Rumba Ice Creams Cause a Delicious Rumble
Laly Protzel may have spent a decade as an interior architecture designer.
But one taste of her new Rumba Desserts makes you realize this is one woman who knows and loves fine ice creams.
What really sets Protzel’s ice creams apart is that they are made with natural fruits grown exclusively in her native Peru.
I had a chance to try a few samples recently of her preservative-free, egg-free, all natural ice creams, which are made in Sunnyvale and are available at Whole Foods, Draeger’s, Zanotto’s and Sigona’s Market. A pint sells for about $7.99.
The Maracuya (yellow passion fruit) tastes like a tropical island. It’s a nice blend of sweet-tart.
The Banana Cinnamon tastes like bananas flambé with a nice dose of warm cinnamon.
My favorite, though, has to be the Lucuma, made with the subtropical fruit with the unusual, dry flesh and memorable taste of maple and caramel. Dig a spoon in and you think you’re eating dulce de leche.
A half cup of each has 190 calories. But it’s fruit, so it’s good for you, right? I’ll keep telling myself that as I help myself to another scoop.
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Thursday, 16. September 2010 5:38
BEAUTIFUL packaging and intriguing flavors!
Thursday, 16. September 2010 5:55
I would love to taste the Lukuma ice cream!
Thursday, 16. September 2010 6:44
A great product!
Cheers,
Rosa
Thursday, 16. September 2010 8:11
Lucuma is the king of ice cream flavors, at least in Peru. Here, the fruit mostly comes in the form of a circus-peanut-colored powder, but frozen lucuma is finally becoming available – this sounds like a must-try.
Thursday, 16. September 2010 8:38
lucuma sounds divine. i wish brands would add more cinnamon (and other spices) to their flavors.
Thursday, 16. September 2010 8:55
OK, now I have to go try the Lacuma ice cream. That sounds awesome! I wouldn’t turn up my nose at the Banana Flambe’ either. YUM!
Thursday, 16. September 2010 10:21
No ingredients list on website. Does not bode well. And they don’t use eggs. French custard based ice cream > Philly style almost every day.
Thursday, 16. September 2010 12:55
Sounds delicious! And, yes, it’s fruit, so it’s good for you!
Oh, and you can always run a bit longer… 
Thursday, 16. September 2010 14:05
I would LOVE a scoop of the banana cinnamon! I agree, fruit is healthy so it might be good for you.
Thursday, 16. September 2010 14:05
They sound interesting and the packaging looks gorgeous. I will admit I am always a sucker for that.
Thursday, 16. September 2010 14:15
I love ice cream and trying out new ones. Do you know if it is only carried in Whole Foods in the Bay, or if it is also in S.Cal? I guess if it isn’t I’ll have to wait for a trip to my parents to taste this.
Thursday, 16. September 2010 18:56
How fun to see it packaged in the US! I hope I can find it at Whole Foods in San Diego. Our dinner group had a Peruvian dinner party last year, and our Peruvian member brought a powdered Lucuma from Peru & made ice cream with it… which we had w/ my homemade alfajores. It was very good, but I can just imagine how the real deal would taste!
Friday, 17. September 2010 3:25
What heavenly concoctions Carolyn! I could really just pick up a spoon and take a spoonful of that right now! The Lucuma sounds ambrosial!
Friday, 17. September 2010 4:01
yum i love the sound of bananan cinnamon,
Friday, 17. September 2010 19:56
Carolyn, Thanks for the fantastic pictures & blog on Rumba Desserts. I enjoy and feel connected with the followers comments “Thank you”. I wanted to add that we ship within USA, our locations are listed in our website http://www.rumba-products.com/locations.html and all our ice creams sport a discount coupon from Real California Milk. Keep in touch with us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rumba-Desserts/241950834351?ref=sgm
Saturday, 18. September 2010 0:49
Love it!!! I’ve try the lucuma ice cream, what I like the most is that it’s NOT so sweet that makes me feel guilty when I crave for more…
Saturday, 18. September 2010 9:06
MMMMMMM,..That ice cream looks so tasty & truly appetizing too!
Saturday, 18. September 2010 16:42
You had me at “banana cinnamon ice-cream”.
Saturday, 18. September 2010 21:53
Just read an article about high price, gourmet ice creams. We are quite spoiled these days! Our parents would never dream of paying that much for ice cream, but we would!
Sunday, 19. September 2010 15:18
Wow, I had not heard of this one before, but I;m off to Whole Foods now.
Wednesday, 6. October 2010 15:29
Oh yum sounding. I’ll have to pick some up this weekend and Zanottos!