You don’t need a fork to eat this plate of spaghetti. Just a spoon will do. And that’s because it’s not actually spaghetti. It’s Spaghettieis—vanilla ice cream noodles topped with strawberry sauce and white chocolate shavings. Dario Fontanella, the inventor of spaghetti ice cream, invites us into his dessert shop in Mannheim, Germany to sample this ice cold treat. Did we mention it’s served on a bed of whipped cream?
#IceCream #Dessert #Germany
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never been prouder to live in germany. I also bought spaghetti icecream mochi yesterday… so that also exists
I'm from germany… i didnt know it was from germany
Ihr könnt auch deutsch sprechen ihr Deppen, wir ins hier eh unter uns.
omly vegan ice cream should be allowed. change my mind
The ice cream place in my home town is also called Fontanella 🙂 We eat Spaghettieis there a lot. My mom likes to tell how she first had it as a child. Her dad had told the kids that it was spaghetti, and there was much confusion 😀
You DON‘T have that in America?!
Wait yall dont have spaghetti ice cream?!? Its literally the perfect desert
I am 49 and my favourite ice cream when going to the Eisdiele is still Spaghetti-Eis. 😄
You’re making me so hungry
my favorite thing to get. the frozen whipped cream in the center is the best part.
By now, they've invented pretty much every kind of spaghetti thinkable as ice cream, using different flavours of ice-cream, various fruits and nuts and different sauces.
I will tell my kids that this man was jesus
Whenever I go out to eat ice cream with my dad, that is all he wants.. He is 60 xD
It is also somewhat popular in Poland, on the children menu.
wait does this only exist in germany?
There is ONE REASON I never really warmed up to Spag Ice: It melts quicker! I always enjoyed my food, even as a kid… So the same thing without the Spag part is still the way to go for me! Longer enjoyment!
Born and living in Germany, never tried this 😂
it's so funny bc I always knew spaghetti eis as something normal I didn't even think about whether the rest of the world knows about it xD
I'm now training to become a management assistant in office communication in Mannheim (grew up 30 mins away from Mannheim) and I didn't know a) that spaghetti ice was german nor b) that it was invented in the city i am working in! 😀That's so cool
Spaghetti Eis ist mein absolutes Lieblings Eis 😭😭 Habe eigentlich nie gedacht das es wer erfunden hat Xd
Didn't even know it was exclusive to germany. But if you want to know yes it is absolutely delicious
And by now we have Spaghetti Eis with layers of bright to dark chocolate ice instead of vanilla ice and or caramell flavor or nougat with hazelnuts
The list goes on
Definetly one of the best ways to eat ice cream
tastes so good and light because the icecream is spread into tiny noodley strings
A great twist on ice cream
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all this stupid germans thinking Döner is german. You are a joke men xd. Germans try to take mediterian cuisine and sell it as german because they changed the smallest thing about it xd. Maybe focus on your Spätzle and Röstbraten ….
i was very surprised when i found out that a lot of people dont know that