Make Your Own Soft Serve Creation at Gelato Messina’s New Dessert Bar

Messina news just keeps on rolling. Now there's an entire soft serve-focused Gelato Messina? Where you can make your own sweet monstrosity and put it in your face? WHAT. EVEN. In epic, epic news, the Messina Dessert Bar is now open on Victoria Road, described by the team as a "choose your own adventure sundae bar".

A long-time project of the crew, who just today announced the opening of a new Messina store in Miranda, the new dessert bar will feature soft serve versions of Messina's already applauded weirdness — fanta gelato anyone? — and you'll be able to add your own toppings. We're talking teeny raspberry meringues, strawberries and cream jellies, smoked butter popcorn. Do we want fairy floss on top? Yes. Yes we do. Oh god, yes we do.

Here's a dessert-porn look at what's in store for the new Messina Dessert Bar, some suggestions (read: absolute must-gets) from the team. We're not responsible for upturned tables or drool-zapped keyboards.

Trailer trash brunch — Crepe lined cup filled with fanta sorbet and burnt vanilla gelato swirl, cointreau set custard, mandarin tuile and mandarin gel.

Pavlova-kona — Raspberry waffle cone filled with burnt vanilla gelato, raspberry jellies, passion fruit curd , raspberry coulis and topped with raspberry meringues.

Carni Candi — Waffle cone filled with fanta sorbet, redskin custard, strawberries and cream jellies then dipped in chocolate and topped with fairy floss.

Honey I Burnt The Kids — Burnt vanilla gelato, burnt honey mousse, smoked butter popcorn, smoked chocolate fudge served in a cup.

Find Messina Dessert Bar at 243 Victoria St, Darlinghurst. Open Monday to Thursday from 5-11pm, Friday and Saturday 5-11.30pm, Sunday 5-11pm.