In summer 2015, The Gallows' little sister Blackbird Doughnuts did something really smart — added soft-serve ice cream (and longer hours) to its offerings. There's chocolate, vanilla, and swirl, and it's also available as an ice cream sandwich. On a doughnut, of course. In May 2017, Blackbird expanded to 20 Kilmarnock St. in Boston's Fenway neighborhood.

Not exactly an ice cream shop, but C Fruit Life serves Hong Kong-style desserts, including shave ice "snowdaes" that come in flavors such as peanut butter, durian, taro, matcha, and more.

Chill on Park opened in May 2015 in Fields Corner, with seating for 19 inside and close proximity to a park. The menu includes more than 30 flavors of ice cream, sundaes, ice cream pies, frappes, ice cream cookie sandwiches, ice cream treats for dogs, and lots more. (For the days when you want something that is both hot and cold, there are hot ice cream floats, made with espresso, hot chocolate, or hot cider.) There are also a variety of coffee and tea beverages, snacks, pastries from Haley House, and a couple of daily soups.

Ok, it's not exactly an ice cream shop — Double Chin has a full lunch and dinner menu — but it's a necessary stop on any summer ice cream tour because of the insane cube toasts, packed full of ice cream, mochi, Pocky, fruit, and more. There are also ice cream sandwiches made with mantou buns.

The FoMu brand keeps expanding. The South End location, which opened in mid-2016, is the newest permanent spot for FoMu, and there's a long-term pop-up open on Newbury Street from late April 2017 through the end of 2017. FoMu serves up dairy-free ice cream that is vegan-friendly and kosher. There are also many gluten-free and soy-free options available. Also on the menu: vegan baked goods and a range of coffee and tea beverages.

This Square One Mall kiosk was the first business to bring Thai-style ice cream rolls to Massachusetts. It has a sibling kiosk in Lebanon as well. In addition to ice cream, Frollz serves shakes, popcorn, and lemonade.

The Frozen Hoagies truck is still on the road, but the brand has a fairly new permanent space in Powder House Circle as well. Frozen Hoagies, as the name suggests, specializes in ice cream sandwiches made with a rotating assortment of cookie and ice cream flavors. Try the Double Decker if you dare — two scoops of ice cream and three cookies. Every day from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., there are also breakfast sandwiches and smoothies available.

The San Francisco-based chocolatier opened a shop here in Boston in late 2014. Stock up on chocolate — and indulge in rich shakes and elaborate ice cream sundaes.

The first of its kind in Boston proper, Hi B3ar serves Thai-style ice cream rolls, where ice cream is flattened on a cold plate and shaped into pretty rolls. Flavors include Cookie Monster (with Oreos), Matcha Lady (matcha and red beans), and more. The owner is also behind Mala Restaurant a few doors down.

In addition to salads, sandwiches, snacks, and smoothies, Honey Honey serves scoops of ice cream (green tea, red bean, ginger, and a few other flavors) as well as sundaes, such as the Hawaii Beach: vanilla ice cream with strawberries, mango, pineapple, whipped cream, and strawberry sauce.

Three words: ice cream flights. Get a scoop each of four flavors, served with waffle cone "chips." You may have already seen Honeycomb around at events, farmers markets, and select stores; the company was founded in 2015, and this is its first brick-and-mortar. The doors opened in September 2016. Flavors include white chocolate lemon cake with rose jam; cold brew coffee chip; burnt vanilla bean; a vegan horchata ice cream with a coconut cream and house-made brown rice milk base; and more.

New York's Juicy Spot Cafe, which specializes in Thai-style rolled ice cream, expanded to Boston's Chinatown in March 2016. Flavors include cookies 'n cream (original base with Oreo, topped with chocolate wafer rolls, Oreo, whipped cream, sprinkles, and chocolate drizzle), Ferre-Roll Rocher (original base with Nutella, topped with crushed wafers, chopped hazelnuts, and Nutella drizzle), Good Crazy Matcha (green tea base with lychee, topped with mochi, grass jelly, and condensed milk drizzle), and more. You can also build your own from a variety of bases, flavors, toppings, and drizzles.

The Salem Screamery space is now home to a new ice cream shop, Melt, which opened in late March 2016. Owner Christiana Kroondyk loves to play around with locally sourced ingredients and interesting flavors, from potato chip toffee to Taza chip cookie dough, anise with candied fennel to minty blueberry. Customers who don't eat dairy will find a daily sorbet as well as vegan specials, such as a dairy-free vanilla coconut.

This Malden bubble tea shop and cafe was the first to start serving puffle cones — ice cream with a Hong Kong-style egg waffle — in the Boston area. The shop is always debuting fun new flavors; keep an eye on Instagram for updates.

Ice cream's Italian cousin, gelato, is easy enough to find around Boston's North End, but head out to Chestnut Hill for the best new gelato shop you'll find on this side of the Atlantic. Located next to Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana at The Shops at Chestnut Hill, Morano serves up a rotating array of flavors, such as dark chocolate with sea salt; jasmine; chocolate and red pepper; marsala and raisin; Italian nougat with honey and almonds; and lots more. (There are 12-16 flavors available on any given day.)

New City Microcreamery debuted in Hudson in 2015, serving up a wide range of ice cream, as well as coffee and tea, bagels, and pastries. The ice cream is made with milk from Mapleline Farm in Hadley. Look for fun flavors like hibiscus cabernet, chipotle mezcal, popcorn, and more. There are also several vegan options, such as avocado ice cream and black raspberry sorbet. New City also has fun with the toppings — sauce ("gravy") options include blueberry "goop" and strawberry jam, while the "funk" section has toppings like orange olive oil cake crumble, candied walnuts, and "corny flaky junk."

Joe Rancatore launched his ice cream shop in Belmont in the mid 1980s after working at his brother's ice cream shop, Toscanini's, for a few years. Later, a second Rancatore's opened — this one in Lexington — followed by the newest one, Newtonville, late in 2014. The shop offers ice cream, frozen yogurt, sorbet, frappes, cakes, and more. A few ice cream flavors are always available, including vanilla, sweet cream, and bittersweet chocolate, while others are available on a rotating basis, like khulfi, hot and spicy dulce de leche, and pineapple. There are also sundaes, frappes, and more.

Great Barrington's SoCo Creamery got a new sibling last year — SoCo Oasis (formerly SoCo Too) is now open right around the corner, serving up soft-serve, frozen yogurt, sorbet, and juice. (The original location focuses on hard ice cream and coffee.) SoCo Too flavors include salted caramel frozen yogurt, mango sorbet, and chocolate soft-serve.

It's not exactly ice cream, but Tealosophy's specialty is Taiwanese shaved snow, a dessert the shop describes as being "more refreshing than ice cream yet has more flavor than frozen yogurt." The rest of the menu is an array of bubble teas and other drinks.

Founded in 2013 and sold at farmers markets and in some shops, Tipping Cow got a permanent home of its own in May 2016. The little Winter Hill shop offers up cones, pints, coffee, and more. Flavors include sweet corn, dark chocolate & sea salt, strawberry basil, and more.