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What’s New This Spring: Food Service Innovations

Updated: 4 days ago

Lately, we’ve noticed a surge in new dairy-based ice cream launches at parlors—so many that we decided they deserved a special edition all their own! Much like our regular What’s New Dairy, this roundup features fresh releases from across the globe.


As always, we’ve highlighted one standout as our Pick of the Month. Taking the spotlight this time is the Dinner Your Dessert range from Baskin-Robbins Australia. This inventive collection features eight new flavors inspired by classic American diner dishes, each transformed into a decadent frozen creation.


Curious to see the latest parlor innovations from around the world? Let’s dive in!


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Neil Perry Creates a Crème De La Mer-Inspired Ice Cream! (Australia)


Qantas’ Creative Director of food, beverage, and service, Neil Perry, teamed up with skincare and make-up brand La Mer to host the first-ever La Mer Crèmery, a retro-inspired ice cream parlor!


From April 4 to April 5, the pop-up provided samples of the iconic La Mer Crème de la Mer Moisturizing Cream and a specially crafted Crème de la Mer-inspired ice cream created by Perry. The restaurateur, a long-time fan of the brand, took inspiration from Crème de la Mer’s ultra-rich formula and signature fermentation process to create a luxuriously smooth and rich buttermilk ice cream.


Kelp, sesame, and other key ingredients, like those found in the moisturizer’s formula, could be added to the ice cream by attendees.


The event occurred at Guilfoyle Park, 1A Guilfoyle Avenue, Double Bay.



Brand New Dinner Your Dessert Range and March Flavor of the Month from Baskin-Robbins! (Australia)


Baskin-Robbins Australia’s exciting new Dinner Your Dessert Range launch offers fans the option to eat dessert for dinner! The visually appealing debuts made from ice cream include treats shaped like burgers, tacos, pizza, and nachos. The brand describes the debuts as follows:


  • Scoop Burger: A 100% BR ice cream patty, special fudge sauce, and whipped cream on a buttery brioche bun. AUD 9.60 (USD 6.05)

  • Loaded Scoop Burger: Two 100% BR ice cream patties, special fudge sauce, and whipped cream on a buttery brioche bun. (Pricing unavailable)

  • Choccy-Top Taco: A soft choc taco filled with ice cream, drizzled with fudge, and covered with sprinkles. AUD 6.50 (USD 4.09)

  • Dough-Nugs: Fluffy, golden-brown donut bites served with creamy ice cream mash and caramel sauce gravy. AUD 8.90 (USD 5.61)

  • Choco-Loco Nachos: A soft choc taco filled with ice cream, drizzled with fudge, and covered with sprinkles. AUD 6.50 (USD 4.09)

  • Ice Cream Pizza: A family-size (6-slice) double-fudge brownie pizza stacked with ice cream, chocolate fudge, and toppings. AUD 39.90 (USD 25.13)

  • Ice Cream Spider: Creamy ice cream blended with fresh milk or piled on top of a fizzy, refreshing soft drink. AUD 10.00 (USD 6.30)


The launch is available at participating stores.


Besides its new Dinner Your Dessert Range, the brand also recently celebrated March with its limited-edition ice cream flavor of the month: Chocolate Chip Cheesecake. Described by the brand as "a dreamy blend of cheesecake and chocolate cheesecake flavored ice creams with decadent cheesecake pieces, crunchy chocolate chips, and cookie crumb swirls," the lineup was available for March only.


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2 Flavors of Swisse Ice Cream Created by MasterChef Conor Curran (AKA Creamy Confusion)! (Australia)


A unique partnership between wellness brand Swisse and Conor Curran (AKA Creamy Confusion) has resulted in two limited-edition treats!


The first, a Peaches & Cream ice-cream, takes inspiration from the sour peach flavor of Swisse Energy Boost Smart Melts. Within each bite, Peaches-and-Cream Ripple ice cream combines with Davidson’s plum sour powder to create a one-of-a-kind Peaches & Cream flavor.


The second debut, an Orange Greek Yoghurt sorbet, is based on the orange flavor of the Swisse Probiotic and Prebiotic Gummies. It contains a mostly Greek yogurt base and natural orange sweetness with chewy homemade orange peel gummies.


The new ice cream flavors were available at a one-day-only pop-up in Melbourne, courtesy of the Swisse Whip van.



Baskin-Robbins Japan’s ONE PIECE Collaboration and Springtime Kanmidokoro Promotion! (Japan)


Baskin-Robbins Japan recently collaborated with the world-famous anime ONE PIECE to create a new flavor inspired by the iconic “Gomu Gomu no Mi”! The brightly hued Gum-Gum Fruit Punch sorbet offers a multi-layered fruit experience, featuring a sweet-and-sour soda-flavored ribbon and popping candy. The “mysterious” flavor presents a slightly different fruit taste within each bite, as well as the fizzy texture of soda.


For the ultimate Luffy-inspired indulgence, One Piece fans can enjoy the flavor in Luffy's "Amazing! Pirate Double Cup A," which comes with a small cookie featuring the Straw Hat Pirates symbol and an exclusive acrylic charm of Luffy himself.

Three different character-inspired sundaes were also available:

  • Zoro and Sanji Double Wing Sundae: Two ice cream flavors, topped with whipped cream, strawberry sauce, and chocolates

  • Nami's Sparkling Orange Sundae: Ice cream topped with whipped cream, orange-flavored sauce, and bead-like orange "alazan" to resemble gold and jewels

  • Chopper Cherry Blossom Sweet Sundae: Ice cream, pink-and-white chocolate pieces, and whipped cream


The collaboration event ran from April 1 to May 8.


In addition, Baskin-Robbins Japan had a recent promotion, Springtime Kanmidokoro (“sweets shop” or “dessert cafe”), featuring the brand-new Haikara Matcha Anmitsu ice cream! The release combines a matcha ice cream base, mixed fruit ice cream (with little bits of fruit), a sweet red bean ice cream ribbon with Kuromitsu, and kanten-style gelatin pieces.


The new flavor can be upgraded into a Warabi Mochi Sundae, which is made with blocks of jiggling warabi mochi, dusted with kinako (roasted soybean powder), drizzled with kuromitsu, and topped with whipped cream sprinkled with Kitagawa Hanbee matcha powder.


A waffle cone version of the Warabi Mochi Sundae with one scoop of ice cream costs 650-yen (USD 4.40).


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Limited-Time Dubai Chocolate Royale Series Launches at Baskin-Robbins! (Singapore)


Singapore’s Baskin-Robbins’ fans can now enjoy kunafa (a popular Middle Eastern dessert) ice cream sundaes, pints, and cakes! The brand’s Dubai Chocolate Royale Series contains the following four treats:


  • Dubai Chocolate Dorayaki: Ice cream sandwiched between fluffy dorayaki pancakes and topped with crunchy pistachio kunafa. SGD 6.90 (USD 5.14)

  • Dubai Chocolate Sundae: An ice cream scoop topped with pistachio kunafa and pistachio and chocolate drizzle. SGD 6.50 (USD 4.84)

  • Dubai Chocolate Ultimate Pint: Ice cream topped with pistachio kunafa crunch and chocolate pieces. SGD 17.90 (USD 13.34)

  • Dubai Chocolate 4-Inch Cake: A four-inch ice cream cake layered with chocolate, crunchy pistachio kunafa, and pistachio cream. SGD 39 (USD 29.06)


The new launches are available at all locations for a limited time.



New Mini Melts Slurpee Blue Raz Flavor! (United States)


Mini Melts and 7-Eleven have released a new Slurpee-inspired flavor of Mini Melts, Mini Melts Slurpee Blue Raz!


Available at participating 7-Eleven, Speedway, and Stripes locations nationwide in early summer, the new flavor offers a refreshing, fruity taste and signature Mini Melts beaded texture.


No further details were available at the time of publishing.



Lucky Charms Ice Cream Returns to Cold Stone Creamery! (United States)

March 2025 saw the return of Cold Stone’s Lucky Charms Ice Cream! The fun, promotional flavor was available in both a Creation and a shake:


  • Ice Cream at the End of the Rainbow™ Creation: A mixture of Lucky Charms ice cream, Lucky Charms cereal, whipped topping, and gold glitter contained in a green waffle cone

  • Sprinkled with Charms™ Shake: Lucky Charms ice cream, whipped topping, gold glitter, and Lucky Charms cereal


The new treats were available until the end of March.



Want to be featured in our next dairy ice cream round-up? Email Andrea Montreuil from Innodelice with more details!

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