Herrell's Ice Cream
15 Dunster St
Cambridge, MA 02138-5002
(617) 497-2179
Herrell's Ice Cream founder Steve Herrell is credited with launching the premium ice cream craze by being one of the first in the industry to crunch candies and other goodies into his frozen dessert recipes. This location of the franchise, popular with sugar-fiends of all flavors, features small tables and banquette or chair seating, and ice cream made on-premises.
Over the years, low-fat frozen yogurt, fruit sorbets and smoothies, malts and floats and other items have been added to the menu to complement Herrell's famous ice cream. More than 90 custom-made flavors cover everything from vanilla to jalapeno (seriously), though the rich chocolate pudding ice cream is hard to beat. That said, the trademark smoosh-ins–concoctions of candy, nuts or dried fruit mushed into the ice cream–are still the biggest draw. Herrell's famous hot fudge is now also sold by the jar.
