Summer is officially here and what better way to beat the heat then with a classic scoop of tasty ice cream. THE WIFE™ has done her research from the best after dinner field trips on either coast to the best online websites to order from and even frozen treats for those wives with allergies. Click “continue reading” for THE WIFE’s™ Summer Guide to Ice Cream…. Now everyone can scream for ice cream! –Taryn Cox for THE WIFE
Visit in Los Angeles:
- Beachy Cream: They use all-organic ingredients not only because they taste better and are better for us, but because they believe in supporting organic farmers who make the world a better (and cleaner) place. There are no GMOs, hormones or antibiotics in any of their products. Inspired by ice-cream-fueled summers on Cape Cod, hip coastal surfers and signature family recipes. Beachycream.com THE WIFE™ Favorite: Vegan Strawberry Ice Cream
- Cool Haus: Fans of Cool Haus can find their famed frozen ice cream sandwiches in their fleet of 11 mobile ice cream trucks across Southern California, NYC, Austin, Dallas, at one of their two L.A. based storefronts or pick up a pre-packaged ice cream sandwich, pint of ice cream, or hand-dipped ice cream bar at one of 1,500+ grocery stores. Choose from crazy flavors like: Beer & Pretzels to Cuban Cigar and Fried Chicken and Waffles. Eatcoolhaus.com
- Carmela: Their dynamic flavor palate focuses on garden-inspired ingredients such as herbs and spices, flowers, and seasonal fruit. Only using farmers’ market produce and organic dairy in our small-batch, artisan ice cream. Visit two retail locations in Pasadena and Los Angeles. Carmelaicecream.com THE WIFE™ Favorite: Chocolate Chip Brown Sugar Vanilla Bean Ice Cream Sandwich
- MILK: Milk is pretty close to perfect when it comes to ice cream! Get in line for homemade frozen desserts such as ice cream, sorbets, shakes and floats. Favorites include: colorful macaron ice cream sandwiches, homemade drumsticks or a simple cup of your favorite flavor of ice cream. Themilkshop.com THE WIFE™ Favorite: Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream Bar
- Sweet Rose Creamery: Their small batches of homemade ice cream are made by only the best ingredients. Making sure to purchase their produce from farmers who use organic and sustainable agricultural practices, and support local farmers by purchasing produce at the Santa Monica Farmers Market. Featuring 12 flavors weekly all ice creams, sorbets and dairy free ice creams are made from scratch daily. Flavors and featured items change each month focusing on seasonality and a variety of fresh, unique flavors all year round. Sweetrosecreamery.com
- Thrifty Ice Cream: Thrifty is an Ice Cream brand and ice cream shop owned by RiteAid Stores (Shocking I know!) Established in 1940 in California and more than 70 years of quality products and a loyal fan base winning various awards in national and internationl ice cream competitions. A childhood Favorite among local Angelenos. THE WIFE™ Favorite: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough.
Visit in New York:
- Big Gay Ice Cream Shop: Ranked one of the top 5 ice cream parlors in the world, The Big Gay Ice Cream Shop is changing the game of soft serve. With a playful attitude, they spin a whole new take on old-school ice cream by creating fun and unique frozen treats, toppings that appeal to a diverse mix of clientele. Biggayicecream.com THE WIFE™ Favorite: Monday Sundae
- Van Leeluwen: Making their ice cream from scratch in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, using only fresh hormone and antibiotic free milk and cream, cane sugar, egg yolks and the best fruits, chocolates, spices and nuts from small producers locally and around the world. They celebrate ingredients perfected by nature, not science. Choose from six trucks and three stores around Brooklyn and Manhattan serving their housemade ice creams, fresh pastries and Toby’s Estate Coffee. Vanleeuwenicecream.com
Buy in Store (All Available at Whole Foods Market)
- Jeni’s Ice Cream: Jeni and her kitchen team makes every ice cream, sorbet and frozen yogurt from the ground up with grass-grazed Ohio cream, local produce and carefully sourced ingredients including rare, fair-trade vanilla and bean-to-bar chocolate. Jenis.com
- McConnell’s Ice Cream: McConnell’s Fine Ice Creams has been churning out their authentic, All-American, handcrafted goodness for nearly 70 years, building a sweet legacy of extraordinary ingredients, uniquely indulgent recipes and incomparable taste and texture. Mcconnells.com THE WIFE™ Favorite: Chocolate Covered Strawberries
- Steve’s Ice Cream: This little Brooklyn favorite has been cranking out the best ice creams, non-dairy ice creams, and sorbets since 1973. Handcrafted ice cream with innovative flavors for taste buds everywhere and always made with fresh, natural ingredients. Stevesicecream.com THE WIFE™ Favorite: BKLYN Blackout
- Three Twins Ice Cream: Three Twins makes inconceivably delicious organic ice cream. By sourcing milk and cream from within 17 miles of their California factory, and carefully mixing and freezing each batch to ensure a smooth texture, extraordinarily fresh and tasty flavors. Threetwinsicecream.com
Order:
- Salt and Straw: Salt & Straw is Portland’s farm-to-cone ice cream shop. Their ice cream is handmade in small-batches using only all-natural dairy with the best local, sustainable and organic ingredients Oregon has to offer, as well as imported flavors from small, handpicked farms and producers around the world. Salt and Straw’s ice cream is made with 17% butterfat, very little air in the churn process, and a low sweetness level…so the flavors can really shine through! Saltandstraw.com THE WIFE™ Favorite: Sea Salt Ice Cream with Caramel Ribbons
- eCreamery: eCreamery’s ice cream & gelato artists can be found churning out classic flavors and your masterpieces in a small boutique ice cream parlor in Omaha, Nebraska. Dream up your own personalized ice cream flavor with add ins, design your own label, eCreamery will make it and have it delivered to your doorstep. Now that’s Summer fun! ecreamery.com
Gluten & Dairy Free:
- Kippy’s: Ice Cream that tastes like Ice Cream… looks like Ice Cream… and is Beyond Ice Cream. Kippy’s ice Cream is a raw organic non-dairy coconut based ice cream sweetened with coconut water, fresh organic fruit, and raw honey. Their ice creams are made by hand daily, from fresh raw Coconut Cream. All ice creams contain no dairy, no soy, no nuts, & are gluten free! Kippysicecream.com
- Negranti Ice Cream: Using milk from pasture raised sheep, Alexis Negranti creates each ice cream recipe herself. The nutty, sweet-grassy notes of the sheep milk, blended with fresh, in-season ingredients makes Negranti Creamery Ice Cream the perfect treat. Negrantidairy.com THE WIFE™ Favorite: Negranti Dairy Classic Collection
- So Delicious: So Delicious Dairy Free offers a complete line of dairy-free ice creams made from coconut milk, almond milk, or soy milk. Whatever your taste preference, their frozen desserts are so smooth, creamy, tasty, and satisfying that you’ll never miss dairy ice cream again! 100% plant-based and certified vegan, their products are proudly Non-GMO Project Verified, and never contain any artificial ingredients. So go ahead, indulge a little! Sodeliciousdairyfree.com THE WIFE™ Favorite: Coconut Milk Ice Cream with Gluten Free Cookie Dough
