Connecticut’s Best Ice Cream: An Ice Scream-o-Meter
Organized by a CT Ice Scream-O-Meter, from how much we would scream for the ice cream (vicious yell to light cheer)
The Connectic*nt Ice Cream Scale
An Introduction from Your Reviewers:
Ice cweam dweamin’
Taste test schemin’
Statewide scweamin’
Waffle cone feinin’
Connecticunt taste test
Summer long cweam fest
We won’t rest, lest
We find the bestest
Which has a texture that melts on your tongue?
Who has the flavors, so silly, so fun?
Where’s the best spot to soak in the sun?
What are the creams that make us scream yum?
To make a list of the creams we’ve kissed,
We’re reporting to you what hit and what missed
We traveled the state in quite a haul,
Since there’s only one summer, after all.
So come sing along
To our summer long song,
From the steamy Sound
To New Haven town,
There’s scweamin for you
And cweamin for me
And for all of us,
There’s CT’s ice cream.
FROM VICIOUS YELL TO LIGHT CHEER:
Rich’s Farm (Oxford)
Flav: Jersey Cow, many classic options
Cream: Like the softest caramel
Vibe: Impeccable. So many benches, barn vibe.
Scream: Drop to my knees scream.
Honeycone (Chester)
Flav: Chamomile, mad experimental
Vibe: Not lots of seating but cutie outside
Cream: Super mixed, not too soft
Scream: FULL set of screams. Yell! Ahh!!
Ferris Acres (Newtown)
Flav: Cow Trax, cool+classic
Vibe: Smells like cow poo but in a great way. cute cats
Cream: Mad creamy but a teen nearby said “freezer burn”
Scream: YESSSS, vouch loudly in public
Buttonwood (Griswold)
Flav: M&M, mad cool
Vibe: Legit a sunflower farm
Cream: Milkyyyy
Scream: WOWEEE
Jennifer’s (East Haven)
Flav: Banoffee, not tons of options but the fun ones are v fun
Vibe: <3 booths
Cream: YAAA
Scream: YIPEEE!!
Ashley’s (Hamden)
Flav: Cinnamon
Vibe: Friendly family
Cream: Solidddd
Scream Level: 100% Yell. “Yaaa!”
Wentworth’s (Hamden)
Flav: Choco Coffee PB Cup, FUN
Vibe: Lovely, every seat outside is best
Cream: P creamy!
Scream: UConn stadium cheer
Durham Dari Serve
Flav: Cherry Garcia
Vibe: Cute roadside perf for post-Miller’s Pond
Cream: Mid-ice
Scream Level: Hoot!
Arethusa (NHV)
Flav: Vanilla, menu’s a little snoozy
Vibe: Smells great but no seating
Cream: Lil icy
Scream Level: Baseball stadium cheer
Bill’s (NHV)
Flav: Moose Tracks, list is like a diner menu, huge
Vibe: Post beach stop, sunburnt vibes
Cream: Solid! Gets the job done.
Scream: WOOO!
