You voted this as the best ice cream in the Brockton area. What's on the menu?
BROCKTON — The battle of who has the best ice cream in the area has come to a close, and our readers have chosen a local business that prides itself on making everything from scratch, even the waffle cones and syrups.
Ashland Farm Dairy in East Bridgewater collected nearly 50% of the 21,152 votes cast in the online poll conducted by The Enterprise, which included 13 businesses throughout the area. Ashland received 10,473 votes.
Rounding out the top three were Heidi's Hollow Farm in Hanson, which received 6,994 votes, and Joyful Scoops in Middleboro, which earned 1,262 votes.
The 'Willy Wonka' of East Bridgewater
Ashland Farm Dairy, located at 680 Plymouth St. in East Bridgewater, was recently purchased in March by Nichole Theriault, a longtime ice cream lover and food entrepreneur.
Theriault comes from the family who owns the Oringer brand, a company that had specialized since 1918 in providing the stock products used by on-site producers of ice cream and milkshakes.
The entrepreneur wanted to fly solo after spending many years working for different businesses and giving them her precious ice cream ideas, which took off.
Theriault now creates her own ice cream concoctions and lets her imagination run wild.
To some, she’s considered the “Willy Wonka “of East Bridgewater with her wacky flavors like sweet corn, lemon meringue pie, Mexican hot chocolate, and cotton candy.
Theriault gives all the props to her father, Rod Oringer, who is the real “Willy Wonka” or the original “Candy Man,” she said.
Every week, she brainstorms different ideas with her brother, Austin Oringer, who helps her twice weekly.
What's on the menu?
Popular flavors you should try include reverse Oreo, strawberry lemonade sorbet, just peanut butter, bannana soft serve and natural pistachio ice cream.
Theriault said Ashland Farm Dairy uses the “freshest premium ingredients” available.
The business is giving the locals a run for their money with its handmade ice cream, sorbets, ice cream dough, waffles, in-house roasted nuts and out-of-this-world flavors.
More to come at Ashland Farm Dairy
Customers can soon look forward to new menu items, including ice cream cakes and pies. The business will stay open until Christmas Eve with additional seasonal flavors. There will also soon be Christmas in July flavors.
Enterprise 'best of' polls
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This article originally appeared on The Enterprise: Best ice cream near Brockton: Readers vote East Bridgewater business
