![]() These can be made with any flavor of ice cream as well as banana, peanut butter, black raspberry and blueberry. “It was eggnog ice cream with a brownie Christmas tree, red icing and white cotton candy on top to look like a Santa hat and green jello and cinnamon toast crunch ‘cat food’ on the side.”įor a simpler shake, customers can order the “B-Movie Creations” for $6. “The ‘Christmas Vacation’ creation was a favorite of mine,” she said. Since Halloween is year-round at I Scream Sundae, there aren’t special flavors for that time of year, but Wilkinson does do some for Christmas and other holidays “Oftentimes at night, I’m just browsing Amazon looking at different candies and toys that I could use,” she said. “There’s a variety of things I do to manipulate the ice cream,” Wilkinson said.Īs for her inspiration, that comes from a number of sources, including customer requests, but it is often based on what Wilkinson feels would go best with the flavors that she has or a lingering idea that she wants to represent. “I just added a little touch of ‘magic’ to that with the sparkler.”Ībout 15 of the creations are made with ice cream flavors from tubs, and the other half of the creations are made with a vanilla ice cream base, and then Wilkinson experiments with it to make new flavors. “I respect what kids like and love to watch,” Wilkinson said. “It has bubble gum scream with bubble gum icing, bubble gum pieces and sunglasses,” Wilkinson said.Īnd kid-centric ones like the “Frozen”-inspired Elsa (vanilla scream, blue icing, sugar cookie, marshmallows, sparkler and “magic.”) There are more shakes that have more obscure references, like a creation based on “They Live” and Rowdy Roddy Piper. “People just think it’s the coolest thing, and kids love the 3-D glasses,” Wilkinson said. These shakes are $9 each and range from the most popular “Night of the Living Dead” (made with Oreo “scream,” or ice cream, chocolate donuts, fudge icing, chocolate sprinkles and “worms”) to the “Serial Killer” (Coco or Fruity Pebbles scream, marshmallow icing and mash and whip cream) to the more recent addition “Gremlins” (red velvet scream, whip cream, red and blue sugar, cotton candy stripe in a bowl of popcorn with 3-D glasses). ![]() Pictures of each are hung on the wall for easy selection. I Scream Sundae has more than 30 over-the-top milkshake creations to choose from currently, with more being added all the time. I wanted to teach them entrepreneurship and business skills, and it just took off. “I put the haunt stuff together with ice cream to build a business and create year-round employment for young adults. Using some of the props from the Go Go Scare Show (and later adding more from fans), Wilkinson and Westfall opened I Scream Sundae on July 1, 2018. Now, even though the Go Go Scare Show isn’t continuing, its spirit lives on in I Scream Sundae and Hallowbeans Coffee House. And therein was the inspiration for her future businesses. Unfortunately, the Go Go Scare Show was only open a few weeks a year, and Wilkinson wanted to be able to provide stable employment for this demographic, especially those that had a more “alternative” look and interests similar to hers. “I’m a PK - preacher’s kid - and I’ve done missions all over the world, but my heart has always been for teenagers and young adults.” At the time, Wilkinson and Westfall had four teenagers between them, and Wilkinson really loved working with the local youth. The couple put on the Go Go Scare Show for three seasons, hiring young adults as their temporary employees.
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