I was just introduced to Cold Stone.
This is the way ice cream should be prepared!
You get to choose the exact ingredients you wish.

… Cold Stone’s name comes from the frozen granite stone used to mix candy, nuts, or other toppings into various flavors of ice creams.
… Almost 1400 franchises are now in operation. Cold Stone Creamery is now the 6th best-selling brand of ice cream in the U.S. and now operates stores in South Korea, Japan, Puerto Rico and Taiwan (since june 2007). The company was also named the 11th fastest-growing franchise by Entrepreneur Magazine in January 2006. …
Its current competitors in the field of premium ice cream (ice cream defined as having more than 12 percent butterfat) include Carvel Ice Cream started in 1934, MaggieMoo’s (opened in 1989) and Marble Slab Creamery (opened in 1983).
All ice cream creations are offered in three sizes: “Like It” (5 oz), “Love It” (8 oz), and “Gotta Have It” (12 oz). There is also a kids’ size (3 oz). …

Butter pecan is Awesome!
there are few locations close to chez nous…