I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Kosher Ice Cream!

Summer is on the way, and just in time for its arrival is a brand-new ice cream shop that just opened on Bedford Avenue between Myrtle and Willoughby in North Bed-Stuy.

It’s kosher, and it’s chock-full of tasty desserts.

Ice Cream House is the size of a small ballroom, with columns of pink that reach up to high ceilings and hanging lights that look like ice cream scoops. There is no seating, only a vast space of wood flooring.

I was tempted to picnic on the floor with my sundae.

There are about 50 ice cream flavors, half are dairy, and half are vegan. I’ve never seen such a huge selection of vegan options in my life, and some of them proved to be the best flavors, especially the sorbets.

I have heard that kosher ice cream is better than other ice cream, because the ingredients are limited to more natural and healthy ingredients and eliminating certain chemicals and preservatives that cheapen production inevitably betters the flavor. Is it creamier? Are the flavors more unique? Honestly, I cannot tell.

I can tell you, however, that the mango sorbet, is tangy, perfectly sweet, and refreshing, that the peanut butter and jelly ice cream is like having a PB & J with a glass of whole milk, and the classic cookies and cream ice cream has gigantic chunks of soft cookie that melt in your mouth along with the ice cream.

Enough said? Because I could also tell you about the coffee espresso, butter pecan, strawberry banana, tiramisu, caramel fudge swirl, cherry vanilla, and mint chocolate chip ice cream, just to name a few.

I’m a cream fanatic, so I loved how creamy the ice cream is here. I was surprised that the vegan options were quite creamy as well, although there is a noticeable difference.

I ordered a malted milk shake, made with chocolate soft serve. If you are looking for a sweet, super thick milkshake, this is not for you, but I loved the slightly thick, creamy flavor that tasted like chocolate without overloading on sweetness. There was only a hint of malt flavor, which I prefer to a strong malty taste.

But nothing could prepare me for what was to come. The next dish was a warm, rich, dense, chocolatey brownie cake, oozing with chocolate syrup, topped with extra creamy vanilla soft serve ice cream and crunchy cookie crumbs, dipped in chocolate frozen into a hard shell, with  slightly sweet, slightly sour frozen blueberries poured on top.

This $6 sundae serves two, three, maybe four people. Each bite has layers upon layers of sweet, delicious goodness.

And if that doesn’t leave your mouth watering, I don’t know what will.