{"id":24934,"date":"2024-08-15T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvbrazilusa.com\/2024\/08\/15\/i-tasted-over-250-ice-cream-flavors-in-greater-boston-here-are-my-favorites\/"},"modified":"2024-08-15T10:11:45","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T10:11:45","slug":"i-tasted-over-250-ice-cream-flavors-in-greater-boston-here-are-my-favorites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvbrazilusa.com\/pt\/2024\/08\/15\/i-tasted-over-250-ice-cream-flavors-in-greater-boston-here-are-my-favorites\/","title":{"rendered":"I tasted over 250 ice cream flavors in Greater Boston. Here are my favorites."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8864793242727901\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<header class=\"m-article-header m-article-header--standard\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"article-header-primary-term\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"a-term a-term--primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/tag\/summer\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSummer\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"m-article-header__sub-headline\">&#8220;I have never been disappointed by their rich, decadent ice cream that somehow also manages to be refreshing.&#8221;<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"a-photo m-article-header__photo\"><figcaption class=\"a-photo__caption\">\n\tSalted Caramel Crackle ice cream <em> Mim on Roseway Photography<\/em>\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/header>\n<p>When I moved to Boston in June 2023, my first order of business was to purchase a bike. My second was to start riding it to ice cream shops. <\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve always loved ice cream. Growing up my family would spend part of the summer in Ocean City, New Jersey where we\u2019d visit the venerated A La Mode Ice Cream Parlor. During these beach trips, my late grandmother Irma would take the kids to ice cream so the adults could get a breather, but she also wanted to sample A La Mode\u2019s sundaes as many times as she could. A love of ice cream runs in my family, and my grandmother had ice cream most nights even when we weren\u2019t on vacation. As we grew older, we would meet with her to chat at a Friendly\u2019s over a sundae.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/holycow-1-66b6cb04317e9-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31160931\" style=\"width:328px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/holycow-1-66b6cb04317e9-scaled.jpeg?width=200 200w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/holycow-1-66b6cb04317e9-scaled.jpeg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/holycow-1-66b6cb04317e9-scaled.jpeg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/holycow-1-66b6cb04317e9-scaled.jpeg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/holycow-1-66b6cb04317e9-scaled.jpeg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/holycow-1-66b6cb04317e9-scaled.jpeg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/holycow-1-66b6cb04317e9-scaled.jpeg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/holycow-1-66b6cb04317e9-scaled.jpeg?width=900 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">James Douthit. <i> \u2013 Courtesy<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ice cream, for me, is as deep a rabbit hole as wine or coffee might be for others. It can involve optimized temperature equations, intentional ingredient sourcing, and aged, fermented flavors from vanilla bean. Ice cream making sometimes even contains more room for creativity and innovation than the latter categories because ice cream base is usually made better by mix-ins or swirls, while for coffee products most additions aside from steamed milk only dampen the taste of a great cup of coffee.<\/p>\n<p>One ice cream originator in particular changed the way I see ice cream. Right Cream in my hometown Denver, Colorado makes a flavor called Cookies and C.R.E.A.M., which has an astronomically high fat content and crushed Oreos that don\u2019t go soft because of a delicate toffee coating. The number of new ideas, different flavor, texture combinations that Right Cream exhibited completely reframed how I\u2019d been thinking about ice cream. I learned from their product that tasting a scratch-made ice cream could be a glimpse into a skilled maker\u2019s mind, not unlike reading a poem.<\/p>\n<p>Out of respect and admiration for the art and science of ice cream making, I decided I wanted to try the ice cream from every originator that I could reasonably bike to.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-i-made-my-list-of-places-to-visit-nbsp\">How I made my list of places to visit\u00a0<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/cals-66b6cbc495d19-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31160959\" style=\"width:295px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/cals-66b6cbc495d19-scaled.jpeg?width=200 200w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/cals-66b6cbc495d19-scaled.jpeg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/cals-66b6cbc495d19-scaled.jpeg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/cals-66b6cbc495d19-scaled.jpeg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/cals-66b6cbc495d19-scaled.jpeg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/cals-66b6cbc495d19-scaled.jpeg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/cals-66b6cbc495d19-scaled.jpeg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/cals-66b6cbc495d19-scaled.jpeg?width=900 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cThe majority of those shops were serving someone else\u2019s wholesale ice cream,\u201d said James Douthit.<i> \u2013 Courtesy<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>I started my journey by making a list of all 150 ice cream shops near Boston that weren\u2019t national chains, but the majority of those shops were serving someone else\u2019s wholesale ice cream. The most common ice cream served was Richardson\u2019s, followed by Puritan, and Gifford\u2019s. <\/p>\n<p>To discern if a given ice cream shop made their own, I checked their website. If it read \u201chomemade\u201d or clearly stated \u201cmade in shop,\u201d I\u2019d trust them and keep them on my map to visit. If it wasn\u2019t clearly stated, I\u2019d find their flavor list for clear signs they were not ice cream originators. For example, there are a few distinctive flavors in the Richardson\u2019s lineup such as Phantomberry and Snickas that could clue me in that the distributor was used. <\/p>\n<p>If every flavor name exactly matched a known distributor, I could eliminate the shop. If I couldn\u2019t tell for sure from flavors, perhaps when a shop had just one or two unique names, I called and emailed them \u2014 if I got no response, I lathered up with sunscreen and biked over there to ask them myself.<\/p>\n<p>Richardson\u2019s Farm in Middleton \u2014 over 20 miles from home \u2014 was the first place I biked to. I was excited to try the flavors I\u2019d been seeing so often on menus, the Phantomberry and Death by Chocolate, along with two more standard flavors, cookie dough and mint Oreo fudge. Phantomberry, a cookie swirl accompanied by well-composed brownie chunks in a raspberry base, specifically impressed me. I felt like I\u2019d tasted the best flavors at Richardson\u2019s, but how could I ensure I gave other ice cream shops a fair shake with just four flavors? On the sunny, hot summer ride back home, I formulated a plan to sample flavors more consistently:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A plain vanilla: to let the milk and cream shine.<\/li>\n<li>A fruit-heavy flavor: to understand how the shop dealt with extra water content.<\/li>\n<li>A peanut butter flavor: because it\u2019s my favorite.<\/li>\n<li>A flavor full of mix-ins: to grasp how they prepped other desserts like cake or cookie dough for the ice cream.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Unfortunately for me, I liked that roster of flavors so much that when I got any new recommendations for a given shop, I ended up having to get a fifth and even sixth scoop. Who knew that biking to ice cream shops was an expensive hobby?<\/p>\n<p>To understand an ice cream maker, I first get an impression of the texture: stretching it with a spoon to test how much stabilizing gum was used, then letting some of the vanilla melt on my palate and pressing it gently against the roof of my mouth to understand the milkfat content and cream-to-milk ratio.<\/p>\n<p>During this initial step, I can also get an idea of the overrun, or how much air was incorporated into the ice cream. I personally enjoy fluffy ice cream with a good amount of air, but ice cream on the denser side is often considered more refined by critics \u2014 it helps their case that air is free, but cream is not. After overrun, I forcefully crush some of the ice cream against the roof of my mouth to get an idea of the ice crystal size.<\/p>\n<p>Once I taste all the flavors I\u2019ve ordered, I will sometimes ask the employees about the ice cream to confirm some of my suspicions about stabilizers, egg content, and fat content.<\/p>\n<p>After verifying my list, biking to over 50 ice cream originators, and tasting over 250 flavors, here\u2019s a countdown of the 5 best places to get ice cream around Greater Boston, and what to order. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2207\" src=\"https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/68986226359__A2AD368A-A6D4-4051-BA7E-AAE51F0348D0-66b6cd35d246f-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31161098\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/68986226359__A2AD368A-A6D4-4051-BA7E-AAE51F0348D0-66b6cd35d246f-scaled.jpg?width=200 200w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/68986226359__A2AD368A-A6D4-4051-BA7E-AAE51F0348D0-66b6cd35d246f-scaled.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/68986226359__A2AD368A-A6D4-4051-BA7E-AAE51F0348D0-66b6cd35d246f-scaled.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/68986226359__A2AD368A-A6D4-4051-BA7E-AAE51F0348D0-66b6cd35d246f-scaled.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/68986226359__A2AD368A-A6D4-4051-BA7E-AAE51F0348D0-66b6cd35d246f-scaled.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/68986226359__A2AD368A-A6D4-4051-BA7E-AAE51F0348D0-66b6cd35d246f-scaled.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/68986226359__A2AD368A-A6D4-4051-BA7E-AAE51F0348D0-66b6cd35d246f-scaled.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/68986226359__A2AD368A-A6D4-4051-BA7E-AAE51F0348D0-66b6cd35d246f-scaled.jpg?width=900 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ritzy AF at Holy Cow. <i> \u2013 Courtesy<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 Best flavor: Ritzy AF<\/p>\n<p>Holy Cow is an outlier on this list in that I biked there specifically to try their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/holycowicecreamcafe\/p\/Ck3faHErDJ_\/\">national award-winning flavor \u201cRitzy AF.\u201d<\/a> The concoction lived up to the accolades \u2014 it\u2019s chock-full of delightfully bougie, browned butter-forward chunks of their \u201cRitz cracker toffee bark\u201d in a salted butter ice cream that takes on some of the toffee pieces\u2019 nuttiness. I also ordered Corner Piece, Eazy Peazy, \u201cLoaded Pumpkin Spice Latte\u201d (a fall release), strawberry, and vegan cookie butter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRitzy AF\u201d was their best flavor followed by strawberry, which was decadent and full but tasted utterly fresh, which was impressive given that strawberries don\u2019t usually give up juice without tasting a bit crushed and sad. One note is that my partner Abby took the train with me to the Salem location specifically so that she could try \u201cRitzy AF\u201d in a large size, but her scoop was very disappointing \u2013 she didn\u2019t get any substantial pieces of the namesake Ritz toffee bark, which was the reason I loved the flavor so much when I tried it in Peabody. We didn\u2019t have time to order it again during our visit to Salem.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.holycowicecreamcafe.com\/locations\"><em>Holy Cow Ice Cream Cafe<\/em><\/a><em>; locations in Peabody, Gloucester, Salem, and Dennis Port<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/CC-66b6ce996e56c-edited-66b6ceb855d78.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31161209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/CC-66b6ce996e56c-edited-66b6ceb855d78.jpeg?width=200 200w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/CC-66b6ce996e56c-edited-66b6ceb855d78.jpeg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/CC-66b6ce996e56c-edited-66b6ceb855d78.jpeg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/CC-66b6ce996e56c-edited-66b6ceb855d78.jpeg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/CC-66b6ce996e56c-edited-66b6ceb855d78.jpeg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/CC-66b6ce996e56c-edited-66b6ceb855d78.jpeg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/CC-66b6ce996e56c-edited-66b6ceb855d78.jpeg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/CC-66b6ce996e56c-edited-66b6ceb855d78.jpeg?width=900 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cookies and cream from Gerly\u2019s. <i> \u2013 Courtesy<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-4-gerly-s-formerly-tipping-cow-somerville\">4. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gerlysicecream.com\/\">Gerly\u2019s<\/a> (formerly Tipping Cow) (Somerville)<\/h2>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 Best flavor: Cookies and cream<\/p>\n<p>Gerly\u2019s recently rebranded from its former name due to the departure of a co-owner, but the ice cream located near Gilman Square is better than ever. The shop now solely run by owner Gerly Adrien has a scratch-made feel, with flavors crossed off the menu or a freshly completed tub carried over and added during the course of a single visit. That\u2019s the charm of their genuine homemade ice cream \u2013 it\u2019s made in-store, one room over, so there\u2019s no mistaking that they\u2019re a real deal originator.<\/p>\n<p>Their flavors, similarly, are the real deal. On my first visit, I was impressed by their cookies and cream, which had crunchy Oreos still intact throughout. Only ice cream made day-of can really contain cookies that are not yet soggy. Abby likes to say they\u2019re \u201cnot scared of the flavor.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>One that particularly excited me was peach cobbler, a rotating menu item that will return later in August. It\u2019s an ode to nutmeg, with a nice spice, and peaches plus mixed-in Graham cracker crust and ladyfinger pieces. Their rum caramel cookie is also a well-composed dessert dish all on its own. The flavors of oak and toasted coconut rum balance perfectly with the sweetness of the Oreo filling and earthiness of the cookie.<\/p>\n<p>Once or twice, I have tasted flavors like the fig goat cheese that had a touch of ice to them, but it\u2019s part of the no-stabilizers charm at Gerly\u2019s. The shop also has a more typical ratio of milk to cream, so for those who dislike the palate-coating effect described at Honeycomb, Gerly\u2019s will be the bee\u2019s knees.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tippingcowicecream.com\/\"><em>Gerly\u2019s Ice Cream<\/em><\/a><em>; 415 Medford St., Somerville<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 Best flavor: Banana pudding<\/p>\n<p>Clear Flour only makes pints because they\u2019re primarily a bakery, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clearflourbread.com\/daily-pastries\">their ice cream shines<\/a> like their croissants, showing off a mastery of flavor that every ice cream lover deserves to experience. <\/p>\n<p>They don\u2019t advertise any specific ingredient sources, but you\u2019d never suspect an ordinary origin if you tasted Clear Flour\u2019s pints. The chocolate pint is one I couldn\u2019t stay away from even after it was melted and re-frozen from a long ride home.<\/p>\n<p>The texture of the churn stayed at a satiny-smooth mouthfeel, which underscored the deep and almost velvety chocolate taste. Each spoonful was akin to letting fine tasting chocolate melt on my tongue.<\/p>\n<p>In the vanilla flavor, the vanilla bean flecks were impossible to miss, and egg from the custard base shined through to make this ice cream decadent and refined. <\/p>\n<p>Pi\u00f1a colada and banana fudge pudding displayed a mastery of water content variation, with little to no perceptible iciness. Their vanilla and chocolate are both my favorite of the category, and although every other flavor at Clear Flour is a need-to-try, the banana pudding was the cream of the crop. Its salty, creamy banana base perfectly balanced the darker chocolate notes of the fudge swirled throughout.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clearflourbread.com\/\"><em>Clear Flour Bread<\/em><\/a><em>; 178 Thorndike St., Brookline\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 Best flavor: Cannoli<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t particularly love cannolis, but the cannoli ice cream at Cal\u2019s blew me away. It\u2019s one of the most creative ice cream flavors I\u2019ve tried. Even though the idea is simple (putting a cannoli in the ice cream) their execution exuded joy and craft.<\/p>\n<p>The flavor features a vanilla ice cream base mixed with a special cannoli filling that\u2019s a pleasant surprise each time it appears, along with mini chocolate chips throughout.<\/p>\n<p>My favorite component, though, was the sharded cannoli shell that was somehow flavorful even against its backdrop, with a texture perfectly between chewy and crunchy. <\/p>\n<p>I also tried banana, peanut butter cup, and Crazy Cow on my first visit. They were all amazing \u2013 banana tasted of the perfect ripeness in a way I haven\u2019t found before, the Reese\u2019s cups jived so well with the sweet cream it was hard to believe they weren\u2019t made for each other, and Crazy Cow\u2019s Oreo base was deep and almost earthy. Their ice cream is a fusion of modern and classic styles, a softness and smoothness lent by modern machines (and some stabilizing gums) with an old-school cool.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/calscreamery.com\/\">Cal\u2019s Creamery<\/a>; 122 Main St., Reading<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 Best flavor: Sweet corn<\/p>\n<p>Cambridge has an exceptional concentration of ice cream originators, and I enjoyed all of them. But my first flavor at Honeycomb made it clear they\u2019d be a cut above. <\/p>\n<p>The milkfat content of the ginger rhubarb crisp flavor coated the roof of my mouth and my tongue, not so thoroughly that I actually had to scrape it off, but enough to convey a delightful indulgence. Their sweet corn soft serve was the best corn-flavored ice cream I\u2019ve ever had \u2014 and I\u2019ve lived in Iowa. It stands among their endless highlights like orange olive oil brownie, port cherry vanilla, and matcha lemon that rotate monthly along with stable classics like birthday cake and cold brew coffee chip.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/https___arcmigration-prdweb.bostonglobe.com_r_Boston_2011-2020_2017_08_17_BostonGlobe.com_Lifestyle_Images_cones-66bcd89f13e40-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31233782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/https___arcmigration-prdweb.bostonglobe.com_r_Boston_2011-2020_2017_08_17_BostonGlobe.com_Lifestyle_Images_cones-66bcd89f13e40-scaled.jpg?width=200 200w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/https___arcmigration-prdweb.bostonglobe.com_r_Boston_2011-2020_2017_08_17_BostonGlobe.com_Lifestyle_Images_cones-66bcd89f13e40-scaled.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/https___arcmigration-prdweb.bostonglobe.com_r_Boston_2011-2020_2017_08_17_BostonGlobe.com_Lifestyle_Images_cones-66bcd89f13e40-scaled.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/https___arcmigration-prdweb.bostonglobe.com_r_Boston_2011-2020_2017_08_17_BostonGlobe.com_Lifestyle_Images_cones-66bcd89f13e40-scaled.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/https___arcmigration-prdweb.bostonglobe.com_r_Boston_2011-2020_2017_08_17_BostonGlobe.com_Lifestyle_Images_cones-66bcd89f13e40-scaled.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/https___arcmigration-prdweb.bostonglobe.com_r_Boston_2011-2020_2017_08_17_BostonGlobe.com_Lifestyle_Images_cones-66bcd89f13e40-scaled.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/https___arcmigration-prdweb.bostonglobe.com_r_Boston_2011-2020_2017_08_17_BostonGlobe.com_Lifestyle_Images_cones-66bcd89f13e40-scaled.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/https___arcmigration-prdweb.bostonglobe.com_r_Boston_2011-2020_2017_08_17_BostonGlobe.com_Lifestyle_Images_cones-66bcd89f13e40-scaled.jpg?width=900 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ice cream from Honeycomb Creamery. <em>(Photo courtesy of Kristen Rummel)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Honeycomb manages to ace every flavor \u2014 I have never been disappointed by their rich, decadent ice cream that somehow also manages to be refreshing. They use in-season produce to make their flavors, which imbues the ice cream with something of an elusive quality given that, for example, once the sweet corn flavor is done this season, it won\u2019t be back until the following year.<\/p>\n<p>Although the same is true of other shops in my top five, Honeycomb also has special days like Taco Tuesday, where they make a special ice cream taco available only twice, adding to the singular-feeling experience: I am standing here reveling in the best ice cream in our city, and I may never get to taste something I love so much again. 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