designed specifically to create the Bruster’ s flavor, starting with a proprietary homestyle mix delivered fresh from its dairy. There is a wide variety of premium flavors and artisan desserts made right in the store, including crunchy handmade waffle cones, customized sundaes, candyfilled blasts and thick milkshakes, plus customized cakes and pies.
Casciola’ s Twin Twist and Diner
Address: 3407 Millers Run Road, Cecil Contact: facebook. com / casciolas, or 724.745.8627
Sweet frozen treats! Thirty flavors of soft-serve ice cream plus delicious food. Visit the Facebook page for information on the store’ s hours of operation and other details.
Caustelot Creamery
Address: Mobile food truck based in Cecil – check Facebook page for locations Contact: caustelotcreamery. com, facebook. com / CaustelotCreamery, or 724.745.1197
Caustelot is not your average ice cream truck. Instead of serving pre-packaged novelty items, the staff makes real ice cream right in front of your eyes with the help of liquid nitrogen. Choose from cones, floats, and even shaved ice, then add your favorite toppings.
Cowtastic Frozen Yogurt
Address: 465 Valley Brook Road, McMurray Contact: facebook. com / cowtasticfrozenyogurt, or 724.260.5562
Offering 100 percent non-fat or low-fat and cholesterol-free frozen yogurt that promotes good health by boosting the immune system and helping to maintain a healthy digestive system. Choose from up to 40 toppings like fresh fruit, sweet treats and exotic items from around the world. Visit the Facebook page for information on hours of operation and other details.
Dari Delite
Address: 413 Bower Hill Road, Bridgeville Contact: Facebook @ Dari Delite Bridgeville PA, or 412.221.7870 Order your delicious frozen treat at the window and enjoy it at a picnic table! Choices include soft-serve and hard ice cream, cones, sundaes, cyclones, shakes, slushes, banana splits, brownie mountains, mudslides and more. Check out the Facebook page for more information.
Graeter’ s Ice Cream
Address: 437 Mt. Lebanon Boulevard, Castle Shannon Contact: graeters. com, or 412.668.3641
Graeter’ s produces craft ice cream and sorbet using a small-batch, artisanal method of production dating back over a century. It offers both classic flavors and a variety of chocolate chip flavors, plus delicious shakes, sundaes, candy and more! Check the website for more information.
Iceburg’ s
Address: 66 West Pike Street, Canonsburg Contact: facebook. com / iceburgsicecream, or 724.993.0661
Stop by to try the soft-serve or hard ice cream made locally at Betsy’ s of Mt. Lebanon! Iceburg’ s also serves milkshakes, sundaes, slushies, parfaits, avalanches and more. Visit the Facebook page for information on the hours of operation and other details.
Kelley’ s Dari-Delite
Address: 5999 Baptist Road, Bethel Park Contact: Facebook @ Kelley’ s Dari Delite, or 412.283.4461
Old-fashioned soft-serve ice cream stand featuring more than 24 flavors, including yogurt and 15 hand-dipped flavors to wet your whistle on a hot day. Visit the Facebook page for more information.
Lovie’ s Frosty Twist
Address: 109 South Main Street, Houston Contact: Facebook @ Lovie’ s Frosty Twist, or 724.746.9094
It wouldn’ t be summertime without Lovie’ s! Enjoy soft-serve and hard ice cream, cones, sundaes, milkshakes and more. Check out the Facebook page for information on store hours and special flavors.
MilkShake Factory
Address: 3840 Washington Road, McMurray Contact: themilkshakefactory. com, or 724.942.8168
Family tradition is what sets this delectable treat apart from others. MilkShake Factory ® began in 1914 as a small soda fountain and chocolate shop in Lawrenceville. Menu choices range from milkshakes and sundaes to floats and drinks. Visit the website for information on other locations and hours of operation.
Millie’ s
Address: 160 Millers Run Road, Bridgeville Contact: millieshomemade. com, or 412.221.2357
What happens when a renowned fine dining chef decides to quit his job and make ice cream? You get gourmet scratchmade ice cream made from locally sourced ingredients. So while there are always the classic flavors like chocolate, vanilla, cookie dough and cookies & cream, more adventurous foodies will delight in trying flavors like sweet corn, pistachio fluff and honey cake.
Mingo Twist & Shake
Address: 2728 PA-136, Eighty Four Contact: facebook. com / mingotwistnshake, or 724.292.9377 A local favorite that includes softserve and hand-dipped ice cream, plus pizza, coffee, and more! Check the Facebook page for hours of operation and other details.
My Favorite Sweet Shoppe
Address: 1597 Washington Pike, Bridgeville Contact: myfavoritesweetshoppe. com, or 412.564.5416
Proudly serving Mercurio’ s artisan gelato in 20 flavors, this candy shop sells it by the ounce so you can mix and match as many flavors as you like and only pay for as much as you want. It is produced locally in Kittanning and arrives fresh in weekly deliveries. Stop in for free samples and taste a true gelato. Visit the website for more information.
The Pie Place
Address: 1775 North Highland Road, Bethel Park Contact: thepieplace. net, facebook. com / thepieplacepgh, or 412.835.4410
In addition to pies and cakes, The Pie Place also offers many flavors of Betsy’ s Homemade Ice Cream. Check out the website or Facebook page for more details on offerings and the shop’ s hours of operation.
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