Charlotte just got a sugar bomb dropped on Wesley Heights. The Scoop N Scootery has officially landed right next to Pizza Baby and across the street from Restaurant Constance, and they're not here to scoop politely. They're here to bury you under outrageous sundaes that laugh in the face of portion control.
I was hosted to try them out and went straight for the sundae with the most chaotic energy on the menu: That Thicc Boi. This beast comes with chocolate ice cream, a brownie core, chunks of chocolate chip cookie dough, chocolate chips on top, and then a full swirl of chocolate buttercream frosting. Yes, frosting. On a sundae. When they handed it over, it looked like someone decided to crossbreed a birthday cake with an ice cream pint and then dared me to survive. The buttercream mound on top is basically the size of a cupcake itself, sprinkled with chips like they're trying to make sure no part of your soul is left unsugared. The ice cream itself had that classic Blue Bell creaminess...smooth, rich, and silky enough to make the cookie dough chunks taste even more indulgent.
They don't make their own ice cream, which made me a little sad at first, but they use Blue Bell Creamery and Hershey's as their ice cream suppliers, and honestly Blue Bell is one of my favorite commercial brands, so I forgave them pretty quickly. Plus, the toppings situation makes up for it. There are 19 flavors of ice cream, and if you want to go rogue you can choose up to 5 toppings out of over 40 options. They also whip their own whipped cream in-house, which feels like a personal apology for not churning their own ice cream.
The portion sizes make absolutely no sense. A "mini" is 12 ounces. That's the size of an entire Ben & Jerry's pint. From there it only escalates. A Tasty is 16 ounces, Hungry is 20, and Legendary is 24 ounces. These aren't sundaes. These are upper body workouts with sprinkles.
They deliver through 3rd-party apps within a 15-mile radius. They even tested delivery all the way to Fort Mill, and it still showed up frozen. They do this by putting your sundae in the freezer for five minutes after making it and then packing it like it's a newborn child being shipped to college. Minimal touches, maximum chill. At this point, I trust their logistics more than most airlines.
The Scoop N Scootery started in Boston, but Charlotte's franchise is run by local Patrick Knorring, who clearly has no fear of expansion. Three more locations are already on the way, one in University City, one in Matthews, and a third mystery spot still under wraps.
Their hours are designed for every possible craving cycle. They open at 3 pm six days a week, stay open until 2 am most nights, close at 10 pm on Sundays, and take Mondays off because even ice cream needs a reset.
Beyond sundaes, they sell fresh-baked cookie snack packs and cookie ice cream sandwiches, which honestly feel like the gateway drug to their 72 signature sundaes. Yes, 72. Or you can create your own monster.
The inside is simple, you order at a big counter with screens. Outside, the red patio chairs under the string lights give it a laid-back hangout vibe, the kind of place where you can lose an hour debating whether you regret ordering a Legendary size. The sundae itself looked almost cartoonish in my hand, and when mine was packed up in their brown delivery bag it felt like I was smuggling contraband sugar out of the building.
The Scoop N Scootery isn't here to play it safe. It's here to serve sundaes that look like a cheat code for diabetes. It's excessive, ridiculous, creamy, and exactly the kind of fun late-night Charlotte needed.
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