Shaker Pond Ice Cream

Their ice cream is great and the portions are generous. If you like Alfred tracks, I recommend trying peanut butter paradise. It’s the same thing, but with peanut butter ice cream. Yum!

Tried the Reese’s Overload (vanilla ice cream with Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and Reese’s Pieces) — loved it!

Ok. I was all hyped up and bent out of shape because I have been wanting to try their ice cream for over a year but never made it out. I finally did last weekend and I was SO LET DOWN. Not by service, not by quantity, but by quality. The girls who work there are so friendly, patient and willing to make their customers happy. I commend this business for hiring friendly girls who don’t make you feel weird when they want to try a few flavors.
BUT, when I finally decided on my old faithful flavor in most ice cream shops, the kiddie coffee heath bar in a plain cone was a let down. THERE WAS NO HEATH BAR IN MY ICE CREAM. I’m sorry. I don’t mean to yell, but I thought maybe it is a fluke. But my mothers cherry vanilla had ONE and I repeat ONE cherry in it and she had the single scoop size. Twice a mistake? I don’t know. I thought the coffee flavor was OK, but not strong enough to my liking.
I just think if I’m paying a little bit more than their competitor *coughShainscough* that it should be on par, if not superior. It was not. Their kiddie cone is 2.25, versus Shain’s at $ 1.95 and I can even say Shain’s portions are bigger.
I’m still on the Shain’s bandwagon, I wasn’t swayed by Shaker Pond.

Yum and Yum and Yum — wish their ppstick icecream was more pepperminty though… great stop, great ice cream — and nice local kids for service.

Portions are huge, this is your stop when you crave good homemade ice cream.
Too many flavors it’ll make your head spin.
Their French vanilla is particularly good.
And I love their almond joy… a great mixture of vanilla infused coconut ice cream with spreddings of coconut, nuts, and chocolate chips.
They even have whoopie pie ice cream, which is amazing!
Cons:
My favorite ice cream in the world is cookie dough, I’ve never «met» a cookie dough I didn’t like, until I tried shaker pond years ago. Something about it tastes sickening. Downfall for me. Also they don’t offer blizzards. And their brownie sundaes only come in one size and I’m sure its bigger than my face (exaggeration.but its huge!)
Finale:
Moving on, you can call ahead to have a homemade customized ice cream pie made, which are delicious! Also they sell already made ones at their store, along with selected flavors of their ice cream in tubs. However, hannafords in Maine sell them too.
Owners are funny and gracious… used to be at shaines ice cream before the creation of shaker p. Store in sanford too.
Open year round. Go get yours.

This is a great place to stop for homemade ice cream, located along Route 202 in Alfred. Shaker Pond Ice Cream offers over 50 flavors of hard ice cream and frozen yogurt in cones & dishes, sundaes, and other treats. Kiddie size cones/​dishes are offered here for $ 2 (including tax), and it’s a good size too. You place your order inside the shop. There’s seating inside and picnic tables outside.
I stopped in here for ice cream on a fairly busy and warm Saturday evening, packed with people of all ages from little kids and families to senior citizens getting their ice cream fix. The shop ran out of a few of the popular flavors (marked with a frown symbol on the menu board).
I got a kiddie dish of the Alfred Tracks (vanilla-​chocolate swirl ice cream packed with peanut butter cups) which was a great choice. The ice cream was really good and had a creamy cold texture and packed with lots of peanut butter cup pieces.
That was a nice refreshing treat for my drive through Southwest Maine.
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