The best ice cream shops Brazil

Vero simply means "true" in Italian. This is a real Italian ice-cream parlour, trained in Bologna, which offers excellent home-made sorbets with original and surprising flavours. The lavender and lemon perfumes have the good idea to evoke the scents of the Drôme Provençale and southern Italy, so dear to so many Seyssinians. Well, if you're really hungry, the Vero also offers savoury snacks (including of course pizzas) and a good coffee. All the ice creams and dishes in general are made in the spirit of quality cuisine.

This is probably due to the undeniable transalpine influence on Sampa, but the city has a large number of excellent ice cream parlours. The Bacio di Latte does justice to ice cream in all its forms. The shop also offers a few desserts and is always busy. The ice creams are creamy and made with fresh milk, selected ingredients and no preservatives. The fruits are local and vary according to the season, the hazelnuts, chocolate and pistachios come from Europe and the sugar is organic. Let yourself be tempted...

Georges Laporte moved to Bahia from Normandy in 2002. Since then, he has adapted his family know-how, brought back from France, to create ice creams with local flavors in harmony with the seasons, all made with fresh fruit, without colorants or preservatives. The blends are as original as they are delicious: Pé de moleque (with peanuts), Cocana (coconut with cachaça), Martinica (orange and dark chocolate), Baianada (lime, rapadura and coconut) - a must-try! Try acerola or maracuja!

Gelato & Grano is a glacier born in 2012 in Jericoacoara and has been making small ones ever since (two other shops in Teresina and two others were to open in 2018 in Fortaleza and João Pessoa). There are about a hundred flavours with a lactose-free option.

As its name suggests, this shop offers bowls of iced acai, with or without fruit and cereals. It's fresh, cheap and healthy!

A famous ice cream shop in Brazil is called "Alaska"... just like in Montpellier. Here, it is Finland that inspired the name of this ice cream shop. To tell you the truth, we don't know if ice cream (from our dear cones... not from the big frozen lakes that cover a part of the country) is a Finnish speciality, but the ones that this house proposes are delicious. More than 30 different flavours and, above all, all sorts of sweets to decorate the ice cream (nuts, sesame, chocolate chips, etc.).

Rio has a few happy gourmet surprises in store. Gourmands will go without a problem to Casa Cavé, the oldest confeteira in the city. The pastries are sure to delight the taste buds of visitors. It was founded in 1860 by one of our compatriots, Charles Auguste Cavé, who remained its chef until 1922. Since 1860, it has been serving the best ice creams in the center, as well as very good sweets. The period architecture gives the place an old-fashioned atmosphere. Two rooms are adjacent, at numbers 133 and 137 of the street.

Sorvete Italia is a network of small shops with many addresses in Rio (25, including 3 on Copacabana) and preparing some of the best ice creams and sweet pastries in the city! One of the shops can be found in many places in the southern zone. Of course, you will find the classic flavours of Italian ice-cream parlours, but the originality of Sorvete italia is to offer flavours that are all Brazilian: so the Cuscuz, Tapioca, Açaí or Milho verde flavours will surprise you... or not. To be tested on a hot afternoon after the beach!

An Italian ice cream shop run by a real Italian couple! They mix the know-how of their country of origin with Brazilian tropical fruits. A beautiful combination. An offer of 16 flavours that change every day, offering a different choice every time. The Gelato Preciosa is made in the ice cream parlour, prepared and made continuously during the day. The gelati are made from a combination of natural fruit, water and sugar. They do not contain dairy products, colourings or artificial flavours.

Well, it's not a little secret place since there are almost two thousand franchised Rochinha shops. However, after walking down Francisco Loup Avenue, or after a few good surfing hits, you can enjoy the flavours of Rocinha ice cream on the coastal avenue. For thirty years this local brand has been offering ice creams and popsicles made from a wide variety of fruits. Milho verde (corn), coconut, jabuticaba, avocado, currant, the range is varied! The company is also very committed to the sustainability of the products it markets.

Named the city's best ice cream parlour by Veja magazine in 2018, Frida & Mina have been winning over local fans ever since. The store is a victim of its own success: there's often a queue. The tasks are well divided. Thomas is in charge of production, Fernanda of sales. But the wait is worth it when you taste the delicious ice cream. A wide choice of tempting flavors for products made naturally with carefully selected fruit. Unless you opt for coffee and dessert... There's plenty to choose from.

It is a bit like the trendy glacier in Brasilia, especially because it has made people talk about it by winning many prizes displayed on the wall behind the window. As a result, the space facing the attractive window is far from sufficient when there are too many people rushing in, and you will probably end up knowing more about where to eat your ice cream. In short, we'll come to taste these sweet delicacies, not to settle down. The ice creams are excellent and the flavours offered smell of Brazilian essences (maracujà, cupuaçu, açaí...).

Ice cream lovers won't want to miss a stop at this Brazilian ice cream parlour, which makes artisanal Italian-style ice creams! Made with natural, creative products... A real treat. You'll find both classic flavors and more original ones, renewed according to seasonal produce (gelato is milk-based, sorbetto water-based). Some flavors are even alcoholic, like pineapple, coconut and vodka ice cream, or Champagne, mango and chantilly. This artisan won a national award in 2018. A pretty little courtyard for tasting.

Torta de Sorvete was founded in 1987. This pastry shop is specialized in very sweet ice cream cakes. The first and only specialty was the ice cream pie, traditionally made with meringue, vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce. Today, other pies and quiches and new flavors have completed the pastry menu, such as the Swiss pie with dulce de leche and chocolate ice cream and the Marta Rocha pie with egg jam. Nice for summer days.

The Cairu ice cream parlour produces some of the best regional fruit sorbets in the city and beyond. Even in the little kiosk at Docas you'll find an incomparable choice of flavors! Cairu will celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2024, and has a dozen locations in the city. Its brand is already being exported to Manaus, São Paulo and Rio. You have to be daring and let yourself be guided by your instinct, by the sometimes...surprising, yet natural colors of these products, which some chefs have chosen to embellish their menus with.

Since 1931, this has been one of Salvador's traditional ice cream parlors. The shop is located in the lower town, in a traditional district where time seems to have stood still. Ribeaira is the beach where fishing boats and saveiros rest at low tide. A typical Bahia spot, ideal for rest and relaxation. It's hard to choose from over sixty fragrances! Caipiroska (vodka and lime), suingue bom (wine and pineapple), agua de côco (coconut water) are just some of the options. Today, the ice cream shop has 6 outlets.