When the weather gets warm, it’s time to grab a flavorful scoop of cool ice cream, and Talbot County’s serving up some great spots to fill a cone. Whether in Easton, Oxford, or St. Michaels, there is an ice cream flavor waiting just for you.
Bonheur Pie & Ice Cream
5-B Goldsborough St., Easton | 410-464-7879
Bonheur is French for happiness, and everybody knows ice cream is happiness in any language. This creamery and pastry shop keeps the smiles on faces by offering an ever-changing array of flavors as each is made on-site daily in small batches. Head pastry chef Glenn May starts with an egg custard base, a rich and full-bodied medium for elevating the flavorful ingredients for tasty batches such as Roasted Strawberry Ice Cream and Vanilla Passionfruit. Add your scoop to one of their baked in-house pies!
JoJo’s Cupcakes & Cream
101 S. Talbot St, St. Michaels. | 410-745-5080
Vanderwende’s Ice Cream is brought in fresh from a generational farm in neighboring Delaware. Top a cone with one, two, or more of the many flavors on offer from staples like chocolate and vanilla to seasonal favorites such as caramel egg nog or hot cocoa.
Justine’s Ice Cream Parlour
106 N. Talbot St., St. Michaels | 410-745-0404
Step back in time to an old-fashioned ice cream parlor at Justine’s, where offerings include ice cream sodas topped with whipped cream and a cherry, New York egg creams, and ice cream sundaes. Justine’s is home to the famous Wall of Shakes with more than 40 original recipes of milk shakes from which to choose.
Scottish Highland Creamery
314 Tilghman St., Oxford | 410-924-6298
Victor Barlow, the founder of the Scottish Highland Creamery, learned his craft back in his homeland of Scotland where he grew up living above an Italian ice cream parlor. Later, he became the manager of that same store, learning the secret recipe and eventually opening his own creamery in Oxford, Maryland. Though it has new owners, the Scottish Highland Creamery is now a Talbot County institution, making small-batch ice cream one gallon at a time. Check their Facebook page for daily flavors.
Storm & Daughters Ice Cream
32 E. Dover St., Easton | 443-746-0058
Sveinn Storm knows a few things about ice cream, being the son of the owner of Storm Bros. Ice Cream in Annapolis. His own shop, Storm & Daughters Ice Cream, is small but packed with the famous 48 flavors of Hershey’s ice cream that you can have on a cone, in a float, on a sundae, with sprinkles, and so much more. Visit during the middle of the week for Waffle Wednesdaes that takes the breakfast staple to a whole new level!
Enjoy!
