The scoop: your favourite Prairie ice cream places

I asked for your favourite local ice cream spots and photos and you delivered.

Here are a few highlights from Flatlander writers and readers:

Writer Steve Lyons from Winnipeg made it to Regina’s Milky Way, not once, but twice for a cherry dipped cone.

See his photo below.

The Milky Way has been scooping up ice cream since 1956.

Steve also sent this picture of his stepchildren enjoying their ice cream, but maybe not each others company?

Daniel Hunt from Regina wrote: 

The Milky Way is good, Dessart is gooder.

What I like about Dessart is that in addition to ice cream they sell all kinds of candy that might take you back to your childhood. Things like Popeye Candy Stix, Lucky Elephant Pink Candy Popcorn, Sweetarts and Nerds.

Journalist Carol Baldwin recommended L’il Bean Ice Cream in Rosthern, Sask. 

She writes: What started as a way for four sisters to make some money during the summer, has grown to become a seasonal business, with a literal bricks & mortar building, commercial freezers, and a loyal following, some of which will drive 45 minutes from Saskatoon just for their ice cream fix at L’il Bean. It’s a success story that ticks almost all the boxes; entrepreneurs, youth, women, and small town Saskatchewan.

Reader Patty Barton seconds L’il Bean Ice Cream, writing: Unique combos and line ups of customers from near and far! Great Spot. 

She sent a picture of herself enjoying the 312 parfait, named after a highway that runs through Rosthern. It contains Rocky Road hard ice cream, soft serve, chocolate cone dip, fudge, chocolate covered marshmallows and salted peanuts.

Gerry wrote:

A very popular ice cream stop in Manitoba is Ko’s in Headingly. Yes, the kids took over when the parents got too old. The kids even built a new building. Good ice cream. 

As I understand it, the old Ko’s was torn down and the new place is called Konez.

Thanks to everyone who shared.