When it comes to a hot summer day, nothing beats a cold, tasty treat. Bountiful, Utah, is full of ice cream spots that are sure to cool you down and offer tasty flavors for your sweet tooth. Here are some of the best local ice cream spots, courtesy of Bountiful Mazda.

Blacksmith Ice Cream

[caption id="attachment_62" align="alignright" width="300"] Image via Flickr by Infomastern[/caption] This local ice cream shop offers freshly made ice cream in a variety of different flavors. To make their ice cream, they pour the cream onto a frozen anvil, combine the ingredients, and freeze. The ice cream is rolled into small batches and served for you to enjoy. The small batches that are frozen on an anvil make this ice cream stop a unique one. There are plenty of flavors to choose from, including Brownies n' Chocolate, Fresh Raspberry, Double Vanilla, Banana Nutella, Campfire S'mores, Dough n' Cookies, Chocolate Peanut Cup, White Mint Chip, Caramel Cashew, Honeybud, and Backcountry Berry Cheesecake. They also offer seasonal flavors, which are currently pistachios and cream and toasted coconut cookies. When buying the ice cream, you have a choice of various cones or a bowl. You also have the choice of a single, double, or triple scoop. There is also a kids cone option. If you want to spruce up your cone, you can add premium toppings, or you can take a pint home if you want.

Pace's Dairy Ann

Established in 1957 in Bountiful, Utah, this family-run restaurant has been selling traditional ice cream treats alongside their burgers and classic diner dishes for over 60 years. Pace's Dairy Ann offers various options, including shakes, malts, and ice cream treats. For anyone who prefers a shake or malt, they have over 20 flavors to choose from. You can choose one flavor or pair them to make your own unique combination. Some of the flavors offered include marshmallow, strawberry, pineapple, banana, fresh cheesecake, Oreo, Rice Krispies treat, Reese's, Butterfinger, and Snickers. Be sure to visit their website for their complete flavor options. If you prefer an ice cream treat, they offer Rainbow treats which are a combination of ice cream and slushies. You can choose from cherry, tiger's blood, lime, orange, peach, grape, and blue raspberry slushies to pair with your vanilla ice cream. They also offer cones, ice cream bars, sundaes, root beer floats, freezes, and banana splits.

Nielsen's Frozen Custard

Bountiful is the place where Nielsen's Frozen custard started. They have expanded since the location opened in 1989, and they offer tasty frozen custard that you will happily return for. Nielsen's Frozen Custard is known for its concretes, which are a very thick shake that you eat with a spoon. The frozen custard that makes up the concrete is made fresh every few hours with real dairy cream, rich eggs, and other ingredients. To create such a thick, smooth, and creamy texture, they use a special freezing machine unique to Nielsen's, which keeps all the air out of the frozen custard. There is an added bonus that the frozen custard has less fat than normal ice cream. If you want to try the classic concrete, there are over 30 flavors to choose from. In addition to your classic flavors, you can choose flavors like coconut, lemon, Orange Cow, pretzel, waffle cone, cake batter, apple pie, and cheesecake. You are invited to get creative and make your own combination of concrete. They also have nut concretes at Nielsen, which combine concrete flavors with almonds, cashews, pecans, peanuts, walnuts, and pistachio. If you are more of a cone type of person, you can choose vanilla, chocolate, or the flavor of the day in a cone with the option of a single, double, or triple scoop. You can add a waffle cone and whipped cream to your treat as well. Nielsen also offers toppings to put on your frozen custard, sundaes, sodas, and floats. If you love their frozen custard, consider taking a pint for the road.

The Penguin Brothers

If you don't mind taking the quick drive down to Salt Lake City, you can head to The Penguin Brothers for some gourmet ice cream and cookies. Their menu combines cookies and ice cream and puts them together in a delicious treat. All the products that are sold are made from scratch using fresh and natural ingredients. At The Penguin Brothers, you have the choice of building an ice cream sandwich or Pizookie. Their standard cookies are chocolate chip, double fudge, snickerdoodle, and oatmeal. They also have gluten-friendly chocolate chip and double fudge cookies. For ice cream, you can choose vanilla bean, Cookie Monster, dark chocolate sea salt, strawberry Nutella, or Fruity Pebbles, to name a few. Be sure to check the website for the complete list of ice cream flavors and call ahead if you want one in particular. The big choice comes when you have to decide which cookies and ice cream you want to combine for your ice cream sandwich. They have some unique combinations that you will want to try, like the Inception sandwich with a chocolate chip and double fudge cookie and Cookie Monster ice cream in between. Another option is Luigi's Mansion with double fudge cookies and mint Oreo ice cream. You can also do a Pizookie, which is a half-baked cookie in a pie pan with a scoop of ice cream on top. Some of the Pizookie flavors you can choose include Glamping, which comes with a chocolate chip base and smore's ice cream with caramel drizzle. Another option is the Repeat Customer with snickerdoodle and Biscoff ice cream topped with caramel drizzle. There are so many local places to visit in Bountiful, Utah. Whether you want a traditional cone, diner favorites, frozen custard, or a combination of cookies and ice cream, you can't go wrong with any of these choices. Where is your favorite ice cream spot? We at Bountiful Mazda would love to hear where you go when you are looking for a tasty, cold treat on a hot summer day.