Cauldron Ice Cream is an American chain of ice cream parlors serving California and Texas. Founded in 2015, it is known for making its ice cream using liquid nitrogen to create its ice cream.
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Dessert |
| Founded | May 2015 |
| Founder | Terence Lioe Desiree Le |
Number of locations | 6 (2024) |
Area served | California Texas |
| Website | cauldronicecream |
History
editThe chain was founded in May 2015, in Santa Ana, California, by the couple Terence Lioe and Desiree Le.[1] Lioe had bought an ice cream machine for $16,000 in 2014, and wanted to open an ice cream shop with Le. They wanted to bring some flavors they had tasted in Singapore to the shop and experimented with the machine for six months.[2][3] Its style of serving its ice cream, in egg waffles, started a trend amongst other, sometimes international, ice cream parlors.[4][5] In 2017, it began franchising stores in the San Francisco Bay Area.[1][6][7] It also started opening locations in Toronto in 2018, its first outside California.[8] Locations in San Diego and Dallas were also conceived in that year.[9][10][11] The Toronto parlor closed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[12]
Menu
editCauldron Ice Cream offers eight flavors of small-batch ice cream, which are rotated monthly.[13] It also sells lattes, boba, and Middle Earth, a blend of boba, cream, and coffee. The ice cream is made using liquid nitrogen, speeding up the freezing process and creating a unique texture.[6][14] The ice cream can be served as a rose instead of the typical scoop. It is also enveloped in an egg waffle, which the chain is also known for.[15] The debut of this addition started a trend that carried over to many other dessert vendors, including ones in Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia.[5][16]
Locations
editAs of 2024, Cauldron Ice Cream has six locations in California and Texas, with three in each state. In California, the chain has locations in Fremont, San Jose, and Santa Ana. Texas has parlors in Carrollton, Dallas, and Frisco.[14]
References
edit- ^ a b "Cauldron Ice Cream Signs Multi-Unit Franchise Deal In Northern California". Food & Beverage Magazine. December 25, 2017. Archived from the original on August 8, 2024. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
- ^ Luna, Nancy (March 6, 2019). "Breakout Brands: Cauldron Ice Cream". Nation's Restaurant News. Archived from the original on March 7, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
- ^ Mills, Michelle (September 2, 2018). "This is a puffle cone, and it's the latest ice cream trend". The Orange County Register. Archived from the original on August 8, 2024. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
- ^ Krystal, Becky (May 24, 2023). "This trendy ice cream cone looks like bubble wrap and tastes like a waffle". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
- ^ a b Jung, Helin (August 11, 2015). "5 Reasons You Must Have a Puffle Cone With Your Ice Cream Right Now". Cosmopolitan. Archived from the original on August 8, 2024. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
- ^ a b Pershan, Caleb (December 21, 2017). "Cauldron Plots Five Bay Area Locations for Bubble Waffle Ice Cream". Eater SF. Archived from the original on March 4, 2024. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
- ^ Yadegaran, Jessica (December 27, 2017). "O.C.'s Cauldron Ice Cream and its "puffle" coming to San Jose in 2018". East Bay Times. Archived from the original on March 10, 2021. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
- ^ Sabharwal, Kavita (January 4, 2018). "Cauldron Ice Cream goes international with multi-unit franchise deal in Canada". Restobiz. Archived from the original on April 15, 2024. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
- ^ Satariano, Jenna (March 6, 2018). "Cauldron Ice Cream Set to Open First San Diego Shop in April". Restaurant News. Archived from the original on July 7, 2018. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
- ^ Hostetter, Alaena (April 4, 2018). "Nitrogen-Frozen Ice Cream Shop Will Blanket Dallas With Creamy Frozen Treats". Eater Dallas. Archived from the original on September 26, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
- ^ "Cauldron, home to the viral 'puffle cone' ice cream, opens first San Diego shop". The San Diego Union-Tribune. June 8, 2018. Archived from the original on August 8, 2024. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
- ^ Robertson, Becky (February 29, 2020). "Toronto's only Cauldron Ice Cream location has permanently closed". blogTO. Archived from the original on February 21, 2024. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
- ^ Harrison, Olivia (September 15, 2016). "These Ice Cream Bouquets Are The Only Things We Want For Valentine's Day". Refinery29. Archived from the original on December 8, 2022. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
- ^ a b "Official website". Archived from the original on August 8, 2024. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
- ^ Madigan, Ada (August 21, 2015). "We Try the Now-Famous Cauldron's Puffle Cone". Orange Coast. Archived from the original on August 8, 2024. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
- ^ Sivasubramanian, Shami (October 21, 2016). "Presenting puffle cones, our new ice cream cone crush". SBS Food. Archived from the original on August 8, 2024. Retrieved August 8, 2024.