Residents of New Tampa additionally will quickly have one other distinctive choice for dessert, because the third Tampa-area location of Twisted Rolls Chimney Cake is predicted to open by the tip of this week in the identical strip plaza at 19406 Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. as Dan’s Fan Metropolis and Subway, throughout BBD from the Pebble Creek Assortment.
So long as you don’t go there (as I did when photographer Charmaine George and I visited the six-month-old Temple Terrace location at 12212 N. 56th St.) anticipating it to even have some sort of rolls, you in all probability received’t be dissatisfied.
The “Twisted Rolls” at Twisted Rolls Chimney Cake are made from dough and sugar that’s rolled round a stick after which baked in an oven till sizzling and semi-crispy. Then, the new dough is dipped in considered one of quite a lot of glazes after which rolled in considered one of 9 totally different flavors — something from crushed Oreo cookies to pistachio nuts and from Fruity Pebbles cereal to coconut and extra.
The coated “cone” is then stuffed with soft-serve vanilla, chocolate or a swirl of each flavors ice cream to create a one-of-a-kind dessert.
“It’s an Japanese European deal with,” says Ahd, the proprietor (prime photograph), who additionally has a Twisted Rolls meals truck at 13742 N. forty second St. close to USF, as effectively a location in St. Louis, MO. “These ‘Chimney Muffins’ are referred to as ‘Kurtoskalacs’ in Hungary, the place they’re super-popular.”
Twisted Rolls Chimney Cake additionally provides 16 flavors of hard-packed Hershey’s ice cream, however the hard-packed isn’t served within the sizzling cones, solely in two-scoop cups (for simply $4.99 on 56th St.!).
You may, nonetheless, have the hard-packed ice cream on crepes, waffles or mini-pancakes, all of which can also have quite a lot of toppings, from bananas and strawberries to M&Ms and brownies. There’s additionally New York-style cheesecake, which you may get topped with Nutella, crushed pistachios or liquefied peanut butter (under proper photograph).
Along with the cheesecake, Charmaine and I every sampled our personal Chimney Cake whereas visiting the Temple Terrace location, simply to get a really feel for what’s coming to New Tampa. She loved the Fruity Pebbles cone, whereas I rapidly stuffed up on a Chimney Cake with Oreos, each of which have a cookie positioned inside the underside of the freshly-baked cone. The warmth makes the cookie soften in your mouth as a result of clearly, the Chimney Cake isn’t decadent sufficient with out it. Simply kidding! It’s!
Charmaine additionally sampled a blended berry smoothie, which she mentioned was yummy, and I indulged in a big vanilla latte, which additionally was spot-on. By the best way, there are greater than two dozen sizzling and iced espresso drinks on the Twisted Rolls menu. And, there’s even Italian sodas in eight totally different flavors. For more information about Twisted Rolls Chimney Cake, go to TwistedRollsChimneyCake.com. — GN
