About Sweet Pea's Ice Cream

While patrons sit with their cone or banana split, Gene Kelly dances across TV screens and the stereo crackles with big band swing, but this isn't a scene plucked from a Norman Rockwell painting. Sweet Pea's Ice Cream does its best to re-create the feel of an old-fashioned ice cream parlor. Even the image of Sweet Pea herself is sure to remind visitors of dimple-cheeked Shirley Temple. She's actually the owners' daughter, but her persona talks up the shop's chilly treats, from ice cream churned at a family-owned dairy in Wisconsin to the menu's signature dessert, chocolate-covered frozen bananas. Familiar flavors such as chocolate are served alongside more exotic tastes such as Door County Cherry or Mint Avalanche. Even the hand-dipped bananas come in a variety, such as dark chocolate and peanut butter—a combo bound to send Elvis impersonators into a frenzy.