Indulgence always comes first…
# CRÈME CREMAILLERE- 3 Flavors Featured--Whole Forest Strawberry, Coffee Chocolate Espresso Bean, Crème Brulee. La Crémaillère Restaurant started serving its fabulous ice creams when it opened over 50 years ago. French custard-style ice creams, all natural and uses only the freshest ingredients. The word "crémaillère" in French literally means a trammel, which is the adjustable hook on which the stewing pot is attached.
www.cremecremaillere.com# CIAO BELLA- Blackberry Cabernet Sorbet, Blood Orange Sorbet, Green Tea with White Chocolate Chunks Gelato, Dulce De Leche Gelato. Ciao Bella Gelato, is a purveyor of high-end artisanal gelato and sorbet handmade and using the freshest of ingredients. The flavors are unique and intense, for example, the Blood Orange Sorbet uses Ruby Red Oranges that are grown exclusively at the food of the Mount Etna volcano in Sicily.
www.ciaobellagelato.com# GODIVA – the “ultimate’ in chocolates are also trying to tempt us with their ice creams and ice cream bars. Sold exclusively in the 150 Godiva boutiques nationwide, the Godiva Ice Cream Bars are truly decadent!
www.godiva.com/icecream# NEUHAUS CHOCOLATIERS – Bite sized dark chocolate cups filled with vanilla, chocolate or coffee flavored ice creams are sold in boxes of 4 ($6), 8 ($10), 12 ($14) and 20 pieces for $23. The ice cream is a French style and custard like with high butterfat content.
www.neuhauschocolate.comFor those who love ‘scoop stores’ check these out:
# COLDSTONE - Cold Stone Creamery has just opened up a store in New York’s Time Square and specializes in “personalized desserts”. Each time you order, Coldstone’s scooper takes fresh sweet cream, places it on a frozen marble stone and blend in ingredients (fresh brownies, fudge, fruit and/or coconut) – which is exactly what I did for Katie, Matt, Ann and Al – when I made my first “Monkey Bites” creation!
www.coldstonecreamery.com# BASKIN ROBBINS – Sinbad’s Triple Punch Sherbet is July’s flavor of the month and is a swirled combination of strawberry, orange and lemon sherbets.
www.baskinrobbins.com# STRAUS ORGANIC ICE CREAM (Raspberry, Dutch Chocolate, Vanilla Bean). Straus is an organic dairy farm who make products with their own milk and is committed to taking care of the land, their animals and reducing waste. Their ice cream is made from the simplest and purest ingredients available with no pesticides, antibiotics or hormones.
www.strausmilk.com# HÄAGEN-DAZS, pushing the superpremium edge, has unveiled Desserts Extraordinaire ice cream, a line of seven ice cream flavors inspired by the world’s most indulgent desserts. We tasted Bananas Foster – a smooth banana ice cream enhanced with a hint of brown sugar and rum and Crème Brûlée – their silky custard ice cream with a swirl of caramelized sugar.
www.haagen-dazs.com# ST. CLAIR ICE CREAM is a small specialty ice cream and sorbet dessert supplier located in South Norwalk, CT. that carries on the artisanal tradition of hand molded frozen desserts the likes of which graced the tables of royalty for centuries. In the Victorian era, household servants would use pewter molds to produce ice cream desserts in the shape of swans, flowers, birds, and even vegetable bouquets.
www.stclairicecream.com