Families travel from across the UK for Little Hoole ice cream shop's character sundaes
People are travelling from far and wide for one South Ribble shop’s special edition fun treats....
An ice cream shop on the outskirts of Preston is attracting visitors from all across the UK this summer.
Tootsies Ice Cream Parlour and Coffee Shop on Liverpool Road in Little Hoole last year had such success with their new Paw Patrol sundaes that this year they decided to introduce Peppa Pig ones too.
No longer available in the UK, the special cups now have to be imported all the way from the Netherlands.
The extra effort has proven worthwhile, however, as they have been even more popular with ice-cream lovers this year.
Last summer, Tootsies sold around 700 cups but they are currently selling between 100-150 cups a week which means they are on track to sell over 1000 by the end of September.
Carrie Tootell, who runs Tootsies alonside her mum Karen Donaldson, told the Post: “We were surprised by their popularity. We have people travelling from all over for them after seeing them on our socials. The furthest afield is Scotland but we regularly have people saying they have travelled for an hour or so just to get a Paw Patrol or Peppa Pig sundae.
“We also get more local customers coming in every week for one who are trying to collect all seven characters.
“I think the reason they have been so popular is because parents are looking for a cheap treat during the school holidays. You can bring two kids for a character sundae for under £20. We also have Longton Brickcroft just down the road from us if people wanted to make a day of it.”
Across the Paw Patrol and Peppa Pig ranges, 14 characters are available in sundae format at Tootsies.
The Peppa Pig characters are Candy Cat, Pedro Pony, Danny Dog, George Pig, Peppa Pig, Suzy Sheep & Freddie Fox whilst the Paw Patrol Characters areChase, Rubble, Rocky, Everest, Liberty, Skye or Marshall.
All character sundaes are £8.95 and you can take the cup home with you.
They will be available throughout August and September.
Tootsies Ice Cream Parlour is open daily 10am-5pm and offers eat in and takeway options.