The Big Muddy Ice Cream Blog

Not only was the weekend ice cream crew willing to go out of their way to get ice cream in Provo, they were even game to stop at two separate ice cream shops.  The first was the excellent Rockwell Ice Cream Co (review  here ) and the second was Roll With It Creamery, specializing in Thai rolled ice cream. What is Thai rolled ice cream?  Basically, you start with liquid ice cream base, pour it in a thin layer on flat, cold metal surface and stir and scrape it until it freezes.  When it is frozen into a sheet, you take a spatula and scrape it off of the metal plate using a spatula into a roll. I've wanted to try Thai rolled ice cream ever since it became a ~thing~ on Instagram, and never in my life did I think I'd get to try it in Utah.  I thought I'd have to travel to California or New York or wait months for the trend to percolate to the rest of the country.  I've had multiple people tell me (somewhat jokingly and somewhat not) that they eat lots o...

So I'm unofficially declaring Provo the ice cream capital of Utah.  Over the past weekend a group of us from the math institute I'm visiting went for a hike on Mount Timpanogos and then went to Provo for ice cream, the perfect post-hike activity.  We stopped at two shops: Rockwell Ice Cream Co, a more traditional scoop shop and Roll With It Creamery, which does Thai-style rolled ice cream.  On the drive out of Provo, I saw at one more ice cream shop, a frozen custard shop, and at least three snow cone places, in addition to BYU Creamery, a chain grocery stores at BYU that produces their own ice cream, hence the declaration of 'Ice Cream Capital of Utah.' What a good looking ice cream crew!  Also, thanks Lalit for driving to Provo! Rockwell Ice Cream Co was our first stop.  I feel like there is a slight tension between traditionalist and hipster ice cream shops, and Rockwell Ice Cream Co manages to have a foot in both worlds without making any sacrifices ...