Holiday on Ice: Sebastian's Ice Cream Unveils The Christmas Collection 2024

Unrestrained creativity, unapologetically unconventional and boldly out-of-the-box are just some of the top-of-mind descriptions for Sebastian's Ice Cream. And the proudly homegrown brand does it again with the unveiling of new seasonal offerings taking ice cream to the next level of unbridled indulgence. Sebastian's Ice Cream presents a decadent and creative reinterpretation of holiday flavors with The Christmas Collection 2024 based on their popular Ice Cream Cake, Chilly Burger and novel Crispwiches. Could this be Sebastian's Ice Cream's best collection yet? Maybe. One thing's for sure, this season's collection marks another great year for ice cream...

Drawing inspiration from traditional holiday staples like the local bibingka, fruitcake and Food for the Gods, Sebastian's Ice Cream reimagines these enduring flavors and transforms it into lavish ice cream creations unlike any other. And that's no surprise as Sebastian's Ice Cream may be the only one who can pull off unexpected flavor combinations into a truly decadent ice cream experience. 

This year, Sebastian's Ice Cream brings two ice cream cake creations to the shelves with the Bibingka Ice Cream Cake and the Food for the Gods Ice Cream Cake. Taking familiar flavor cues and reinventing it is part of the brand's personality and character, and it's creations like the Bibingka Ice Cream Cake and Food for the Gods Ice Cream Cake that sets Sebastian's Ice Cream apart from the rest. 

The Food for the Gods Ice Cream Cake (P 175 per Slice/P 1,850 Whole Cake) is a perfect example of Sebastian's Ice Cream's mastery with the frozen treat. Imagine layers of Food for the Gods cake made with walnuts and dates covered in Spiced Brandy Ice Cream and topped with date-walnut crumble. It's the Food for the Gods from your childhood, reinvented in ice cream cake form. 

The familiar and nostalgic notes of the dates and walnuts become the flavorful base for the novel ice cream cake creation with the richly spiced and rounded notes of the Spiced Brandy Ice Cream adding a flavorful depth with each slice and bite. The date-walnut crumble adds both texture and flavor for the perfect finishing touch. The multi-layered creation with its play on different textures and blend of distinct notes all come together in one bite draping the palate with a flavorful richness. I've always enjoyed Food for the Gods, and Sebastian's Ice Cream just makes you love it even more with their new ice cream cake creation. 

Traditional local flavors take the spotlight with the Bibingka Ice Cream Cake (P 175 per Slice/P 1,850 Whole Cake) by Sebastian's Ice Cream. Available only during Christmas, the inventive take on the local delicacy stacks oven-baked bibingka cake made with rice flour and topped with salted sliced duck egg, cheese and brushed with melted butter for familiar flavors. In between the layers of bibingka cake are sinfully smooth Queso de Bola Ice Cream and Itlog na Maalat Ice Cream bringing a mild and indulgent sharpness to the playfully inventive ice cream cake creation. The slice is completed with grated coconut adding yet one more layer of delectable textures and nutty sweetness. 

Sebastian's Ice Cream's take on the local staple is a faithful recreation down to the rice flour, salted egg, cheese, butter and grated coconut. But it's the Queso de Bola and Itlog na Maalat Ice Cream that ties everything together in an elegantly seamless weave for a refreshed next-level rendition of the traditional bibingka in that bold and even unexpected Sebastian's Ice Cream style. 

The popular line of Chilly Burgers by Sebastian's Ice Cream becomes the base for another holiday inspired creation, the Fruitcake Chilly Burger (P 160 per Piece/P 800 Gift Box of 5). Say what you want about the perennial Christmas favorite, but you always look for it this time of the year. Sebastian's Ice Cream first creates the fruitcake cookies with a spiced cookie batter loaded with glazed fruits and walnuts. Then, a luscious scoop of Butter Rhum Ice Cream is sandwiched in between the fruitcake cookies for a Chilly Burger just for Christmas.

The chewy texture of the cookies holds up well all the way to the last bite with the Butter Rhum Ice Cream smoothening the textures. The pronounced notes from the glazed fruits, walnuts and spices are perfectly tempered by the deep and rich sweetness of the Butter Rhum Ice Cream for that balanced yet indulgent finish. Say what you want about fruitcake, but this Chilly Burger just works. 

One more box remains from the seemingly endless bag of tricks from Sebastian's Ice Cream...

...containing a lavish quartet of Queso de Bola Crispwiches (P 165 per Piece/P 660 Gift Box of 4) for the holidays. The delicately light paper-thin and oven-baked Queso de Bola crisps becomes a versatile vessel paired with a variety of ice cream creations like Gatas, Ube, Ensaimada and Latik. That's right, leave it to Sebastian's Ice Cream to create unique ice cream flavors like Ensaimada and Latik.