Sprinkles Ice Cream

You know Sprinkles as a cupcake bakery but now offer sweets of a different kind: Sprinkles Ice Cream.

That was my heart singing right there. I love ice cream even more than cupcakes and it makes perfect sense to combo the two.

The ice cream shop is located right next door to the original cupcake location in Beverly Hills. While the cupcakes stop at around 9pm (except for the all night cupcake ATM) the ice cream shop is open until midnight! 

I love this because if you're out and about at night in LA this is a great late night stop. There's always a line, even right up until midnight but it's a nice place to see people you know in line and sit and chat for a bit while you wait for your late night treat.

Like the Sprinkles stores the Ice Cream shop is of minimal design, clean whites and reds - the ideal backdrop for colorful ice cream scoops. The large open window wall lets in the summer air but also allows a peek at the extensive menu.

Scoops, shakes, sundaes...red velvet cones! The flavors are change daily and you can tell what is available by the red dots next to the names.

But when you think of Sprinkles you think of cupcakes, right? So why not pair the two in a cupcake sundae? Oh. Yes. They. Did. My cousin who came along with me loves cupcakes and I love ice cream and this was the ideal choice for both of us. They split a cupcake in half, fill the middle with ice cream, then place the frosted top back on. Decadent for sure, almost to a fault, then again I was eating this at midnight.

I went for the vanilla chocolate cupcake and paired that with coffee ice cream. I can never pass up coffee anything, however I did get to taste the Captain Crunch ice cream, something I wasn't sure would work but I liked it so much that might be my choice next time.

For cupcake lovers, other items that incorporate cupcakes is a topping of crumbled cupcakes or a cupcake ice cream sandwich: just what it says, ice cream sandwiched between two cupcake tops.

Sprinkles Ice Cream is a sweet concept with a ton of fans. Keep in mind it's pricey, no doubt but you're paying for the name and novelty. It's just a matter of time before Sprinkles Ice Cream goes global just like the cupcakes. I'm all set to go back, a red velvet cone at midnight sounds about right to me...

Sprinkles Ice Cream
9631 S Santa Monica Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
www.sprinklesicecream.com