

Some people don’t expect that, but it works well in terms of texture and taste.” “It’s like an egg custard snowball with marshmallows swirled in. “Summer in Charm City is our top seller,” he says. True to the brand, the scoops are served in Chinese takeout-style boxes. Inspired by homegrown treats like Goetze’s Caramel Creams and Berger cookies-which frequently appear in his boxes-last year, Nochumowitz launched a walk-up window on the other side of the Avenue to sell batches of Baltimore-themed flavors. To ring in the dog days of summer, we visited a few of our favorite ice cream shops in town to help you get your fix.Īfter four years of selling his namesake gift boxes full of Charm City goodies-and curating a collection of other local items and apparel at his Maryland flag-painted storefront on the Avenue in Hampden-Baltimore in a Box founder Ross Nochumowitz says transitioning to frozen sweets seemed like “a natural fit.” “It’s something people often use to celebrate.” “Ice cream puts you in a good mood,” says Kim Maloni, co-owner of Bmore Licks, which operates locations in Patterson Park and Federal Hill. No matter your preference-waffle or cake cone, rainbow or chocolate sprinkles, malted milk balls or crushed Utz chips-there’s something about this sweet treat that spikes serotonin. In 1851, he opened America’s first commercial ice cream factory in Seven Valleys, PA, and, lucky for us, brought ice cream as we know it to the masses. These days, innovative flavors abound, from French poached pear at Cajou Creamery to red velvet cake at The Cow.īut our ice cream scene wouldn’t be what it is without Baltimore milkman Jacob Fussell, who often had a surplus of cream and decided to freeze his unsold product. In the Baltimore area, independent ice cream shops flourish everywhere from Downtown to Reisterstown-and we’ve come a long way since basic chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry were our only options.
