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To ask who actually gets the toppings?

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Notsurewhatisnormalanymore · 16/11/2025 14:47

Light hearted of course but this happens so frequently I am genuinely perplexed!

I love ice cream, as do my kids (one is ND so sticks to the same flavour 😂) but me and my daughter like to try the new and unusual ones. As such, we go to the places where you’re paying far more than you ought to now and again because they tend to have the more ‘seasonal’ or unusual flavours and have a new one each month - hopefully you know what type of place I mean.

My question is, who gets the stuff that’s on the top? You know the bits that make it look attractive and lure you in? Because I eat FAR too much ice cream and I have never, ever been given one of the biscuits, big chucks of chocolate, liquorice allsorts or jammy dodgers that are adorning the ice cream!

I’m more than happy with the ice cream I’ve had, this is not a complaint at all but what are they doing with the toppings? Perhaps you work somewhere like this, do they just remove them? Am I just unlucky that I’ve never had just the right portion at the right time? Seems unlikely considering how often I eat it 🙈

I feel like I need to know - help!

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PerfunctoryFunk · 16/11/2025 15:24

I feel similarly cheated if I don't get the decorative bits of a Colin Caterpillar.

DisappointedD · 16/11/2025 15:23

JudgeBread · 16/11/2025 14:59

The people who get the first scoops get the toppings! (Or the staff. Ask me how I know 👀)

But surely that wouldn’t work as then we’d never see them as they would already be gone 🤷‍♀️

TheEllisGreyMethod · 16/11/2025 15:21

I sadly spend too much time in ice cream shops as my DD is obsessed, I always assumed they were decorative and no one gets them!

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Notsurewhatisnormalanymore · 16/11/2025 15:21

JudgeBread · 16/11/2025 14:59

The people who get the first scoops get the toppings! (Or the staff. Ask me how I know 👀)

👀 do you work in one? What happens when you get to a bit where it would absolutely be awkward not to give it to the person who is being served? Do you have to sneak it out all stealthy between customers? No judgement btw, the ice cream is still usually good enough without the big bits and serving customers all day ought to have some perks 😂

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DisappointedD · 16/11/2025 15:21

I’ve always assumed they were just decorative and not to be eaten. Likely to be stale and not nice (rather than fake).

OneFineDay22 · 16/11/2025 15:18

The only place I got to like this, the server kind of mashes the toppings in as they soften some of the ice cream (towards the back, leaving the rest of the toppings at the front), so you get it mixed in. It’s quite nice, although it doesn’t like exactly the same, but I don’t feel short-changed

StaringAtTheWater · 16/11/2025 15:17

Oh I get what you're talking about now! I definitely needed the picture!

I think the stuff on top is decorative and not meant to be eaten. My son wanted a biscoff biscuit in his portion so I asked for it, but the lady serving got him a new biscuit from the packet, as she said the one on top wouldn't taste good...

BunnyLake · 16/11/2025 15:16

JaninaDuszejko · 16/11/2025 15:00

This thread is clearly divided into those of us who waste our money on the fancy icecreams and know what you mean and those of us who don't 😂.

I tend to not like the icecreams that have loads of stuff on them (preferences: nut icecreams >fruit icecreams> caramelly icecreams > biscuit/sweet/chocolate icecreams) so I've not really noticed, I'm sure I've had a syrup or piece of fruit or toffee from the top though.

I had no idea what OP meant 😁. Now I’ve seen the photo I guess I would ask if I could have one but not sure if that’s an extra charge?

I wouldn’t actually want the extras as I don’t like things getting in the way of the actual ice cream (or for instance with a bar of chocolate, I don’t like nuts etc getting in the way of the chocolate).

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Notsurewhatisnormalanymore · 16/11/2025 15:15

Twinkylightsg · 16/11/2025 15:14

I like sorbet and wouldn't want anything with that. I just like plain sorbet no toppings. 😅

I love sorbet as well, have you had a lemon top? You can’t get them in many places but I love them!

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Notsurewhatisnormalanymore · 16/11/2025 15:15

VikingLady · 16/11/2025 15:09

Sometimes I think it depends on cuteness and the susceptibility of the staff. My kids usually get them if it’s a friendly server, I only do if I’m in conversation with them. But that may be just our own parlour!

Oh really? I usually have two kids with me and we’re all really polite, maybe they’re not cute enough 😂😂

I’m genuinely not grumbling just hoping someone actually knows ha.

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Twinkylightsg · 16/11/2025 15:14

I like sorbet and wouldn't want anything with that. I just like plain sorbet no toppings. 😅

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Notsurewhatisnormalanymore · 16/11/2025 15:14

PurpleFlower1983 · 16/11/2025 15:03

I think it must be the last people, surely they leave them on as long as possible to lure more people in.

Yeah that’s what I thought but there’s never loads shoved to the front is there? Even in the more expensive places where there were say 10 large toppings to begin with and half the tray is gone, it appears that the toppings have gone in a regimented fashion (I’m thinking about this too much 😂)

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JaninaDuszejko · 16/11/2025 15:12

SoScarletItWas · 16/11/2025 15:01

How dare you describe ice cream as a waste of money, I invest heavily in my ice cream joy 🤣🤣

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Oh me too 🍦

VikingLady · 16/11/2025 15:09

Sometimes I think it depends on cuteness and the susceptibility of the staff. My kids usually get them if it’s a friendly server, I only do if I’m in conversation with them. But that may be just our own parlour!

Tealtoffee21 · 16/11/2025 15:04

I always figured that the staff get them when the tub is getting empty.

PurpleFlower1983 · 16/11/2025 15:03

I think it must be the last people, surely they leave them on as long as possible to lure more people in.

SoScarletItWas · 16/11/2025 15:01

JaninaDuszejko · 16/11/2025 15:00

This thread is clearly divided into those of us who waste our money on the fancy icecreams and know what you mean and those of us who don't 😂.

I tend to not like the icecreams that have loads of stuff on them (preferences: nut icecreams >fruit icecreams> caramelly icecreams > biscuit/sweet/chocolate icecreams) so I've not really noticed, I'm sure I've had a syrup or piece of fruit or toffee from the top though.

How dare you describe ice cream as a waste of money, I invest heavily in my ice cream joy 🤣🤣

SoScarletItWas · 16/11/2025 15:00

JudgeBread · 16/11/2025 14:59

The people who get the first scoops get the toppings! (Or the staff. Ask me how I know 👀)

In my local one they scoop from the back and the adornments are on the front, so I’ve always wondered if the LAST people get the toppings…

JaninaDuszejko · 16/11/2025 15:00

This thread is clearly divided into those of us who waste our money on the fancy icecreams and know what you mean and those of us who don't 😂.

I tend to not like the icecreams that have loads of stuff on them (preferences: nut icecreams >fruit icecreams> caramelly icecreams > biscuit/sweet/chocolate icecreams) so I've not really noticed, I'm sure I've had a syrup or piece of fruit or toffee from the top though.

JudgeBread · 16/11/2025 14:59

The people who get the first scoops get the toppings! (Or the staff. Ask me how I know 👀)

SoScarletItWas · 16/11/2025 14:58

PiggieWig · 16/11/2025 14:51

i don’t really get what you mean. Do you mean you’re ordering a 99 and it comes with no flake, for example?

No, she means - in an ice cream parlour they have all the flavours in big silver tubs. If it was Snickers flavour, there would be half a Snickers bar shoved in the front of the container. If it was mince pie there would be mince pies half buried in the ice cream. If it was Turkish Delight, pieces of cut up Fry’s Chocolate Turkish Delight bar.

Seasonal hallowe’en flavours might have meringue ‘bones’ or marshmallow ‘eyeballs’.

mathanxiety · 16/11/2025 14:58

Ask them to scoop your ice cream from the part where the toppings are...

Disturbia81 · 16/11/2025 14:54

You mean mcflurries? Mine is usually full of it but mixed in

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Notsurewhatisnormalanymore · 16/11/2025 14:54

MuttsNutts · 16/11/2025 14:50

What are you on about? You ask (and pay) for toppings if you want them.

Straight to the point 😂 I’ve tried attaching a photo.

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StrokeCity · 16/11/2025 14:54

I know what you mean OP, it's the toppings that are on the actual containers of icecream that they scoop from

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