Bijzondere Italiaanse ijssmaken in een Antwerpse ijssalon

What is “stroopwafelijs”?

Stroopwafelijs is the Dutch syrup-waffle reborn as an Italian gelato flavor. The word stacks two food cultures into one compound: stroopwafel (the iconic Gouda treacle wafer, two thin biscuits glued by warm caramel) plus ijs (ice cream). It’s the kind of fusion that happens in Belgian and Dutch ijssalons run by Italian families, who arrived in waves through the 20th century to sell gelato artigianale and ended up scooping appeltaartijs and spekkoekijs alongside the stracciatella.

This Aantwaarpe profile follows an Antwerp ijssalon owner with 80 flavors in rotation. He shows off his Dutch crossovers, then mentions the kroketten-flavored ice cream he wants to add. “Aangezien we ook heel uniek zijn met de krokettenbar...”