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CT Homemade Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails

Tall Man’s Homemade Ice Cream

July 17, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Big and Tall Treats Tall Man's Homemade Ice Cream, Cromwell July 2023 Holy cow, I just realized that this website is nearing its 17th birthday and our Seattle nephews have never appeared on it. Let's change that today. Welcome to CTMQ Ryland and Jonah! They were visiting with their mom (my wife's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, cromwell, CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Hoang, Middlesex County

Mortensen’s Ice Cream

February 24, 2023 by Steve 1 Comment

Stick to Ice Cream, Leave the Puns to Me Mortensen's Ice Cream, Newington January 2023 I'm 50 as I write this. I've lived within 10 miles of Mortensen's for decades. And I rather like good ice cream. Which is why it's really weird that this is the first time I'd ever had Mortensen's ice cream in my life. In … [Read more...]

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BE Chocolat

February 14, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

BEautiful and BEwildering BE Chocolat, Fairfield December 2022 As you'd expect chic-chic Connecticut has its fair share of chic-chic chocolatiers. Places where you can go to buy your sweetheart a Valentines Day gift box with a fifty dollar bill and come up short. (We've also got a bunch of more affordable, yet … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails, New Post Tagged With: CT Chocolate Trail, Fairfield, Fairfield County

Thompson Chocolate

February 2, 2023 by Steve 1 Comment

Foiled Again? Thompson Chocolate, Meriden December 2022 I had an absolutely full old school CTMQ day of "stuff" to do. I had taken off Fridays in December, so after I dropped my son off at his school in Windsor, I sped towards Meriden. I time out my days like this to the minute, so the plan was to arrive at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails, New Post Tagged With: CT Chocolate Trail, Meriden, New Haven County

Mystic Sweet Shop

January 4, 2023 by Steve 2 Comments

Hallelujah Mystic Sweet Shop, Groton November 2022 Way back in late 2013 I visited this place with my family. My young sons and beautiful wife enjoyed the shop's homemade ice cream on an autumn day out in the southeast corner of the state. If you go back and read that page (and smile at my incredibly cute boys), … [Read more...]

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Woodstock Creamery at Valleyside Farm

December 6, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Big Skyr Country Woodstock Creamery at Valleyside Farm, Woodstock October 2022 Woodstock is rural with a capital R. Dirt roads and farms abound. It's firmly in Connecticut's Quiet Corner and a big part of the Last Green Valley - the swath of land in the eastern megalopolis that isn't megalopolissy. Real farms... … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails, New Post Tagged With: CT Cheese Trail, Farms, Windham County, Woodstock

Castle Hill Chocolate

September 15, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

Sheeran Delights Castle Hill Chocolate, Newtown August 2022 I'm on my way Driving at 90 down those country lanes Singing to Tiny Dancer And I miss the way you make me feel, and it's real When we watched the sunset over the castle on the hill (hill) Over the castle on the hill (hill) Over the castle on the … [Read more...]

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Jennifer’s Ice Cream

September 6, 2022 by Steve 4 Comments

Jenny From the Choc Jennifer's Ice Cream, East Haven August 2022 "All Products made fresh daily on the premises.Ice cream cakes, ice cream sandwiches, cones, sundaes, milkshakes." That's it. That's all I can tell you about Jennifer's Ice Cream, located in a busy section of East Haven on a corner lot. … [Read more...]

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Dom’s Creamery

August 24, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

Dommmm-dom-dom-Domp! Dom's Creamery, Avon July 2022 The way things are trending, Avon might be renamed Dom at some point. Unrelated, but I just remembered that in the 17th century, the area that is now Avon used to be called Nod (and Nod Road still exists along the Farmington River here), so Dom is sort of like … [Read more...]

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The Ice Box

August 10, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

No Scoop Til Brooklyn The Ice Box, Brooklyn July 2022 "We make Small Batch Ice Cream." That's it. That's all they say on their website's landing page. And really, what more do I need? If you make your own ice cream, you receive a spot on the CTMQ Homemade Ice Cream List and someday, a visit and a write-up. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails, New Post Tagged With: Brooklyn, CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Damian, Windham County

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