Get your fix of frozen treats

Nine drool-worthy ice cream spots in HRM

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ALEXA CUDE

Fun & Shakes ice cream is basically a full meal.

Now that you've indulged in the cotton-candy-coated cones at Saints Supreme Soft Serve, check out all the other cool places in town you can get brain freeze this summer.

Fun & Shakes
1365 Hollis Street

Head to this new spot for extra AF ice cream treats while you're down on the waterfront.

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IAN SELIG

Mastic is the ingredient that makes Syrian ice cream so creamy.

Booza Emessa
819 Bedford Highway

The first Syrian ice cream shop in HRM opened in 2019. Try a unique flavour like pomegranate.

Manual Dairy Bar
5688 Spring Garden Road

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The Coast

Cone or cup, Manual Co's Dairy Bar is overflowingly good.

See and be seen at this summer hotspot with rotating flavours and crunchy add-ons.

Humani-T Cafe, north end
5755 Young Street

Enjoy delish gelato and lots of vegan options. (Downtown location currently closed.)

Dee Dee's Ice Cream
5668 Cornwallis Street

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Dee Dee's mint chocolate chip, mid-melt.

You can't go wrong with a classic cone from this spot just off the Halifax Common.

The Bread Lounge
5880 Demone Street

Vegans rejoice: Bread Lounge now has one of the first dairy-free soft serves in the city.

Black Harbour Creamery
419 Highway 329, Hubbards

The deep-fried ice cream is worth the drive.

Sugar Fix
5490 Spring Garden Road

The Daily Grind Cafe's ice cream-obsessed sibling is a great place to cool off downtown.

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Lenny Mullins

This distinctly aquatic cone is perfect for the 'gram.

Cafe Taiyaki 52
2009 Brunswick Street

Insta-worthy fish-shaped cones with lots of fun flavours like mango and matcha.

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