Violet's Ice Cream - Downtown Sanford, FL — Restaurant in Sanford

Decided to try this place out because the idea of Amish ice cream was appealing to me. I love McFlurrys, so I decided to try their churned ice cream (which I assumed would be similar), but their churning machine churns so aggressively I think it could be used to drill to the center of the Earth. I ordered brownies and snickers as my mix-ins, and by the time the machine did its thing, my mix-ins were so pulverized you’d never even know they were there. It would be much better if the machine would simply fold the mix-ins in instead of totally mashing them into dust. You can also see in the picture that not only are there no discernible chunks of brownie or candy bar, but also the force of the churning almost totally melted the ice cream. If I ever come back, I’m just going to order a regular cup of ice cream with a couple toppings and skip the churning machine, because it destroys...

So good! My husband had the Break-up and I had the caramel praline. The caramel praline was delicious there were THICK ribbons of caramel throughout the entire cup and 2 scoops is more like 4 huge portions. I got to try a taste of the Amish chocolate at the bottom of my husband's, such a rich creamy perfect chocolate ice cream!! It's a little pricey but it's homemade and...

I got the coco-loco, which was a special menu item listed on a sign on the sidewalk. Coconut and chocolate - heaven. My husband got the key lime ice cream - also excellent. We just happened to walk by the place as we were going to dinner. We didn't even know it was there til today. We stopped by again after dinner for dessert and loved it. We will...