Taste of Custer Ice Cream in a Waffle Cone Horatio’s Homemade Ice Cream
What do butterscaotch, chocolate chip, and almond come together to create? According to Horatio’s Homemade Ice Cream , a flavor profile that is the “ Taste of Custer .” With a plethora of flavors like White Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup , Lemon Poppy Seed , and Blueberry Pomegranate Sherbet , the small batch ice cream shop in downtown Custer is both family-owned and a family favorite. Owner Cheryl Steele explains all of the shop’s ice cream, sorbet’s, non-dairy options, brownies, and cookies are made in-house. Order one to four scoops in a cup or a fresh, handcrafted waffle cone. You can also top the ice cream with homemade hot fudge to transform it into a classic sundae. Horatio’s offers grab-and-go options as well: Ice Cream Cakes , Ice Cream Sandwiches , Ice Cream Bars , and Pints . The Horatio’s team has created nearly 200 flavors of ice cream since opening in 2019, and the shop operates out of what was once the 1881 First National Bank of Dakota Territory . “We named our shop after Horatio Nelson Ross , who discovered gold in the Black Hills as part of General Custer’s expedition, and Horatio would go on to spend the rest of his life in Custer,” revealed Steele. Stop in to try Taste of Custer—a sweet, chocolatey, and nutty combination as rich as the history behind the shop. As the Horatio’s team says, it’s “ice cream as good as gold.” $6.97 // 548 Mt Rushmore Rd, Custer.
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Horatio Ross’s discovery in July 1974 spurred a gold rush, which led to Custer’s population
boom. His legacy is now honored by Custer’s Gold Discovery Days celebration each July. 84 | 605MAGAZINE.COM
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