Happy Solistice! After Thanksgiving I'd gotten out of the habit of doing regular ice cream shop explorations, but the days are getting longer and it seemed like a good time to visit the places that are staying open over the winter.
Today's shop is Moozy's, a corner shop in Belmont (right where Trapelo Road meets Belmont Street.) There are a bunch of outdoor tables and a half dozen indoor booths; the interior is dominated by a large ice cream counter, with a self-serve frozen yogurt bar tucked in one corner, and a burger and grill section on the far side.
Their ice cream menu includes Graham Central Station, Black Raspberry Chip, and Moose Tracks. Aside from the usual cups, cones, packed quarts and pints, they have Sundaes, Banana Splits, Frappes (including an Espresso Frappe), Floats, and Smoothies. For toppings they have a list of fresh fruit options, a range of Sundae toppings, and a "candy & crunchies" section including Real Chocolate "Jimmies"1 and Heath Bar Pieces. They also have three sizes of Ice Cream Cake (custom orders need 48 hours notice, per their website.)
First Visit
I started with a sample of my friend's Eggnog (a christmas-season-only flavor.) Really strong, even a little bit tangy - very convincing eggnog ice cream with a rich base. Sufficiently strong that it overwhelmed my intended followup, the Peanut Butter Oreo - I made it about halfway through before the peanut butter taste actually stood up to the eggnog; though I don't think that would have been a problem by itself, maybe add the "creamy peanut butter" sundae topping if you want to go all in on peanut butter flavor.
The second half was their Extreme Chocolate, which earned the name - a rich chocolate base, chocolate chunks, and a dark chocolate sauce, delivering chocolate on multiple fronts. This was a much better flavor experience than the peanut butter oreo - no subtlety at all, and no need for it either.2
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One small oddity: those bright orange spoons are Yocup Eco-Friendly made from "#5-recyclable polypropylene plastic and cornstarch". While they use "60% less plastic [than traditional spoons]" they're also softer and only marginally effective on hard ice cream. They're probably great for soft frozen yogurt! And even after working through a large cup, mine was bent up a bit but didn't break and was still usable. Also, they're significantly better than the Bamboo spoons that Herrell's uses. ↩