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The Cooper at PGA Commons
4610 PGA Blvd., suite 100. Palm Beach Gardens. 561-622-0032. TheCooperRestaurant.com.
The Cooper Sundae is a large scoop of vanilla ice cream, brûléed bananas, salted caramel, spiced pecans, whipped cream, amarena cherries and topped with hot fudge for $12. You can add a flourless chocolate cake for an additional $4.
Cups and Cones Ice Cream Shop
9091 N. Military Trail, #13, Palm Beach Gardens. 561-629-5109. CupsAndConesPB.com.
Third generation Floridian Allyse Carter says she has “a passion for discovering unique, top-of-the-line ice cream flavors.” Two of her latest artisanal, locally made ice creams are Abuela Maria, made with guava and cream cheese, and Moose Tracks, made with vanilla ice cream, chocolate fudge and peanut butter cups. The prices are a small cup/cone for $5, medium cup/cone for $6, large cup/cone for $7 and kid’s cup/cone for $3.
Elisabetta’s Ristorante Bar and Pizzera
32 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach. 561-560-6699. Elisabettas.com.
Elisabetta’s has a Spumoni Gelato Pie with three layers of artisan made-inhouse gelato, vanilla beans, pistachios, strawberries, all in an almond crust and then topped with five inches of toasted meringue and chocolate sauce for $11. They also have gelatos and sorbets, ranging from $9 to $17, with three unique toppings: a made-in-house raspberry grappa; a honey thyme butter sauce served with a honeycomb and a chocolate-dipped Marcona almond brittle. There’s also a 20-year-old aged balsamic you can get poured over your gelato for $3 (this is done table side on a silver tray with the balsamic in a tiny bottle in a red silk lined box).
Fireman Derek’s Bake Shop
2818 N. Miami Ave., Miami (in Wynwood). 786-703-3623. FiremanDereks.com.
3435 Main Highway, Coconut Grove. 786-502-2396.
For National Ice Cream Day, Fireman Derek’s Bake Shop will offer the Sundae Pie for takeout at both locations at a 10% discount. The dessert, which costs $36.25 per pie and $7 per slice, is made with the bakery’s signature graham cracker crust and layered with chocolate ganache, fresh bananas and a cream filling. Then the Sundae Pie is drizzled with caramel, Ghirardelli chocolate sauce and topped with whipped cream, golden Oreos, maraschino cherries and rainbow sprinkles.
Häagen-Dazs
40 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach. 561-501-6211. HaagenDazsDelray.com.
Westfield Broward Mall, 8000 W. Broward Blvd., Plantation. 954-370-6324. HaagenDazs.us/shops/browardmall.
Gulfstream Park Village, 801 Silks Run, Hallandale Beach. (954) 455-8804. GulfstreamPark.com.
Häagen-Dazs is celebrating its 60th anniversary with Birthday Cake Ice Cream, a flavor featuring vanilla cake batter ice cream, yellow cake pieces, a chocolaty brownie batter frosting swirl and rainbow birthday sprinkles. The prices range from shop to shop for the summertime promotion. We found costs from $7.94 to $9.99 for a pint or a Dazzler, which is a three-cup sundae, and around $6.99 for a regular 9-ounce cup. The HäagenDazs
Mastro’s Ocean Club restaurant’s signature Warm Butter Cake topped with vanilla
The Midnight Island Escape t Hoffman’s Chocolates.
at Westfield Broward Mall is also offering this summer a Ruby Cacao shell for its Sweet Pistachio Ice Cream with three scoops of pistachio ice cream in either a sundae or a shake and mixed with raspberry sorbet and layered with hardened Ruby Cacao chocolate for $7.94.
Hoffman’s Chocolates
Locations in Fort Lauderdale, Plantation, Weston, Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Greenacres and Palm Beach Gardens. Hoffmans.com.
Hoffman’s Chocolates’ seven retail locations throughout South Florida — as well as its mobile food truck, the Sweet Ride — are having ice cream promotions for National Ice Cream Month. There will be a “Milkshake Happy Hour” Mondays-Thursdays, from 3-4 p.m. where a milkshake costs $5 through July 30. There will also be “BOGO Sundaes” where you buy one ice cream sundae and get another one of equal or lesser value for free through July 26. The newest sundae is the $9.95 Midnight Island Escape, which is made with a waffle bowl dipped in roasted almonds filled with a scoop of three ice cream flavors, Steller Coffee, Rum Raisin and Midnight Chocolate. The Midnight Island Escape sundae is then finished off with hot fudge, whipped cream, shredded coconut and more roasted almonds. Hoffman’s Chocolates will also participate in virtual activities, including a “Sweet Giveaway” social media ice cream party and the Riverwalk Virtual Ice Cream Challenge.
Sundae Pie at Fireman Derek’s Bake Shop.