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    You are here: Home / Destinations / Europe / 6 Italian Gelato Flavors To Taste While In Italy

    10/16/2013

    6 Italian Gelato Flavors To Taste While In Italy

    I may have learned how to pick out good gelato from “fake” gelato while on a food tour in Rome, but I learned the art of tasting gelato and discovering new Italian gelato flavors while spending multiple summers exploring food in Bologna.

    Thankfully, Italian portions are small compared to the melon-sized scoops of ice cream you get in the states.  So, it makes tasting multiple flavors more pleasurable to the palate as well as the waist line.

    Initially, I confess, I stuck to flavors I easily recognized. Even without an Italian translator, I bet you too will instantly know flavors such as nutella, caffè, pistacchio, and limone. Cioccolato is pretty easy to decipher. But after having been in Bologna for nearly a month, I ventured out of the ordinary and tried some flavors I didn’t recognize in Italian, but they were favorites I instantly knew after tasting them. Next time you’re in Italy,

    6 Italian Gelato Flavors To Taste While In Italy

    1. Nocciola – hazelnut
    2. Croccantino – caramel with crunchy nuts, either almonds or hazelnuts
    3. Zabaione – egg cream, like a custard flavor
    4. Stracciatella – vanilla with chocolate chips
    5. Spagnola – vanilla with sour cherries (though the literal translation is “Spanish”)
    6. Fragola – strawberry

    And if the mere mention of those flavors aren’t enough to get your mouth watering, here’s some gratuitous food porn.  Candid iPhone photos of some of the gelati I couldn’t resist while in Italy.

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    The apartment in Bologna was provided by the Emilia-Romagna Tourism Board as part of the #BlogVille campaign created by iAmbassador. As always, my thoughts, opinions and enthusiasm for travel and food are entirely my own.

    Filed Under: Europe, Travel & Food Blog Tagged With: Gelato, Italy

    About Rachelle Lucas

    Rachelle is the founder of TheTravelBite.com and was named one of USA Today's 10Best Food and Travel Bloggers. She believes the best way to learn about a destination is through its flavors and collects recipes from her trips to recreate them here on The Travel Bite. In her spare time she enjoys running and yoga to balance out her food obsession.

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    1. Jennifer says

      10/17/2013 at 7:00 am

      All excellent choices! I almost always select a fresh fruit flavor and I love the seasonal ingredients. Some of my favorites are basil with strawberry (basilico e fragola), pumpkin and ginger (zucca e zenzero), and green apple (mele verde).

      Reply
    2. Charles McCool says

      10/23/2013 at 4:09 pm

      Pretty sure I tried all 5–plus many others. My children were set on Fragola and Stracciatella–at least 2x a day.

      Reply
      • TravelBlggr says

        10/25/2013 at 1:36 pm

        Twice a day? Glad I’m not the only one. 😉

        Fragola was my FAVORITE!

        Reply
    3. Valentina says

      01/20/2014 at 12:39 pm

      Have you been to the Gelato Museum (www.gelatomuseum.com) and to the Carpigiani Gelato University (www.gelatouniversity)? While in Bologna you couldn’t miss them! 🙂

      Reply
      • TravelBlggr says

        01/20/2014 at 1:46 pm

        Actually, I have not! I’ll have to go next time I’m there. 😉

        Reply

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