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It's the "ber" months already but the weather still feels like summer! Get your much needed ice cream break from these trusted brands.

Ice cream has been a staple food in the Philippines because of our hot and humid weather during the summer months of March, April, and May.

When asked about our favorite ice cream flavor, we always think of the classics like Vanilla, Chocolate, Cookies and Cream, and Double Dutch. But did you know there are unusual ice cream flavors that you can find around Manila?

You will surely enjoy these five interesting ice cream flavors from our trusted online ice cream brands, whether you have a sweet tooth or not.

1. Beer & Chicharon Ice Cream from Carousel Creamery

Is there a world record for ice cream flavors? Carousel Creamery sells over 100 flavors of ice cream! / Source: carouselcreamery (IG)

Dubbed as the Best Ice Cream Shop in Metro Manila, Carousel Creamery in the heart of Greenhills, San Juan offers more than 100 classic and distinct ice cream flavors.

In every scoop of their bestseller flavor Beer & Chicharon, you can taste the sweetness of the ice cream and the saltiness of the chicharon that blend well together.

Carousel Creamery is selling pint-sized ice cream for PhP 385 that can be delivered straight to your house through third-party riders.

2. Black Sesame Ice Cream from Dojo Dairy

Dojo Dairy's ice cream is now available online!

Dojo Dairy has three branches located strategically throughout the metro--Promenade Mall in Greenhills, San Juan, Little Tokyo in Chino Roces, Makati, and SM Megamall in Ortigas, Mandaluyong City.

To cope up with the 'new normal,' Dojo Dairy began offering its unique but tasty ice cream flavors for customers who don't want to go outside.

The stall's best-seller ice cream flavor is Black Sesame, made from pure black sesame seeds that were “toasted and ground to its essence.”

Place an order at Dojo Dairy's website to taste their best-selling ice cream flavor for only PhP 270.

3. Thai Milk Tea Ice Cream from Merry Moo Artisan Ice Cream

Merry Moo Artisan Ice Cream's Honeycomb and Thai Milk Tea Ice Cream. / Source: merrymooicecream.com (IG)

You can taste the much loved Thai Milk Tea in an ice cream variant from Merry Moo Artisan Ice Cream.

The shop infused Thai milk tea leaves into their base ice cream that gave the flavor a light, tangy, and floral flavor.

They sell 100ml- and 473ml-sized ice cream for PhP 145 to PhP 420. To order, go to their website at merrymooicecream.com.

4. Mangga't Suman Ice Cream from Manila Creamery

Manila Creamery's finest flavor, the Mangga't Suman Ice Cream. / Source: mnlcreamery (IG)

Manila Creamery stayed true to its name by bringing Italian's gelato-making style in creating new flavors that can only be found in the Philippines.

Their bread and butter is the Mangga't Suman Ice Cream, made with sticky rice with latik and Philippine mangoes.

Manila Creamery offers pint-sized ice cream for PhP 360. To order, go to their website at manilacreamery.com.

5. Tres Leches Ice Cream from Papa Diddi's

One of Papa Diddi's ice cream flavors, Tres Leches. / Source: Papa Diddi's Handcrafted Ice Cream (FB)

If the pizza has four-cheese, local handcrafted ice cream shop Papa Diddi's has the Tres Leches that combine condensed milk, carabao's milk, and coconut milk.

Recently, Papa Diddi's transformed their Tres Leches ice cream into an ice cream cake that gives people more choices.

To order, visit their website at papadiddis.net.

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