Tartufo is an Italian dessert of gelato that originated in Pizzo, Calabria. The dessert takes the form of a ball that is composed of two or more flavors of gelato, often with melted chocolate inserted into the center or alternatively, with either fruit syrup or frozen fruit — typically raspberry, strawberry, or cherry — in the center. Typically, the desert is covered in a shell made of chocolate or cocoa, but sometimes cinnamon or nuts are used.
Tartufo di Pizzo has protected geographical indication in Italy, because Pizzo is the historical location where it was created as a "dessert of chocolate and hazelnut gelato balls filled with molten chocolate sauce and dusted in cocoa powder".