Hey Pittsford! It’s one of our favorite days of the year! National Ice Cream Day is this Sunday, July 19th! And there are plenty of ways to celebrate!
Make Your Own Ice Cream
If you’ve got an ice cream maker at home, try out this recipe from Ice Cream Geek- it’s a copycat of Ben & Jerry’s famous sweet cream base. Then you can add mix-ins to your hearts content! Are you a fruit fan? Maybe cookies or candy are you thing? They sky’s the limit!!
Or check out 25 ice cream recipes from Southern Living.
Don’t have an ice cream maker? No worries! You can still make ice cream at home! Here are 6 great ways to make a delicious dessert without a machine! And don’t forget to enlist the kids to help!
Pick up a gallon at your favorite grocery store and have a Sunday sundae!
You can’t go wrong with the classic hot fudge, whipped cream & a cherry! But maybe you’re in the mood for something a little different? Here are some wacky toppings for you to try:
Cap’n Crunch Cereal
Peanut Butter
Pretzels
Bacon… hey, we hear it’s good with maple ice cream!
Popcorn
Swedish Fish
Sliced peaches
NUTELLA
Candied ginger
What are your favorite zany toppings!?
Go out for Ice Cream
Seriously, somehow ice cream tastes better when you’re out and about with family and friends. It’s like the joy multiplies, especially when you add sprinkles!
Here are our favorite Pittsford Hot Spots for ice cream:
Abbotts
Abbotts Frozen Custard has been a Rochester area favorite for over 100 years!! Did you know Abbotts has locations across the US now? One of their newest shops is in Colorado! But you don’t have to travel that far for your chocolate almond custard! With a location in Busnells Basin you don’t have to drive too far for your next dish! Check out these great deals on their website, or like them on Facebook to get their flavors of the day.
Cold Stone Creamery
Become a ice cream mixologist & create your perfect cone or Sunday! Pittsford has a Cold Stone Creamery location on Monroe Ave. Want to get the inside scoop on all things Cold Stone? Join their FREE eclub and become an insider!
Pittsford Farms and Dairy and Bakery
It’s fabulous and not just to the locals, but this place actually made the top 10 Best Places to get ice cream in Rochester! Why? We’re glad you asked! From the Democrat and Chronicle:
The business started more than a century ago with fresh milk sold in old-fashioned glass bottles. That tradition, along with made from scratch ice cream and custard is what keeps folks coming back to the family-owned Pittsford Farms Dairy & Bakery. “Those who came to the original dairy as kids are now coming back with their children and grandchildren,” says store manager Agnes Koziol. Customers often reach for best-sellers coconut almond crunch (the store can barely keep this one in production) and landslide (chocolate ice cream, chocolate crunch and peanut butter). Ice cream quarts (in 60 flavors), cakes, pies and custards are also available. The dairy is celebrating its fourth summer in its new spacious building, which features long tables and old giant milk cans that double as seats below glass milk bottle chandeliers. You can also sit outdoors or take a stroll along the nearby canal.
Pittsford Farms Dairy & Bakery. 44 N Main St, Pittsford, (585) 586-6610. facebook.com/PittsfordFarmsDairyBakery.
Read the rest of the article for the other 9 hot spots that will keep you cool this summer!
If you’d like to live near one of these great places, so you can walk off the calories before you get there, contact us today!
