Splendora's Gelato

Splendora's Gelato Small-batch, on-site production. Seasonal, sometimes local, sometimes foraged. Shops at Stonefield Masks required for ordering
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tis october. the veil thins. spirits walk among us, whispering salutations or are they warnings. the days grow shorter a...
10/01/2026

tis october. the veil thins. spirits walk among us, whispering salutations or are they warnings. the days grow shorter as the night takes her turn to dominate the sky. the angled measuring cup, er, cauldron glows orange with the swirl of a mysterious oatmilk, drat it, i mean potion. what will the witch hand you once the spell is cast?

it’s thai tea vegan gluten-free cupcakes. that’s what’s happening today. cinnamon frosting! baking up other flavors also: triple chocolate and black sesame plum. thursday at the shop is open 12-8. xoxo

PS some of the pans are cute this week. particularly jazzed on the tiramisu. i went a little heavy-handed on the marscapone which might not be to everyone’s taste. i find most folks like stronger coffee flavor and while powdered espresso did make it into the blend, it won’t satisfy the more caffeine ravenous amongst us. in lieu of adding lady fingers, i damn near burned milk powder so you can the maillard reaction feeling of the outside of a baked thing without adding gluten. so the gelato is gf and egg-free but does contain a fair bit of marsala w**e. small layers of dusted natural cocoa powder lend pops of bitterness now and again.

09/30/2026

like the cyclops bagel said. CLOSED 10-13 October

baking tbd.

Flavor List 30 September-4 October
Dairy-free
Chocolate
Mango
Lemon
Strawberry
Raspberry
Soursop

Dairy-based
Cookies and Cream
Mint Chocolate Chip
Chocolate
Vanilla
Stracciatella
Coffee
Espresso Chip
Salted Caramel
Pawpaw Matcha*
Hazelnut
Peanut Butter*
Coconut
Gianduia*
Tiramisu*
Coffee Heath Bar*
Ube*

*Production day today and not immediately available
knocking around from sunday: Burnt Honey Black Sesame, Lotus Seed Salt Yolk, Cinnamon Pear Ginger

tuesday and the brick and mortar is open, 3-8!  a portion of sales today goes to get erika belsaas to roller derby world...
09/29/2026

tuesday and the brick and mortar is open, 3-8! a portion of sales today goes to get erika belsaas to roller derby worlds in malmo, sweden. plus! she’ll be on hand taking photos if you want a quick cute headshot moment with your scoops.

skipping little market at lampo but scoops will be there. nina once told me a kiddo looked for my stall at market on a day i wasn’t vending and lost it. guilt cooler was born. a few snack minutes so a kid’s adult can shop local produce and flowers and honey and granola is worth the schlep. last week was a rough one so support small business friends at little market at lampo if you’re able.

market scoops (only)
dairy-free
raspberry
mango
kalamansi

dairy-based
coffee heath bar
vanilla
burnt honey black sesame
chocolate
salted caramel

it always feels risky to celebrate other cultures in the case. i’m opening up flavor profiles to a broad audience in a d...
09/26/2026

it always feels risky to celebrate other cultures in the case. i’m opening up flavor profiles to a broad audience in a doubly unfamiliar setting, in this case mooncake fillings as gelato flavors. maybe you’ve never had a mooncake let alone lotus seed paste as a gelato flavor. but i take the swing every year because i like the idea of someone being curious enough to learn and make a new friend. i like the idea that a kid who gave a mooncake to a classmate and had it called ‘gross’ or ‘weird’ gets to come to my shop as an adult and see the flavors without fanfare, quiet inclusion to commemorate a holiday.

it’s been very lucky this year. no one has been overtly cruel about the weirdos. i hope that trend continues when i do some diwali flavors in november. what do y’all think i should make? i can’t remember what i did with tejpatta last year. should we do cardamom and saffron? or something with keya’s bombay chips?

little bit of red bean, burnt honey black sesame, and lotus seed egg yolk still available today, saturday 26 sept. happy mid-autumn if you’re celebrating!

PS: my small nod to chuseok is the cinnamon ginger pear sorbetto. bulpan makes a great sujeonggwa, and it inspired this flavor. the way somi and vicki run their restaurant with care and intention happens to inspire me.

09/23/2026

Flavor List 23-27 September
Dairy-free
Chocolate
Mango
Lemon
Strawberry
Raspberry
Passionfruit
Cinnamon Ginger Pear^
Lime Jalapeño^

Dairy-based
Cookies and Cream
Mint Chocolate Chip
Chocolate
Vanilla
Stracciatella
Coffee
Salted Caramel
Coffee Heath Bar^
Coconut
Red Bean
Lotus Seed and Salt Yolk^
Burnt Honey and Black Sesame^
Ube+

^Production day tomorrow and not immediately available
+Production day Friday

knocking around from last week
White Chocolate Lemon Cream
Peanut Butter

understanding that it is a bummer when a flavor you want and expect of a genre isn’t available, it turns out there’s rea...
09/22/2026

understanding that it is a bummer when a flavor you want and expect of a genre isn’t available, it turns out there’s reasons.

tis tuesday and drizzly but little market at lampo is still on. 3-7 in front of bar baleno next to og lampo. bringing some half pints of pistachio gelato as well as scoops and half pints of

dairy-free
strawberry
raspberry
chocolate

dairy-based
coconut
hazelnut
cookies and cream
red bean (contains soy)
goat cheese honey fig

hope to see ya. xoxo

09/17/2026

strange post to post when i’m stood in the air-conditioning stream of cooling air across my tank-top bare arms, but people have been asking. so here we are. cioccolato caldo is back for the weekends at splendora’s. available fridays and saturdays. severe in its chocolate taste, touch of sweetness, a texture that makes you think of melted chocolate bars though it is milk, cream, powdered sugar, and cocoa powder. (an oatmilk base option is possible but made to order so it takes about ten minutes.)

thursday and splendora’s is open 12-8. gf vegan cupcakes are thai tea cinnamon or chocolate chai chocolate. decidedly not vegan carrot nutmeg amaretti also grace carbohydrate corner. xoxo

09/16/2026

the human behind the register at bodo’s happened to be miranda elliot-rader who is the human behind nettle shirt puppet works. delightful way to start the day. it feels correct to puppet a bagel after ordering from them.

i should really do an re-introduction post at some point but only if i get a time machine that can stop outside time but i can keep working in a time bubble. today’s plan is special orders first. cupcake baking. gelato production. other baking if time allows, which it rarely does. stingy thing that relentless turning of the earth to a new day.

Flavor List 16-20 September
Dairy-free
Chocolate
Mango
Lemon
Strawberry
Raspberry
Apple C***r
Pear (Magness and Red Barlett from Agriberry)

Dairy-based
Cookies and Cream
Mint Chocolate Chip
Chocolate
Vanilla
Stracciatella
Coffee
Espresso Chip
Salted Caramel*
Pawpaw (limited)
White Chocolate Lemon Cream
Matcha
Ginger (September Sun baby gingerroot)
Hazelnut
Peanut Butter*
Coconut*

*Production day today and not immediately available

when it comes to chocolate, we don’t mess around. the dairy-free chocolate sorbetto has fans and we totally see why. bat...
09/14/2026

when it comes to chocolate, we don’t mess around. the dairy-free chocolate sorbetto has fans and we totally see why. batch freezer fresh and packed for little market at lampo tomorrow 3-7. find scoops and half pints of

dairy-free
chocolate
pear (magness and red barletts in the puree)
mango

dairy-based
salted caramel
stracciatella
ginger
tbd

pleasant reminder that if you need larger quantities or have a preferred flavor you want to see, orders taken until noon tuesday to pick up in belmont.

it’s a virgo season celebration at the market tomorrow. september sun ordered mini-cupcakes for their customers. come by, shop produce, stuff a gluten-free vegan treat into your face.

a bagel speaks wednesday with the new flavor list. a regular told me she’s making a commitment to treat herself more often so i might try to reciprocate her commitment with amaretti. but maybe not this week as special orders are dominating at the moment. xoxo

some folks agonize over their flavor choices. contrast? complement? ignore how things will taste together? it can be a m...
09/12/2026

some folks agonize over their flavor choices. contrast? complement? ignore how things will taste together? it can be a mad, mad world in a scoop shop. but having great produce like september sun’s baby ginger makes it easy to go in any direction you want. young ginger doesn’t have the obtrusive bite of aged gingerroot nor the pleasant sneeziness of powdered ginger. it’s relatively mild in the gelato which means you can treat it almost like a neutral, bringing out the bite against sweeter options or layering in softer spice under more complex flavors. take some samples and find out for yourself.

saturday and the shop is ope. 12-9. xoxo

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Charlottesville, VA
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