Today is National Soft Ice Cream Day! This annual event celebrates ice cream and all the happy memories it has facilitated. Remember late-night ice cream runs with friends? Enjoying the first cone of the summer? The joy of dippin’ dots when visiting NASA? Ice cream pops up in the happiest of places.
Ice cream wasn’t available to the general public until the 1800s thanks to the creation of ice houses and other cold storage constructions. Nowadays, it’s a lot easier to enjoy your favorite soft serve. Looking for a creamery to visit today in celebration? While you can find chain creameries such as Baskin Robbins and Dairy Queen almost anywhere, visiting locally-owned ice cream parlors is worthy of a special occasion. See the list below for some suggestions across the Florida Panhandle.
- Southern Craft Creamery, Marianna
- Hershey’s Beach Ice Cream Shop, Panama City Beach
- Big Easy Snowballs, Tallahassee
- Milk and Honey, Marianna
- Mr. C’s Homemade Ice Cream, Pensacola
- Friendly Ice Cream Shop & Lottery, Esto