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Hi, my name is Mojca. I am from Slovenia in Europe and I and I work as a student advisor at our Shanghai school.Taiwan Ice Cream Puppies || The Social Media Sensation
The Social Media Sensation that was the Taiwan Ice Cream Puppies – did you get onto this trend?
Ice Cream Puppy what…?!
You heard correctly.
An immediate social media sensation when they hit off in 2018, Taiwan has done the great thing and combined two of the internet’s favourite and social media-friendly things; puppies and ice cream.
Ice cream puppies!
So, of course it was going to kick off.
Taiwan Ice Cream Puppies || What is Puppy Ice Cream?!
Taiwan Ice Cream Puppies || Where to try in Taiwan
Taiwan Ice Cream Puppies || Where to try in Mainland China
Taiwan Ice Cream Puppies || Can Dogs Eat Ice Cream?!
Taiwan Ice Cream Puppies || FAQs
What Exactly is a Taiwan Puppy Ice Cream?!
What exactly is this life-like ice cream puppy? Well, actually it’s just that.
Ice cream sculpted artistically to create extremely life-like puppies.
Do you think you could take a bite of this delicious goodness?
Whether you like Taiwanese ice cream or not, this realistic snack may or may not be taking it a bit far…
I mean… they’re surely too cute to eat, right?!
Where Can I Buy Taiwan’s Puppy Ice-Cream?
The original place producing this tasty treat is J.C Co Art Kitchen. This menu item, The Shar-Pei, is almost (or maybe actually) too real to eat.
Taking about 5 hours to make just one ice cream puppy, they don’t come cheap either at more than $3.50 each.
The ice cream is put into a special mould and left to harden.
They use a special freezer to leave the pups to harden at -22°F, and also creates the ice crystals which form the furry fluff of the ice cream puppies’ body.
They’re moulded out of an ice cream flavour of your choice; chocolate, milk tea, or peanut.
After moulding, the ice cream puppies will then undergo rigorous artistic examination as one of the artists gets to work sculpting the life-like shape of the ice cream puppies body.
Not forgetting the intricate details of the fur, eyes, and nose too!
This is done using chocolate sauce.
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Where Can I Try an Ice Cream Puppy in Mainland China?
In mainland China for study, work, or an internship and want to try some?
Head over to Shanghai for a taste in any of these following restaurants offering this strange and delightful ice cream puppy dessert:
Xin Sky / 芯 Sky
Young’s Cake / 漾思Cake
Someone Cafe (Ruijin Er Road store) / Someone Cafe深吻时刻(瑞金二路店)
Lugu Tea (Yan’an Xi Road store) / 鹿谷製茶(延安西路店)
And if you’re a sucker for the popular Chinese app Taobao, you can even buy your own ice cream puppy mould to have a go at forming and devouring your own produce and scaring your friends with a batch of ice cream puppies!
Simply search “沙皮狗慕斯模具” (Shā pí gǒu mù sī mújù translating to “Shar Pei Mousse Mould”) in the app and you’re good to go!
Can Dogs Eat Ice Cream?
Can puppies and dogs enjoy this puppy-friendly snack themselves?
Unfortunately, the answer is no (and would they really want to..)?
Firstly, dogs bodies aren’t designed to digest milk after they get older, so the cream in the ice cream can mean some very upset tummies!
Secondly, ice cream (unfortunately) is packed with sugar, which definitely is not healthy for your pup and lead to obesity.
Finally, some flavours of ice cream, such as chocolate, can be toxic for dogs.
So please be careful before you terrify both yourself and your dog with these Taiwanese speciality ice cream puppies!
Tried Taiwan’s ice cream puppy?
Let us know about your experience in the comments below!
Ice Cream Puppies || FAQs
Who started the ice cream puppy craze?
The original place producing this tasty treat is J.C Co Art Kitchen.
This menu item, The Shar-Pei, is almost (or maybe actually) too real to eat.
How much does an ice cream puppy in Taiwan cost?
They don’t come cheap, with a cost of roughly $3.50 each.
How long does it take to make an ice cream puppy?
It takes about 5 hours to make just one ice cream puppy.
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