The most expensive ice cream sundae in the world is called the “Grand Opulence” Sundae and was created to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Manhattan restaurant Serendipity 3. Serendipity 3 celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2004 and decided to create the world’s most expensive ice cream sundae as a publicity stunt. They were later recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as having accomplished their goal – at $1,000 the most expensive item on their menu became the official recorder holder as the most expensive ice cream sundae in the world!
Serendipity describes the Golden Opulence Sundae as follows: “5 scoops of the richest Tahitian vanilla bean ice cream infused with Madagascar vanilla and covered in 23K edible gold leaf, the sundae is drizzled with the world’s most expensive chocolate, Amedei Porceleana, and covered with chunks of rare Chuao chocolate, which is from cocoa beans harvested by the Caribbean Sea on Venezuela’s coast. The masterpiece is suffused with exotic candied fruits from Paris, gold dragets, truffles and Marzipan Cherries. It is topped with a tiny glass bowl of Grand Passion Caviar, an exclusive dessert caviar, made of salt-free American Golden caviar, known for its sparkling golden color. It’s sweetened and infused with fresh passion fruit, orange and Armagnac.
The sundae is served in a baccarat Harcourt crystal goblet with an 18K gold spoon to partake in the indulgence, served with a petite mother of pearl spoon and topped with a gilded sugar flower by Ron Ben-Israel. How many customers have been willing to spend the $1,000 that this sundae costs? The founders admit it’s an outrageous price tag, but they say it has “snob appeal”. It has been popular enough since its introduction that they still serve it today, and recently the 15th Golden Opulence Sundae sold was ordered in advance for someone’s Sweet 16 birthday party. If you want to try it yourself, be sure to call ahead, as it takes a few days to prepare!
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MY 16th birthday!!!! And it wasssss, DEE-licious
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i have that icecream er tyme i go 2 new york it is soo bumm
A few years back, Serendipity 3 closed briefly after a series of bad health inspections. The inspector found fruitflies, roaches, rat droppings and as the clincher, an big rat. But apparently the place has been cleaned up and continues to serve its expensive desserts.
1,000 dollars fer an ice cream?!?!
yuh could spend that money on something waay more valuable, like donating to the homeless or something wow people.
That's a common reply by people who think there's a limited amount of money in the world. The truth is that money circulates….You can have a $1,000 sundae AND give money to the homeless. It's not an either/or situation.
That was the most delicious desert ever!!!!!!!
I was one of the lucky to have eaten that satisfying desserts that it was so hard to explain how great the taste was. I actually had to be reserved two days for them to ship in all the ingredients to make this amazing dish. I have to say that that was the best 1000 dollars spent on an ice cream sundae.
That's actually not the world's most expensive sundae. There is a shop in Napa, CA called Three Twins Ice Cream that makes a $3,333 Sundae, in addition to another that includes a trip to Africa. "The World's More Expensive Most Expensive Ice Cream Sundae" costs $60,000 for one person and $85,000 for two.
Beat that, Serindipity 3.
"covered with chunks of rare Chuao chocolate, which is from cocoa beans harvested by the Caribbean Sea on Venezuela’s coast."
I live in Venezuela!
i would love to taste the golden opulence sundae
Does anyone know what that "gold draget" even is??
This is pretty outrageous
…but still very tempting o.o
yum… I watched a show about ice cream once and this was on it… but i did have very good steak when I went to NY
thats exspensive but since it looks so good matbe its worth it and plus its gold
I always wanted to eat gold
er…. no offense but this is seriously a big big waste of money , esp for us normal people. I mean it is just ice cream with those fancy expensive toppings , but $1000? Not in my lifetime
Money is very cheap !
nothing better than Hagndaz and cold stone .
wow that look delicious. But seriously who would spend $1000 for ice cream?!? I mean i bought Ping golf clubs for that much and that is worth $100
don't you get to keep the spoon?? i would get it if i could keep the spoon
No, the spoon must be returned to the proper authorities.
yes its so very deliciuos and also very expensive todo nato………he…….. saan gawa yang ice cream nio kasi sobrang sarap sana mag comment din kayo thanks.
I shall have it before 28
it looks awesome but it isnt worth the money
the ice cream looks really good all my friends think it looks really good to eat!!!!!!!! but to expensive.
i like the icecream and i want it badly!!!!! it looks so good!!!!!!! but so expensive
that looks yummy
It’s not only the most expensive sundae, it’s probably the highest quality ever conceived. C’mon it’s got 3/4 the world worth of ingredients on it.
dis is crazy!!! it looks soo good but i still wouldnt buy it!!!
Ok, That looks de-lish-o!!! Mabey when i turn 16, my mommy will buy me it! but 16 is a long way cause i’m only 9. but still, 3/4 of the world is on it. there spending a forshen!
I will be back
emily, yes, you get to keep the spoon & the goblet. I think the sundae is fairly priced – considering that you can take home those things and enjoy extremely rare, but excellent ingredients from around the world.
And I'd wager it's a once-in-a-lifetime thing, so the homeless need not worry.
its not that expencive, compared to what your getting.
wow thats expensive!!!
This website is brill, just like all the things on it ya know! I mean like, £1,000 is soooooo cheap for an ice cream sundae!
but the real question is…is it good?
I think this is a reasonable price for edible 23 carrot gold, not to mention the mother of pearl spoon!
Actually the worlds most expensive ice cream is $60,000