Ice cream to the rescue just in time for summer: Acclaimed ice cream concept Handel's Ice Cream is open two new locations in the Dallas area, in a northward direction:
- Prosper at 201 W Frontier Pkwy. #50
- Frisco at 13600 Coit Rd.
The Frisco location is from brothers Spencer and Craig Moore and their father, who also own the locations in Little Elm, Plano, and McKinney. The Prosper location is from husband-and-wife Mike and Angela Davis, longtime residents of Prosper, who plan to open the shop on June 26.
"We love Prosper and we love Handel’s," Mike Davis says in a statement. "We are over the moon about the opportunity to bring Handel’s to our hometown."
Handel's Homemade Ice Cream & Yogurt was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Ohio. The chain began when founder Alice Handel began serving ice cream out of her husband's gas station in Youngstown, Ohio. Her first batches were made using fruit she picked from her own backyard.
Handel's is known for good-quantity ingredients and for making their ice cream daily, starting with a base made by Handel's corporate that's shipped to the store. Ech shop features 48 rotating flavors that are made in-store.
Their flavors include cherry vanilla, black cherry (with whole black cherries), blueberry cheesecake chunk, banana pudding, banana (with fresh bananas), black walnut, praline pecan, and mint chip.
There are Northeast-style flavors such as peppermint stick, black raspberry truffle, and orange pineapple, and eight different vanilla options including vanilla, vanilla raspberry chip, and vanilla with lemon Oreos.
There are seasonal flavors such as egg nog and pumpkin with marshmallow ripple, and offbeat flavors such as grape ice cream and "pizelle," based on the flat stamped cookies, flavored with anise.
They do ice cream, banana splits, and sundaes; milkshakes and malted milkshakes; smoothies; ice cream sandwiches, cakes, and pies; chocolate-covered ice cream bars; and "hurricanes" - soft-serve vanilla with candy bars mixed in.
While some of the locations are walk-up only, the locations in Texas include a sit-down ice cream parlor, with a party room for birthday parties and team events.
They've been in growth mode, and currently have more than 150 stores, both corporate and franchise, in 15 states. Prosper is the 10th location in DFW for the chain which first entered the market in 2019. There are also locations in Flower Mound, Highland Village, Grapevine, Arlington, and Burleson.
