I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! The Mt. Pleasant Area Convention & Visitors Bureau reached out to community members and they delivered – Get the scoop on Isabella County’s top ice cream parlors with their list of the area’s top six places to indulge in this sweet treat.

Doozie’s Ice Cream Place, a classic walk-up window ice cream shop, has become a staple in Mt. Pleasant – serving central Michigan for nearly 40 years. This local hot spot offers a variety of frozen desserts to satisfy everyone’s needs including sundaes, floats, shakes, malts, hard serve and soft serve! The Arctic Swirls are a crowd favorite with over 85 flavors to choose from; but with an ever-evolving menu it can be hard to choose!

The Golf Center is a triple threat – ice cream, putt putt AND a driving range! This establishment is a perfect place for an ice cream and putt putt trip with friends and family. Supports MSU Dairy Products and eco-friendly biodegradable products.

Cool off from the summer heat by stopping in Dozer’s Deli & Creamery, Mt. Pleasant’s newest place to get ice cream. With the choice of hard or soft serve, and ever-changing flavors of the week, Dozer’s Deli & Creamery is the place to go! While you are there, make sure to order your ice cream in a dump truck!

Cool Dip Ice Cream offers 23 flavors of hand-dipped ice cream, soft serve, pretzels, hot dogs, coneys, nachos, walking tacos, and a variety of fried foods. A trip to Cool Dip is not complete without making a pit stop at Coldwater Lake Family Park to enjoy a day at the beach.

This hidden gem in Downtown Mt. Pleasant offers nearly 10 flavors of hard-serve ice cream from vanilla to blackberry! Enjoy your ice cream while enjoying the old-style diner atmosphere of the Soda Shoppe! Or take your cone outside to walk the streets of historic Downtown Mt. Pleasant!

No one knows sweet treats better than the Village of Shepherd where thousands of gallons of maple syrup are produced every year! Here you will find the local ice cream shop, Sugar Shack, serving candy burst, malts, sno-cones and other classics, as well as gourmet popcorn, unique candy selections (Shepherd Maple Syrup) and doggie cones for furry friends.

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Header photo credits: Doozie’s Ice Cream Place

Photo credits: Sugar Shack & Doozie’s Ice Cream Place