Mexican ice-cream

Authentic

about us

We’re Kristian and Bethan, the founders of ¡HELADO!

As a husband and wife team with both British and Mexican roots, we’re introducing the overlooked tradition of Mexican ice-cream to London’s food scene.

We craft all natural, small batch, luxury ice-cream (or helado) that celebrates the wide range of vibrant flavours found across the different regions of México.

Our journey started with a simple love for good food – a love that runs deep in Mexican culture.

our story

Whenever we spend time in México, we love to try the country’s diverse and delicious street food, which extends far beyond tacos and churros (though we do enjoy both!).

Throughout our travels we’ve been captivated by the experience of tasting fresh, hand churned ice-cream and frozen treats. These are often made by families using local ingredients, who sell them at markets, on street corners and from their homes.

Excited by their unique flavours, we created ¡HELADO! to capture this joyful experience and share an underrepresented part of Mexican cuisine with you.

Get a flavour for our Best Sellers

We only make flavours that are authentically Mexican. Our recipes are built around the produce of México, classic Mexican flavour combinations and selectively sourced Mexican ingredients. Our ice-creams are all-natural, never using any artificial preservatives or synthetic flavourings.

Here are some of our best sellers:

Cajeta and salted pecan

Reduced over 20 hours, our homemade goats milk caramel makes this decadent ice-cream.

Mexican cinnamon

With this recipe we have given centre stage to the sweet and floral notes of Mexican cinnamon, canela.

Café de Olla

"Coffee from the pot", sourced from Oaxaca, lightly spiced with orange, Mexican cinnamon and sweetened with piloncillo.

Guava and lime

We’ve refreshed our delicately sweet guava sorbet with zingy lime to create this winning combination.

berry HIBISCUS

A fruity fusion of floral hibiscus and juicy red berries. Sweet and tangy and bursting with flavour.

Soursop and passion fruit

A vibrant tropical sorbet pairing fragrant, creamy soursop with bright, punchy passion fruit.

 FAQs

  • Everything we create is inspired by the recipes and flavours found across México.

    To make our flavours authentic we like to source specialty ingredients from Mexico, like our vanilla, Ceylon cinnamon, coffee, cacao, masa, chiles, and piloncillo to name a few.

    We also love to recreate classic recipes from scratch, like our cajeta and café de olla.

  • We’re constantly perfecting delicious new flavours! A few of our other flavours are:

    Ice-creams

    Avocado and Honey, Caramelised Banana, Café de Olla, Cajeta and Salted Pecan, Mayan Chocolate, Mexican Cinnamon, Peanut Mazapán (vg), Toasted Coconut and Chocolate, Veracruz Vanilla.

    Sorbets

    Guava and Lime, Hibiscus and Orange, Soursop and Passionfruit, Mango and Piña con Chaya to name just a few.

  • Ice-cream

    Peanut Mazapán and Coconut Horchata.

    Sorbets

    All of our sorbets are plant based.

  • Follow us on Instagram @helado_uk to find out where we’ll be next! You can also order our ice-cream by the tub on our online store.

  • We love to bring the ¡HELADO! experience to new places. Please contact us to tell us more about your event.

Contact us

If you have questions about events, pop-ups or wholesale, email us at hello@mexicanhelado.com or via the form below: