Chocolatier Jacques Torres has again made mouths water by spilling the beans on his latest treat: DUMBO’s Willy Wonka is expanding into ice cream.
Torres revealed that he wants to open “an ice cream place” this summer in the space beside his chocolate shop.
“Imagine ice cream with chocolate and passion fruit, raspberry, peanut butter, banana,” Torres told a crowd at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan on Tuesday.
Residents of DUMBO don’t have to imagine such things at all; Torres already makes ice cream for his shop’s ethereal ice cream sandwiches — which are comprised of said frozen treat smooshed between two of Torres’s totally under-rated, $2.50 chocolate chip cookies.
At $5, you’re getting the ice cream for free!
Fellow sweet sellers told The Brooklyn Paper that the acclaimed chef’s decision to open the ice cream shop would improve the borough’s sugary landscape.
“This is wonderful and exciting,” said Jennie Dundas, owner of Blue Marble Ice Cream in Boerum Hill and Prospect Heights.
Jacques Torres [66 Water St., between Main and Dock streets in DUMBO, (718) 875-1269].
