The Bent Spoon makes the kind of ice cream that will have you trudging through deep snow in your snowshoes to get to in the middle of January. It is beyond ice cream – it is pure indulgence, an irresistible treat with flavors that are not at all what you expect to find in ice cream, though they are absolutely divine. The tiny shop with a few tables is cramped all the time, the line wraps around the corner, and nobody cares that it is snowing and that the wait might be more than half an hour.

They have fabulous cookies, cupcakes, great coffee, and delightful hot chocolate. But, it is the ice cream that makes this little gem of a shop a place of interest. With hundreds of flavors of ice cream, sorbets, and gelatos, you will find exciting combinations such as Ricotta Pistachio Gelato, earl grey, chili, lavender mascarpone, chocolate habanero, cardamom ginger, and the heirloom tomato sorbet. All ingredients are organic and come from local suppliers and farmers.

35 Palmer Square W, Princeton, NJ 08542, 609-924-2368

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