Cauldron Ice Cream is expanding in Orange County, adding its second shop in Irvine. The location, at 14001 Jeffrey Road in the Cypress Village shopping center, debuts Saturday, Jan. 12. Cauldron, a concept founded in Santa Ana in 2015, uses a fanciful cone called the Puffle, a waffle cone with a certain 3D effect (seen at left) inspired by Hong Kong street food. (Courtesy of Cauldron Ice Cream)
Cauldron Ice Cream is expanding in Orange County, adding its second shop in Irvine. The location, at 14001 Jeffrey Road in the Cypress Village shopping center, debuts Saturday, Jan. 12. New to the store is the Fluffypuff – a Japanese pancake ice cream sandwich. (Courtesy of Cauldron Ice Cream)
Cauldron Ice Cream is expanding in Orange County, adding its second shop in Irvine. The location, at 14001 Jeffrey Road in the Cypress Village shopping center, debuts Saturday, Jan. 12. New to the store is the Fluffypuff a Japanese pancake (seen at bottom of frame) ice cream sandwich. (Courtesy of Cauldron Ice Cream)
A floral shaped scoop of Earl Grey Lavender ice cream made with liquid nitrogen inside of a puffle cone at Cauldron Ice Cream in Artesia on Wednesday, August 22, 2018. (Photo by Matt Masin, Contributing Photographer)
Cauldron Ice Cream’s Matcha Latte Green Tea is topped with a house cold cream. Flavors are changed and rotated monthly. It is one of the nine eateries featured at Cravings Food Village in Chino, Calif. The dessert was one of the most photographed during the soft opening, Thursday Oct. 18, 2018. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Joy Sarcar prepares an order while working at Cauldron Ice Cream in Artesia on Wednesday, August 22, 2018. (Photo by Matt Masin, Contributing Photographer)
Originally served as a Hong Kong egg cake, the puffle cone is served with or without ice cream at Cauldron Ice Cream in Artesia on Wednesday, August 22, 2018. (Photo by Matt Masin, Contributing Photographer)
Kelly Chop pours batter into an appliance to make a puffle cone at Cauldron Ice Cream in Artesia on Wednesday, August 22, 2018. (Photo by Matt Masin, Contributing Photographer)
A floral shaped scoop of Earl Grey Lavender ice cream made with liquid nitrogen inside of a puffle cone at Cauldron Ice Cream in Artesia on Wednesday, August 22, 2018. (Photo by Matt Masin, Contributing Photographer)
A floral shaped scoop of double chocolate ice cream dusted with graham cracker. Topped with toasted marshmallow fluff and served in a red velvet puffle cone at Cauldron Ice Cream in Artesia on Wednesday, August 22, 2018. (Photo by Matt Masin, Contributing
Food popularized by social media is bad for consumers most of the time. I was excited to try this puffy cone from The Cauldron but it turned out to be a soggy mess. (Courtesy Cauldron)
What food trend do we hope exits in 2018? How about puffy soggy cones from The Cauldron. (Courtesy Cauldron)
Cauldron Ice Cream is expanding in Orange County, adding its second shop in Irvine.
The location, at 14001 Jeffrey Road in the Cypress Village shopping center, debuts Saturday, Jan. 12.
Cauldron, a concept founded in Santa Ana in 2015, uses a fanciful cone called the Puffle, a waffle cone with a certain 3D effect inspired by Hong Kong street food. Its small-batch ice cream, made with liquid nitrogen, includes flavors such as Earl Grey Lavender, Milk and Cereal, and H20 Rose.
The Irvine shop is operated by Cauldron Collective, a franchise held by James Ho, Dan Nguyen, and Steven Cao.
“Irvine is the ideal location for our unique twist on a classic treat,” said Ho in a statement.
New to the store is the Fluffypuff – a Japanese pancake ice cream sandwich.
The Irvine shop is the second of three stores to open under Cauldron Collective. The group is prospecting another location in Orange County later next year.
Cauldron has locations in Santa Ana, Artesia, Glendale, Pasadena, Temple City and Chino Hills, and expects some 20 units will open in Canada, Texas and California under guidance from its franchise partner Fransmart.
