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Rollickin Scooping Silver Ferns!

The super cool Silver Ferns took over Rollickin Gelato Cafe at 98 Cashel Street to scoop to fans. How much fun is that! Lots of laughs, autographs, selfies and gelato giveaways. Thanks to our friends at ChristchurchNZ and Netball New Zealand. We were all star struck with their icecream scooping performance. You're winners!Biggest thanks team for a fun Saturday! Go the Silver Ferns!Rollickin Gelato Cafes are found in the centre of Christchurch City for netball fuelling!There are two gelato locati...

Rollickin Gelato 2023 Scoop Poll

We're all learning lots and lots about Politics over the last two weeks at Rollickin Gelato Christchurch!Rollickin's Scoop Poll alongside the Electoral Commission team, are educating youth to enrol, vote, understand what each Party stands for and how the Parliamentary seat system works. Every vote counts and the Under 25 year olds are a big voting force here in Christchurch. NZ's second biggest city. Whoop! Whoop!It's been so much fun and we still have three weeks to go! Our Rollickin Youth Scoo...

Good Luck Coconut!

Our Rollickin Gelato Chefs have been busy in the kitchen creating this delicious Vegan, Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free and even Egg-Free creamy sorbet to cover more of your dietary requests.They are whipping dreamy really creamy salted COCONUT sorbet and then adding swirls of MANGO salsa. It’s like a tropical vacation in a Rollickin cup. That's Vegan, Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free and Egg-Free.I'm absolutely addicted as one of Rollickin's chief taste testers! "Take me to the islands with this one".Let's go...

S Club!

Rollickin is churning STRAWBERRY and CREAM gelato with swirls of house-made Strawberry puree and crushing Meringue Chunks.It's like a Strawberry licking meringue party! And boy it's proving to be a popular ice cream flavour!!!This ones Gluten Free for those grizzly allergen tummies.Dance on in S Clubbers! To Rollickin 98 Cashel Street, Christchurch. And Rollickin 35 New Regent Street, Christchurch. 11am-10pm Sunday-Thursday. And a little later for late night dessert dates 11am-11pm on Friday and...

McYum Bun

Toasty joy with every bun bite! Pick your favourite Rollickin scoop and sauciness (Berry, Choc Fudge or Caramel) and we’ll magically toast inside a brioche donut bun.I’m really toasted.Yep! Your the only bun for me! XBun on in Christchurch!See you at Rollickin Gelato Dessert Cafe 98 Cashel Street, Christchurch. OR Rollickin 35 New Regent Street, Christchurch. Open for biting toasty gelato buns 11am to 10pm Sunday-Thursday.And a little later at night for dessert daters... 11am to 11pm Friday ...

Wham Bam Banana Slam!

Our whipping Chefs kitchens at Rollickin Gelato are full of bunches and bunches of Bananas. Waiting patiently to be split, mushed and churned into dreamy creamy Banana gelato. Yes, you're right, I'm going Bananas over this one! Peanuts are being lined up and slammed into little pieces.  And then layers of Chocolate drizzles through the banana gelato and peanuts. BAM! Just think it's a classic licking Banana Split sundae!Pst.  This one obviously has nuts! But hey is a Gluten Free option...

Chatty Cathy Coffee

Best Friday Coffee dessert date ever! Licking Caramel Latte with Brownie Chunks while catching up with your besties. " OMG! Have you seen the Barbie movie yet?"...Our clever chefs at Rollickin Gelato are creating brews of super creamy coffee gelato with organic milk and cream. Smells coffee fantastic when they do it! Adding swirls of gooey caramel sauciness and our famous house-made Gerry Brownie chunked up. It's only out for a limited time, so come on in for a licking super quick!Chatty Cathy C...

We're a Gelato Art Gallery!

Things have gotta little art crazy with our Rollickin no age limit colouring gelato competition. Everyones concentrating, licking gelato and colouring in. A great way to pass away those wintry blasts we are having over the School Holidays here in Christchurch. Waiting for snow!!! Our walls have been plastered with many many many works of gelato art! Love it! And it's not over yet! Still got a week of colouring to go. Six prizes up for grabs - Rollickin Gelato $30 Gift Cards! Gimme a competi...

Study Breaker!

Our Chefs are whipping creamy chocolate gelato with nutrient rich organic milk and cream. Then cramming layers of our house-made chocolate fudge sauciness and smatterings of smashing Kit Kats! Perfect for overworked brains and finger tapping fatigue! This gelato flavour is one of Rollickin's greatest hits as voted by Canterbury's dessert licking lovers!Brought back by numerous customer threats!Go on take a sneaky gelato break from school, work, the gym, tidying up, mowing the lawn, sho...

Hello Dessert Box!

Rollickin Gelato "make at home Dessert Boxes" are perfect for any dinner party, flat treat, barbecue, date night, friend gift...you name it.Grab a Rollickin Dessert Box from our stores in Christchurch or get delivered by UberEats or DoorDash. Then  blow them away with your baking prowess by serving up a smorgasbord of dessert treats (Super easy HOW TO MAKE dessert instructions in each Rollickin Dessert box). You can choose from the Gerry Brownie (Gluten Free), or the Jacindy&...

Lost in Sticky Date!

Our Rollickin Bakers have been working hard to perfect the best Sticky Date Dessert in Christchurch. That means a lot of taste testing batches (yum, yum I'm always up for a good dessert taste testing) Asking our fabulous customers what they think and what makes a Great Sticky Date Dessert???We think we've nailed it here at our Rollickin Gelato Cafes!Here's an epic Hot Sticky Date Dessert that’s moreishly datey and moisty (as requested by you!) Swimming in house-made Butterscotch sauce (yes, yo...

Doughlene, Doughlene, Doughlene, Doughlene...

Doughlene, Doughlene, Douglene, DOUGHLENE...Your beauty is beyond compare with creamy dreamy Vanilla gelato and flaming locks of ooey gooey caramel and chunks of love-made chocolate chip cookie dough!Skip on in cookie lovers! This is a new and improved recipe!What do you think? Doughlene lickers?Our chefs are always looking for little recipe tweaks that will lift our gelato flavours outta this world and have your tongues begging for more. Every time they whip a batch they are checking flavour co...

Lick Chocflation!!!

Happy Budget week! Our chefs have been creating CHOCFLATION!A four stacked whammy of chocolate gelato to calm the post budget excitement. Whoa! You deserve a treat after listening to all that plethora of theories, predictions, viewpoints...OMG! Let's take a break!Grab a triple scoop and sit back in our cafes and lick inflated creamy milk chocolate gelato and a dark choc Grant Robertson fudge crisis and smashing protesting Oreos and huge sums of white choc Chippy Hipkins thrown in.Pst. Everyone w...

Mum Tips!

It's Mothers Day this weekend (Sunday 14th May!!). Here's some gift tips from our fabulous crew!Go on get yourself prepped for the best Mothers Day ever and nail that favourite child position;)MUM Tip #1Grab a Rollickin gift card. Best thing about this it's like a double gift! You can give her a gift card and then bring her in for a special MUM DATE at one of our Christchurch Cafes. Ooh and you get to spend the gift card together! Wink! Wink!If you're out of town don't stress - we can post it ou...

Stacey's Mom!

STACEYS MOM is back in time for Mothers Day Sunday 14th May licking.The Chefs are churning the creamiest Blueberry Cheesecake Gelato out of nutrient rich organic milk. Adding layers of zesty Lemon Curd, and  yummy mummy Bikkie Butter Crumbles. Yes! I’m in love with Stacy’s Mom!Pst. This flavour has no nuts!Available by the scoop from either cafes, or Rollickin will hand pack a Party Tub on request!Pst. Grab a Rollickin Good Times Gift Card and treat Mum (and yourself;) out for a sp...

Fill your freezers with our groovy new Party Tubs!

Working with our mates at Decent Packaging we now have compostable Rollickin Gelato Party Tub packaging. Whoop! Whoop! Simply everything is made from plants - plant based non toxic inks, plant based dyes and plant based glues. To whiten the paper they do it without bleach - using non toxic oxidation. All sounds rather complicated, but with lots of clever science wisdom behind it to make sure the packaging has the very least amount of impact on our beautiful planet.So now our Party Tubs, Gel...

ANZAC Bikkie!

The Rollickin Bakers are making trays and trays of Chewy Anzac biscuits. Smells so good here!The Rollickin chefs are then having so much fun smashing the freshly baked biscuits and layering them through Golden Syrup and Caramel Gelato. Yes! Golden Syrup gelato!!! Plus layers of Rollickin's special thick gooey Caramel sauce. Lick this ice cream flavour this week, Anzac Day (Tuesday 25th April) and next week. They are baking and whipping this one as a limited edition.Guess what! As a job perk I al...

Happy Easter!

Rollickin's super excited to release our special toasted hot cross buns with a gelato scoop inside.BUNNY BUNS!!!It's toasted joy in every bun bite. Simply, pick your melting scoop and the team will toast it magically inside an Easter Hot Cross Bun!It's smelling delicious toasted Easter Buns everywhere here at Rollickin Gelato Cafes!Also, shake that bunny tail Vegans! Yes! These Easter Hot Cross Buns are Vegan.Bite the toasted bun! Your melting scoop inside;)All the Best Buns are found at Rollick...

Hoppy Easter Everyone! X

Hop on it and lick all your chocolate egg favourites in a scoop or two this Easter. Think creme egg, filled caramel egg and marshmallow egg all in one!Our Easter Bunny Chefs are busy whipping dreamy chocolate gelato, adding layers of house-made fluffy marshmallow and gooey blobby caramel sauce plus drizzles and drizzles of chocolate!What more can you ask for!!?!Easter Gift Cards, Easter Party Tubs and Easter Dessert Boxes?Rollickin has you covered for Easter gifting too!For those allergen tummie...

Lickin Cashew Street in Cashel Street Christchurch!

This gelato flavour was inspired by our Rollickin Gelato Cafe Cashel Street location. We love working and grooving in this busy central city neighbourhood (Yes, we're nuts about you neighbours! X). Whippin caramel and toasted Cashew Gelato with layers of house made Chocolate Cashew Fudge and Rollickin's special gooey thick caramel sauce and toasted cashew pieces. ⁠Our homage to you Cashel Street friends. This flavour is a Greatest Lick (voted by Christchurch) and yes contains NUTS! And is...

Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! for Rainbow walking.

Thank you, Thank You, Thank You to everyone who came along to our Rollickin Gelato and Christchurch Pride Dog Walk! It was so much fun to see so much rainbow love and support in our Christchurch community.Rollickin Gelato was blown away by the turn out (our biggest Dog Walk yet!) and are super pleased to raise $246.70 for our Qtopia friends.Dogs and Humans walked our fabulous city on mass. There was lots of Dog friendly gelato scoops given away, prizes for the best dressed &  lots of Fr...

Let's Dog Walk!

Put this on your social calendars dog peoples!Rollickin Gelato along with Christchurch Pride (& our great friends at Ethique & Sweet as Pup & Furtography) are dog walking with the fabulous 'Little Miss Cinnamon' leading the way.We'll walk 30mins around our fun Christchurch City and return for FREE 'Woof Woof' gelato scoops (yes, dog and human friendly licking) Plus lots of prizes for best dressed pooches and giveaways!Would be super awesome to show your love for our LGBTQIA+ Chr...

Banoffee is back!

Bunches and bunches of bananas are hitting our kitchens for our clever Gelato Chefs to smash through dreamy gelato crumbled with butter biscuits and smothered with Rollickin's gooey caramel TOFFEE SAUCE plus layers of crunchy dark chocolate! Monkey on in peoples, this is one our Rollickin famous Greatest Licks as voted by you Christchurch! XRemember Rollickin has two fun dessert cafes in central Christchurch. And we love to see all your happy faces at 98 Cashel Street and 35 New Regent Stre...

Get a Valentines Card they really really want!

Here's a way to get your dream dates attention!Forget those expensive mushy Valentines Day Cards and Roses - so last year!Send them a message of LOVE and a Gelato first date experience all in one!Pst. We have chocolate (aphrodisiac!!!) flavours too, if they want to go all traditional on you ;)You've got this! Grab a Rollickin Gelato Gift Card from a Rollickin Gelato Cafe from $15 or online (from $25). If you are buying online, yes, we can add your loved up message & post for you.Wee dating t...

Rollickin Gelato Greatest Licks!

Here's to a great dessert licking 2023! It's Year of The Rabbit & all that hopping good stuff!As voted by our fabulous Christchurch peoples (and yes we definitely hear your demands on social media & in our cafes). Love your gelato feedback always! XWe are rolling out all your favourite gelato picks. Starting with Pops Lemon Pie, Oh Snap, Chatty Cathy Coffee, Love Me Tinder, & Banoffee...oh my goodness my desserts!Go on let us know what flavour you keep dreaming of & we will twist...