‘We All Scream for Ice Cream’

With the summer solstice this past Wednesday, the temperature is going to continue to rise. Why not cool off with some ice cream?

Whether it’s a reprieve from the heat you’re in search of or just to boost your mood, check some of these ice cream parlors out:

Peabody

 — 46 Margin St.
978-531-7010
www.mytreadwells.com
Here’s the scoop: Treadwell’s Ice Cream has been a North Shore landmark since 1946, serving an especially creamy ice cream at signature size portions and competitive pricing. Treadwell’s “World Famous” ice cream is also offered in bulk hand-packed in take-home containers. Additionally, stop by for party catering, fundraising, ice cream cakes and gift baskets. Not in the mood for an ice cream? You can also grab a hot dog, lime rickey or Richie’s Slush, not to mention some Winfrey’s Fudge and candies. And yes, you can stop in year round.

 — 86 Andover St.
978-548-6012
Here’s the scoop: Chandler's Old Fashioned Ice Cream, located on Route 114, has also been in business for decades — since 1934 in fact. Your options range from an ice cream in a waffle cone to baklava. Customers can order outdoors or indoors, and enjoy their desserts at Chandler’s large picnic area.

— 672 Lowell St. #2
978-535-9916
www.scoopsnmore.com
Here’s the scoop: Scoops N More makes its own ice cream in the store. One of its newer flavors is Smore and More, which is a vanilla ice cream mixed with graham crackers, chocolate chips, peanut butter chips and marshmallows. A popular flavor is coconut cream ice cream, it’s coconut-flavored with coconut flakes in it. If you don’t like coconut, try the mocha crunch, which mixes heath bar, chocolate chips and caramel. If you’re chocolate obsessed, try the double trouble dark chocolate ice cream. It comes with brownie pieces, chocolate chips and chocolate syrup ripples. Customers can also submit their fantasy ice cream flavors. If your fantasy flavor is picked you get your picture on the Flavor of Fame Board in the shop and a free cup of your fantasy pick. The flavor will then be sold. For now, Scoop N More is trying to come up with a flavor celebrating the Bruins and the return of the Stanley Cup.

Something Sweet Shoppe — 297 Lynn St.
978-530-1400
www.somethingsweetshoppe.com
Here’s the scoop: Something Sweet is a family run business that specializes in, you guessed it, sweets. From candy to ice cream to homemade cupcakes and cookies, you can find all sorts of delectable treats at the shop. You can also hold your kid’s birthday party there and there’s a make-your-own sundae bar. Indulge and enjoy.

— 117 Lynnfield St.
978-531-0069
www.artiesdiner.com
Here’s the scoop: Artie’s Place serves breakfast and lunch, but it’s also known for its extensive variety of soft serve and hard ice cream. If you’re in the mood for soft serve you can try the traditional chocolate or vanilla flavors or pick from a multitude of others inlcuding from pistachio, grape, black cherry, orange and even cotton candy.

Danvers

Goodies Ice Cream — 46 Maple St.
978-762-4663
www.goodies-icecream.com or www.facebook.com/GoodiesIceCream
Here’s the scoop: Goodies serves ice cream, but it also hopes to give patrons the experience of an old-fashioned ice cream parlor. Goodies works to provide the community what it needs. When middle school students began asking for different treats they listened. Now, they carry Chocolate Tacos and ice cream pops traditionally bought from ice cream trucks. If you’re a coach of a sports team Goodies will give your 15 percent off of your purchase when you bring the team in. And if you call ahead they will subtract another 5 percent.

Cherry Hill Creamery — 210 Conant St.
978-774-0519
www.cherryfarmcreamery.com
Here’s the scoop: This family run ice cream shop, for 35 years, serves up frozen yogurt, no sugar added products as well as your regular hard ice cream. Together they add up to include 45-plus different flavors of ice cream. Three or four flavors rotate each week and make up their weekly specials. Their specials this week include chocolate marshmallow and special batch of ice cream called Engagement featuring Tiffany blue mint ice cream with white chocolate chips.
Currently you can choose the black and gold sundae in honor of the Bruins’ victory. This special sundae includes chocolate chip ice cream with butter scotch and hot fugue, with gold colored whipped cream and black and gold sprinkles.
To celebrate the Danvers Scooper Bowl, they will also make some new batches of ice cream.

Salem

Dairy Witch — 117 Boston St.
978-744-5413
Here’s the scoop: Known for its soft serve ice cream, the Daily Witch has been part of Salem for more than 50 years. It also has about 40 flavors of hard ice cream to choose from. Or you can try a frappe, made with real ice cream.

Ben & Jerry’s — 60 Washington St.
978-744-7500
www.benjerry.com/salem
Here’s the scoop: Try the spicy chocolate flavor. Comes with ginger, cardamom, coriander, cinnamon and almonds. Try the Jimmy Fallon late night snack, a chocolate covered potato chip in vanilla ice cram with caramel swirl, with sea salt blended in with the cameral. Chocolate Therapy is a chocolate based ice cream with chocolate pudding and chocolate cookie pieces. Both of these two new flavors are fair trade. Also new is the coconut seven-layer bar and that comes with coconut ice cream with chunks of coconut, walnut, fudge flakes, graham crackers and butter scotch.

Jaho Coffee & Tea — 197 Derby St.
978-744-4300
www.jaho.com
Here’s the scoop: After July 4, Jaho will serve watermelon and pink grape fruit gelato. They will also have the biscotti flavor for the summer. All of the gelato is made in-house.

Rita’s Water Ice — 188 Essex St.
978-741-7482
www.ritasice.com or www.facebook.com/ritasicesalem
Here’s the scoop: Rita’s ice specializes in Italian Ice. Their newest flavor is honey due and will be released on July 18. All of the ice is made fresh in the store each day.