The Creole Creamery

The slogan of the Creole Creamery is "Eat ice cream, Be happy!" This is a very happy place--with a huge selection of homemade ice creams from Lavender Honey to Avocado to Sweet Potato Sassafras Praline in addition to lots of sundaes. They even serve a bowl with 4 or 6 mini scoops so you can try out all the deliciousness. If that isn't enough, they have a food challenge called the Tchoupitoulas that is 8 large scoops of ice cream. Finish it in a set amount of time and you get your name on the wall of fame.

We ordered two of their speciality sundaes. Mom had the Sky Scraper with cookies and cream, chocolate and vanilla layered with caramel, hot fudge and crushed oreo cookies. I had the Peanut Butter Fudge with I Scream Fudge ice cream served in a peanut butter coated glass with hot fudge, chopped peanuts and whipped cream.

Very wonderful--the ice cream is luxurious and the sauces divine. We were definitely happy after consuming every last bite!

Fenton's Creamery - Piedmont

I'm an ice cream fan, especially when the ice cream is house churned like at Fenton's Creamery in Piedmont, CA. While the place is usually packed and raucous with kids of all ages, all of the noise seems to fade away when you've got a delicious sundae in front of you.

We started with lunch and I had the BLT with avocado. It had very thick bacon but as it is done club sandwich style, there is a lot of bread in proportion to other ingredients. My dining companion had the crab sandwich. Not much to this sandwich but it had a very good crab flavor. We split a basket of half onion rings and fries and were a little underwhelmed with the onion rings. They tasted like that came from a freezer bag.

But we were there for dessert, so the rest of the meal was more to help us feel not too guilty when we overindulged. I made my dining companion get the black and tan while I got the Fudgeianna (hot fudge with a banana).

Heaven--the caramel and chocolate sauce on the black and tan was so plentiful it spilled over the edges of the dish. I love banana's and chocolate and the combination on mine was absolutely fabulous.

While I might skip the meal, I will never skip or skimp on Fenton's sundaes!

Angelo Brocato's Italian Ice Cream

A visit to the Mid City area isn't complete without a stop for a gelato or another Italian Bakery classic from Angelo Brocato's Italian Ice Cream Parlor.

I had the pistachio and St. Joseph's almond chocolate (the almonds are chocolate covered, too) and got a bag Pigniolata (bits of fried dough glazed with sugar and sprinkles). My dining companions got the strawberry gelato (with fresh Ponchatula strawberries) and the pistachio almond. Excellent mouth feel of the homemade Italian ice creams and the taste is stupendous.