5 Sweet Aldi Finds Under $5 to Try This Week

From boozy brunches to seafood boils, there are many ways to celebrate the summer through delicious spreads with friends and family. But on the hottest days of the year, might we suggest an ice cream party? Picture a hot summer day paired with a chilled, build-your-own dessert bar filled with frozen treats and tasty toppings. 

This week’s Aldi Finds lineup, which is refreshed with a completely new set of items every Wednesday, fully embraces the summer vibe with its sweet treats. Aldi Finds has long been a popular, fan-favorite part of shopping at the beloved grocery chain, with each drop of featured items presenting a new opportunity to try limited-time gems.

If you’re feeling the heat approaching this weekend and putting together an ice cream bar sounds like the perfect way to cool down, head to Aldi and snag some of these fun finds, including frozen desserts, ice creams, and sweet toppings, before they’re gone.

Sundae Shoppe Tiny Cones

There’s a reason that hors d’oeuvres are the classic course to start a dinner party: They’re bite-sized, easy to snack on, and prepare your appetite for more tasty dishes to come. Consider these Sundae Shoppe Tiny Cones as your ready-to-eat appetizers for an ice cream party.

These frozen treats come in three classic flavors — strawberry, chocolate, and vanilla — and each $3.99 pack includes 12 cones. As their name indicates, the miniature cones contain a scoop of creamy ice cream on top and are finished with a garnish like strawberry sauce or chocolate curls.

Southern Grove Turtle Sundae-Flavored Trail Mix 

What better topping for your ice cream than a sundae-inspired trail mix for added flavor and texture? Luckily, Aldi is providing exactly that.

The Turtle Sundae-Flavored Trail Mix includes chocolate cookie gems, caramel mini cups, milk chocolate-covered almonds, fudge mini cups, milk chocolate-covered pecans, as well as roasted and salted pecans. With both sweet and savory bits, this trail mix  — priced at $4.89 per bag — can add the crunch factor that every bowl of ice cream needs.

CVT Soft Serve Ice Cream 

CVT’s Soft Serve Ice Cream isn’t your typical swirl on a cone. Instead, the brand recreates the vanilla soft serve you know and love in a fun, portable pouch. This week’s Aldi Finds features the Vanilla-Flavored Soft Serve Ice Cream from CVT for just $3.99.

Transfer the ice cream into a bowl and add some sprinkles on top, squeeze the soft serve over a warm chocolate chip cookie, or simply enjoy it from the pouch. These soft serves do need to be thawed slightly before eating, which makes them ideal for carrying to the park for a picnic, setting out in advance for hungry guests, or sending someone home with for a treat on the go.

Berryhill Ice Cream Syrup

For me, a perfect serving of ice cream needs to be topped with either hot fudge or decadent syrup for a finishing touch. And if you’re serving a spread of chilled treats, the Berryhill Ice Cream Syrup will certainly be a crowd-pleaser, creating a DIY sundae bar in an instant. 

This Aldi find comes in two flavors — caramel and strawberry — so you can please a variety of palates. Better yet, both options cost just $2.09 for a 24-ounce bottle. 

Sundae Shoppe Italian Ice

For anyone unfamiliar, Italian ice is a frozen dessert made with water and flavorings like fruit juice or fruit purées. It's similar to a granita, but is whipped like ice cream as it freezes, creating a soft and spoonable dessert. Most importantly, it’s fruity and refreshing.

In this week’s Aldi Finds, shoppers can find the Sundae Shoppe Italian Ice bundle, which comes with both strawberry and lemon flavors of the dessert, with three servings of each flavor. This is an excellent option if you’re throwing an ice cream party and want an offering for guests who don’t eat dairy.