If you have not been to this ahh-mazing little sweet shop-PLEASE, just stop what you are doing and do yourself a huge favor and get on over and check it out! I so promise you will not be disappointed!
Let me give ya some background on this neat little company:
Rita’s was founded 30 years ago, by Bob Tumolo, a former Philadelphia firefighter. He opened up his first Rita’s location in Pennsylvania and named the biz after his wife, Rita. In about 12 years Rita’s had grown to over 100 stores in 9 states.
Now, 30 years later, Rita’s continues to thrive with over 600 locations in 21 different states, and I’m beyond thrilled they have come to CA- specifically Orange County! I’ve been frequenting the Rita’s Mission Viejo location, but you may have read my last blog post, this FRIDAY Rita’s will be opening up a Laguna Hills location, which I’m thrilled about because I live about 5 minutes away. This could be dangerous living so close!
Rita’s is just SO different from the typical fro-yo/ice cream shop. First of all, they have a huge selection of Italian Ice flavors offered in a large variety-daily. If you go there today, you will not find the same exact flavors as if you go in the next day (which is what I did a few weekends ago- yep, I went there 3 days in a row– what?) Some of Rita’s famous flavors include mango- which is their most popular, cherry, cotton candy, Swedish Fish, cookies and cream- an Italian cream ice (one of my personal favorites), and this month’s yummy fruity flavor- watermelon chip. I seriously could go on and on with all the flavors Rita’s has to offer!
Rita’s makes their Italian Ice fresh. Daily. In house. With real fruit. Friends, you can’t get any better then that!
They offer SO much- one of my favorites being their signature “Gelati” their #1 selling treat, which is a layering of their Italian Ice and creamy old-fashioned frozen custard.
Blended Misto, which is your choice of Italian Ice blended to perfection with your choice of frozen custard flavors (vanilla, light vanilla, chocolate or strawberry)
The Blendini- Your choice of frozen custard with as little or as many topping add-ins as you’d like. One of my favs is their signature vanilla frozen custard with topping add-ins of snickers and heath bars- YUMM
Rita’s also offers milkshakes, sundaes, frozen custard cakes (I MUST have one of these for my birthday in October!), and custard cookie sandwiches made with real Oreos.
I had a great time last week taking a behind the scenes tour of Rita’s. Rita’s offers behind the scenes tour to the public too! Your group will get the inside scoop on how their treats are made. The best part – a free taste of happiness at the end!
You can join Rita’s birthday club, and receive a free treat on your special day.
You can also sign up to receive e-mail alerts on when your favorite flavor will be available in store! Now I’ll always know when my favorite cookies and cream Italian Cream Ice is available!
Rita’s also has a frequent buyer rewards program. Just download the Rita’s Rewards app to your smartphone, and every time you make a purchase at Rita’s, scan your app. When you get to 7 purchases you get the 8th free (regular sized Italian Ice)! How cool is that?!?
I hope you guys fall in love with Rita’s, just like I have! I’d LOVE LOVE LOVE to hear from you if you try it out- just leave me a comment under this blog post. And who knows, maybe I’ll see ya at the Rita’s Laguna Hills grand opening tomorrow?!?
(I think I need this for my car!)
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