To ask who actually gets the toppings?

[Notsurewhatisnormalanymore]

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!

Thanks for being honest! I’m glad to know they aren’t just thrown away really weird as that is.

Guessing you're in Yorkshire? I love a lemon Top but wish they made them with proper Ice Cream instead of that inferior Mr Whippy.

I just asked DD who works in a seaside gelateria, she says they go on the customers scoop, or sometimes the bin.

…and was bemused why I needed to know ;)

I thought they were there just to show you what the ice cream is. I wouldn't expect to get an Oreo shoved on top of my cone. I have only ever seen it on the pier on holiday though.

Scarborough Harbour Bar is the best for me! My eldest has just the lemon sorbet, no ice cream. I prefer the Strawberry version but I do love a Mr Whippy, sorry!

Maybe next time just say could you scoop it to Inc some of the toppings please?

Yes! Mr Whippy used to be better though didn’t it? Ir maybe I’ve got rose tinted specs x

I will now that I know someone is getting them x

I've never thought about this, but now I'm obsessing on it!

Here's my solution. Save up for a splurge. Order enough portions of one flavour so they have to disturb the toppings in order to dispense the required number of portions. Take pictures and post them here...

Surely it’s just luck? If these bits are on top you only get them if they are breaking into a new container? I’ve actually not seen the bits on top in any ice cream place I’ve been too.

The only bits I like in ice cream are raisins. Any chunks put me off.

I immediately thought of the skin on a rice pudding.

To which the answer is "me."

I’ve always thought they are to demonstrate what is inside the ice cream: mushed up or crumbled chunks of whatever is resting on top of it. Seems logical, anyway.

If it's fancy ice-cream we get a flake nothing else. On a Mr softy we get strawberry sauce and a flake totally boring. 😂😂😂 I put more toppings on a hot chocolate.

Have you ever had the soft serve Kelly's cornish ice cream? That is really good. 😍

If someone's offering to put a flake in my ice cream, I'm not saying no

Oh I get what your on about now. I was underwhelmed the first time I got an ice-cream from our local hungry horse. It loooked devine in what I thought was the chiller. Then they pulled a tub out of a drawer internal and took some out of a mass produced tub. The ice-cream that draws you in is fake. 😂😂😂DS and DD are ND darling son gets excited whenever he sees it. But if he gets one he's just like is that it,😂😂

Start again and make them cuter next time!

I’m desperate for a tub of ice cream now with every topping possible.

😂😂

Perfect!

Paccito's?
As for the toppings, haven't you had a bit of banter with the people serving? "I've always wondered who gets the stuff on the top" sort of thing. It's the sure fire way to find out and possibly get a dollop.

Post-cancer, I positively radiate happiness and am super super nice to everyone, especially servers in my local (and very fancy) ice cream place. They always give me the 'toppings' - in my case, it's the huge chunks of cookie dough or a half/whole oreo.

Tbh, I think it's just a question of being happy, enthusiastic and to always greet the staff, ask them how they are. Oh, and tell them how much you love what you're buying. Just last week, I went to three different Gail's and wasn't charged for a pain au chocolat in any of them.

I expect it's the staff who work there or they give it to their friends.
Alternatively, maybe they keep moving them onto the next tub of ice cream when one batch finishes.
You could surely ask for a bit of what's on top?

Are you near Morrisons? They do their own cones in a lemon sorbet flavour. Delicious and cheap. In ours they're £1.50 for 4.