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Cold Stone Creamery - Yum!

loraleena

By loraleena
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loraleena
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Hi everyone. I just discovered Cold Stone Creamery. They have a great comprehensive list of all their icecreams and toppings. It shows which icecreams have certain allergens, including gluten, nuts, soy, msg, dairy,etc. Most are gluten free. They put the icecream on a frozen table where other icecreams may have been, so I asked them to put mine directly in the cup. Yumm!!! They use the table to fold in toppings or just mix the icecream up. Just ask for your toppings on top. They have some locations in Boston, but I know they are in other areas also.

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wolfie Enthusiast
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Thanks for sharing! We have 2 really close to us! :)

CarlaB Enthusiast
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When I could eat dairy, we went there often. I always asked them to use a clean scoop because of the flavors that have wheat and the cones.

Some of their candies are listed as containing gluten that don't, like, I think M&M's. But I'd rather them be extra cautious and make a mistake that way because of their uncertainty. I never got mix-ins.

Great ice cream!!

francelajoie Explorer
francelajoie
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Love Coldstones!!!

I always have the banana ice cream, with peanut butter and m&m's. :D

Check out there website, they list the nutritional info.

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jennyj Collaborator
jennyj
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I went there a few weekends ago. I told the young girl behind the counter about what I couldn't have and she was wonderful So was the ice cream. A funny side, I went with three others and when I brought my bowl to the table it was double the size of theirs and they said they should have told them they had celiac. YUM :P

jkmunchkin Rising Star
jkmunchkin
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I've been to afraid to go to Coldstone because of how they mix everything on the slab. What if the person before me gets something with Oreos or something? I'll stick with Haagen Dazs and Ben & Jerry's.

Lauren M Explorer
Lauren M
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I've been to afraid to go to Coldstone because of how they mix everything on the slab. What if the person before me gets something with Oreos or something? I'll stick with Haagen Dazs and Ben & Jerry's.

Jillian,

I've only been there once, but when I told them what I needed, they got a separate, clean bowl to mix mine.

- Lauren

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jkmunchkin Rising Star
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Jillian,

I've only been there once, but when I told them what I needed, they got a separate, clean bowl to mix mine.

- Lauren

Cool. Thanks.

CarlaB Enthusiast
CarlaB
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Jillian,

I've only been there once, but when I told them what I needed, they got a separate, clean bowl to mix mine.

- Lauren

They offered to either clean the stone or mix mine on a separate platter. I don't like mix-ins, so it was irrelevant, but they did offer.

killernj13 Enthusiast
killernj13
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Just watch them when they mix it. My son had a small nut reaction from Cold Stone Creamery and he had no nuts. Must have been residue on the stone.

Guest nini
Guest nini
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we either take our Cerrone cones with us to Coldstone or get it in the cups and just ask for a clean scoop and have it scooped directly into the cup and the toppings on top... no probs... and MMMMMMM YUMMMMMMMY

Guest Krristabelle
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I don't know what I would do if I had to give up Coldstone.

CarlaB Enthusiast
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I don't know what I would do if I had to give up Coldstone.

I had to give up casein ... so I switched to Haagen Dazs chocolate sorbet.

jams Explorer
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Just a thought... Not to argue, but isn't that like asking someone to use a clean knife when they spread your butter or mayo on your bread? Isn't there still a chance of cc in the ice cream from the "old" scoop? I have never eaten there. Just wondering....

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loraleena Contributor
loraleena
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Almost all their ice creams are gluten free except the ones with cookies and such. I check the ice cream and if I see any other kinds have gotten in I don't get that one. Also, someone said you can ask them to get it from the back. Anyway I have had no problems.

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