Best Gelato In Costa Rica

Gelato is much cheaper here in Costa Rica, and therefore, I must get as much of it as possible. I found a quaint little place that is just by our school. The only problem is that I found it too late. There were so many things on the menu that I wanted to try, but we only had half a week left in Costa Rica. We were able to make it there two times and it was delicious each time! The gelateria is called "The Piazza". There are many flavors to choose from, everything from tropical fruit flavors to the chocolaty, candy flavors.

 Each flavor I sampled was better than the last. For our first experience at the Piazza I decided to get a banana split that included three scoops of gelato and it was under 4 American dollars. The flavors I chose were caramel, chocolate chip, and the Piazza's signature flavor which consisted of some vaniilla, chocolate, and caramel swirls. When the banana split came, I was amazed, it looked delicious, and the presentation was spectacular.

However, once I began eating it, I found that there was too much whipped topping and it became too sweet for me. I did however, love the gelato; it was very rich and creamy. The caramel was my favorite.

For our second trip to the piazza, I decided to try some fruit flavors. I decided on a mango, strawberry shake. My husband also got a scoop for himself, he decided upon one of the delicious tropical fruit flavors.

The presentation of each purchase was just as good as last time. I really enjoyed the mango strawberry shake, it was very creamy for ice cream that is mixed with water. I was very impressed. I ended my Costa Rican, ice cream excursion on a definite high note!

Costa Rican McFLURRIE!!!

Just as in America....and the rest of the world, there are of course McDonalds found in Costa Rica. Their menu has a few minor differences from the American menu that we are used to. For breakfast you can find a McPinto on the menu at a Costa Rican Mcdonalds. A McPinto consists of rice, beans, hashbrowns, sausage, and eggs. Of course I paid the most attention to the desert menu. On the sundae menu you can find the typical hot fudge sundae, but you can also find a pineapple, strawberry, and caramel sundae. The mcflurries offered were oreo, m&m, and snickers. In America, the snickers mcflurrie is not an option on the menu and therefore, I had to try it.

American McFlurrie Vs. Costa Rican McFlurrie:
I must say that I would take a Costa Rican McFlurrie any day, over an American McFlurrie. The ice cream was very creamy compared to the watered down American McFlurrie. Also, an option in Costa Rica is the choice of  hot fudge or caramel mixed into your McFlurrie; this is not an option in America. I got both chocolate and caramel mixed into my snickers McFlurrie and it was AMAZING!

Another difference is that the toppings are not mixed in as they are in America; they are all placed on top. Normally, this would be a negative to a shake, but I actually liked it. I believe that the reason that placing the toppings on top was alright was because they placed enough that would last the customer the entire shake. It was a perfect Mcdonalds McFlurrie experience!

FrUiTy PeBbLe IcE cReAm!!

KFC's are everywhere here in Costa Rica. and along with each KFC is a KFC heladeria where they serve ice cream. The new flavor that they were advertising was a Fruity Pebble Avalancha.

I was so excited to try it, the posters made it look so good! I was finally able to try it the other night and I was not let down. The Fruity Pebble Avalancha consists of soft serve vanilla ice cream with strawberry syrup and of course it is loaded with Fruity Pebbles. It was a great price and the ratio of each mix in was very good as well. I would definitely get it again. 

POP'S Helado!!

Pop's helado (Ice Cream) shops are all over here in Costa Rica. Because of this I was assuming that they would be pretty good. Well, I was finally able to try one! There are a lot of options to choose from; beginning with hard ice cream flavors, banana splits, sundaes, and milkshakes.

 I decided to get a caramel shake. The shake was pretty good, however, I like toppings in my shakes and there were no options for mix-ins in shakes, which was a little disappointing. The milkshake did not come close to reaching the top of the cup, and for the price I would have expected at least that. The shake tasted good, but it was extremely runny; personally, as I have mentioned before, I like shakes that need to be eaten with a spoon. I am sorry to say that my pop's helado experience was not one of the best that I have experienced here in Costa Rica thus far.

Dos Pinos! It really is the BEST ice cream in Costa Rica!

When we arrived here in Costa Rica, we asked a few people where the best place is to get ice cream; and a everyone we asked said that the Dos Pinos brand was the best and that Costa Rica actually ships it to different places. When Kyle and I were in a small town called La Fortuna at the base of the Arenol Volcano, we found an ice cream (Helado) shop that served Dos Pinos.

I tried caramel and chocolate vanilla swirl flavors in a waffle cone Sunday with chocolate chips and caramel syrup on top.

This ice cream was so creamy and delicious! The chocolate chips on top were not just any chocolate chips either, they had yummy crunchy centers!

The Shop was very cute, very clean, and had a wide variety of options. However, I was not a fan of the waffle cone. I don't know if it was because of the humidity or just how it was made, but it was very thick and hard to chew. Over all, this was a very good place and Dos Pinos stayed true to its good reputation!

Self Serve Frozen Yogurt In Costa Rica!!

We found this place on our way to school one day and we decided to try it. I was so excited to try the yogurt that I needed two bowls in order to try all the flavors that I wanted to. The flavors were mint, dulce de leche, mango, chocolate, strawberry, blueberry, and a couple other fruits that I had never even heard of before. The fruit flavors were the best, they were very good! The other flavors however were good, however they were watered down quite a bit.

As for toppings there was a large selection including fresh mango, strawberries, kiwi, etc. candies, and a new topping that I have never seen before at an self serve shop was jello. They had green and red jello cubed in their topping selection.

As for the atmosphere, it was very clean and very inviting. The price was about the same as home ($3.00) roughly a bowl. It was muy deliciouso!!!!