Where to enjoy unique ice cream near Brockton with boozy scoops and ice cream nachos

BROCKTON — Say goodbye to traditional ice cream flavors and indulge in the rich creaminess of treats you never imagined.

Why settle for the simple tastes of strawberry, vanilla or chocolate? When you can dive right into soft-serve flavors of fruit, hard ice cream that tastes like pie, or even try an ice cream entrée of candied frozen nachos. The possibilities are endless here in Brockton and beyond.

Let's start our sugar-filled rampage in Brockton at one of the local favorites, Daddy's Dairy. This place has over 200 options, allowing your imagination to run wild.

Wait until you try the Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey Tipsy Scoop Ice Cream available at all five Daddy's Dairy locations, as well as 15-plus other boozy flavors, available to those age 21 and older. Locations include 1280 Belmont St., Brockton, 987 Central St., Stoughton, and 549 N. Main St., Randolph.
Wait until you try the Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey Tipsy Scoop Ice Cream available at all five Daddy's Dairy locations, as well as 15-plus other boozy flavors, available to those age 21 and older. Locations include 1280 Belmont St., Brockton, 987 Central St., Stoughton, and 549 N. Main St., Randolph.

Daddy's Dairy — 1280 Belmont St., Brockton

Right near Brockton High School is basically an ice cream utopia. Daddy's Dairy has 80 hard ice cream, 200 soft serve, 195 lactose-free and 195 frozen yogurt flavors. The soft-serve flavors are loud options that will either entice or scare away your taste buds.

These interesting flavors include Crème Brulee, Crème De Mint, Egg Nog & Rum, Skittles, Watermelon Chip, Pomegranate, Pumpkin, Mountain Dew, Key Lime Pie, Apple Crisp and Bad Birthday.

Hard scoop flavors include Nantucket Blueberry, Cotton Candy, Purple Cow, Grapenut, and Apple Pie.

Another item worth trying is the chocolate-dipped frozen bananas and the liquor-infused ice cream.

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Michael Curran owner of Mike's Ice Cream truck serves campers frozen treats on the last day of Raynham Police Speed Camp at Raynham Middle School on Tuesday, August 1, 2023.
Michael Curran owner of Mike's Ice Cream truck serves campers frozen treats on the last day of Raynham Police Speed Camp at Raynham Middle School on Tuesday, August 1, 2023.

Tom and Jimmy's - 235 N Main St., West Bridgewater

Have you ever heard of Ice cream nachos?

At Tom and Jimmy's in West Bridgewater, you can have ice cream nachos with any topping you want. The ice cream shop serves nachos with your choice of ice cream and topping and a side of waffle chips.

Feeling adventurous? The business offers a hard ice cream flight of your choice, with over two dozen types of ice cream, including Bubble Gum, Banana Cream Pie and Kahlua Chip.

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Susana Gutierrez of Easton and her dog 'Marco' taste ice cream during 'free doggie ice cream' on Saturday, August 12, 2017 at Daddy's Dairy in Brockton. 

(Marc Vasconcellos/The Enterprise)
Susana Gutierrez of Easton and her dog 'Marco' taste ice cream during 'free doggie ice cream' on Saturday, August 12, 2017 at Daddy's Dairy in Brockton. (Marc Vasconcellos/The Enterprise)

Randolph Dairy Barn — 892 N. Main St., Randolph

Randolph Dairy Barn is home to the "Nacho Man Randy Savage" ice cream nachos, which come with two scoops of ice cream, three toppings, and cinnamon sugar pita ships to scoop to your heart's desire.

Some of the staff favorites include:

Sweet Carmel Bah Bah Bah — maple walnut ice cream with Butterfinger candy and drizzles of caramel and hot fudge

Campfire Night — s'mores and cookie dough ice cream with marshmallow sauce, chocolate chips, and hot fudge

Strawberry Fields — strawberry and strawberry cheesecake ice cream with strawberry cheesecake bites topped with whipped cream and a cherry.

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Foley Ice Cream — 132 Hancock St., Braintree

At Foley Ice Cream in Braintree, you can find tasty treats for your furry friends and edible cookie dough. Patrons can try ice cream nachos with homemade waffle chips, their favorite ice cream, warm toppings, covered in whipped cream and a cherry to top it off.

If you're up for an ice cream challenge, Foley Ice Cream has a "Holy Moley Foley" challenge of eating five scoops of ice cream, three toppings, whipped cream, and a cherry. You win a T-shirt and "bragging rights."

Even your furry friends can participate in some of the action with a low-fat yogurt dessert topped with peanut butter and banana blended and poured into cups.

Ice cream pies are also super popular, and there are seven flavors, starting with the first layer of a graham cracker or chocolate crust, fudge, ice cream and whipped toppings.

This article originally appeared on The Enterprise: Ice cream nachos? 4 places to get unique ice cream near Brockton