Chill out: Where to find ice cream and frozen treats in Elsternwick Village

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream – especially when it’s a scorcher out!

But where can you go to keep your cool and beat the heat?

Some sources say the ancient Romans invented ice cream when emperors sent men to mountain tops to bring back fresh snow that was then flavoured.

But you don’t have to go to those lengths.

We’ve put together a handy guide to finding the icy sweetness your heart desires in Elsternwick Village.

Just follow our fabulous frozen treats trail.

Ice cream

Will’s Batch Ice Cream serves up scoops of award-winning, handmade ice cream made in small batches at its Williamstown factory every day. There are 50 flavours to choose from. Toffee apple ice cream, anyone?

For natural, local and handmade gelato and sorbetto, Luna Blu Gelato is a must-visit. Their gelato and dairy-free sorbetto is churned in-house in small batches, and they offer up to 16 flavours made from seasonal fruits, Gippsland Jersey milk and free range Green Eggs. All of their flavours are available to take home in a 500mL, 1L and 1.5L containers too!

Or, if you like your tasty cool treats in a tub or on a stick, pop into Coles and grab something from the freezer. Choose from tubs of ice cream, icy poles and frozen yogurt.

Acai and smoothie bowls

For a really cool treat that’s more nice than naughty, opt for an acai or smoothie bowl.

For those who haven’t tried one yet, a smoothie bowl is akin to soft serve in a bowl except that it’s filled with the goodness of frozen berries and bananas, and sometimes even veggies. Smoothie bowls often take pride in being beautifully presented with pretty toppings of sliced fresh fruits, coconut flakes, seeds and granola.

Acai bowls, which uses frozen acai berry to form the base of the bowl, have become particularly popular in recent times, thanks to their vivid purple colour and countless health benefits.

Be Bowld specialises in acai bowls and offers a range of options on their menu. Each bowl has a classic acai base that can be topped with different ingredients such as buckini clusters, peanut butter, granola, berries, coconut, chocolate spread and more.

Mother’s Instinct offers a classic acai bowl served with their housemade muesli, coconut, seasonal fresh fruit and peanut butter.

Smoothies

No time to sit with a bowl? No problem.

Try Be Bowld for one of their delicious smoothies. Choose from their range of standard smoothies which include berry options as well as a mango and passionfruit and a creamy banana and cocao, or opt for one of their protein smoothies like the ‘super green’ or the ‘berries and cream’.

Cool off in Elsternwick Village

Whichever way you’d like to chill out this summer, stroll through the rather cool Elsternwick Village and you’ll find it.

Just one question to ask yourself now: where to first?