Coffee Madness

Ron's Gourmet Ice Cream is in Dedham, about a mile from the Legacy Place mall (which is itself right off of 95.) (There's another one in Hyde Park, which includes a "Twentieth Century Bowling Alley", maybe someone should let them know which century we're a quarter of the way into...)

Though the storefront is relatively narrow, there's a long table and a couple of normal ones and room for a long (or spread out) line. They've got a freezer for order pickup and ice cream sandwiches, a candy display on the counter (they have seasonally appropriate chocolate covered pretzels with candy corn on them) along with samples of their fancy cones. They also have one wall of mirrors, to make the place look larger (and to make your photographer's job more challenging.)

They have various sundaes, ice cream sandwiches, frappes, ice cream soda, root beer float, and "super smoothies"; they also have frozen drinks like "raspberry blast" and "orange freeze".¹ They also have a range of toppings that are available from serving size up to entire pint.

They have a range of unusual flavors like Kahlua Chip, Coconut Awesome, and PB Explosion, along with classics like Butter Pecan and Maple Walnut. The paper menu only hints at it but they do have soft serve; according to the other menu they actually have Orange Creamsicle, which I would have tried (after failing to get it at Pizzi Farm back in September) but I didn't notice it until reviewing the photos for this writeup.

First Visit

Since I ended up at Ron's right after dinner - Asian food at Legacy Place - I wanted to start with a palate cleanser, so went with the Orange Sherbet as a more refreshing and less rich choice; it was exactly that - the flavor came across as more generally citrus than orange in particular, but it worked for me.

Having cleared my palate, I went for "Coffee Madness" which had a serious coffee flavor (closer to actual coffee than the usual "light latte" usually associated with coffee ice cream) and lots of mixed in chocolate, oreos, fudge sauce, and chocolate chips - which pushed the overall flavor to "more mocha than mocha". I'd certainly give that a try on my next visit.

Next Visit

I'd definitely go for the Orange Creamsicle Soft Serve next time; after that, the Coffee Madness again, or maybe the PB Explosion. (Maybe paired with Grapenut, one of the mostly-texture flavors I usually get at Tosci's.) The "Brookie Dough" is also on the short list.

I might pick up some of these too: