From modern ice cream parlours to traditional family recipes, there are a variety of different flavours, toppings and sauces on offer to make ice cream the perfect family delight.
Do you fancy the classic vanilla with raspberry sauce, sprinkles and a flake – or are you more adventurous and enjoy trying flavours that are a little more unusual like blue bubblegum or key lime?
Across Blackpool and the Fylde coast, there are plenty of places to stop off to grab an ice cream no matter where you’re heading.
Here are some of the best places in the region to grab a cooling sweet treat:
1. Notarianni Ices Blackpool
A family run ice cream parlour on Waterloo Road, Blackpool, serving home made vanilla ice cream from its takeaway counter since 1928. Notarianni Ices Blackpool uses a secret family recipe handed down over four generations. Photo: Daniel Martino
2. Manfredi Ice Cream
Traditional family ice cream makers since 1911, Manfredi Ice Cream is situated in a prime location on Red Bank Road in Bispham. Choose from a variety of sauces and toppings to add to vanilla ice cream, plus there are different cones and tub sizes too. Photo: Julia Bennett
3. Mr Nitro's Layton
Mr Nitro's in Westcliffe Drive, Layton specialise in real home-made dairy ice cream, award winning milkshakes, freshly prepared waffles & crepes and a wide range of confectionery. Photo: Google
4. The New Penny of Poulton
The New Penny ice cream parlour and café, in Tithebarn Street, Poulton, sells more than 25 different flavours of ice-cream made with local farm fresh milk. The cafe, which recently underwent a revamp, is a third generation family business that opened in November 1982 Photo: JPI Media
5. Scoop Ice Cream Parlour
Located on Central Promenade in Blackpool, Scoop Ice Cream Parlour offers more than 44 favours, and features a seating area for anyone wanting to rest their feet while tucking into a treat. Photo: Julia Bennett
6. Book, Bean and Ice Cream
Book, Bean and Ice Cream on Poulton Street in Kirkham is a friendly coffee shop that serves coffee, hot food, cakes and Mrs Dowsons ice cream. Photo: Neil Cross