Trick or Treat, Italian style....

Halloween means all kinds of sweets and trust us, we know what a sweet tooth is! Here is the good news: there is now a fun and spooky healthier alternative...

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Our staff has been debating over which Halloween gelato cupcakes are the scariest! We (almost) agreed on the ones topped with the witch hats.


Let us know what you like best and we'll have it ready for you bloody fast! There is nothing boring about a gelato cake either. Whether you keep things bright with a pumpkin face or venture over the dark side with skeletons walking around a graveyard, you'll enjoy biting into it as much as surprising your crowd!

And don't forget your costume!

Let's stir things up for Halloween!

Have you thought about what you'll be serving at your Halloween party? Or about something fun to do with your family and friends?

We have! And indeed it was fun mixing the Pino Gelato
GraveYard Punch with Drifting Mist:

Recipe

Ingredients:

2 two-liter bottles of lemon-lime soda


1 cup chocolate syrup


1 quart of chocolate Pino Gelato

Dry Ice

Most grocery stores will have dry ice. It’s popular at Halloween so you may want to try and reserve some. Pick it up just before your event and keep it in a cooler.

Be very careful when handling dry ice!

Always wear heavy-duty gloves, as dry ice is much colder than regular ice and freezes your skin in seconds. Unless you can obtain “food grade” dry ice, it is not safe to ingest or put directly into beverages.  

Always keep it safely away from children and in an area that is well ventilated. Inhaling large amounts can make you feel ill. 

Directions:

Put ½ cup chocolate syrup in bottom of a punch bowl.

Add large scoops of Gelato over the syrup then pour rest of syrup over the top of the ice cream. Slowly pour chilled lemon-lime soda over the gelato.

With a long spoon, stir the syrup up from the bottom.

Add more lemon-lime soda until bubbles form on top. 

Presentation:

To give your punch that graveyard effect, you’ll need two punch bowls: one larger than the other.  Mix the Halloween punch recipe in the smaller bowl.

Add a few dry ice chunks to the larger container and place the bowl filled with punch on top of the ice in larger bowl.  

Just before serving your ghoulish guests, pour a little hot water on the dry ice until it starts misting the desired amount.  For the maximum amount of spooky mist, make sure your punch is at room temperature.  

You do not need to add regular ice to your punch either. The dry ice will make it cold.

 Our kitchen turned into a lab as we experimented with gelato, soda, and dry ice for the best Halloween look!

 

Hope you have as much fun as we did!

Happy Halloween!

The countdown to Halloween has begun!

Only 17 days left before Halloween!

Have you chosen your costume yet? Feel free to let us know what you were in the past and what you are planning for this year: either comment on this post or on our Facebook page and you'll see our new spooky look!

We have been thinking about Halloween for a little while and mostly about all the fun that comes with it!

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 We'll share some insider tricks in the next series of blogs to show you how you can turn gelato and sorbetto into cakes, cupcakes and drinks that will give you and your guests chills!

Here is a sneak peak...

Pets for Adoption at Pino Gelato

 

Come by Pino Gelato this coming Saturday from 12pm to 2pm to meet our four-legged friends from the Hilton Head Humane Association.

Volunteers will pick up dogs and cats from the shelter to take them on a little field trip to Pino Gelato in the Village at Wexford, hoping to meet new adopters and find a forever home!

Not quite ready for a(nother) pet yet?

Consider volunteering your time and love to take a dog or cat to the event and relax, while enjoying free coffee, iced coffee drinks or fruit spritzers!

Contact us or Laura Tipton, adoption facilitator at the Hilton Head Humane Association (843 681 8680) , for more information.

 

Yes, we are taking turns! Last Saturday we went to the Humane Association shelter for the Children’s books drive held by Friends of the Library of Hilton Head. All books were collected by the Marines for the Toys for Tots program.

Italian Heritage Festival

Ciao! (Hello!)

Come stai?(How are you?)

Last Saturday, the Italian American Club of Hilton Head orchestrated their 2nd Italian Heritage Festival at Shelter Cove Community Park. 

All the ingredients for a great events were there: the weather was perfect (a bit warm according to some, but it is never too warm if you ask us!), the food was amazing and the turn out even better!

More than 2,000 people joined us to savor Italian food offered by many local restaurants and shops. name your favorite food, I bet it was there:  Italian sausage, pasta and meatballs, osso bucco, polenta, and of course pizza! If you were smart, you saved room for dessert, not only for gelato but also cannolis and the famous Zeppoli's prepared from scratch by the Club's volunteers.

Between the music, the sun, the delicious smell of all the different dishes, the loud Italian families and the laughters, we sure felt a little closer to Italy that day...

 

Pets on The Promenade

Last Saturday turned out to be the perfect day for Pets on the Promenade in Bluffton, South Carolina because it was a bit overcast and thus not too hot to have the cats and dogs outside.



This annual event aims at promoting adoption of homeless pets and it worked: 8 dogs went home with their new family!!

"Ruff life"!

Love that shot

 Many local animal shelters and rescue groups were present, along with main sponsor Hilton Head Monthly and pet-friendly vendors to help raise funds for the Hilton Head Humane Association and Palmetto Animal League.

 

Making sure the gelato is ready!

 Pino Gelato set up its portable shop on the promenade to offer gelato and sorbetto for donations . It turns out not only humans but also dogs love a cold treat!

"Lemon" enjoyed some Limoncello sorbetto

Local author Julie Chalpan

  Add some live music by the Beagles, covering songs from the Beatles, a silent auction full of great items and gift certificates, "Titan's Tale" book signing by local author Julie Chalpan and that's all you need for an afternoon of fun and relaxing time!

 

Already looking forward to next year's Pets on The Promenade... woof!

"Dear John...

It's now three weeks ago that we left Hilton Head after having a great time in the USA.

It is good to be home again, but we're missing the sunny weather and of course your ice cream.

The children are back to school and Thomas and I are doing the things we used to do, he is busy with his business and I am taking care of my house-hold and our social life.

We promised you before leaving that we would send you a picture of the kids in the T-shirts you gave them.

We wish you all the best and maybe we will meet again.

Warm greetings

Carien, Thomas, Philine, Isabel and Steijn Raben

Arnhem

Holland"

Thanks a lot to the Raben family for sending us the picture and note from Holland!!

Hope to see you soon!