Messina Is Serving Up Epic Gelato-Biscuit Hybrids at Sydney Festival

Overview

New gelato creations every time a foodie hub or market blows into town? That's a culinary trend we can all get behind. When Sydney's hungry masses are treated to a feast of edible wonders in one spot, Gelato Messina is usually in the thick of the action — including at this year's Sydney Festival, where the artisan ice cream-makers are bringing their disco biscuits to the Meriton Village.

A blend of gelato and biscuit, as you'd expect, these frosty hybrid wonders are as decadent and inventive as Messina's concoctions always are. Four varieties are available, with some sounding more than a little familiar (and not just because of the A+ pun game on display, either).

We all know which Aussie bikkies come to mind when you think of mint and marshmallow, with Messina taking care of the former in their Panic at the Biscuit offering (with mint gelato, mint fudge, chocolate coated rice bubbles and dark chocolate dip), and the latter in their Bisco Inferno (salted caramel gelato, milk jam and marshmallow on dark chocolate biscuit base, then dipped in dark chocolate). Other treats include the Saturday Nut Fever, as made with  choc hazelnut fudge, hazelnut and white chocolate gelato, wafers, milk chocolate dip, feuilletine and hazelnut praline crunch, as well as The OG, a sandwich of cereal milk gelato and soft dark chocolate biscuits, then covered in a dip of milk chocolate and Coco Pops.

It's the first time Messina's disco biscuit range has been available in Sydney, after making a splash in Canberra late last year. Each costs $9, and if you want one, you'll have to head to their Sydney Festival Meriton Village pop-up before January 28.