Overview
Mother's Day is already coming at us — Sunday, May 12 this year. It's like we blinked in January, and suddenly, we're in April. It's now time to start thinking of breakfast-in-bed menus, cute gift ideas and afternoon tea outings. Because mums deserve all the love.
And this year, Piccolina is gunning for you to gift your mumma some of its limited-edition gelato-stuffed bonbons. The pastry chefs over at one of Melbourne's best gelaterias have chosen some of their favourite Italian gelatos and hand-dipped them into different chocolate coatings for Mother's Day.
They're like the team's famed gelato Easter eggs, but bite-sized.
Five flavour combos are up for grabs up until Mother's Day — although there is a good chance they'll sell out well beforehand. Piccolina founder Sandra Foti named each one after an Italian mother she admires.
Maria is the bonbon filled with both a peanut gelato and caramel ganache, surrounded by a peanut glaze and milk chocolate shell. Assunta is for the pistachio lovers out there. It's made up of pistachio gelato that's been layered with toasted pistachios, dark chocolate and a pistachio glaze. There's also the Enza, which has cinnamon gelato, apple compote, caramelised white chocolate and a toasted almond glaze. These bonbons are next level — something we've come to expect from all the limited-edition items made by the Piccolina crew.
The bonbons are sold in a set of five, each in a specially designed box. The Festa della Mamma bonbons retail for $45 and can be pre-booked now from the Piccolina website. If you think your mum will love these — or potentially share them with you — be sure to pre-order a box or two as soon as possible. They're likely to sell out fast.
You can pre-order a box of Piccolina's limited-edition Mother's Day bonbons now via the gelato store's website.