CT Homemade Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails

Keeping the Family Happy
Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails

How in the world do I continue to get Hoang, Damian, and Calvin to hop in the car with me for our Sunday adventures to who-knows-where? It’s easy – promise them homemade ice cream, chocolate, and/or cheese. I try to keep up with these lists as best as possible, but feel free to send me any additions or closures you know about.

CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail
CT Cheese Trail
CT Chocolate Trail

Connecticut’s Homemade Ice Cream Trail

There is no actual Connecticut Homemade Ice Cream Trail so I made it up myself in 2006 or so, pretty much to keep my wife and kids coming with me on my adventures.

The Concrete Factory, Ashford (Closed)
Dom’s Creamery, Avon
J. Foster Ice Cream, Avon (Open) & Simsbury (Closed)
Dr. Mike’s, Bethel (Open) & Monroe (Closed)
Fish Family Farm, Bolton
Micalizzis, Bridgeport
Timothy’s, Bridgeport
Sweet Scoops, Brookfield
The Ice Box, Brooklyn (Closed)
Canton Creamery, Canton
Old Bishop Farms, Cheshire
Sweet Claude’s, Cheshire
Honeycone Craft Ice Cream, Chester
Scottie’s Frozen Custard, Colchester
Cromwell Creamery, Cromwell
Tall Man’s Homemade Ice Cream, Cromwell
Dubl Twister, Danbury
Il Bacio, Danbury
Durham-Dari-Serv, Durham
Jennifer’s Ice Cream, East Haven
Gumdrops & Lollipops, East Lyme
Tommy D’s Craft Creamery, East Lyme
Collins Creamery, Enfield
Dave’s Gourmet Paletas, Fairfield & Shelton
Sunny Daes, Fairfield
Robb’s Farm, Glastonbury
Grassroots Creamery, Granby, New Milford, & Simsbury
Buttonwood Farm, Griswold
Mystic Drawbridge Ice Cream, Groton
Mystic Sweets and Ice Cream Shoppe, Groton
Bishop’s Orchard Creamery, Guilford
Kelly’s Cone Connection, Hamden
Wentworth Homemade Ice Cream, Hamden
Wildowsky Dairy, Lisbon
Arethusa Farm Dairy, Litchfield
Peaches ‘n Cream, Litchfield
Shady Glen, Manchester
Farmer’s Cow Calfé & Creamery, Mansfield
Red Barn Creamery, Mansfield
UConn Dairy Bar, Mansfield
Al’s Ice Cream Shoppe at Tate’s, Middletown
NITRO Cream ‘N Crumbz, Middletown
Walnut Beach Creamery, Milford
Gelatissimo Artisan Gelato, New Canaan
Ashley’s Ice Cream, New Haven
Gelato Giuliana, New Haven
Candlewood Creamery, New Fairfield
Daniel’s Dairy Downtown, New London (Closed)
Kimberly Farm, New Milford
Mortensen’s Ice Cream, Newington
Ferris Acres Creamery, Newtown
Holy Cow Ice Cream Shop, Newtown
Rose Orchard Creamery, North Branford
Lindsay’s Handmade, Norwalk
OGGI Gelato, Norwalk
Hallmark Drive-In, Old Lyme
Rich Farm Ice Cream, Oxford
Lacroix’s Homemade Ice Cream, Plainville
We-Li-Kit, Pomfret
Big Dipper, Prospect
Quiet Corner Creamery, Putnam
Deborah Ann’s Sweet Shoppe, Ridgefield
Ridgefield Ice Cream Shop, Ridgefield
Salem Valley Farms Ice Cream, Salem
The Ice Cream Shoppe, Shelton
Wells Hollow Farm, Shelton
Tulmeadow Farm, Simsbury
Longford’s Ice Cream, Stamford
Brown Cow Cafe at Ekonk Hill Turkey Farm, Sterling
Hilltop Farm Creamery, Suffield
Fort Hill Farms Creamery, Thompson
Plasko’s Farm, Trumbull
AC Peterson Farms, West Hartford
Dairy De-Lite, Woodbury

Connecticut’s Cheese Trail

There is no actual Connecticut Cheese Trail so I made it up myself in 2009. Someday the state will hop on board. Until then, this is the best we’ve got.

Abbey of Regina Laudis Dairy, Bethlehem
Little Farm on Main, Bethlehem
Fish Family Farm, Bolton
Meadowstone Farm, Brooklyn (Closed)
Rustling Wind Creamery, Canaan
Cato Corner Farm, Colchester
Calf and Clover Creamery, Cornwall
Deerfield Farm, Durham
Griffin Farmstead Dairy, East Granby
Sweet Pea Cheese, Granby
Mystic Cheese Company, Groton
Olympia Farm, Guilford
Three Girls Vegan Creamery, Guilford
Elm City Cheese, Hamden (Wholesale only)
Rock Cobble Creamery, Kent
Beltane Farm, Lebanon (Closed)
M&K Dairy Ladies Of Levita Road, Lebanon (Closed)
Arethusa Farms, Litchfield
Beaver Brook Farms, Lyme
Stearns Farm, Mansfield
UConn Dairy Bar, Mansfield
Kimberly Farm, New Milford
Lost Ruby Farm, Norfolk
Liuzzi Cheese, North Haven
Winterplace Farm & Creamery, Pomfret
Sweet Grass Creamery, Preston
Hastings Family Farm, Suffield
Cheese Boro Whey/Stonington Cheese, Stonington (Closed)
Bush Meadow Farm, Union (Closed)
Stone Silo Farm, Woodbury
Woodstock Creamery at Valleyside Farm, Woodstock

Connecticut’s Chocolate Trail

The CT Chocolate Trail is a delicious, yet fickle beast. It is an “official” state sanctioned trail and changes slightly every year – but as always, CTMQ goes above and beyond by trying to list and visit every chocolate maker in the state.

Chokaico Craft Chocolate, Avon
Noteworthy Chocolates, Bethel
Munson’s Chocolates, Bolton
Bridgewater Chocolates Store, Brookfield & West Hartford
CocoaShak, Cheshire (Closed)
Hillside Sweet Shoppe, East Haddam (Closed)
Chocolate Geeks, Essex
Joy Chocolate Company, Essex
BE Chocolat, Fairfield
Isabelle et Vincent, Fairfield
Thorncrest Farm and Milk House Chocolates, Goshen
The Chocolate Lab, Greenwich (Closed)
Mystic River Chocolate Cafe, Groton
Mystic Sweets, Groton
The Village Chocolatier, Guilford
Belgique Chocolatier, Kent (Closed)
Divine Treasures, Manchester
Thompson Chocolate, Meriden
Tschudin Chocolates & Confections, Middletown
MELT Chocolatier, Milford
Chocolux, Montville
Six Spoons Chocolatier, New Hartford (Closed)
Castle Hill Chocolate, Newtown
Knipschildt Chocolatier/Café Chocopologie, Norwalk
The Chocolate Shell, Old Lyme
Deborah Ann’s Sweet Shoppe, Ridgefield
Rosie’s Royal Chocolates, Southington
Nutmeg Fudge Company, Torrington
Donovan Family Confections, Wallingford
Sweet Cioccolata, Wallingford
Fascia’s, Waterbury
Le Rouge Chocolates & Cakes by Aarti, Westport
Chocodiva, West Hartford
Chocolena, West Hartford
Chip in a Bottle, Woodbridge

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