Cricker’s Creamery, which is located on Harbourview Drive, in front of the local park, is best known for its homemade toppings and creations and friendly environment. Rather than the typical “take out” ice cream shop, guests enter the store for their ice cream order where they get to watch the staff create their ice cream with the toppings of their choice. While Smith calls herself “traditional” and prefers a combination chocolate and vanilla cone, she says their most popular flavour is “definitely the Rhubarb Cheesecake Flurrie or the Rhubarb Crisp Sundae.” Other popular flavours include Apple Crisp, Peanut Butter Ball Crunch, and now in season, the Strawberry Cheesecake Flurrie. For the upcoming summer, Smith reveals there are “a lot of ice cream creations up our sleeve, including pairing our soft serve ice cream with delicious homemade toppings, a couple new dip flavours, new signature ice cream pies, ice cream flights, and many other new things.”
Smith says she comes up with most of the ideas herself, as well as through brainstorms with her staff, bouncing ideas off each other. “Recently, we came up with the idea to dip our ice cream sandwiches in Belgian milk chocolate. The dipped ice cream sandwiches are new this year and are selling really well,” she says. “The signature pies replicate our signature flurries, like our Rhubarb Cheesecake Flurrie.” A lot of our customers are happy with our gluten-free menu and we try to incorporate as many options into that as well. Smith also shares that new flavours usually come to mind when a customer requests something. “My brain will start thinking about a variety of desserts and how to incorporate their suggestion into ice cream, whether that be a flurrie, milkshake, sundae etc.” She also comes up with most of the phrases for their best-selling merchandise, including “I Am a Cricker”, and “Wannabe Cricker”, “Take me to da Crick” , which are featured on hoodies and t-shirts. As someone who went to school “in the crick” Smith says she likes working in North Rustico because “it’s home.”
CRICKER'S CREAMERY 24 Harbourview Dr, North Rustico 902.360.2010 crickerscreamery@outlook.com crickerscreamery.com
“These are my friends, families, parents, kids,
grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. I get to watch their kids grow up. They are happy, smiling and love ice cream!
▲ Maria Smith
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