Pistachio ice cream or pistachio nut ice cream is an ice cream flavor made with pistachio nuts or flavoring. It is often distinctively green in color. Pistachio is also a flavor of sorbet and gelato. Pistachio ice cream is a layer in spumoni.

At the Bakdash in Damascus, Syria, a pounded ice cream covered with pistachio called Booza is produced. It has an elastic texture made of mastic and sahlab and is famous around the Arab World.^[1] Tripoli's Al Mina district is known for its Arabic ice cream including "ashta" with pistachios.^{[citation needed]}

It is widely produced including by Brigham's Ice Cream,^[2] Ben & Jerry's,^[3] Graeter's and major brands.^[4]

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  Bakdash (ice cream parlor) in the old souk in Damascus, Syria
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  Pistachio, vanilla and rosewater kulfi from a vendor in Jackson Heights, Queens in New York City
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  Spumoni includes a layer of pistachio ice cream
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  Pistachio ice cream over whipped mascarpone topped with pistachio biscotti
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  Pistachio nougat ice cream
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  Pistachio and strawberry ice cream
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  Persian bastani made with saffron and pistachio from Gilak on Holloway Road in Archway, London.

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