As spring approaches, delicious ice cream is a must. We checked with all of your favorite seasonal local stands from across New England to find out when you can get a mouthful of their most delectable flavors.
MASSACHUSETTS
Cape Cod
Cape Cod Creamery - 5 Theater Colony Rd., South Yarmouth : April 13
Cape Cod Creamery - 645 Iyannough Rd., Hyannis : Mid April (specific date to be announced soon)
Kate's Fried Seafood and Ice Cream - 284 Paines Creek Rd., Brewster : May 27
The Shipwreck Ice Cream - 2 Freezer Rd., Sandwich : OPEN
Local
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Short 'n' Sweet - 2334 Main St., South Chatham : May 10
Sundae School Homemade Ice Cream - 381 Lower County Rd., Dennisport, MA : May 4
Sundae School Homemade Ice Cream - 606 Main St., Harwich Port : May 27
Sundae School Homemade Ice Cream - 210 Main St., East Orleans : May 27
Twin Acres Ice Cream Shoppe - 21 Route 6A, Sandwich : OPEN
Worcester County
Christopher's Homemade Ice Cream - 22 West St., Millbury : March 23
Gibby's Famous Ice Cream at Gibson's Farm - 50 Sunderland Rd., Worcester : First week of April
Meola's Wayside Ice Cream - 165 W Boylston St., West Boylston : OPEN
Rota Springs Farm - 117 Chace Hill Rd., Sterling : OPEN
Uhlman's Ice Cream - 232 East Main St., Westborough : OPEN
West End Creamery - 481 Purgatory Rd., Whitinsville : April 5
Middlesex County
Dairy Joy - 331 North Ave., Weston : March 23 (expected)
Kimball Farm - 400 Littleton Rd., Westford : March 28
Kimball Farm - 1543 Lunenburg Rd., Lancaster : April 4
Kimball Farm - 343 Bedford Rd., Carlisle : April 4
Sully's Ice Cream Stand - 55 Graniteville Rd., Chelmsford : OPEN
Bristol County
Acushnet Creamery - 264 Main St., Acushnet : OPEN
Acushnet Creamery - 230-248R Macarthur Dr., New Bedford : May (specific date to be announced soon)
Acushnet Creamery - 1 Bridge St., South Dartmouth : May (specific date to be announced soon)
Country Whip - 1173 Main St., Acushnet : March 21
Eskimo King - 29 Market St., Swansea : March 30
The Ice Cream Barn - 289 Locust St., Swansea : OPEN
Somerset Creamery - 1931 GAR Hwy., Somerset : OPEN
Somerset Creamery - 146 County St., Somerset : OPEN
Somerset Creamery - 1268 Rte. 28A, Cataumet (Barnstable County): April 5
Tom & Jimmy's Ice Cream - 337 Winthrop St., Taunton : OPEN
Uncle Ed's Front Porch - 116 Winthrop St., Rehoboth : OPEN
Plymouth County
Dairy Twist - 580 Washington St., Pembroke : April 1
Farfar's Danish Ice Cream - 272 St George St., Duxbury : May (specific date to be announced soon)
Heidi's Hollow - 165 Liberty St., Hanson : OPEN
Hornstra Farms Dairy Bar - 246 Prospect St., Norwell : April 1 (weather permitting)
Oxford Creamery - 98 County Rd., Rt 6 Mattapoisett : April 11
Perry's Last Stand - 2704 Cranberry Hwy., Wareham : April 12
Sugar Hill Dairy at Hanson Farm - 602 Pleasant St., Bridgewater : April 13
Norfolk County
Black Cow Ice Cream - 1397 Main St., Millis : April 13
Bubbling Brook Restaurant and Ice Cream Stand - 1652 High St., Westwood: OPEN
Frozen Freddies - 435 Washington St., Quincy : March 26
Scoops at Watson's Candy - 761 Main St., Walpole : April 26
Essex County
Benson's Homemade Ice Cream - 181 Washington St., Boxford : April 1
Carter's Ice Cream - 534 Salem St., Haverhill : OPEN
Dairy Witch - 115 Boston St., Salem : April 14
DownRiver Ice Cream - 241 John Wise Ave., Essex : OPEN
Hodgie's Ice Cream - 71 Haverhill Rd., Amesbury : April 6
Jeff and Maria's Old Fashioned Ice Cream and Food - 918 Salem St., Groveland : March 21
Soc's Ice Cream - 67 Lynn Fells Pkwy., Saugus : OPEN
White Farms Ice Cream - 326 High St., Ipswich : OPEN
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Annabelle's Natural Ice Cream - 49 Ceres St., Portsmouth : April 1
The Big 1 Ice Cream Stand - 185 Concord St., Nashua : OPEN
Deer Cap Ice Cream - 1275 Rte. 16, Ossipee : Memorial Day Weekend
Hayward's Homemade Ice Cream - 7 Daniel Webster Hwy., Nashua : OPEN
Hayward's Homemade Ice Cream - 364 Daniel Webster Hwy., Merrimack (new location) : OPEN
Hayward's Ice Cream of Milford - 383 Elm St., Milford : OPEN
Kimball Farm - 158 Turnpike Rd., Jaffrey : April 11
Lago's Ice Cream - 71 Lafayette Rd., Rye : OPEN
Memories Ice Cream - 95 Exeter Rd., Kingston : OPEN
Rock Salt Creamery - 16 Parker Hill Rd., Sanbornton : OPEN
Sanctuary Dairy Farm Ice Cream - 209 Rte. 103, Sunapee : May 10
Twin Lanterns Dairy Bar - 239 Amesbury Rd., Kensington : April 1 (weather permitting)
RHODE ISLAND
Brinkley's Ice Cream - 322 Main St., Wakefield : OPEN
Brinkley's Ice Cream - 921 Boston Neck Rd., Narragansett : End of April (expected)
Lincoln Creamery - 276 Front St. #1, Lincoln : April 1
MAINE
Martel's Ice Cream and Mini Golf - 757 Portland Rd., Saco : April 4
Red's Dairy Freeze - 167 Cottage Rd., South Portland : OPEN
Scoop Deck Ice Cream - 6 Eldridge Rd., Wells : May 24
Shaker Pond Ice Cream - 6 Smada Dr., Sanford : May 16
CONNECTICUT
Buttonwood Farm Ice Cream - 473 Shetucket Tpke., Griswold : OPEN
Sweet Claude's Ice Cream - 828 S Main St., Cheshire : OPEN
