Bruster's Real Ice Cream serves over 150 handcrafted flavors in rotation. (Courtesy Bruster's Real Ice Cream)
There are several places serving ice cream, shaved ice and cold treats in the Spring-Klein area to beat the heat this summer. This list is not comprehensive.
Bruster's Real Ice Cream
Founded in 1989, Bruster's Real Ice Cream has 200 independently owned locations in 22 states, per the website.
Bruster's Real Ice Cream offers over 150 handcrafted flavors in rotation, including chocolate chip, black cherry and mixed berry cheesecake.
Buzzles Shave Ice offers over 100 flavors of snow cones. (Courtesy Buzzles Shave Ice)
Buzzles Shaved Ice
Buzzles Shave Ice offers over 100 flavors of snow cones, including New Orleans-style flavors and Hawaiian-style shaved ice. A few flavors offered per the website include candy apple, pumpkin spice and red velvet.
Creamistry serves handcrafted premium ice cream made using liquid nitrogen to flash freeze individual ice cream orders at -321° F. Ice cream treats are made-to-order and are customizable.
Ice cream flavors range from banana to matcha and fruity pebbles. In addition, the ice cream shop offers ice cream treats such as sandwiches and affogato as well as cakes.
Founded in 2006 in north Houston, El Kiosko offers a variety of ice cream flavors. (Courtesy El Kiosko)
El Kiosko
Founded in 2006 in north Houston, El Kiosko offers a variety of ice cream flavors, smoothies, aguas frescas, fruit salads and troles, a snow-like texture treat.
Troles flavors offered include:
Chamoy
Mango
Pineapple
Melon
The Mexican franchise also serves Mexican bites such as corn in a cup, tacos, tortas and quesadillas.
Luliet Creamery and Bakery offers two dozen flavors of housemade ice cream. (Courtesy Luliet Creamery and Bakery)
Luliet Creamery and Bakery
Owned by Nelia Shehaj, Luliet Creamery and Bakery offers two dozen flavors of housemade ice cream, scratch-made cookies and cupcakes, a variety of French macaron and custom cake orders.
Michoacana Tex-Star opened in November. (Jovanna Aguilar/Community Impact)
Michoacana Tex-Star
Michoacana Tex-Star owner Brenda Oyaro said the ice cream shop opened in November and is now offering ice cream, boba and treats. Michoacana Tex-Star offers over 12 flavors of paletas, a popsicle-style treat made with frozen fruit, as well as smoothies with a variety of topping options, including boba and fruit cocktails.