Chunky Cow Creamery

Lewis said he makes batches of custard-style ice cream daily and in gallon-and-a-half portions to keep options fresh. The core ingredients are hand-selected by Lewis, he said, and hail almost entirely from Texas.

"I don't believe that the bottom of the ice cream, two weeks later, is going to taste as good as the top. This way, we serve it for a day or two, and then it's gone," he said. "We use Oak Farms [cream] because all of their cows are in Texas and our eggs are from Texas. I also have a secret supplier of honeycomb just down the road."

Guests can add unlimited toppings such as fruit slices, nuts, cereal, syrups, sprinkles and candy to their ice cream scoop for $1.50.

Brownies, cookies and pies, made by Lewis' wife, Ashley, can also be mixed in.

A variety of dairy-based frozen yogurt flavors made by Honey Hill Farm are available from machines on the wall.

"We do [sell] yogurt, but it's the ice cream that we are getting known for."

During the next two or three years, Lewis said he hopes to get pints of Chunky Cow Creamery ice cream into local grocery stores.

"Our philosophy is this store, and then we want to do wholesale. We have a few wholesale accounts, but going into next year, certainly getting into the H-E-Bs and Walmarts is our focus," he said. "This store is going into our first winter, so we will have to weather the storm for the next few months. This time next year when it starts slowing down again, we are really going to put that into motion. And when it gets to summer, we'll be booming."

Chunky Cow Creamery, 11880 W. Old FM 2243, Ste. 202, Leander, 512-259-1996, Hours: Mon—Thu. noon–8 p.m., Fri.–Sat. noon–9 p.m., www.facebook.com/chunkycowcreamery