eCreamery
Hoppen Hierarchy:★★★★
District: Dundee
Ice cream parlor that can ship pints anywhere in America
Perfect For: Baked Goods
Standout Dishes: White Chocolate Peppermint Ice Cream; Snickerdoodle Ice Cream; Butter Brickle Ice Cream
eCreamery is most known for appearing on the reality TV show Shark Tank, an ABC creation that allowed entrepreneurs to pitch their fledgling businesses to wealthy potential investors. eCreamery’s pints, personalized to each “shark”‘s favorite flavors, had the investors moaning with delight, and one called it the best ice cream she’d ever had.
But even if owners Abby Jordan and Becky App hadn’t been featured on national TV, their product would be worth seeking out. And though it can be shipped anywhere in the country, we in Omaha are blessed to have local access to it.
An Omaha staple since 2007, eCreamery is an extremely unique business. You can stop into its shop in Dundee anytime to peruse the unique flavors in its case or pick up a pint, but you also have the ability to ship pints all across the country. Thanks to its dense, rich base and genius, dry ice-aided shipping program, you can enjoy eCreamery in Omaha, Hawaii, Maine, and anywhere in between.
But the blessing of living in Omaha means you don’t need to wait several days for your dessert to ship. And that’s a major bonus, because when an eCreamery craving hits, the last thing you want to do is wait to satiate it.
eCreamery’s base has less air than most ice creams, giving it a thick, velvet-y mouthfeel. It’s smooth and creamy with a good base sweetness even before any mix-ins or toppings are added. In fact, eCreamery advises letting pints sit outside the freezer for 10-15 minutes before diving in to allow the it to reach that perfect creamy consistency.
With that brilliant base established, Abby and her team are able to create elevated versions of classic ice cream flavors. Instead of standard chocolate chip cookie dough, eCreamery has Cupcake Cookie Dough. Forget Brownie Chunk; eCreamery offers Sea Salt Caramel Brownie. And who wants standard mint chip when you can have Mint Cookie Crunch?
And the flavors pop out of these pints like few spots in Omaha. Each is immediately recognizable and punches your tastebuds with exactly the flavor you’re looking for. A few examples:
- White Chocolate Peppermint: The ice cream is buttery and milky with an excellent cool of peppermint. It’s swimming with peppermint bits, but the hero are the enormous, crunchy chunks of milk chocolate.
- Butter Brickle: Not only does the ice cream carry the caramelized sweetness and rich butteriness of toffee, but the chunks of toffee add great texture.
- Snickerdoodle: Sweet and cinnamon forward with just a touch of tang, this offering tastes exactly like its cookie inspiration.
- Campfire S’mores: This one messes with your mind, but in a good way. It’s a cold treat, yet it somehow makes you feel like you’re eating a melty, warm s’more around a campfire. The marshmallow base has a balance of sweet and smokiness, while the hefty chunks of chocolate and graham cracker complete the s’mores experience.
And this is just scratching the surface. In addition to its popular staples, eCreamery is constantly coming out with new seasonal flavors, ensuring there will always be something new for you to try.
If you stop into the Dundee shop, you can grab a pint out of the cooler or choose from one of the 20+ out in the display case, all of which can be ordered in a dish, a cookie sandwich, or a homemade waffle cone.
Once you experience the rich ice cream and creative, delicious flavors, you’ll want to share it with friends and family all over the country. And with eCreamery, you can not only safely ship pints, but you can customize them with text and photos, creating a personalized gift sure to thrill the recipient.
Prior to opening eCreamery, Becky and Abby worked for a jewelry company. Five years into the business, they were pitching their business on national TV. And now, their concept has survived and thrived for 15+ years, an eternity in the restaurant industry.
But their elongated success is no coincidence. Once you get a spoonful of this rich, dense brilliance, you’ll understand why the product had the sharks swooning in 2012 and still delights customers all over the country to this day.