February 18, 2024 Sweet Ride Ice Cream, West Reading, PA I have been to Sweet Ride Ice Cream before – it’s one of my favorites -a beautiful, friendly, nicely designed and decorated shop with great, homemade ice cream in plenty of interesting flavors – what more could and ice cream blogger ask for? When we walked in to the shop, we were greeted by the folks behind the counter and given all the time we wanted to peruse our choices. In addition to ice cream, signature sundaes and plenty of topping choices, they also had vegan ice cream, ice cream drinks and ice cream cup cakes. They even have an ..read more

October 14, 2023 Scandinavian Shave Ice, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii Kona Hawaii is a delightful town on the Pacific Ocean with plenty of shops, historic sites. and breath- taking scenery. It was here that we found Scandinavian Shave Ice. Hawaiian Shave Ice is a traditional dessert in Hawaii in which a block of ice is shaved into small pieces and flavored with syrups. The creations are colorful, usually quite large and often include a scoop of ice cream in the middle of the ice. I happily partook of the wonderful traditional food while in Kona watching the Ironman race. It always feels a little ironi ..read more

October 19, 2023 Dave’s Ice cream, Honolulu, Hawaii Dave’s Ice Cream “Made Fresh in Hawaii” has multiple locations in Hawaii. We drove into the parking lot (free and coinvent parking -score one for Dave’s) parked and walked in to the shop where we were met by both nicely painted walls and friendly employees pleased to let us try their ice cream. I was happy to oblige them. First I tried Ube Ice Cream which is a purple yam flavor, I did not expect to like it, but found both its flavor and texture pleasing. Next I tried Kulolo Ice Cream, which is a taro flavor, one of their best sellers, this t ..read more

(Big Island Abalone. Greenwell Farms, Kona Salt Farm) October 16, 2023 Gypsea Gelato, Kealakekua, Big Island, Hawaii Gypsea Gelato was an interesting place where one could come for the ice cream (or gelato) or expresso and stay to play Connect Four or corn hole, shop for a new hat, look at artwork or sit on a comfortable chair to read a book or play on their cell phone – an ice cream shop that has it all! Seating included a wooden boat with plenty of children’s books, large tables for groups, and padded throne-style chairs. Seating to make you feel like royalty There were plenty of frozen tre ..read more

July 31, 2023 The City Creamery, West Yellowstone, Montana The name “City Creamery” hit me quite funny because I would not consider West Yellowstone a “City”, but we are in Montana, not New Jersey. Much of West Yellowstone seemed to be a place for tourists visiting Yellowstone National Park to stay, unfortunately we did not explore the area beyond the tourist district – we simply ran out of time. Our visit to the City Creamery was at night after leaving Yellowstone National Park, The City Creamery Our friendly server showed us the machinery used to make the ice cream – older traditional machin ..read more

July 29, 2023 Reed’s Dairy, Idaho Falls, Idaho It is always fun to go to a farm for ice cream. Today we went to Reeds Dairy headquarters which has an ice cream shop and farm animals. Reeds Dairy Walking into the shop we saw cases of farm fresh milk (including huckleberry milk) cheeses (we bought cheese curds for later) and awesome looking pies. The walk-up counters served served grilled cheese, Italian Ice, gelati and most importantly, ice cream. With so many interesting flavors including Key Lime Pie and Blue Moo (blue Cookie Dough ice cream with Oreos and cookie dough pieces), I was glad whe ..read more

July 9, 2023 Milkhouse Creamery, Drums, Pennsylvania We arrived at this Milkhouse creamery (“homemade ice cream and quality dairy products”) farm store on a rainy day in July. Inside we found beautiful ice cream cakes, plain and flavored milks (such as orange) in glass bottles, snacks, beverages and plenty of seating at tables. At the ice cream counter, there were flavors available every day, and special flavors offered for a limited time. Happily all flavors could be made into milkshakes.. There were plenty of sundae choices, so I ordered a PB explosion sundae with Hoof Prints Ice Cream. Th ..read more

July 24, 2023 Main Street Ice Cream Parlor, Chestertown, New York Main Street Ice Cream Parlor The term ‘old fashioned ice cream parlor’ conjures up nostalgic images of a wooden counter with fixed round bar stools, and a soda fountain. Main Street Ice Cream Parlor delightfully fits all my criteria. it is indeed an old fashioned ice cream parlor. With lunch items (sandwiches, burgers, soups, salads),, desert items (pies and most importantly ice cream) it is a great place to enjoy a meal with friends, They served Hershey ice cream and had locally-themed sundaes. I decided on a “Snow Shoe” sunda ..read more

July 8, 2023 Widnoon Soft Serve, Widnoon, Pennsylvania This was our second stop on our Scooped Ice Cream Trail challenge. Widnoon has only soft serve – vanilla, chocolate, twist and a special flavor each day – today it was peanut butter. The customer in front of me got a small Turtle Sundae which looked huge and tasty. I decided to copy her so when I stepped up to the window, I ordered a small Turtle Sundae. Don ordered a milkshake. Their slogan is ‘Where portions are big and prices are small’. When they said big portions, they were not kidding! A customer in front of us got the biggest sof ..read more

August 2, 2023 Moo’s Gourmet Ice Cream, Jackson Hole, Wyoming Jackson Hole, Wyoming is known for its skiing, hiking, fishing and other year-round outdoor activities. Our visit there today included some hiking and a stop at Moo’s Gourmet Ice Cream. We walked into into the shop and immediately realized that we were not the only ones with this idea. There were display cases with chocolate candy and light up boards with espresso stuff, cold drink stuff and fruit smoothie stuff, and then the important stuff – ice cream flavors and make-your-own-sundae choices. Moo’s had plenty of interesting flavo ..read more