8 Surprising Local Ice Cream Flavours

 8 surprising scoops

The capital region boasts a growing number of craft ice cream makers. These purveyors of creamy, cold goodness offer flavours that are unique, culturally-inspired, and feature local ingredients.

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Cold Brew Coffee
Cold brew coffee is an excellent summer drink, and it can also be enjoyed in ice cream form. Kind Ice Cream’s Cold Brew Coffee is reminiscent of drinking an actual cup of cold brew, thanks to steeping beans from local roasters Roasti Coffee Co. A scoop is both refreshing and invigorating. The ice cream’s complex coffee flavour and caffeine boost is a great mid-afternoon pick-me-up.

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Filipino Neapolitan

Many ice cream lovers grew up enjoying Neapolitan, that triple flavour power pack of chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla. Yelo’d has created a Filipino version that tastes totally different  ̶  and is totally delicious. Filipino Neapolitan features ube (purple yam that tastes mildly nutty with notes of vanilla), pandan (a tropical plant with a delicate nutty and sweet flavour), and mangaa (mango). 

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Rose Saffron Pistachio

On Twice Cream’s website, the rose saffron pistachio is described as “a cross-cultural Persian, Middle Eastern, South Asian, Turkish delight.” The delicate flavour of rosewater supports the salted pistachio nuts and colourful ribbons of muddled saffron. The subtle rosewater and saffron provide the perfect counterpoint to the pistachios, for an unforgettable ice cream experience.

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Wild Blueberry

An unassuming storefront in Edmonton’s Parkallen neighbourhood, Annie Rue Ice Cream is named after two Annies, and this wild blueberry flavour honours them both for their many hours of blueberry picking. Blended with blueberries through and through, this small batch delight is a popular menu selection.

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Sea Salt & Goat Milk Caramel

One of Made by Marcus’s signature flavours, this concoction is the perfect solution to cravings for something sweet and salty. A generous amount of salted caramel is woven throughout the decadently rich goat milk base. The goat milk used to create the ice cream’s base hails from Alberta’s Fairwinds Farm.

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Belgian Chocolate

Including Belgian Chocolate on a list of unique ice cream flavours might seem a little  ̶  ahem  ̶  “vanilla,” but Pinocchio Ice Cream’s version has depth and complexity that goes beyond just this being another chocolate ice cream. Made with Alberta cream, the ice cream isn’t too sweet and has a fabulous texture. 

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London Fog

Another ice cream based on a hot drink, White Rabbit Ice Cream’s London fog uses Earl Grey tea sourced from Edmonton’s Vintage Fork Loose Leaf Tea. The tea is steeped for 36 hours and the result is flavorful goodness in ice cream form. Those who enjoy the hot drink should definitely give this a try. Even for those who aren’t tea drinkers, this is a great choice for a scoop of something different.

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Cookie Dough Bowl

Head to the walk-up window of gigi’s ice cream, located by The Cheesecake Cafe in Spruce Grove, for a simultaneous, incredible scoop and edible accessory. Chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream served in a freshly-baked chocolate chip cookie dough bowl, one of many flavours inspired by The Cheesecake Café’s dessert inventory. “Signature white chocolate raspberry, turtle and strawberry cheesecake ice creams are created using the same ingredients we use for the Cafe’s cheesecakes of the same name,” says Bobbi Beeson, owner of both establishments.

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LOCATIONS

Annie Rue Ice Cream

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gigi’s ice cream

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Kind Ice Cream

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Made By Marcus

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Pinocchio Ice Cream

Pinocchio Ice Cream is available at a number of retailers, restaurants, and cafés in the Capital region and beyond.

pinocchioicecream.ca/locations

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Twice Cream

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White Rabbit Ice Cream

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Yelo’d Ice Cream & Bake Shoppe

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