Labor Day is right around the corner, and with it comes not just the start of autumn (and cooler temps), but a new offering of seasonal menus. So it's time to take full advantage of the final weeks we have before the summer menus are retired. Plus, this week is a scorcher, so why not cool off with a frozen treat (or two)? As a final hurrah to summer, we've rounded up 11 frozen treats to try right now.
Did we miss your favorite frozen treat? Let us know in the comments.
Head over to Sandcastle on Lake Nokomis for the monkey bar, a chocolate-dipped frozen organic banana rolled in pine nut brittle. They've also got a wide range of novelty ice creams, with classics like a vanilla ice cream sandwich, drumstick, or orange dream bar.
Wise Acre Eatery has a slew of frozen dessert options. Opt for the DIY vanilla or chocolate frozen custard sundae and choose from an impressive list of sauces and toppings, including sesame pepita toffee, bacon-peanut brittle, and salted or rhubarb caramel sauce.
Creating the DIY ice cream sandwich at Pizzeria Lola is almost has fun as eating the final product. Sandwich house made vanilla soft serve (drizzled with olive oil and sea salt!) between two fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies for a more sophisticated take on the classic childhood treat.
Eat Street Social’s dessert menu alone warrants a visit to the popular eatery. Try the frozen crepes with lemon mascarpone semifreddo, blackberry coulis, thyme honey, and salted almonds.
Swing by Sebastian Joe’s for a homemade dipped ice cream cone. Choose from flavors such as Heath bar, Butterfinger, and coconut, then top it off with your favorite Sebastian Joe’s ice cream. Joe’s Brr Bars are also a great option: Oreo ice cream dipped in Swiss chocolate.
Café Lurcat does it right with its dark chocolate profiteroles, stuffed with salted caramel ice cream and spiced candied pecans. Lurcat’s oatmeal stout float is also worth a try, made with hot espresso, butterscotch, and a caramelized white chocolate blondie.
Admittedly, Saffron’s chocolate and passion fruit “millefeuille” is only semi-frozen, but it’s too good to pass up, with layers of dark chocolate ganache, chocolate phyllo, milk chocolate mouse, passion fruit gelée, and milk chocolate ice cream.
Cool off with the Tuggs frozen banana popsicle split, which pairs a frozen banana popsicle with strawberry Schnapps and whipped cream (topped with a cherry, of course). Not in the mood for all the fixings? Tuggs also offers a double-stick frozen banana popsicle for only 50 cents.
The Izzy Pop at Izzy’s Ice Cream is basically ice cream on a stick that’s dipped in dark chocolate, making for a convenient (and truly Minnesotan) on-the-go treat. Choose from flavors such as salted caramel or midnight snack.
Head over to Sandcastle on Lake Nokomis for the monkey bar, a chocolate-dipped frozen organic banana rolled in pine nut brittle. They've also got a wide range of novelty ice creams, with classics like a vanilla ice cream sandwich, drumstick, or orange dream bar.
Wise Acre Eatery has a slew of frozen dessert options. Opt for the DIY vanilla or chocolate frozen custard sundae and choose from an impressive list of sauces and toppings, including sesame pepita toffee, bacon-peanut brittle, and salted or rhubarb caramel sauce.
Creating the DIY ice cream sandwich at Pizzeria Lola is almost has fun as eating the final product. Sandwich house made vanilla soft serve (drizzled with olive oil and sea salt!) between two fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies for a more sophisticated take on the classic childhood treat.
Eat Street Social’s dessert menu alone warrants a visit to the popular eatery. Try the frozen crepes with lemon mascarpone semifreddo, blackberry coulis, thyme honey, and salted almonds.
Swing by Sebastian Joe’s for a homemade dipped ice cream cone. Choose from flavors such as Heath bar, Butterfinger, and coconut, then top it off with your favorite Sebastian Joe’s ice cream. Joe’s Brr Bars are also a great option: Oreo ice cream dipped in Swiss chocolate.
Café Lurcat does it right with its dark chocolate profiteroles, stuffed with salted caramel ice cream and spiced candied pecans. Lurcat’s oatmeal stout float is also worth a try, made with hot espresso, butterscotch, and a caramelized white chocolate blondie.
Admittedly, Saffron’s chocolate and passion fruit “millefeuille” is only semi-frozen, but it’s too good to pass up, with layers of dark chocolate ganache, chocolate phyllo, milk chocolate mouse, passion fruit gelée, and milk chocolate ice cream.
Cool off with the Tuggs frozen banana popsicle split, which pairs a frozen banana popsicle with strawberry Schnapps and whipped cream (topped with a cherry, of course). Not in the mood for all the fixings? Tuggs also offers a double-stick frozen banana popsicle for only 50 cents.
The Izzy Pop at Izzy’s Ice Cream is basically ice cream on a stick that’s dipped in dark chocolate, making for a convenient (and truly Minnesotan) on-the-go treat. Choose from flavors such as salted caramel or midnight snack.
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