If you’re craving a cool, sweet treat, here are the best places to grab dessert or ice cream in Houston.
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With its modern approach to flavors and creative mix-ins, ice cream at Milk + Sugar is anything but ordinary. Started by two picky ice cream enthusiasts, who wanted to find the perfect mix of not too sweet, super creamy and never icy, this aesthetic creamery offers flavors you won’t find in the freezer aisle. “Life is too short for plain vanilla,” they say, instead, Milk + Sugar serves unique combinations such as cereal milk, with a cereal milk base and toasted frosted flakes, rain or shine, a mix of early gray, lavender and lemon, and the city that never sleeps, which has a coffee and pretzel base with chocolate flakes. 1848 Westheimer Rd., milkandsugarcreamery.com
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Taste the extraordinary and unlikely at Rocambolesc, which is the word’s meaning, at its only U.S. location. Originally from Girona, Spain, world-renowned pastry chef and owner Jordi Roca created this Catalonian gelateria to bring fantasy to life for children and adults alike. Experience ice cream like never before with their panet–a toasted brioche filled with ice cream and toppings. Try mouthwatering flavors such as ultraviolet, grand bombón, vainillisimo and more topped with chocolate cake, colored stars, pop rocks, their violet cloud. If you’re in the mood for something lighter, choose from a variety of unusually shaped lollipops such as rocanose, golden hand, or the icephone. 1101 Uptown Park Blvd., Ste. 10, rocambolesc.com
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Simpler is not always better, but at Craft Creamery it definitely is! This minimalistic and sophisticated ice cream shop specializes in small-batch, French-pot method ice cream made with local ingredients you can list on one hand. While their method is pure, their flavors are definitely over the top. Choose from fruity and aromatic flavors such as honey lavender, hibiscus mint, and cinnamon cardamom coffee, CCC for short, or choose a more rich brown sugar cinnamon, peanut butter stracciatella, or bourbon butterscotch. Perhaps you care to reach far out of your ice cream comfort zone and try their cacio e pepe flavor. 1338 Westheimer Road, Ste. B, craftcreameryhtx.com
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Owned by a father-daughter duo, La Argentina is carrying on a new generation of ice cream shops that was founded 31 years ago in Maracaibo, Venezuela. La Argentina does more than just serve artisanal gelato, they are carrying on and sharing culture and the importance of family tradition. Beyond their more conventional flavors, such as belgian chocolate, salted pistachio and stracciatella, they always have something new to offer with their menu of rotating flavors. If you’re lucky you might get a chance to try their more luxurious vanilla bourbon, coconut passion, or zambayon flavors. If you’d like something savory before your something sweet, La Argentina also serves traditional Argentinian empanadas and sandwich de miga. 6363 San Felipe St., Ste. 200, argentinagelato.com
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