sweet action ice cream

great ice cream!. i stopped at sweetactionafter shopping at nooch vegan market, as i heard they had some delicious vegan flavors. there were not at many flavors as i was hoping for, but the vanilla peanut butter one with a root beer on the side did not disappoint! i felt that the price was just right too. i liked the eating area, as the giant window was open to the outside and i could people watch while enjoying my dessert. i will definitely be back to try all of their other flavors.

update - i just realized that they switch out all of their flavors, including the vegan ones, weekly. i will be coming back for more!!

located on a trendy part of broadway and considered by some to be the best ice cream in the greater denver area, it was just prior to 8:30pm that parking was chanced at a nearby walgreens and finding almost no line despite almost entirely filled tables the experience at sweetactionwas very much like any other artisan scoop-shop, a smattering of samples served by smiling faces leaving tough decisions to be made.

sweetactionice cream is a great place to get ice cream, but today it definitely lost points for me. i walked in the store with my heart set on buying a large portion of ice cream. a half gallon to be specific for about 17 bucks. when i went to place my order, the employees working told me they had the containers but did not want to pack a half gallon container of ice cream because of the effort it would take. it is an ice cream shop their job is to scoop ice cream into containers and sell it, isnt it? just because they didnt want to put in a little effort for a customer paying more money than everyone else in the line, most likely, i still had to pay %70 more for the same amount of ice cream. i left the store with my ice cream just emotionally pissed off.

what makes sweetactionice cream so good? first and foremost, it is the only ice cream place i have ever visited that offers vegan ice cream. that in itself is awesome. even if their vegan product was inferior, i'd be giving some lukewarm kudos for at least offering us vegans a chance at ice cream. but here's the thing. their vegan ice cream is not inferior. in fact, it is some of the best ice cream (not just vegan ice cream) i've had. their vegan ice cream is just as creamy and dreamy as most of the other non vegan ice creams i've eaten in my life. i've achieved this vegan creaminess in my kitchen a few times but it usually requires a strong taste of banana or coconut. sweet action's vegan ice cream has neither. if you order a raspberry and chocolate ice cream you can rest assured that that is what it will taste like. it won't be raspberry and chocolate with a hint of banana or a sliver of coconut. 

on my first visit to sweet action, i was privy enough to enjoy their vegan raspberry chocolate in a cone. absolutely fabulous all around. the ice cream had a nice blend of fruit and chocolate and was soft and consistent the whole way through. there were no ice crystals or chunks of anything that made you step back and wonder what was going on the waffle cone was freshly made and smelled so good. during our most recent visit, i asked my wife to get me a "vegan version that is fruity." she came back with pumpkin (as my only other option was green tea). again, it was creamy and consistent. it reminded me of a cold pumpkin pie.

sweetactionice cream rotates flavors daily it seems. this is great if you live there or if you aren't vegan as you have a lot to choose from. for those vegan eaters that are stopping by on a visit from out of state, it is sort of luck of the draw.

this place has the best ice cream in denver. most people stick to little man's which is ok, but the selection and service at sweetactionfar surpasses anything at little man. when you go make sure you try the stranahan's whiskey brickle, all of the best things about colorado in an ice cream!

one sunday we decided to do an ice cream tour and sweetactionwas our first stop. and out of the four places we tried that day it was my favorite. and to date would rank as either one or two for places i have tried in denver. creamy smooth ice cream, and they meld their flavors very well.

some of the best ice cream i've ever had!. i was told the best ice cream in denver is either sweetactionor little man... after trying both, i have no doubt that sweetactionis the best!

i came here on vacation in august, on a friday night at about 10:30 pm (a half-hour before it closes) and the line was out the door. this place is packed! in a good way though... the line moves quickly, and it clearly shows the popularity of the place.

as for the ice cream... so many unique and tasty flavors. i had two scoops in a cup: one of them was a peanut buttery flavor, the other was a banana-based flavor, and they were both awesome. it's literally some of the best ice cream i've ever had!

i highly recommend this place -- it's worth the wait!

sweetactionis known for delicious ice cream, but it's even better known for a constantly changing array of unique flavor options. think horchata or strawberry balsamic. or biscuits and jam. flavors change on a weekly-ish basis and are difficult to pinpoint at any particular point in time without walking into the store. their website is sparse on flavor details in any form, but their facebook page divulges new flavors regularly. vegans will be happy to know that they offer several vegan options at any time.