The popular Latin American beverage called horchata [or-cha-ta] is creamy and sweet, like ice cream. With no good excuse not to, we decided to take it all the way there—from smooth beverage to frozen dessert! Trader Joe’s Horchata Inspired Ice Cream delivers all the delicious flavors of horchata in every spoonful.

Like many ice creams, its rich base includes cream, milk, egg yolks, and cane sugar. We horchatized it by adding cinnamon and brown rice flour, plus a touch of sea salt. And since inclusions are fun, we also added pieces of horchata-flavored cookies, contributing a nice textural variation.

Unlike the beverage, you probably won’t be having Horchata Ice Cream right alongside your taco plate— though we wouldn’t dare stop you! Instead, may we recommend it as a wonderful, post-Mexican-meal treat? Of course, you could really shake things up by blending a couple scoops with milk to make this Horchata Ice Cream drinkable, in homage to its inspiration. Whatever you do, do it quickly since our supply of Trader Joe’s Horchata Ice Cream is limited, and probably won’t last all summer!