Fort Union - Handel's Homemade Ice Cream (2024)

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How many Handel's homemade ice cream locations are there? ›

Handel's Homemade Ice Cream is an ice cream company franchise founded by Alice Handel in 1945 in Youngstown, Ohio. As of January 2024, the company operates 125 corporate and franchise stores in 12 states. Today, it is owned by Leonard Fisher and maintains a corporate headquarters in Canfield, Ohio.

To this day, Handel's upholds the traditions Alice started all those years ago. From making each batch fresh daily to using her original methods and recipes, we're still sharing our homemade ice cream and serving the communities we love so much one scoop at a time.

Handel's Homemade Ice Cream has been made fresh daily at each store since 1945. We use an abundance of only the best ingredients available and are proud to be recognized as the #1 ice cream on the planet!” With a vast menu featuring over 100 flavors of ice cream, sherbets and ices, we knew we were in for a treat.

The growing Handel's Homemade Ice Cream franchise chain has named Jennifer Schuler CEO. Schuler previously served at Wetzel's Pretzels, where she spent nine years, first as CMO, then president, then CEO over the last five years.

Believe it or not, fans often cite Froot Loops—yes, the cereal—as one of the main notes in blue moon's flavor profile. Other guesses include vanilla with a hint of citrus, amaretto, lemon, cotton candy, marshmallow, bubble gum and more. People who make blue moon ice cream at home use raspberry and lemon.

It's all about the flavor. Homemade ice cream, without artificial ingredients, fake thickeners, or unnatural stabilizers to keep it "fresh" for weeks (or months!) in the grocery store freezer, is amazingly flavorful and actually fresh tasting. It's true.

In just their vanilla ice cream, for instance, they manage to use the trilogy of stabilizers: guar Gum, cellulose Gum and carrageenan.

Did you know that Oprah Winfrey's favorite ice cream is none other than Graeter's? Check out this link from the Enquirer archives when she talked about Graeter's in front of her national audience in 2002.

With over 100 irresistible ice cream flavors, there's something for everyone. Find one you know you'll love or start a list of ones you just can't wait to try.

What is the secret to making ice cream very creamy? ›

As you churn ice cream, individual water molecules turn into ice-crystal seeds — which is what makes cream freeze. The higher the fat content, the more time you have to churn before these ice crystals congregate, resulting in creamier final texture.

Here are some tips for making creamy, non-icy homemade ice cream: Use plenty of fat - A good ice cream base should contain ample fat, usually from dairy like cream, whole milk, or egg yolks. More fat means a smoother texture. Cook the base - Heating the ice cream base deactivates enzymes that can make ice cream icy.

The cream cheese helps create an ice cream with a denser, smoother texture. As explained by TASTE, cream cheese acts as a stabilizer in ice cream, preventing water from seeping out of the milk and cream as well as preventing the formation of ice crystals that detract from ice cream's creaminess.

Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream recently expanded its Bakersfield operation, making it the world's largest ice cream plant.

Handel's Homemade Ice Cream has a franchise fee of up to $50,000, with a total initial investment range from $225,000 - $725,000.

America's oldest ice cream company—established in 1861—Bassetts Ice Cream was the first merchant to sign a lease at the Reading Terminal Market in 1892 and is still owned and operated by the same family today.