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Located in a 19th century general store in the village of Surry,
Pugnuts features a classic gelato counter, with pans of the creamy,
frozen confection – in flavors like Honey Lavender, Spruce Tip, and
Oak Bourbo – sculpted into swirled peaks, artfully garnished with
each flavor’s featured ingredient. The shop serves its ice cream and
gelato in homemade waffle cones dipped in chocolate and gilded with
rainbow sprinkles or chopped nuts.

This spring and summer, Pugnuts devotees can also purchase their
favorite flavors in hand-packed pints at grocery stores in Blue Hill,
Ellsworth, Deer Isle, Bangor, and beyond.
“Our customers have told us that they enjoy the convenience of
buying pints at the grocery store, but they still love to come into our
shop to sit and have a dish or cone and see what’s new in our display
cases,” Eric said. It is probably a solid plan, given that new products like
Puppy Paws and Bubblegum gelato, as well as Karl’s unique ice cream
cakes, are only available at the shop.

You will also find Pugnuts out and about, at catered events such as
weddings, doing community outreach at local nursing homes, and at
a handful of scoop shops in Blue Hill, Bangor, and Northeast Harbor.

And while Eric explains that having an ice cream store is “one of
the best businesses in the world if you’re looking for good karma,” he
and Karl aren’t leaving anything up to chance. As part of the Surry
Elementary School spring curriculum, Karl hosts three classes and uses
ice cream making to teach about thermodynamics (freezing point and
what affects it), the metric system, weights and measures in general, The front of Pugnuts Ice Cream shop, housed in a 19th
and flavor science. This gift of training potential future ice cream century general store building in the village of Surry.
makers will certainly stack the karma odds in favor of team Pugnuts.

Pugnuts is open year round, and hosts a popular Pug Parade and Jamboree in October. They also make ice cream cakes to order and
cater weddings. Visit them at 1267 Surry Road, or at pugnuts.com.

Specialty cakes and ice cream bars in the case at Pugnuts Ice Cream in Surry.

A delicious presentation at the Pugnuts Ice Cream shop.

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