DOUG: IT’S PRETTY COOL BUT MATT BEING MATT HE TRIED SEVERAL. >> WE LIKE TO MIX LIKE GOURMET WITH JUNK FOOD NOSTALGIA. >> FROM CEREAL MILK. >> MAKE A GIANT 5-GALLON BUCKET OF CEREAL AND THEN WE STRAIN THE FRUITY PEBBLES OUT OF IT. >> HOLY COW HAS FOUND A FORMULA THAT ISN’T JUST DELICIOUS. >> IT’S THE FACT THAT I GOT THE COLD ICE CREAM WITH THE WARM CONE THAT’S REALLY NICE. >> ITS AWARD-WINNING NORTH AMERICAN ICE CREAM ASSOCIATE FLAVOR OF THE YEAR. >> IT COATS THE CRACKERS WITH BUTTERED RUM SUGAR, VANILLA EXTRACT. BAKE IT IN THE OVEN. WHEN IT COMES OUT OF THE OVEN WE THROW CHOCOLATE CHIPS ONTO IT SO IT MELTS, SPREAD THOSE OUT, THROW THOSE INTO THE FREEZER. WE TOPPED OFF THE WRITZ BAR AND WE ADDED TO THE ICE CREAM BASE THAT WE MAKE WHICH IS A SALTED BUTTER CRACKER ICE CREAM. A KIND OF HITS ON ALL FRONTS. I WOULD SAY THIS IS THE MOST COMPLETE FLAVOR WE HAVE. >> THE OWNER CREDITS THE NATIONAL SUCCESS TO THE CREATIVITY HIS TEAM PUTS IN. ALONGSIDE AN ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE TO HELP SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THEIR UNIQUE FLAVORS DURING THE EARLY DAYS OF THE PANDEMIC. >> LIVING UP TO THE HYPE IS WHAT DROVE US TO TRY TO BE AS PERFECT AS POSSIBLE. >> RIGHT NINE -- RIGHT NOW YOU CAN ONLY GET THEM AT ONE OF THE THREE LOCATIONS. EVEN ON A FRIGID JANUARY MORNING. THERE WERE CUSTOMERS WAITING OUTSIDE FOR THEIR ORDERS. AS SOON AS THE STORE OPENED UP. >> ONE OF MY NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS IS TO BE NICER. NOT BRINGING ANY BACK TO THE STATION, CINDY, KATIE, DOUG, ANTOINETTE ENJOY. ANTOINETTE: LOOK AT IT. DOUG: THE MAGIC OF TELEVISION. ANTOINETTE: DO WE GET TO OPEN? OH MY GOODNESS. RITSY AF. AS WE SAID EARLIER THESE LOOK TASTY. AND FAVORABLE -- FLAVORFUL. WE HAVE ICE CREAM AND NO SPENDS. CINDY: THAT LOOKS SO GOOD TOO. ANTOINETTE: WE WILL GET SOME SPENDS WHILE WE TAKE A BREAK. DOUG: IF YOU THINK THIS IS CRAZY WAIT TILL YOU SEE THIS NEXT ONE. ANTOINETTE
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Best ice cream flavor in nation made at Massachusetts-based Holy Cow Ice Cream Cafe
Holy Cow Ice Cream Café on the North Shore has found a formula that isn’t just delicious – It’s award-winning.The shop took home the 2022 North American Ice Cream Association Flavor of the Year with its Ritzy AF salted butter cracker ice cream. “We'll make a toffee out of it that coats the crackers with butter, brown sugar, vanilla extract. Bake it in the oven. When it comes out of the oven, we'll throw some chocolate chips onto it so it melts. Spread those out. Throw that into the freezer. We'll take those out, chop up the Ritz bark, and then we add it to the ice cream base that we make, which is like a salted butter," owner Mike Schifino said.He credits Holy Cow’s national success to the hard work and creativity his team puts in at their Peabody location inside the former Chandler’s Ice Cream on Route 114.An active social media presence also helped spread the word about Holy Cow’s unique flavors during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.Right now, you can only get some pints at Holy Cows’ three locations in Gloucester, Peabody, and Salem Willows.Special release flavors sell out early. Even on a frigid January morning, there were customers waiting outside for their orders as soon as the store opened.
PEABODY, Mass. —
Holy Cow Ice Cream Café on the North Shore has found a formula that isn’t just delicious – It’s award-winning.
The shop took home the 2022 North American Ice Cream Association Flavor of the Year with its Ritzy AF salted butter cracker ice cream.
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“We'll make a toffee out of it that coats the crackers with butter, brown sugar, vanilla extract. Bake it in the oven. When it comes out of the oven, we'll throw some chocolate chips onto it so it melts. Spread those out. Throw that into the freezer. We'll take those out, chop up the Ritz bark, and then we add it to the ice cream base that we make, which is like a salted butter," owner Mike Schifino said.
He credits Holy Cow’s national success to the hard work and creativity his team puts in at their Peabody location inside the former Chandler’s Ice Cream on Route 114.
An active social media presence also helped spread the word about Holy Cow’s unique flavors during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Right now, you can only get some pints at Holy Cows’ three locations in Gloucester, Peabody, and Salem Willows.
Special release flavors sell out early. Even on a frigid January morning, there were customers waiting outside for their orders as soon as the store opened.
