Yummy Ice Cream Rolls, Spokane’s first rolled ice cream restaurant, readies for a March opening

Yummy Ice Cream Rolls, Spokane’s first rolled ice cream restaurant, is under construction in the Logan Square shopping center near Gonzaga University.

Once it’s open, customers will be able to create their own rolled-ice-cream flavor combinations or choose from nine pre-planned options – and watch their order be made.

At this novelty ice cream shop, a creamy base will be poured onto an extremely cold steel surface and added to with mix-in ingredients such as Oreo cookie crumbles or crushed Fruit Loops. Finally, the ice cream will be rolled up by hand using a scraper, then garnished with sauces and other toppings.

Rolled ice cream originated in Thailand about 10 years ago, then began catching on in neighboring countries. It started spreading worldwide about three years ago, thanks largely to viral videos showing the process online.

Yummy Ice Cream Rolls will feature $5.95 rolled ice cream sundaes in pre-determined combinations: strawberry, s’mores, Oreo, Nutella-banana, green tea, mango, berry, cappuccino and cheese cake.

Or, customers can make their own from four bases: vanilla, green tea, chocolate or cappuccino.

Add-ins include mango, banana, strawberry, huckleberry, raspberry, blackberry, kiwi, peach, graham crackers, chocolate chips, lychee, Skittles, Gummy Bears, marshmallows, M&Ms, sprinkles, Strawberry Pocky, Green Tea Pocky and Oreos Pocky.

Sauces are caramel, chocolate, white chocolate, mango, strawberry, raspberry, kiwi, cinnamon and condensed milk.

Build-your-own rolled ice cream cups will also cost $5.95 and include two toppings plus a sauce. Additional toppings are 50 cents each.

Yummy Ice Cream Rolls is slated to open in the suite adjacent to Einstein Bros. Bagels in the middle of March, according to the store manager, Yoko Pan. The address is 1601 N. Division St., Suite B.

Look for updates on the store’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/yummyicecreamrolled.

Or, for more information, visit yummyicecreamrolled.com.