Ice cream

The Anna Banana Milk Fund

Last week, Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream was lauded as Small Business of the Year by King County Executive Dow Constantine. Now, owner Molly Moon Neitzel has propelled herself into orbital awesomeness by teaming up with Wallingford's FamilyWorks and introducing the Anna Banana Milk Fund. With $10 donations a month, the Anna Banana Milk Fund will provide individuals and families with enough organic whole milk for an entire month. The deliveries will be made every week to FamilyWorks by Smith Brothers Farms,…

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The Street Treats truck is coming!

As a kid growing up in the suburbs, hearing the jingling bells of the ice cream truck was one of the best things about summer.  Living in a tract housing development that had 2.5 children for every home, our purchases were easily the driver’s entire take for the day.  We’d be in the middle of a kickball game in the cul-de-Sac, or building a fort in the back yard when the bells beckoned us to drop whatever it was we were…

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Is ‘Leo’ America’s Favorite Food Truck?

Seems like one more Wallingford food favorite is going up against some pretty fierce national competition.  This time, the Food Network has nominated Molly Moon’s ice cream truck, Leo, as one of the best food trucks in America.  Not bad for only being on the road for two months. Now it’s up to you, the public, to decide by casting your votes.  You can vote up to 10 times a day, now through September 10, either online or via text: FT201…

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Molly Moon was a girl scout

Ya can't make Scout Mint Ice Cream without genuine Girl Scout's Thin Mints, so Molly Moon's is offering to buy 'em from local scouts. To keep both her stores stocked through 2010, she says she'll need 4,500 boxes, which is enough to give us a stomach ache just thinking about it. Last year, her ice cream empire bought $18,000 worth of cookies and helped to send more than 30 girls to Girl Scout camp with “camperships” (scholarships earned by campers that…

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Molly Moon to eliminate out corn syrup

We were a bit surprised to be told the other day that Molly Moon's ice cream contains corn syrup. We knew that the ice cream is made from a base bought from Snoqualmie Creamery (the "homemade" claim, we assume, means they mix the base with the flavorings in the homey-feeling store), and that while Molly Moon prides herself on the use of "local and organic ingredients", that just means that some of the ingredients they use are local and/or organic, not…

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