Dolcezza Gelato & Coffee Menu (Update 2025)
Welcome to Dolcezza Gelato & Coffee, a delightful haven for gelato enthusiasts located in the heart of Washington, DC. Known for its rich Italian-inspired gelato, Dolcezza takes frozen desserts to new heights with flavors like Hazelnut Crackle, featuring Piemonte hazelnuts, and the indulgent Coconut with Dulce De Leche. Each pint is crafted with care, offering a symphony of textures and flavors that tantalize the taste buds.
The menu also features tempting pushpops, such as Espresso and Vanilla Bean, perfect for a quick sweet fix. Every customer is welcomed with a cozy atmosphere and knowledgeable staff ready to guide flavor choices. Reviews have hailed Dolcezza as serving some of the best gelato Stateside, with patrons expressing love for unique selections like Black Sesame and Dulce de Leche with Coconut.
Dolcezza is not just a gelato shop; it’s an experience—one that transforms a simple sweet treat into a memorable indulgence.
Gelato Pints
Banana Split Pint
Black & White Cookie Batter Pint
Black Sesame Pint
Its gray. It tastes like an earthier Honey Nut Cheerio. And yes you should get it if only to remind yourself this life resides in the unexpected space between light and darkness.
Butter Pecan Pint
Its gray. It tastes like an earthier Honey Nut Cheerio. And yes you should get it if only to remind yourself this life resides in the unexpected space between light and darkness.
Coconut With Dulce De Leche Pint
Sweet coconut gelato with coconut flecks and rivers of dulce de leche. No paddles needed for this trip -- let the warm tropical air lead you home!
Coffee and Cookies Pint
This flavor marks a storied Dolcezza tradition of shameless combinations of our favorite (legal) drugs -- caffeine and chocolate. Juiced-up coffee gelato, chocolate-covered speculoos-nugs, littered with delicate chocolate flakes.Mind-altering gelato without the destruction of life, limb, and property.
Cookie Butter Crunch Pint
Biscoff cookie gelato with generous portions of chocolate-covered biscoff cookies folded in.
Dark Chocolate Fudge Pint
Pair bittersweet valrhona dark chocolate with lots of solids and you get a gelato that behaves just like your favorite dark chocolate bar. Sweet, earthy, with substantial bite. The last time you felt this rich was when you found a 20 dollar bill in your pant pocket.
Dark Chocolate Pint
The number one seller in our cafes, the venerable dark chocolate. Bittersweet, earthy with a slightly smokey finish. We call it frozen fudge -- to go any darker is not recommended.
Dulce de Leche Cookies Pint
Hazelnut Crackle Pint
Hazelnuts from the sacred Piedmont region of Italy. Chocolate hazelnut praline with flecks of wafer and hazelnut chunks.Pair these two together and you summon a beast capable of obliterating the most passionate disciples of self-control.Fear the crackle. UNLEASH THE CRACKLE.
Maple Walnut Pint
Mascarpone & Berries Pint
Peanut Butter Cup Pint
Now that's what I call gelato vol 21. Rich peanut butter gelato. salty chocolate covered pretzels. chopped peanut butter cups grooving on monster waves of dulce de leche. Enter the mash pit and jam all night to the sweet soundtrack of an uncompromising youth.
Peanut Butter Stracciatella Pint
Creamy natural peanut butter with dark chocolate chips a peanut butter cup for the yearning masses.
Pistachio Siciliano Pint
Pistachio gelato made with pistachios from the legendary Sicilian region of Italy.These pistachios are sweeter and richer than their counterparts which makes for a deep and rich pistachio gelato.
Roasted Strawberry Pint
so much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens. william carlos williamsstrawberries roasted in-house mixed with our warm vanilla base. life doesn't need to be complex to surprise you.
Sorbet, Mango Pint
Stracciatella Pint
Stracciatella is the elevated gelato version of the classic chocolate chip ice cream. It differs by way of how the chocolate is added. Instead of throwing in waxy preformed pieces of chocolate as you would in the standard fare, stracciatella uses compound chocolate that is added in liquid form and hardens instantly upon contact with the gelato. The gelato is then massaged breaking the chocolate into delectable shards, nuggets, and bombs.
Vanilla Bean Pint
This vanilla is all about body and warmth. We use both vanilla extract and vanilla beans from Madagascar which has a profile that is earthy, round, and slightly sweet. Amazing on its own even better on a slice of apple pie. Pair it with any baked item to attain hero status.