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Ice Cream & Sorbet
60 reviews
AMAZING
1st FLUFFERNUTTER SHAKE
Out & Out, Cedarburg
The amount of creamy and savory peanut butter flavor packed into this is insanity. This was a peanut butter bomb mixed with some vanilla custard and marshmallow cream. This was the ultimate sweet treat, a shame this was a weekly special and not a menu regular!!!
2nd HALF BAKED ICE CREAM
Ben & Jerry’s, Waterbury
A beautiful combination of vanilla and chocolate ice cream further accentuated by chunks of brownie batter and cookie dough. An incredible creamy base with soft and chewy globs of baked goodies make this one of the best experiences ice cream has to offer.
3rd HALF BAKED ICE CREAM SHAKE
Ben & Jerry’s, Milwaukee
Taking an already exquisite ice cream flavor (vanilla and chocolate swirled with cookie dough and brownie batter) and putting it into a milkshake form? Sign me up! This really blends all these lovely flavors together into every droplet, with small bites of dough in every mouthful to chew on. Topped with whipped cream, this is a dream of a milkshake, one I soon won’t forget.
4th DARK CHOCOLATE FUDGE BROWNIE
Van Leeuwen Ice Cream, Denver
A stellar ice cream with perfect blending of multiple chocolate flavors without being too overpowering. Creamy, savory, yet light.
5th BROWNIE BATTER SHAKE
Out & Out, Cedarburg
Holy. Cow. This shake was insane. This was like drinking a liquid brownie. Could. Not. Put. This. Down!!! The little chunks of brownie were exquisite, what a delightful weekly special!
6th PUMPKIN MARSHMALLOW SWIRL
Kopp's Frozen Custard, Glendale
Wowza!!! Incredibly soft and smooth, this is almost best described as "tender" for how it melts so gently with a silky texture. The pumpkin custard base is so creamy and rich in pumpkin flavor, and is further accented by the marshmallow fluff swirl and dark chocolate chunks strewn about. This is a superb ice cream! One of the absolutely best ice creams I have ever had!
7th MALTED CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE CHUNK
Purple Door Ice Cream, Mequon
An incredibly smooth ice cream with a chocolate malt base with dark chocolate fragments blended in. A lovely flavor profile that isn’t too sweet, and the malt flavor really makes this a special and novel ice cream.
8th ZANZIBAR CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM
Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream Co., Madison
Multiple types of cocoa blended into an ultra-creamy ice cream makes this such a rich, decadent, and complex chocolate ice cream! Some of the richest ice cream I’ve ever had and it doesn’t cross the line of being too rich… this is exquisite!
9th RASPBERRY SORBET
Amorino, Chicago
Now THIS is a sweet treat!! This is a crisp raspberry bomb, just absolutely loaded with refreshing sweetness. There’s a little fizzy quality on the tongue as this melts that’s reminiscent of a soda, and my goodness is this an absolutely lovely and refreshing sorbet! If I didn’t love chocolate and peanut butter so much, this could absolutely be higher on my list.
10th BROWN COW
Out & Out, Cedarburg
A root beer float in ice cream shake form??? Incredible sweetness and richness! Super smooth and decadent, the Sprecher root beer and house vanilla custard are a perfect pairing. Topped with whipped cream, this is yet another weekly special not to miss!
11th BLACK COW
Out & Out, Cedarburg
This was like drinking straight Sprecher root beer in ice cream form. Simple, straightforward, and incredibly good!!!
12th PUMPKIN PIE SHAKE
Out & Out, Cedarburg
A noted improvement on the pumpkin shake weekly special, this was like drinking a pumpkin pie. Aptly named, this sweet treat of the week was worth every drop!
13th PEANUT BUTTER OBSESSION
AJ Bombers, Milwaukee
An incredibly creamy and rich vanilla custard is blended with peanut butter, peanut butter chips, and peanut butter whiskey. A fudge layer in the middle adds welcome decadence and chocolate notes. Incredibly rich and no sense of booze, this is a pure flavor bomb of peanut butter. My only complaint is that the peanut butter chips mostly sank to the bottom.
14th CHOCOLATE MALT
Culver’s, Mequon
Incredibly creamy and chocolatey, this was an absolutely dreamy malt! This absolutely hit the spot for my ice cream craving, and was the perfect balance of sweetness and richness.
15th CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM
Sweet Abilities Ice Cream, WI 53202
Oh my goodness!!!! So creamy and the perfect balance of sweetness and chocolate, this freshly made, no preservative/artificial ingredient take on chocolate ice cream is NOT one to miss!
16th FRENCH VANILLA
Cedar Crest Ice Cream Plant & Parlor, Manitowoc
This is just such an incredibly smooth ice cream brimming with creamy vanilla flavor. Vanilla tends to get this bad reputation for being bland or boring, but this is anything but. An exquisite vanilla ice cream!
17th CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER SWIRL
Cedar Crest Ice Cream Plant & Parlor, Manitowoc
A delightfully smooth and creamy chocolate ice cream base filled with a salty and creamy peanut butter swirl that offers frozen fragments of flavor bombs throughout every bite. Truly amazing!!!
REALLY GOOD
18th CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER ICE CREAM
Kilwins Ice Cream - Chocolate - Fudge, Wheaton
This is a very rich chocolate ice cream blended with a salty and savory layer of creamy peanut butter! The peanut butter is so soft and flavorful, I really could eat the peanut butter alone all day long.
19th PUMPKIN SPICE SHAKE
Culver’s, Mequon
An incredibly rich and smooth vanilla ice cream shake blended with pumpkin purée, cinnamon, nutmeg, and other fall spices to bring out a pristine and pure fall flavor! A liquid version of pumpkin pie!
20th PUMPKIN SHAKE
Out & Out, Cedarburg
I would have maybe wanted a touch more pumpkin flavor from this, but this was a delightful weekly special with wonderful tones of pumpkin and caramel with the vanilla ice cream! Very smooth and homey!
21st PEANUT BUTTER SWIRL
The Chocolate Factory, Delafield
A very decadent chocolate ice cream base with peanut butter mixed in throughout! Very creamy and complimentary flavors throughout, just simple and well executed!
22nd REESE’S PEANUT BUTTER KUPPS
Kopp's Frozen Custard, Glendale
A decadently smooth vanilla custard blended with Reese’s peanut butter cups to add fragments of hard chocolate and creamy peanut butter as fun texture differences packed with flavor. Very good and looking forward to nibbling on the pint for the rest of the week!
23rd MIDNIGHT DARK CHOCOLATE
Cedar Crest Ice Cream Plant & Parlor, Manitowoc
A very good ice cream! A soft melt on the tongue with a rich, but not overpowering, dark chocolate flavor. Simply done and well executed!
24th CHOCOLATE COVERED STRAWBERRY SHAKE
Out & Out, Cedarburg
Very rich and creamy, this is definitely dominated by the chocolate. While the strawberry purée is visible, it was a very subtle flavor note. That’s not to say that was bad, but I would have liked a touch more strawberry flavor overall. However, this is a great chocolate shake with a hint of fruity accent, so definitely a worthy weekly special!!
25th STRAWBERRY SORBET
Amorino, Chicago
A fruity and refreshing sorbet! Loaded with fresh and natural flavors from real strawberries, this is a great sweet treat for a hot summer day!
26th CHOCOLATE BROWNIE
Scratch Ice Cream, Milwaukee
The chocolate ice cream base here is GREAT! My only ding on this is that the fudgy brownie, while very flavorful, had many bites that had a gritty/powdery texture that was off-putting to an otherwise really good ice cream.
27th CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE DOUGH
Kopp's Frozen Custard, Glendale
An incredibly rich vanilla ice cream base is so smooth and creamy, it’s hard to stop eating this! The cookie dough globs are sweet and doughy and hit the spot. The chocolate chips are good but are very hard and chewing through them proves to be a bit of an obstacle in practice. Tons of flavor!
28th CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE DOUGH
Ben & Jerry’s, Waterbury
A rich and creamy vanilla ice cream base that could use juuuuuust a touch more vanilla flavor, but is still good. This is accentuated by small chocolate shards and globs of incredibly gooey cookie dough!!! Super tasty and indulgent!
29th BLUEBERRY MUFFIN SHAKE
Out & Out, Cedarburg
The blueberry puree gives a great fresh flavor to the vanilla ice cream, and the texture from the blended cake batter gives yummy and chewy little surprises. Very good!
30th CHOCOLATE MALT
Out & Out, Cedarburg
Really good chocolate malt! Perfect balance of the malt flavor!