The University of Connecticut Dairy Bar is celebrating fall with a pumpkin milkshake and apple crisp sundae and has begun to prepare November specials and senior scoop contest.
The Jack o’ Lantern milkshake features pumpkin ice cream with Oreo crumbs and a chocolate drizzle, topped with whipped cream, pumpkin spice, black and orange sprinkles and a candy pumpkin. The Apple Harvest Sundae consists of warm apple crisp topped with vanilla ice cream, caramel drizzle, whipped cream, pumpkin spice and candy corn.
Monthly specials are selected by the Dairy Bar staff and are often tailored to the current season or holiday, Ethan Haggerty, area manager of UConn Dining Services, said. He explained his team often reuses milkshake and sundae of the months each year.
Haggerty said the staff is always preparing for upcoming specials. Right now, they are looking forward to November specials and the annual senior scoop, an ice cream flavor selected by the senior class each year.
“We have a special flavor coming out in honor of the women’s basketball coaching anniversary 40 years Auriemma and Daley,” said Haggerty. “November specials will be themed after them and we are going to have souvenir cups.”
To celebrate Thanksgiving, Haggerty said ice cream turkey pies are going into production soon.
The annual senior scoop submission window just ended, and the contest will be beginning soon online. Last year, the senior scoop “Basketball Capitol of the Swirl’d” was a black raspberry ice cream with Oreo cookie pieces and a fudge ripple.
The Dairy Bar is open daily from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Hours will be reduced to 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday through Sunday, starting Oct. 29, to accommodate fall season, according to an Oct. 11 Daily Digest post.
The ice cream truck will be at the next UConn Fall Open House on Oct. 26 on Fairfield Way from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The Dairy Bar continues to be recognized in Connecticut, as they were nominated in the people’s choice category for the Crazies Awards, an annual awards gala hosted by the Connecticut Restaurant Association, according to an Instagram post by UConn Dairy Bar. Voting is open until Nov. 30.
The Dairy Bar opened in 1953 to sell dairy products made by the UConn Creamery. Today, the Dairy Bar makes and sells ice cream and a variety of cheeses through its retail establishment located at 17 Manter Road.