durhamregion.com | This Week | Thursday, June 16, 2022 | 20 Get the Perfect Fit! Specializing in quality alterations For Prom, Bridal, and Mother of the Bride Gowns and Evening Dresses * Custom Clothing Quality Alterations * Fine Fashion Fabrics *Laura Hepplewhite Custom Jewellery and Repair Monday to Saturday 10-5, evening appointments available 23rd-28th JUNE, 2022 6pm weekdays and 12pm weekends Super 8 210 Westney Rd S, Ajax, ON L1S 7P9 Learn more at https://dclm-ca.org or call 647-261-5546 or Toll free 1-888-710-1517 Summer is ice cream season, and Durham has dozens of great spots to find a cool treat. From old-school ice cream parlours to newer spots serving unique creations, check out these options from one end of Durham to another. Sundae Funday1550 Bowmanville Ave., Bowmanville This Bowmanville ice cream shop is known for its colourful, vegan soft serve with flavours that rotate weekly. Recent options have included pineapple and strawberry -- you can even get two flavours swirled together. There's also handcrafted hard scoop ice cream from Belly Ice Cream Company in Huntsville, with flavours like carrot cake or Muskoka s'mores. Sprinkles and Dip25 Thickson Rd., Whitby You can find more than 30 flavours of ice cream, including vegan and non-dairy options, at this Whitby shop that opened in 2020. Sprinkles and Dip serves ice cream from Central Smith Creamery in Lindsay. Find flavours like lavender lemonade, monster cookie and blueberry bliss. Soft serve cones can be dunked in dips like butterscotch, chocolate or blue raspberry. Sweet Cravings210 King St. E., Bowmanville Sweet Cravings is a new rolled ice cream and bubble tea shop that opened in April. Rolled ice cream is made by pouring a liquid ice cream base onto a freezing cold surface where it is spread into a thin layer before being rolled into cylinders. The rolls are served standing vertically in a cup -- toppings can be chopped and added to the ice cream before rolling as well as sprinkled on top. Enniskillen General Store7851 Old Scugog Rd., Hampton2366 Durham Regional Hwy. 2, Bowmanville400 Ritson Rd. N., Oshawa Enniskillen General Store is a local success story with locations in Hampton, Oshawa and Bowmanville -- the original location in is housed in a general store built in 1840. The stores are known for having a big selection of Kawartha Dairy ice cream flavours and scooping up big servings. GrandDad's Old Fashion Ice Cream Parlour597 Liverpool Rd., Pickering You can find this popular parlour in the heart of Pickering's Nautical Village serving ice cream from three local dairies -- Kawartha Dairy, Central Smith Creamery and Chapman's. Ice cream cones range in size from "Titanic" to "dingy," and the menu also includes shakes, sundaes and frozen yogurt. Flavours include banana fudge, salty caramel, moose tracks, grape nut and birthday cake. Cool Cow367 Simcoe St., Beaverton This unique ice cream spot in Beaverton is a "youth-run, adultguided social enterprise that provides youth employment and community enjoyment." The business is run by students who make decisions on stock, hours, hiring and scheduling with assistance from Brock Youth Centre staff. The menu includes scooped ice cream as well as ice cream sandwiches, shakes, floats, ice cream cakes and baked goods. There are typically more than 20 flavours from Kawartha Dairy available. Rollz Ice Cream and Dessert11 Harwood Ave. S., Ajax Another rolled ice cream spot, this one offers a big menu of halal rolled ice cream creations from classic combinations like Nutella and banana to unique flavours like rose and pistachio. On the "Desi Flavours" section of the menu, you can find treats like Bombay kulfi, saffron rolled ice cream topped with almonds. BEST OF SUMMER: ICE CREAM IN DURHAM Durham has so many options for ice cream, including Sundae Funday in Bowmanville, where the flavours of soft serve rotate weekly. Sundae Funday photo JILLIAN FOLLERT jfoller t@durhamregion.com COMMUNITY COOL COW IN BEAVERTON IS A UNIQUE 'YOUTH-RUN, ADULT-GUIDED SOCIAL ENTERPRISE'