Dining Out Southeast: Scoop du Jour Creamery and Desserts, Gadsden, AL

 

Now you must admit, those three pictures certainly make you want some ice cream, don't they? Recently, my hometown was fortunate enough to have a new ice cream shop open on Broad Street.  

Scoop de Jour is located at 512A Broad Street, Gadsden, Alabama. Upon entering, we were happily greeted and almost immediately offered samples from their extensive list of ice creams.  

Of course, the all-time favorites of vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry are present.  But wait...there's more!  There's more in the form of coffee almond fudge, rocky road, apple pie, salted caramel candy, sea turtle, coffee, cherry vanilla, pistachio, praline and cream, red velvet, key lime pie, butter pecan, chocolate chip cookie dough, blueberry cheesecake, lemon custard, Butterfinger blast, birthday cake, Superman, cookie monster, cookies and cream, and pumpkin praline. I do believe most anyone could find a flavor that would suit them in that selection!

The waffle cones are made fresh in-house!

On our first visit, Sweet Harold chose his favorite flavor:  butter pecan. He was well pleased with his choice and declared it the best butter pecan he's ever tasted.

My absolute flavor of ice cream is plain ol' chocolate.  I decided to try that one first so I would have a good baseline for comparison.  We both enjoyed our ice cream in one of the freshly made waffle cones.  My chocolate cone was super creamy with a rich chocolate flavor.

Yes, we returned the next night to try different flavors!  I picked salted caramel candy. Wow! I may have a new favorite flavor.

When we entered the shop, we noticed a sign announcing that you could build your own ice cream on Friday and Saturdays only.  Harold immediately decided he was going to let the owner build a "Chocolate Devotion."  This includes chocolate ice cream, chocolate chips, a brownie, and fudge.

The ice cream is placed on a frozen plate, the extras are added, and then the work began.  The process took a few minutes, but the mixing and turning, and more mixing and more turning was hypnotizing to watch! Suddenly all the ingredients came together, and the mixture was quickly rolled into a ball, placed into a waffle bowl, and topped with whipped cream.

I believe his face says it all!

I'll add that you can also order shakes in the following flavors:  cookie and cream, strawberry, peanut butter Butterfinger, espresso chip coffee, vanilla, and chocolate.

If that's not enough to choose from, how about a banana split or a slutty brownie with ice cream?

I'm sure you'll enjoy your visit as much as we did!