Mother Moo Creamery

On Friday night we took a surprise trip to Sierra Madre from a new artisan ice cream shop that opened this past July. Sierra Madre is the cutest town. It has that east-coast feel with old shops close together and offering walking distance restaurants and treats all together. The nightlife is slim but some of the restaurants still drew a crowd along with live music even at 9pm.

Mother Moo Creamery was still hopping at 9pm. The shop is sparse, with cement floors and a tiny ice cream freezer with one or two tables and a couple of chairs lined up against the wall on the sidewalk. It isn't really the place you want to sit and eat--but since the town is so cute you can take it to go and go for a little walk.

Mother Moo had about 8 flavors when we were there and they are constantly changing them so you can watch their Facebook page for more information. Since we went with a group I was able to taste several of the available flavors. I tasted salted chocolate, mint chocolate chip, strawberry and coffee cinnamon.

Salted Chocolate - really salty but kind of delightful if you have another flavor at the same time. Alone and near the end the salt becomes overwhelming

Mint Chocolate Chip - They use real fresh mint, so for anyone who loves fresh mint this flavor is for you! I don't really like mint much at all and fresh mint is way worse than the extract. This ice cream was too fresh and minty for me but others liked it a lot. This flavor was also really really soft so it melted fast and had more of a custardy feel almost like they didn't freeze it long enough

Strawberry - Good fruit to cream ratio, very solid

Coffee Cinnamon - This was mine so I ate the whole thing less a few tastes. By the end, I was getting kind of tired of the strong chewy coffee grounds littering the surface of the ice cream but I did like this to start off. The cinnamon flavor was strong too and I really liked the textures at first but I got tired of this ice cream as I went through my single scoop,

The scoops are served in small cups for one scoop, larger trays for two scoops or in fresh-made waffle cones in vanilla and chocolate. They have a few mason jars and a pitcher of water if you wait long enough to finish your choice inside the shop. They also sell jam and a few other odds and ends.

The verdict? The ice cream is good but the flavors we chose weren't our favorites. We'll go back again and try something different and maybe share a bit more so we don't get tired of flavors. The shop itself could be a little more homey but maybe they are going for a come in, eat out atmosphere anyway.

Mother Moo Creamery
17 Kersting Circle
Sierra Madre, CA 91024
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