England
Beer ice-cream, because England.Jamaica
Flourless chocolate cake with ale ice-cream. Source: China Squirrel
Like avocado smoothies, avocados bring a lightness and creaminess to ice-cream. A touch of lime juice brings a zingy boost.New Zealand
Jamaican avocado ice-cream. Source: Feast magazine
Hokey pokey ice-cream is an easy-to-love New Zealand creation of vanilla ice-cream filled with crunchy pieces of golden honeycomb. It is a natural pairing with caramel sauce.Mexico
Hokey Pokey ice-creams sandwiches. Source: Feast magazine
The chocolate-cinnamon flavour combination popular in Mexican cuisine has ancient Aztec and Mayan roots. Iran
Mexican chocolate and cinnamon ice-cream sandwich. Source: Benito Martin
Basil may not sound like a typical ice-cream addition, but its soft aniseed flavour adds a natural sweetness and exotic aroma.Vietnam
Roast peaches and basil ice-cream.
Vietnamese coffee is a distinctive feature of Vietnamese cuisine: rich condensed milk mixed with strong coffee. These popsicles channel this appeal, with a coffee base and toffee sauce.Argentina
Coffee ice-cream (kem cà phê). Source: SBS Food
Dulce de leche - a type of rich, bittersweet caramel popular in Argentina - is a party-pleasing ingredient whatever the dessert. Japan
Dulce de leche ice-cream. Source: Murdoch Books
Recreate this earthy and refreshing sushi-shop favourite at home. Middle East
Green tea ice-cream. Source: Steve Brown / Hachette
Halva is a paste made from almonds popular in Middle Eastern sweets. In ice-cream, it's rich and nutty.India
Halva ice-cream.
You don't need an ice-cream maker for this simple dessert - infuse milk with spices, then strain and freeze it. You can pour the mixture into one large container for a whole iced dessert, or into individual portions.France
Honey, pistachio and saffron kulfi.
An elegant iced dessert that blends the elements of nougat (almonds, pistachios, honey, glaće fruit, egg whites) with cream, and doesn't require an ice-cream maker.Asia
Nougat ice-cream with pistachios and glacé fruits (nougat glacé à la pistache). Source: Benito Martin
Pandan is used in South Pacific cuisine to flavour desserts, bringing a unique sweet and piney aroma.America
Pandan ice-cream with toffee pecans in a waffle cone. Source: Petrina Tinslay
Like a freshly baked pumpkin pie, but in ice-cream form.Italy
Pumpkin ice-cream sandwiches.
Olive oil sounds like an unusual base for an ice-cream, but trust us on this - it works. Depending on the olive oil you use, the result may be rich and golden-tasting, or more peppery or grassy.Ireland
Olive oil ice-cream. Source: Sharyn Cairns
Bread ice-cream? You better believe it. Soda bread crumbs make a surprising but well-suited addition to smooth ice-cream, bringing a sour crunch.Turkey
Irish soda bread ice-cream.
The flavours of Turkish delight are fully felt in this floral-tasting ice-cream, which combines pistachios, pieces of turkish delight and rosewater with the cream mixture.Australia
Turkish delight ice-cream timbals. Source: Brett Stevens
Sunny passionfruit ice-cream sandwiched between airy pavlova brings together the flavours of Australian summer in one bite.
Passionfruit pavlova ice-cream sandwiches. Source: Benito Martin