When Ed Francis, owner of Ed’s Real Scoop ice cream parlours, was stationed in East Asia in 1969, he and his homesick Peace-Corps buddies discovered an A&W stand in Okinawa. His friends devoured their hamburgers, while Ed ordered what he really missed — vanilla ice cream. Even if it was drowning in a glass of root beer, there was no way dairy-deprived Ed was going to pass up a chance to have ice cream.
During the ’50s, when Ed was a kid living in southern Ohio, his father went off to university and his mother found herself at home with five children and little money. “My mother is a great cook and has a sweet tooth. She would make candies, we had taffy pulls…She’d make fudge. We’d watch her and help, but it wasn’t real help, it was to keep the kids busy.” They also made ice cream — real ice cream with rock salt and ice in a wooden bucket with a handle cranked by Ed.
Now Ed lives in the Beaches, and since 2000, he’s been making sure that Torontonians have access to real, top-quality, fresh ice cream through Ed’s Real Scoop. Along with the original Beaches parlour, Ed has opened branches in Leslieville and Roncesvalles.
All of the ice cream is made with real stuff: real Belgian chocolate; real fresh strawberries; real brownies baked in store to make Beach Fudge Brownie ice cream; real bacon to make Maple Bacon Crunch ice cream; and real peanut butter fudge (from Ed’s mother’s real recipe) to make Peanut Butter Fudge Chocolate ice cream. And it’s all made fresh in small batches at each of the three locations.
ICE CREAM
Our ice cream is rich, creamy, and dense. It is made from Ontario milk and cream and churned at the same low speed as our gelato and sorbet. Unlike most other ice creams, because of the low speed at which it is made, it is very dense and contains a minimum amount of air.
We make over 100 different flavours of ice cream, so you will see the selection in each store change almost every day. If there is a specific flavor you are interested in, please call your local store to see if it is available that day.
Sundaes
Each of our sundaes includes a)ice cream (or gelato, sorbet, or frozen yogurt), b)one of our house made sauces: hot fudge, hot caramel, or marshmallow cream, c)a scoop of goodies, d)whipped cream, and e)a cherry on top.
Milkshakes
We make milkshakes using our ice cream and Ontario milk – mixing it up on one of our vintage Hamilton Beach milkshake mixers.
Floats
Our ice cream floats contain one regular scoop of our ice cream and a bottle of your choice of pop from our cooler.
Affogatos
Our Italian-style affogatos is a scoop of our creamy ice cream served with a shot of hot espresso poured over the top.
ICE CREAM CAKES & PIES
Call the store nearest you to order one of our hand made ice cream cakes. Pick any flavours you want (which we have in stock that day). We cover the cake in pure whipped cream (all natural, no whipped oils!) write what you want, and decorate it with one of the following: chocolate shavings, mini scoops, or your choice of candies.
For our pies, we melt honey and butter together, and add it to fresh graham crumbs to make the delicious crusts for our ice cream pies, and then fill them with one of our many flavours of homemade ice cream. Please call ahead to see if the flavor you want is in stock.
GELATO
We use only the finest ingredients in our gelati. The pistachio gelato is made with 100% pure pistachio paste and hand chopped pistachios. Hazelnut is made with pure hazelnut paste. The chocolate in the stracciatella is Callebaut Belgian chocolate. Our gelato is made with a blend of mostly milk and some cream for a total of about 5% milkfat. Our gelato case also includes fat-free gelati, aka sorbetto.
FROZEN YOGURT
Our frozen yogurts are made using yogurt some cream and milk, and pureed fruits. Try the passionfruit or lemon frozen yogurts if you want some zing! Or go for the strawberry, blueberry, mango, or raspberry for a sweeter treat!
SORBETS
We serve our sorbets from our gelato cases. In Italy they call it ‘sorbetto’ and is offered as a fat-free gelato.
Because we make our sorbets using only pure fruit purees, sugars, and water, the flavours are very strong and remind you of eating the fruit right from the tree or plant. It also makes them ideal for vegans, for those allergic to dairy, or for anyone simply trying to avoid fats.
Try one as a milkshake and it is like having a wonderful frozen fruit smoothy!
Espresso-based Drinks
We grind fresh beans for each order and can make a delicious Latte, Cappuccino, Americano for your enjoyment.
Affogato
An Affogato is a scoop of our ice cream or gelato with a freshly brewed, hot shot of espresso poured on top. A delicious hot-cold pick me up! The traditional one uses vanilla ice cream, but you can use your imagination!
Hot Chocolate
Our hot chocolate is made the old-world way! We melt some of our Callebaut Belgian chocolate and add freshly steamed milk. You may choose from either milk chocolate or semi-sweet.
Note: Hot chocolate is only available in the colder months of the year.
Tea
Each store offers a variety of teas.
Chocolates
All of our chocolates are made with the finest Callebaut Belgian chocolate. We temper white, milk, and semisweet chocolate by hand in each store to make each of the following products:
Ed’s Famous Giant Tortoises
This is our most popular chocolate treat. We cook our caramel in store using Ed’s recipe and pour puddles of it on pecans, then dip it all in Callebaut chocolate to make Ed’s Famous Giant Tortoises. Offered in both semi-sweet and milk chocolate. Try them!
Chocolate Bars
Chocolate Bars are made in store by hand from Callebaut chocolate.
Chocolate Barks
Chocolate Mint Almond Chocolate Toffee Chocolate with Sea Salt
Chocolate Dipped Oreos
They sound mundane, but if you try one of our chocolate dipped Oreos, you will definitely come back for more!
Blocks of Bulk Chocolate
We offer large chunks (approx. 1 lb.) of Callebaut Belgian Chocolate for sale at very competitive prices.
Homemade Fudge
Ed grew up watching his mother make fudge at home (and licking the bowls when she was done). We make our fudge the same way as his mother, cooking the ingredients on the stove and pouring it into trays to cool. Try some fudge the old fashioned way!
Holiday Chocolates
Special chocolates are made in each store for every holiday season, from Valentines Day until New Years Eve. Come in and check us out.
Holiday Ice Cream and Gelato
At Ed’s Real Scoop, we offer over 125 flavours of ice cream, gelato and frozen yogurt. Some of the flavours are offered constantly during the year, while others are seasonal. For example, our famous Pumpkin ice cream is available from early September until early December – when the Christmas and Holiday flavours come out. Guinness Stout ice cream is generally only offered for St Patrick’s Day or other special events.
For summer, we often offer Sangria Sorbet or Mojito Sorbet, made with real wine and rum, respectively.
Call your local store to see if they have your favourite today!
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