With summer around the corner, temperatures in Chico are expected to rise more this year than last, according to Long Range Forecasts. Ice cream shops in Downtown Chico offer the perfect solution to relieve sweet treat lovers of all ages.
La Paleteria y Neveria de Michoacan features a very diverse menu of both specialty items as well as traditional ice cream combinations in Downtown Chico. The five most popular items sold include the following.
Oreo Frappuccino: $8.95
Reese’s Ice cream: $5.95 for a small to $8.95 for a large
Banana Split: $10.95
Mangonada: $10.95
This shop also offers esquite, which is a corn based treat with mayo and cheese for $6.50 as one of their most popular items.
Right down the street is Jon & Bon’s Yogurt Shoppe. This shop offers a mix of both frozen yogurts and ice cream, with a range of more standard flavors as well as lower price points.
The most popular ice cream flavors include cookies and cream, birthday cake and Maui waui sherbet. Two most popular frozen yogurt flavors are peanut butter and chocolate vanilla swirl.
A kid size costs $3.99 and larger sizes range between $6.15 and $7.99
Shubert’s Ice Cream and Candy has been Chico’s longest standing ice cream shop, opened in 1938, and to no surprise is a much more traditional ice cream shop model. Their most iconic and popular flavors include Chico mint, salty oak, mango sorbet, mint chip and chocolate peanut butter.
Single scoop: $4.50
Double scoop: $7
Large portions: $8.50
These prices remain the same whether in a bowl or cone, however a waffle cone adds $1.25 to the original price.
As the town once again prepares for the high temperatures of summer, these downtown businesses grant a variety of beloved flavors ranging in the form of a traditional scoop of ice cream, frozen yogurt or a specialty dessert. Residents have multiple, wonderful ways to respond to the summer heat.
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