Frosty Treats

Wonderkid’s King of Pops Soft Serve

The summers in Atlanta might be hot but there are lots of great places to cool off with a frosty treat. Check out this list of locally owned ice cream and dessert shops.

BY GRANT MERKEL

BUTTER AND CREAM

HOT SUMMER, COLD TREATS

Butter and Cream

Off of the Atlanta BeltLine Eastside Trail is where Butter and Cream rests. The shop includes interesting flavors such as Midnight Snacks (sweetened condensed milk and cream cheese ice cream with chocolate chip cookies, brownies, chocolate covered cake pieces and a dulce de leche swirl), Honeycomb Forest (honey ice cream with honeycomb candy) and Butterscotch Brownie (butterscotch ice cream with brownies mixed in). It also sells ice cream cakes and cookies and has some vegan and gluten free items. Butter and Cream’s original location is in Decatur. www.butterandcream.com

Jake’s Ice Cream

Jake’s is found at Irwin Street Market. Some of the flavors include Brown Shugah Vanilla, Better Pecan and Chocolate Slap Yo Mama. Jake’s also has outdoor seating and a walkup order window so you can easily grab a treat and hop back on the BeltLine. www.jakesicecream.com

Wonderkid’s King of Pops Soft Serve

In Reynoldstown you can find WonderKid, a great place for diner-style food and dessert. Inside the restaurant, a walkup dessert bar serves baked goods, King of Pops popsicles and King of Pops soft serve ice cream in flavors such as the Comeback Kid (chocolate with maple, cinnamon and espresso) and Space Fruit (raspberry and pineapple with freeze dried fruit). www.wonderkidatl.com PanPaleta

Off of Buford Highway you can find a nice little store in Northeast Plaza that sells bread, cakes and paletas, which are Mexican popsicles. Some of its flavors include Coffee, Mango Chile and Strawberry Kiwi. Try out your treats at a table in the store with lively music and colorful pinatas hanging from the ceiling. www.panpaleta.com

Sweet Stack Creamery

Check out Sweet Stack in downtown Atlanta. The small shop serves ice cream and donut sandwiches (Sweet Stacks) with crazy combinations of flavors such as Black Panther (charcoal and coconut) and Amber Rose (cotton candy flavored ice cream with pop rocks). It also includes vegan options such as French Press, and fun toppings. www.sweet-stack.com

Big Softie

In Summerhill, Big Softie serves up a variety of soft serve flavors. Come for Sammies (ice cream between two freshly baked cookies from Little Tart Bakery) and ice cream in classic flavors like chocolate and more unique flavors like strawberry sorbet, Masala chai and vegan oat vanilla. One thing that really sets Big Softie apart from the rest are the toppings such as milk chocolate crunch pearls and cornflake streusel, and hardshells in flavors like chocolate, Dulcey (dulce de leche) and strawberry. www.bigsoftieatl.com