The Ice Cream Shack

I love the ice cream, but they don't put ice cream in styrofoam cups anymore for you and they melt before you get a chance to really eat them and enjoy them. Plus, the way they have their lives for their Sundays they're almost impossible to get off before you get it all over you fix that problem, I will probably go back to there. But there's another ice cream store in town with lemon soft serve, so....

Review Date: September 29th, 2013 “Do you want to go to The Ice Cream Shack?” “Sure! Which one?” “THE Ice Cream Shack.” “Right, but which one? Peoria has a ton of them.” “It’s a place called THE ICE CREAM SHACK.” “Ohhhhhh…” I imagine that is a common conversation among people when they are talking about coming here. I know there was some slight confusion between my cousin and I when we made plans to check this place out. After spending the afternoon hiking at Forest Park Nature Center with my friend Tim and my cousin’s family, we needed some sugary treats to recharge our batteries. The kids were vocally loud in their agreement on getting ice cream. So, we hopped in our cars and headed over. I had been by this area quite a few times and never realized there was an ice cream place. The building itself is a bit recessed from the road and doesn’t really have an outlandish look that some ice cream shacks have. So, you can end up driving by without noticing it (as I have). It was a slow when we pulled up so there was plenty of parking for our two vehicles. We hopped out and walked on up to the window to figure out what we wanted. Luckily this place doesn’t have a million different options to pick from like a lot of places. Their menu is simplistic and focused on ice cream with a small selection of non-frozen desserts to pick from. On this day, I snagged a Peanut Butter Cup-flavored wizard. As we waited for our snacks, I eagerly anticipated getting a peanut butter cup-themed wizard staff and hat to go with my delectable. When they called my name, I sprinted up to the window to get my goodies. What they gave me was just the wizard that I ordered and no garments or anything else. Dream crushed. I’m kidding. We all got our orders in a fairly quick time as there weren’t many people there. I don’t recall what everyone else got but we took some funny photos while scarfing down our sugary dairy products. Everyone seemed to enjoy what they ordered and after goofing around a bit more, we parted ways. Not only did the kids get to be kids jacked up on ice cream and hiking, us adults got to be kids at heart while being goof balls loaded up on sugar.

The Brownie sundae was amazing (was $5)! They also have lemon ice cream. We got a quart to take home. My husband got a puppy chow wizard (like a blizzard) and my son got a gum wizard (with real gum pieces in it). The small wizards are about the size of a medium McDonald's cup (shorter but a bit wider, for size reference).

One of the staple locations of Peoria ice cream stops, the Ice Cream Shack always provides good cold treats and an assortment of quality food. The place is sure to be packed on any given hot summer night, which is a sure sign that the food is good! There are many benches around to sit and enjoy your ice cream and just relax for a minute or two!