A chili oil-flavored ice cream is seen in a store on Chunxi Road, Chengdu, in Southwest China’s Sichuan province on July 28, 2018. A spoonful of chili oil on the ice cream attracts lots of locals who prefer spicy food. The store also sells mustard ice cream. [Photo/VCG]
Coconut gray ice cream is a new "web celebrity" in China. With chocolate and coconut on the cone, one lick will blacken your tongue. But don't worry, it's not poisonous. Each scoop has a subtle but addictive richness of coconuts and milk. The convenience stores that sell this ice cream were out of stock when it was released on May 7, 2018. [Photo/VCG]
Prepare to raise your pinkies: This grilled ice cream is toasted to a caramel color under a blow torch set at 800 degrees Celsius in Xiangyang, Central China's Hubei province. "Having the grilled ice cream, my mom won't worry about me catching a cold in summertime," a web user joked online. [Photo/VCG]
The famous Gold Cappuccino in Abu Dhabi is sprinkled with real 24 carat gold flakes, and is the epitome of indulgence at the Emirates Palace Hotel. [Photo/VCG]
The "Supreme Cloud ice cream" with a piece of gold flake is a new hot treat in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province.[Photo/VCG]
These floral flavor treats selling at the Nanluoguxiang
hutong in Beijing are a hit among visitors. There's no need to wait around for Valentine's Day to have one of the rose-shaped delicacies. [Photo/VCG]
Who will volunteer to try this stool-like ice cream, served in a toilet-shaped container? Despite its lifelike look, don't think too much about it when you dip a spoon into it. [Photo/VCG]
Originating in South Korea, ice cream shaped like a storm cloud can be seen everywhere on Shanghai streets. It's popular for its creative style, and sells for 38 yuan each. [Photo/VCG]
Look up from your mobile phones and scoop these frozen treats for your afternoon pick-me-up. An ice cream shop in Shanghai makes these 3D ice creams. The mobile phone-shaped treats are decorated with iPhone apps, the App Store logo, and several buttons for features like Home, the camera and power. [Photo/VCG]
This giant soccer ball-shaped ice cream weighs over 100 kilograms and is a meter in diameter. The creamy treat used more than 100 kilograms of eggs and was shared by tourists in Qingyuan, South China’s Guangdong province, on June 29, 2016. They finished it in 10 minutes. [Photo/VCG]
It's enough to melt your wallet. Londoners can now buy the nation's most expensive ice-cream for a cool £99 a cone. The Billionaire's Soft Serve, on sale at Selfridges, comes complete with a gold-leaf coated flake and spoon. Each wafer cone, dipped in dark chocolate and coated in golden pearls, contains a dollop as big as your head and weighs in at 350g, about the same as an entire tub of shop-bought ice cream. Two hands are needed to hold it. [Photo/VCG]
Watch out, this ice cream is a hot one. A cafe in Glasgow, Scotland is selling scoops of the world's most dangerous ice cream, which is so hot that customers need to sign a disclaimer and must be 18 year of age. The ice cream is said to be 500 times hotter than Tabasco sauce. The family business based on Paisley Road West, Cardonald, Glasgow, says the idea behind it comes from Italy. [Photo/VCG]
