Located at 1941 New Garden Road, Ice Scraperz Rolled Ice Cream specializes in homemade ice cream but also offers coffee drinks and boba tea. Features rotate monthly, and both dairy-free options and child-sized portions are available.
Rolled (or stir-fried) ice cream involves pouring milk and ingredients onto a cold grill and chopping, mixing, and scraping until rolls of ice cream are formed. Coldstone Creamery uses a similar process for mix-ins, but Ice Scraperz, a new family-owned start-up, is the only establishment in Greensboro that uses the process from the beginning. There’s a certain amount of novelty in that, and it’s interesting to see your order made right in front of you.
Beyond that, Ice Scraperz offers plenty of options, from the tried and true (Vanilla Bean or Chocolate Malt) to the more eccentric (cotton candy Pop Rocks or lemon zest and lavender) to the outright insane (the Snowdrift, which requires a basketball team to devour). All of these permutations come with up to three additional toppings, and all can be made with coconut milk. The pricing (save for the Snowdrift) is a flat $5.50, not cheap, but not unreasonable given what is offered.
For our first visit, my wife and I split a Like You a Latte (coffee, white chocolate, and Heath bar crunch) with mochi and peanut butter cups added in. Texturally, it lacked some of the expected creaminess, which may be an inevitable consequence of the preparation method. Beyond that, the flavors melded well.
Though their chosen business name calls to mind frost-covered windshields, the owners of Ice Scraperz are friendly folks who have provided plenty of options for those seeking a cool treat on a hot day. It’s not the best ice cream in the area, but it’s a fun and welcome change of pace.
8/10
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