Best Area Ice Cream

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Whether you prefer gelato, frozen custard or ice cream, there is no better time to indulge in a sweet treat like an ice cream cone than during the month of July! Why now? Not just because July is in the middle of the summer, but because July is National Ice Cream month! In fact, National Ice Cream Day is July 19, so make sure you take advantage of the excuse to eat this creamy dessert to your heart's content. Make sure you add these area ice cream shoppes to your ice cream tasting tour:

Scrumptious
Voted Best Ice Cream Shop in Denver last year, Scrumptious not only serves quality ice cream, but also candy and bottled sodas. What sets Scrumptious apart is its dedication to "all good" ice cream, meaning their ice cream is homemade to satisfy your tastebuds using as many all natural ingredients as possible. Scrumptious has two locations, one in Arvada and one in Longmont.

Sweet Cow
With locations in Boulder, Denver and Louisville, Sweet Cow serves fresh small batch ice cream made with local ingredients. Sweet Cow offers 9 "staple" flavors, including Super Delicious Vanilla, Mint Chocolate Chip, Oatmeal Cookie, Ozo Coffee, Cookies and Cream, Butter Pecan, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, Dutch Chocolate and Strawberry. Eleven other seasonal flavors are included in the flavor selection. Sweet Cow also crafts sundaes, milkshakes and cakes, too.

Sweet Action
Sweet Action is the ice cream shoppe where both vegans and nonvegans can enjoy a delicious dessert of ice cream or sorbet. Vegan flavors include Chocolate, Chocolate Chip, Pomegranate Sorbet and Raspberry Lime Sorbet. Denver Westword has described Sweet Action as "Best Ice Cream for the Milk-Averse." Regular ice cream flavors include Stranahan's Whiskey Brickle, Molasses and Colorado Margarita. You can visit Sweet Action along Broadway Street in Denver.

Golden Sweets
Don't worry, we didn't forget hometown favorite Golden Sweets! Golden Sweet's old-fashioned ice cream parlor will fill you with nostalgia, even if you didn't grow up here. From malts to milkshakes to sodas and sundaes, you can get practically any sweet treat you desire here. Golden Sweets is located along Washington Ave.

Hungry yet? On a night where you just want to sit outdoors and enjoy the summertime weather, take a drive to one of these local ice cream shoppes and feel like a kid again! Each of these locations is within a 25-minute drive of your future home at Outlook Golden Ridge!

Additional sources consulted:
Eater Denver
Thrillist