The viral fruit pop ice cream is available in Mumbai, and here's all you need to know about it

Across social media glossy bananas snap open to reveal cream oranges break into ice cream and entire families sit around tables filming reacting and biting in unison Itrsquos part ASMR Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response part dessert And now after months of everyone looking for it in India the trend has made its way to MumbaiHazelnut and PeanutYoursquove spotted it on Instagram paused midscroll and wondered where you can find this ice cream A local premium ice cream brand Batch 06 is finally making it in batches for Mumbaikars to come and grab The Lower Parelbased delivery kitchen which delivers via Swiggy and Zomato offers six flavours Each one is shaped like the fruit promising a noartificialflavour approach We tried the Shorties box of six which offers one each of Orange Banana Peanut Hazelnut Strawberry and Raspberry flavours You can order a box of 9 too which has two pieces of a few flavours from the sixHit or a missThe banana is the standout pick Made with Yelakki Elaichi bananas it carries that distinct unmissable sweetness of the Yelakki The detailing is playful too a yellow fondant shell with the black spots you see on bananas The ones here are made with chocolate This is one of the few banana ice creams that taste like the fruit itself minus the synthetic tasteRaspberryThe orange follows closely Visually convincing with a bright thin coating it delivers the sharp citrusy floral note on the first bite There are visible bits of pulp in the ice cream which are small but tell that the ice cream is made with real orangeHazelnut and peanut are the next two hits The hazelnut delivers a familiar nuttychocolate profile Itrsquos a dependable flavour but doesnrsquot mirror the real nut aesthetic as convincingly flavourwise itrsquos a hit Peanut on the other hand surprises Shaped like a full peanut shell included it avoids the usual peanut butterheavy route Instead it tastes closer to the nutLess successful are the strawberry and raspberry Here the chocolate fondant coating overpowers the ice cream beneath muting the fruitrsquos natural sharpness The flavours feel more subdued which is perhaps the tradeoff when working without artificial enhancersShould you order inThe format of these small almost onebite pops is perfectly suited to the unforgiving Mumbai summer You wonrsquot melt into a mess simply bite and move on to the nextBanana and OrangeThe ice cream also travels well It comes in a box in an insulated bag with dry ice We ordered it from Lower Parel to Dadar and the 25minute delivery time at noon on a weekday did not melt the ice cream The ice cream begins to melt quickly once you bite in so itrsquos best to pop it off fastWe do wonder if the fondant could be fruitflavoured too While the current shells deliver on visuals they taste uniformly like chocolate Wouldnrsquot it be more fun if the coating tasted like the fruit itself Still for a first entry into a global trend Batch 06 gets more right than wrong The ice cream quality is premium and the experience is quick playful and novelLog on to batch06in on InstagramCost Rs 700 box of 6 excluding tax and delivery