three places where you can experience your skills as a creative ice cream maker and taste your DIY ice cream in and around Rome:
Sweety (Via del Biscione, Campo de 'Fiori):
In the center, Sweety was the pioneer of this business, there is a bit of a queue to do, both for the central and very popular area, and because the tastes are more and there are many possibilities to garnish your own creation. with various creams and different types of chocolate biscuits that will make it incredibly greedy. It is also possible to choose the size of the cup. A new shop has also recently opened in via Flaminia 492, Ponte Milvio.
Selfie (Via Tuscolana 681):
From Selfie, needless to say, the selfie is king. Both as regards the ice cream and as regards the now famous self-portraits now entered into common language. This do-it-yourself ice cream shop is very stocked with toppings, cereals to put as a top, offers the possibility to choose the initial size of the cup (it is very easy to get carried away and find yourself at the checkout with a creation of almost half a kilo of ice cream , attention!) and often organizes contests related to the possibility of taking a photo of the newly created ice cream. The prize, of course, is a DIY ice cream!
Yo Self (Albano Laziale):
For a trip to the castles, Yo Self's ice cream, or rather the yogurt, from the name, is an excellent proposal for a tasty and fun stop. There aren't many flavors, but both the fruit and the chocolate ones are really good. As in all do-it-yourself ice cream parlors, the ice cream is produced when the customer pulls the lever down and is slightly less cold than that of a traditional ice cream parlor, so it has a softer consistency. Perhaps it is the ice cream parlor with the least possibility of garnishing at the moment (even if there are still many!) But at the same time also the cheapest. Furthermore, the news are always around the corner, such as the tricolor pods available during the World Cup period and you can choose to eat ice cream in the cup or in the cone.
