The ice cream shop "Cacao Stand" opened on July 22 in the basement of the Hirosaki department store "Nakasan Hirosaki".

The shop offers homemade not only ice cream but also waffle cones, which are roasted in-house from cacao. The chocolate specialty store "Romance Chocolate" (Kamenokomachi, Hirosaki City) has opened as an ice cream specialty store.

Ginmasa Sudo, the owner of the romance chocolate shop, said, "To make up for the decline in chocolate demand in the summer, we continued to offer ice cream at romance chocolate. It was popular when we opened stores at events, but we couldn't make an eat-in space at the store. I couldn't make a good opportunity to enjoy ice cream until I came to the store. "

The menu includes 6 types of cacao, "Madagascar" and "Colombia", which are divided according to the production area, "Pistachio", "Rubus balsamic vinegar", "Cassata" and "Yuzu milk". Ice single (400 yen), ice double (700 yen), waffle cone (50 yen). The ice cream is topped with cacao nibs.

"Cacao nibs, which are roasted and crushed cacao beans, are superfoods rich in nutritional ingredients. We also sell cacao nibs (50 grams = 540 yen). We want to take root in Hiromae as a topping ingredient. "Mr. Sudo.

"We named the store as a store where cacao can be easily replenished. There is a popular miso ramen" Nakamiso "in the basement of the Nakasan Hirosaki store. I hope you can choose it as a sweet after eating" Nakamiso "." Reveal. "In the future, we would like to prepare a menu using original soft serve ice cream and cacao from another production area, and create a store where you can get used to cacao."

Business hours are from 10:00 to 17:00.