Mmm. Yummy. So glad to have a new and more importantly DIFFERENT ice cream shop in The Woodlands (no offense to the last Marble Slab left in The Woodlands which I also love. But Sure do miss the Korean owned gelato shop on 242, Sorbetto gelato in Shenandoah, Culver's Custard in Shenandoah, and Rita's Italian ice and soft serve on 1488). We Pennsylvanians really love our ice cream!
The vanilla ice cream here is very nostalgic for me as I grew up in Pittsburgh and also lived a fair amount of time in Philadelphia too. This is classic original Pennsylvania ice cream of the 1960s and 70s. Not too sweet (sorry Blue Bell lovers) and also just a very hint of vanilla flavor. It's all about the very farm fresh Pennsylvania milk. No gummy artificial additives either. Its clean taste complements the decadent rich add ons perfectly IMHO.
The Hot Fudge also brings me back to my childhood. Thick , gooey, deep dark chocolate rich and definitely warm! Again not overly sweet.
I got The Hot Fudge Brownie Sundae- the brownie is ground into powder rather than left in big pieces. A pleasant surprise as I really liked it. Mixes in with ice cream well, bet it makes for a fantastic shake. It also contained a massive amount of mini chocolate chips too! Topped with canned? Whipped cream and a wedge of handmade milk chocolate (again not too sweet. You can really still taste the high quality cocoa beans )
In addition to decadent milkshakes (about thirty different ones by my count including- Apple pie, conferti birthday cake, chocolate malt. Root beer float, banana pudding, strawberry shortcake, chocolate cake, smores, cookie jar combo, banana Foster, chocolate dipped strawberry, chocolate raspberry truffle, mint- chocolate chip cookie, raspberry and cream, salted Carmel Pretzel, strawberry banana) and sudaes (strawberry, s'mores and peanut butter-chocolate). They also offer non-dairy shakes and bowls for the lactose intolerant.
They have a display case of hand-dipped chocolate. Get the caramels, pretzels and turtles!!!! Also have trendy Dubai chocolate of course. Plus tons of varieties of chocolate barks.
This company is the 4th generation extension of Sherm Edwards candy in Pittsburgh (Trafford) originally from 1914 (where as a child I remember selling their Easter molded chocolates as a school fundraiser- they actually sold themselves. I just visited a couple of neighbors. Word got out and I sat by telephone taking orders for $ hundred $!!!! Lol).
Now if only they would keep the original milkshake factory tradition of 1/2 off Shakes on Jake (every time Jake Guetzel scores an NHL goal. Even though he's no longer with Penguins. With Tampa Bay Lightning I believe Lol).
Shop is in Cochran's Crossing and is brightly lit. Very sleek and clean looking. Have a small number of tables in back. (I think they may need to consider adding more seating as business picks up. But then again maybe not as Marble Slab, DQ, Baskin Robbins don't have extensive seating either. I didn't see any outdoor seating. read more