Grand Ole Creamery

I have not forgotten about my ice cream quest. No worries, we (hopefully) still have a bit before winter comes! I was able to cross Grand Ole Creamery off my list of nine best ice cream shops in the Twin Cities. I crossed off HomeTown Creamery here, Conny's Creamy Cone here, and Sebastian Joe's here.

1. Adele's Frozen Custard in Excelsior
2. Conny's Creamy Cone in St. Paul
3. Edina Creamery in Edina
4. Grand Ole Creamery in St. Paul
5. HomeTown Creamery in North St. Paul
6. Izzy's Ice Cream in St. Paul
7. Pumphouse Creamery in Minneapolis
8. Sebastian Joe's in Minneapolis
9. Crema Cafe in Minneapolis

On Sunday evening the Stokes ladies (Andrew's mom, sister, grandma, cousin, and sister-in-law) got together to get some ice cream. We visited the Grand Ole Creamery off of Cedar Avenue in Minneapolis. It is a cute little shop that you might miss driving by unless you were looking for it. The one in St. Paul is located on Grand Avenue and has been serving ice cream for over 25 years. The Grand Ole Creamery serves over 200 flavors of award-winning, freshly made ice cream (of course not at the same time) that is free of chemical additives. They are best known for their Black Hills Gold ice cream (caramel ice cream, Oreos and praline pecans). If you want to splurge try a hand-rolled malted waffle cone that has a   whopper in the bottom of each cone.

I tried the Black Hills Gold, Strawberry Lemonade Sorbet, Birthday Cake, and Snickers ice cream. All were very good (especially Black Hills Gold), but since it was a cooler fall night I was in the mood for something fall-ish. I ended up choosing a scoop of apple pie ice cream in a sugar cone. It was fantastic. I don't like apple pie, but the ice cream was delicious and hit the spot. Also, their one scoop of ice cream was actually two scoops. They make sure to fill the cone with ice cream, then they give you a generous one scoop on top of that. It was definitely worth the money.

I am slightly partial to Grand Ole Creamery because Andrew took me there on our very first date we ever went on (I remember thinking it was the best ice cream in Minneapolis then). But, I'd still have to say that Sebastian Joe's is in the lead and Grand Ole Creamery is a close second (especially with the apple pie ice cream!). It was a lovely evening with the Stokes women though. Where is your favorite place to get ice cream? Have you visited any of the places on my list?