Gino’s gelato is traditional homemade Italian ice cream. Gino’s gelato is in many places throughout Ireland. This unique and stylish ice cream parlour is designed to capture the Italian culture. The main colours used for their stores are green, white and red which is the colours of the Italian flag. When you walk in the shop, you can see the seats are designed as mopeds and Italian street lights on the roof in a variety of colours.

Gino’s menu has a wide variety of options, from traditional ice cream, waffles, crepes to coffee. Gino’s ice creams are all different unique flavour’s, for example, Rocher, gum, forest, mango and cream. My personal favourite is of course Rocher. Gino’s serve their ice cream in small, medium and large tubs, with the small tub costing €4.30 and the large €6.90. As you can see, Gino’s is more expensive compared to its rival Scrumdiddly’s. Although, Gino’s is expensive they have many customers due to their wide variety of stores unlike Scrumdiddly’s.

Gino’s gelato was not on my list of cheat day treats,however because of its many locations in town I decided I had to give it a try.I was not disappointed, as the ice cream was thick and creamy. The portion sizes are small for their price but the ice cream inside is worth it. People seem to notice this place as just a regular ice cream shop, however their magical crepes are not given enough credit. In my opinion, the crepes are what the shop should be known for. These slices of heaven are smothered from edge to edge in Nutella sauce, they are thick, warm and truly are a treat on a cold winter’s day.

From my three cheat day treat blogs, the best option by far is clearly Scrumdiddly’s. As it has the best value for money and is by far the tastiest of the three options.

Scrumdiddly’s is one of the finest ice-cream shops around. Scrumdiddly’s first opened their doors in Donabate. They now have two permanents shops Donabate and Dun Laoghaire. They also have a pop-up shop in Arnott’s in town leading up to the festive Christmas season. Nothing beats a refreshing tub of thick ice cream after a long day at the beach, a nice walk on the pier,or even a stressful day of shopping.

If your feeing moody, a trip out to Scrumdiddly’s is sure to put that smile back on your face. Walking into the shops makes you feel like a child again. The shop encourages your inner child’s imagination by letting you create your own crazy and unique ice cream. The menus displayed on the walls show Scrumdiddly’s very own creations and are sure to get the taste buds watering.

When you arrive at the counter of  Scrumdiddly’s wild toppings are clearly displayed. The fun filled ice cream shop allows you to put anything on your ice cream from fresh strawberries to chocolate buttons or even sour jellies. They also have a large variety of sauces including my personal favourite the Ferro Roche sauce. Scrumdiddly’s does not only offer ice cream, it also offers hot crepes and waffles. Don’t worry a trip to Scrumdiddly’s will not break the bank, as it is surprisingly cheaper than expected.

My personal favourite to get in Scrumdiddly’s is a large scrummy tub, which cost as litte as €2.50. In the scrummy tub you get ice cream with 3 toppings of your choice and a sauce. When I order a scrummy tub, I usually get ice cream with chocolate buttons, Maltesers, fresh strawberries smothered in Ferro Roche sauce. In my opinion, this is to die for!!!!!! 

During the summer months scrumdiddly’s are in a high demand,but not even hail, rain or snow will stop this ice cream shop from having a queue out its doors.

As you should know Krispy Kreme is the latest food trend to hit Dublin in 2018, The American company has hit Ireland with a bang. If you haven’t heard about these luxury doughnuts you must be living under a rock. When it first opened its doors in Blanchardstown, The place was out of control. Both its drive thru and in the store was jam packed with hungry doughnut lovers! Yes, you did read that right, A doughnut shop with a drive thru service.

Krispy Kreme was a 24-hour service when it first arrived, due to the company being such a hit it generated a lot of noise. This led to many local complaints, forcing the company to change its opening hours. Krispy Kreme now opens at 6.30 am to 11.30 pm.

I was eager to see what the fuss was a about, but I was not prepared to wait five hours for a doughnut. Finally, after three long weeks of waiting I decided to take a trip out to Krispy Kreme. When I arrived the drive thru was still extremely busy, so I decided to have a look in store. Going into the store was the better option as I got the full experience. When you are queuing to make your order, you can witness these little pieces of joy being made before your very eyes. For any doughnut lovers this place was like heaven. There were thousands of doughnuts on huge machines being moved around it was fascinating to watch. When I finally made it to the counter, I received a free fresh out of the oven doughnut dipped in Krispy Kreme original secret glaze.

Krispy Kreme is slightly expensive but well worth a try. For a box of original glazed dozen, it cost €13.95. You also get the option to create your own dozen called a sharer dozen for €16.95.