What Is Custard?

What Is Frozen Custard?

Prepared fresh. Made onsite. Smooth, rich, creamy, and delicious. It is the frozen custard difference. The Meadows Original Frozen Custard is a superior premium ice cream dessert. It’s softer than regular scoop ice cream but firmer than soft-serve, and creamier than both. Our basic ingredients are milk, cream, sugar, and egg yolk. The single difference that makes custard different is the egg yolk. Without egg it would just be ice cream. The egg yolk acts as an emulsifier and is what gives custard its silky-smooth texture.

But that’s not all that makes The Meadows Original Frozen Custard better… Our custard has real cream, real sugar, and a higher butterfat content which gives the custard its delectable creaminess. The richness and density of the custard comes from the low “overrun”, or air content. Air is not pumped into the mix, nor is it added as an “ingredient” as compared to typical soft serve, hard ice cream, or frozen yogurt, which can have as much as 100% overrun. At 100% overrun the product doubles in size meaning that half of the product is air. The more air the ice cream has, the coarser the texture of the ice cream due to the size of ice crystals. When made properly, frozen custard only has 20% overrun so you are tasting more of the actual product and getting more product for your money. After all, air is free and we don’t think that you should be buying it in your frozen dessert!

At The Meadows, we are dedicated to serving premium products with quality ingredients from a dairy located near our original location in Pennsylvania. This guarantees the freshest and highest quality frozen custard you can find. We pride ourselves on striving to provide each customer with a superior product made fresh all day, served in a friendly and timely manner, and in a sparkling clean store.

 

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What our Customers Says

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Bart Arnold
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Ok, as someone who was originally from PA and was used to eating Meadows ice cream from the original location, I am so glad I found this place closer to where I now call home. Meadows ice is amazing, and with the flavors they have, it pushes it over the top. I was a little sad that I missed the birthday cake ice cream. But I will be back for sure!
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Coach Damarus Moton
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Really good.
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Claire Shannon
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It took us awhile because there was only one person working and it got real busy but she was cheerful and pleasant and made some dandy turtle sundaes. It’s a bit of a drive for us but sooo good. Try the butter pecan too.
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Ali Cooper
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They have creative flavor of the day choices every day but they can make anything into a shake!!! Great place!
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Gary Damon
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Our favorite ice cream(frozen custard).
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Daniel Wilson
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Great ice cream
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Renee Jetter
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I got the custard nachos with the dulce du Leche (pardon my spelling) falvor that they had today. They were delicious. The waffer was not soggy and melted in your mouth. The custard was perfect. My new favorite place!
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Paula Jackson
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Ketarah and Daniella was awesome and made my experience delightful !