"Is it really ice cream?" - Yes it really is ice cream! In fact, Dippin' Dots is the world's coldest ice cream and certainly the most unique frozen dessert. They start with the finest ingredients from Midwest dairy farms, and then they add natural flavorings to produce their 20 different flavors and flavor combinations. Dippin' Dots are flash-frozen using a special patented process. This super-cold freezing allows their products to maintain their individual "dot" consistency, plus flash freezing at such extremely low temperatures locks-in the flavor and freshness customers enjoy with each cup of Dippin' Dots! Their world-wide network of retailers sell The Ice Cream of the Future at thousands of locations, including malls, amusement and water parks, stadiums, fairs and festivals. Once people try their ice cream, yogurt or ice dots, they agree it's the world's most unique ice cream experience. Dippin' Dots is an ice cream snack invented by Southern Illinois University graduate Curt Jones in 1987. The confection is created by flash freezing ice cream mix in liquid nitrogen. The resulting small spheres of ice cream are stored at temperatures ranging from 20 to 70 degrees below zero Fahrenheit (from -29°C to -57°C). The marketing slogan is "Ice Cream of the Future". The company, headquartered in Paducah, Kentucky, does not sell its product in "take-home" outlets such as supermarkets. On its official website, the company notes that its product requires storage at temperatures below zero Fahrenheit (about -18°C), which is considerably colder than standard home freezers. Dippin' Dots are sold in individual servings at franchised outlets, many in shopping malls, and in vending machines. Many theme parks such as Six Flags and SeaWorld, stadiums and arenas also sell Dippin' Dots. The ice cream is also sold over the Internet for delivery to homes and businesses. The company has a line of novelties called Dot Delicacies made by combining the Dippin' Dots ice cream with other snack foods. A dotwich is an ice cream sandwich made by combining Dippin' Dots and fudge and placing between two cookies. Dippin' Stix, come in a package containing vanilla cookie sticks and chocolate fudge. Dippin' Dots are added onsite so the customer can dunk the cookie into fudge, then into the Dippin' Dots. The company also has a line of ice cream cakes sold only at its franchised retail stores. into fudge, then into the Dippin' Dots. The company also has a line of ice cream cakes sold only at its franchised retail stores. Dippin' Dots has sold its beads of ice cream since 1988, but recently entered the take-home, grocery store line of ice creams. The company combined its Dippin' Dots ice cream into conventional ice cream mix to produce Dots 'n Cream. The products website says the ice cream is "frozen from the inside out", meaning that the dots of ice cream actually work as a freezing agent so the base freezes quicker. The company says that because the ice cream is frozen quickly, its molecular structure is denser which results in creamier ice cream with less butterfat.