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Check out these local gems to celebrate National Ice Cream Month
July is an ideal time to beat the heat with a frozen treat. So, grab a spoon and hop on the MTE ice cream trail, where you’ll find options ranging from farm-direct creameries to chef-driven scoop shops. Remember: Before heading out, check out social media for store hours and daily menus.
Use this guide to treat yourself with the area’s best dairy delights.
Janarty’s Homemade Ice Cream
111 Front St., Smyrna
Making slow-churned ice cream a gallon at a time is an art form for chef and co-owner Marty Schiff. His national award-winning Double Chocolate is among more than 100 flavors (with no added fillers or preservatives) available on a rotating basis.
Shop Springs Creamery
2816 Sparta Pike, Lebanon
After milking their cows, fourth-generation dairy farmers Jeffrey and Elizabeth Turner pasteurize and process it into ice cream. Visit their red barn for a scoop or two of Salted Caramel, Birthday Cake or Cookies and Cream.
Village Tea and Treats
7340 Nolensville Road, Nolensville
Pick the add-ins to build your own frozen treat, and watch it being made right in front of you using the Thai rolled ice cream technique. No Monkey Business, made with real banana and chocolate chunks, and the chocolate-peanut buttery Buckeye are popular.
Black Box Ice Cream
11473 Old Nashville Highway, Smyrna
Owners Alex and Holly Fisher now have a storefront to complement their popular food truck known for serving unconventional, globally inspired ice cream. Among the sophisticated rotating offerings are Ube made from a purple yam from the Philippines, Thai Tea and hot-and-spicy Jeow Bong.
Paletas Tocumbo Ice Cream Bar
1334 W. Main St., Franklin
Facebook: PaletasTocumboFranklin
Creamy paletas (natural fruit popsicles)
in a variety of unique flavors headline
the menu. Try the Mangonada, made
with dairy-free mango sorbet, tangy chamoy (pickled fruit and chilies sauce) topped with a chili-lime salt seasoning.
Hattie Jane’s Creamery
116 N. Church St., Murfreesboro
Milk sourced from local farms is the foundation for this small-batch creamery’s modern takes on Southern classics. A must-try flavor is Goo Goo & Jack made with Nashville’s beloved candy and Jack Daniels No. 7 whiskey. Dairy-free options such as Blueberry and Chocolate Chunk are also favorites.
The Glade Scoops & Sweets
8965 Stewarts Ferry Pike, Mount Juliet
Look for the pink-painted porch to find the Gladeville community’s new shop serving flavors like Coffee Break Espresso and Whiskey Chocolate Chunk made by Chapel Hill’s Nash Family Creamery.
Scoopy’s Ice Cream Bar
2458 Old Fort Parkway, Murfreesboro
Honoring Mexican natural ice cream-making traditions, the frozen desserts feature south-of-the-border flavors like Tequila and Queso.
Hatcher Family Dairy
6545 Arno Road, College Grove
The Hatcher family, who have been farming in Williamson County since 1819, raise and milk the cows that produce the prime ingredient for Vanilla, Chocolate and Butter Pecan ice cream sold at their on-site Dairy Store.
