Quirky Ice Cream

Photo: Underground Cookie Club

We all scream “ice cream!” We’ve tested some of the craziest, most outrageous and quirkiest ice cream (and even some frozen yogurt) dishes to send your taste buds on a wild and delicious journey this summer. These ice cream treats are begging for taste testers. Are your kids up to the challenge? See all the pics @ grkids.com/quirky-ice-cream.

Flavor & Color Explosion

Adventurers looking for flavor (and color) must try the Chubby Unicorn: Superman ice cream is layered with rainbow sugar cookies, topped with sprinkles and then rolled in Fruity Pebbles. The Chubby Unicorn @ Underground Cookie Club - 5422 Division Ave S, Kentwood

OneinaMillion, Surprise

Dessert

Experience the ever-changing, never-the-same flavor of Bottom of the Barrel. When an ice cream container gets too low to dish from, Scooper’s scrapes the remainder into a new barrel, combining all the flavors for your enjoyment. Bottom of the Barrel Cone @ Scooper’s Ice Cream Shoppe - 591 Ada Dr SE, Ada

Monstrously good

Vanilla soft serve with gummy tentacles, cherry magic shell and monster eyes. Cherry Monster @ Double Dip Depot 3284 Remembrance Rd NW, Grand Rapids

Classic Banana SpliT 

Jumbo Edition

Choose either soft serve or fresh, hand-dipped Ashby’s premium ice cream from Ludington to build this ice cream shoppe mainstay. One Pound Banana Split @ Chapel Charlie’s Cup & Cone - 2361 Riley St, Hudsonville

DARK CHOCOLATE DELIGHT

Hand dipped Hudsonville raspberry sorbet, topped with Ghirardelli dark chocolate sauce, dark chocolate raspberry cream cups, whipped cream and a cherry. The Darkness @ Jam’n Bean Multiple Locations (Ada, Cascade, and Downtown Grand Rapids)

DONUT WAIT TO TRY THIS

A Marge’s Donut Den donut topped with soft serve ice cream, hot caramel, peanuts, whipped cream and a cherry. Donut Sundae @ Tippy Cow 3830 Chicago Dr SW, Grandville

PREHISTORIC TREAT

Featuring Frosty Boy’s famous lemon soft serve, cherry cone dip (or try blue raspberry!) and Fruity Pebbles cereal, topped with whipped cream and a cherry. Flintstone Sundae @ Frosty Boy - Multiple Locations (Rockford, Creston and Cascade)

OREOS AND MINT and

COCONUT, OH MY Vanilla soft serve layers with crushed Oreos, crème de menthe sauce and coconut flakes. Grasshopper Sundae @ Trailside Treats 6294 Belmont Ave NE, Belmont

Michigan is for Ice Cream Lovers

Love’s takes some of their signature flavors, shapes them into our beloved lower peninsula and then dips them in chocolate shell, turning Michigan into a tasty treat. Mitten Pop @ Love’s Ice Cream Downtown Market || 435 Ionia Ave SW Stall 106, Grand Rapids

ROADSIDE FEAST

Scoops of Hudsonville Deer Traxx ice cream topped with hot fudge, sour gummi worms and whipped cream. The Roadkill Sundae @ Ice Cream Garage - 4030 Lake Michigan Dr NW, Grand Rapids

ROCK ON

The Rock Pile is soft-serve vanilla layered with hot fudge, marshmallow & chocolate rocks, topped with whipped cream and a cherry. Rock Pile Sundae @ Rocky’s 110 N Main St, Rockford

SUNDAE FUNDAY

Creamy vanilla ice cream topped with rich hot fudge, caramel, honey roasted pecans, whipped cream and a cherry. A crowd pleaser for generations. Tommy Turtle Sundae @ Captain Sundae - Multiple Locations (Holland and Zeeland)

FRUIT CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM YUM Scoops of chocolate, vanilla, strawberry cheesecake and orange pineapple ice creams, with swirls of chocolate syrup, cherry topping, strawberry pieces, crushed pineapple, a whole banana, whipped cream and chocolate sprinkles. The Whaler @ Frosty Cove 2565 Lakeshore Dr, Muskegon

FROYO FUN

Oreo cookies are mixed into liquid froyo base. It’s then spread and scraped into delightful rolls and topped with whipped cream and a cherry. Frozen Yogurt Bonus: The Cookie Monster @ The Pumphouse 30 N Main St, Rockford