Chef Jessie & 5 other ice cream masters from across the country put their talents to the test at Ben & Jerry’s factory grounds in Waterbury, Vermont! Each week, the ice cream masters face special challenges, including capturing the essence of a celebrity or pop culture icon, to create an innovative new ice cream flavor, hoping to avoid elimination and the dreaded Ben & Jerry’s Flavor Graveyard.

Check out more show details here !

Ben & Jerry’s: Clash of the Cones premieres on Monday, August 16th at 8PM CST on Food Network & Discovery+! 

Black Dog Gelato fans will have a special opportunity to try the flavors that only a select few celebrities have tasted!

On Tuesday, August 17th, following the airing of the Ben & Jerry’s: Clash of the Cones episode, Black Dog Gelato will announce the #clashofthecones flavor and will carry it for a limited time in the gelato case at all of our brick-and-mortar locations!  Stop by one of our shops & try it out for yourself!

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Our 2021 re-opening kicked off with a whole new In-Shop Menu, featuring specially-curated gelato desserts, giving our customers more ways to enjoy their favorite gelato! Each month, we will feature 12 gelato flavors in our case made fresh daily, available to enjoy in a cup, cone, or house-made waffle cone!

Our May Gelato Flavors include our Signature Flavors – 6 best-selling and beloved flavors that will be available all season; Featured Flavors – 3 rotating flavors of Jessie’s special creations, including seasonal flavors, fan favorites, special limited edition collaborations; and Dairy-Free Flavors – 3 rotating flavors so rich that you won’t even know they are made without dairy or eggs!

MAY FEATURED FLAVORS

MAY DAIRY-FREE FLAVORS

Our Dairy-Free Flavors include Summer Botanical Flavors, inspired by fresh herbs and floral notes as part of a collaboration with Get Growing Foundation. 

Strawberry Basil | Sweet strawberry sorbet infused with fragrant, fresh basil!

Cantaloupe Elderflower Sorbet | Sweet, ripe cantaloupe with a slight floral note!

Hope and Sesame Hazelnut Sorbet | Hope and sesame milk alternative gives this classic Italian “Nutella” flavor a dairy-free twist!

PARTNERSHIP WITH GET GROWING

Get Growing Foundation’s mobile plant boutique, Plant Truck Chicago, will be at our Ukrainian Village Location on Saturday, May 8th from 12-3PM & at our West Loop location on Saturday, May 15th from 12-4PM raising funds for the foundation through the sale of plants. The truck-based pop-up will feature plants for sale with the proceeds supporting their community education programs, school programs, underserved communities initiatives, and more.

We are so excited to welcome you back in shop for the 2021 season! Click HERE for shop details, including our Chicago locations, days and hours of operation, and more! Enjoy a classic cup or cone, or try one of our newest in-shop menu items like the Birthday Cake Sundae , and enjoy it on our outdoor patio!

see you soon! 

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With COVID forcing our shops to open later this year, like many restaurants and small businesses, we looked for ways to innovate and survive. We’ve always wanted to create a Pint Club, and in the age of social distancing, it felt like a natural next step for Black Dog Gelato.

Pint Club is also our way of doing something fun for our loyal customers who enjoy our freshly made gelato and our unique and sometimes unconventional flavors. We wanted to give year-round access without the high overhead of keeping three shops open over the winter when fewer people venture outdoors.

For $35/month, members of Black Dog Gelato Pint Club receive three pints of freshly churned gelato in either our signature, dairy-free, or featured flavors. The featured flavors rotate monthly. Members also receive many great benefits, such as discounts on in-shop purchases and loyalty points, monthly promotions, early access to limited-edition menus, and more.

The bright pink box comes filled with three pints of gelato, free samples/gifts, and recipes from Jess.

In November, as part of our launch, we announced three new flavor collaborations with well-known Chicago brands: Portillo’s Chocolate Cake, Chai Love using Tiesta Tea, and our annual Prop Day flavor with Goose Island, Bourbon County Stout. All three flavors are initially only available through Pint Club.

And if you thought November was sweet, wait until you see what flavors we have planned for December.

Become a Pint Club member or give a gift of gelato this holiday season.

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We also loved Eater’s quote, “Black Dog brings a sense of gourmet fun to a childhood treat.” We couldn’t have said it better ourselves.

We appreciate being included in these lists and always look forward to what flavors are mentioned. Who doesn’t have a favorite flavor?!

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Half of the profits from every cup of ice cream or ice cream bar sold Sunday will be donated to Chicago Birthworks Collective, a “birth and postpartum company for mamas and families of color.”

For customers who are Loyalty members, we are sweetening the day by doubling reward points on Sunday, July 19.

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July was Cult Classics, featuring four pints of Chef Jessie’s most creative and popular flavors that won’t make it into the shops this season. In August, we collaborated with some of Chicago’s finest chefs/restaurants to bring gelato lovers a cookie sandwich sampler.

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The “Pasta Yiayia” features garlic, brown butter, cinnamon, and feta cheese over bucatini. YUM! While our gelato doesn’t have any garlic, our Lula is a creamy base of cinnamon, brown butter, and feta cheese.

Lula will be in our shops for the entire month of July. Make it a theme night. Stop by Lula Cafe for takeaway and then head over to our Logan Square scoop shop for some Lula gelato. 

View all of our July 2020 flavors.

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Gelato is the Italian word for ice cream but the two do have some differences. Gelato and ice cream are similar in that they both are made with cream, milk, sugar, and eggs (our gelato is made with eggs, not all gelato is). However, gelato uses more milk and less cream than ice cream.

Gelato is creamier, smoother, and silkier, as well as denser and more elastic than ice cream. In the gelato making process, less air is incorporated while churning, which is how gelato achieves its creamy texture with less fat than traditional American style ice cream.

Another difference is the serving temperature. Gelato is served warmer than ice cream, around 10 to 15 degrees Fahrenheit warmer, which leaves your mouth less numb so you are better able to taste the intense flavors. This is important to us because we create modern and intriguing gelato flavors and want you to really taste them.

We create our gelato using a Northern-style base which is known for being creamy, rich, and tasty. All of our flavors begin with our custom base which is flavored and matured for 24 hours. The liquid bases are then delivered to our two gelato shops, West Loop and Ukrainian Village, for spinning. Once spun, our gelato and sorbets are placed in gelato pans and put in our case ready to be served and eaten!

And just in case you were wondering what sorbet is…

Sorbet, also know as sorbetto in Italian is a dairy and egg-free frozen dessert. When making sorbet, very little air is incorporated during the churning process. Traditionally, sorbets are made with fruits, juices, sugar, and wine or other alcohols. At Black Dog Gelato, we even make a Chocolate Sorbet for anyone who is vegan or who wants to enjoy classic chocolate gelato dairy-free.

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