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Behind The Brewers Series: Boundary Pushing Pints

In over 13 years of creating ice creams, few endeavors have been as intricate and rewarding as our Brewers Series. When I first embarked on the quest to marry the...

A Harvest of Love: Celebrating Saffron Season with Diaspora Co.

Spring can be a tricky season, flavor-wise. The weather says winter’s done, but the farmer’s market begs to differ. Sure, there may be stalks of rhubarb and a smattering of...

The Upcycled Foods Series: Using Ice Cream Innovation to Rescue Wasted Food

The Upcycled Foods Series: Using Ice Cream Innovation to Rescue Wasted Food To celebrate Earth Month, we’re launching one of our most renowned and innovative menus of the year to...

Nothing Says Love Like Chocolate

It’s no secret that at Salt & Straw, we’re passionate about chocolate. And we’re not the only ones–every day, chocolatiers from all over the world pioneer revolutionary techniques and uncover...

The Diversity of Thanksgiving Traditions

Like many families throughout the US, musician Hrishikesh Hirway’s Thanksgiving menu combined ingredients from his Indian heritage with classic American dishes, blending flavors to create dishes like stuffing bhaji—stove top...

Partner Spotlight: Paola Briseño-González

We love our tricks and treats (and terrible puns) at Halloween, but it's not the only holiday we love around this time of year. The Mexican holiday of Día de...

The Harvest Festival Series

We can't hide our giddiness for the change of season and the start of fall. There's something magical in the cool mornings and hot afternoons, the earthy-toasty scent of...

Partner Spotlight: Lewis Rudd

When we think of a summer picnic, we think of fried chicken. There’s nothing quite like the crisp and crunch and flavor explosion to perfectly balance out your spread. It’s...

Celebrating Veganuary With Our Dairy-Free Philosophy

Each January–or Veganuary for those looking to make a change in the new year–we set out to create incredibly delicious, ultra-indulgent ice creams that just so happen to be dairy-free....

Churning Holiday Cheer For A Good Cause

He’s making a list, checking it twice, and bringing you holiday happiness whether you’ve been naughty OR nice. We teamed back up with our old acquaintance Dwanta, Dwayne “The Rock”...

Eating Insects is the Past, Present, and Future

Every October the air gets crisp, the leaves change colors, and we launch our highly anticipated Halloween Series. Each flavor represents a spine-chilling spirit of the season—from unloading a trick-or-treat...

Pinots & Hazelnuts, Fall’s Favorite Flavors

It’s Harvest time. Fall’s “be there soon”. A magical transitional period that pairs the mourning of summer with the excitement of fall. It garners its own special flavors, many of...

The Summer’s Bounty, Brought to You Through Ice Cream

You’ve never experienced summer veggies quite like this. August is full of the season’s most intriguing produce, making farmer’s market trips thrilling and enchanting. It’s a highly anticipated month...

A Flavor Years in the Making: Besharam's Yogurt Lassi w/ Raspberries

Besharam’s Yogurt Lassi w/ Raspberries is our first ever chef-commissioned flavor, made in partnership with the incredible Chef Heena Patel from Besharam SF. Chef Heena opened her San Francisco restaurant...

Introducing: The Most Innovative Ice Cream Topping Ever: Culinary Perfume™, An Edible Fragrance

Have you ever noticed that when you’ve got a head cold and your nose is all stuffed up, it’s harder to taste your chicken noodle soup? That’s because a large...

Magic Makers: Unpack the incredible stories and flavors of our Summer Picnic Series

Our Summer Picnic series will take you on a 5 course taste adventure bringing iconic picnic staples to life by partnering with some of the best in the business. We...

In Celebration of Bees: World Bee Day & our Flower Power Series

Every spring we launch a menu highlighting the season’s most beautiful bounty: flowers. As summer approaches and the cravings for bright, juicy, sweet fruit are yet to be satisfied,...

Fiction to Flavor: Meet the Kids Behind Our Student Inventors Series

This month’s menu looks a bit different than most – and for good reason. Our Student Inventors Series is one of our all-time favorite menus, originating back in 2011 when...

Superfood Cupcakes: Find Out About the Surprising Twist to Our Latest Flavor

Claire Schlemme and Caroline Cotto on a mission, and an incredibly delicious one at that. Named a World Changing Idea by Fast Company, their company, Renewal Mill, is fighting...

So That's How It's Made: One of America's Oldest Candy-Makers Adds Cheer to Our Holiday Series

We're a bit partial to our Peppermint Cocoa - rich, decadent cocoa ice cream wrapped up with an intense single-origin peppermint oil for an epic rendition of the classic holiday drink....

How to Make the Sweetest Ornament For Your Tree

Whether you're a day-after-Thanksgiving decorator or adamant about waiting until at least December 1st, the holiday season has arrived. So deck the halls with twinkly lights and strands of tinsel, and craft your very...

3 Ways To Level Up Your Thanksgiving Leftovers

The only thing better than a full Thanksgiving spread? LEFTOVERS. We transformed three of our favorite Turkey Day staples—cranberry sauce, sweet potato casserole, and pecan pie—into epic ice cream desserts....

Pumpkin Spice Milkshakes for your Halloweekend

There's nothing basic about how we do pumpkin spice at Salt & Straw. (Our Jack o' Lantern Pumpkin Bread is proof in the ice cream.) But what happens when we...

Churn This: Black Cat Licorice & Lavender

Our Black Cat Licorice & Lavender is ominous, and unexpected - just like a dark and frightful Fall night. We’ve conjured up superstition with a silky, pitch-dark anise and fennel caramel...

Churn This: Mushroom Muddy Buddies

Take a trip with Mushroom Muddy Buddies. That classic chocolate-and-peanut-butter-coated childhood treat gets rocked with local PNW hazelnuts and a candied mushroom trio for the earthiest and startlingly roasty-est ice...

You Need These S'mores for Your Next Campfire

From backyard bonfires staring up at starlit skies to sitting by the lake, all tucked in around a campfire at dusk, roasting marshmallows has to be one of our favorite...

World Dog Day Was One Epic Paw-ty

Since 2016, the Vanderpump Dog Foundation has celebrated World Dog Day as a day of loving on our furry friends and working to create a better world for dogs. This year, our...

Camp Salt & Straw: All You Need to Bring Summer Camp to Your Backyard

Our Ice Cream Bars are the Simplest (& Yummiest) Treats You'll Make All Summer

As kids, we loved chasing after the ice cream truck for our favorite summer treats. Our Head Ice Cream Maker, Tyler, and Recipe Developer, Karla, captured that same nostalgia with their...

Straight from the Brambles to Your Scoop: Meet THE Berry of Summer

Boysenberry Oatmilk Sherbet (v) Fresh off the bramble... Sometime in the late 1920’s, a new berry emerged from the brambles in California. Rudolph Boysen, a Swedish immigrant-turned-horticulturist, spent his days...

Churn This: Food & Wine "Chefs at Home" Edition

When life gives us berries, we make ice cream. Berry season is here, and what’s better than berry ice creams? Our head ice cream maker, Tyler Malek, met up with...

Meet Our First-Ever Guest Chef, Besharam's Heena Patel

Besharam's Yogurt Lassi w/ Raspberries Prior to the onset of COVID-19, Heena Patel was on a runaway streak. She had just taken full control of her regionally specific Gujarati...

Grab Your Buckets: Wild Berry Season is Here!

Grab your buckets - it’s berry-picking season. All throughout western Washington, from the Cascade Mountains stretching down the state to the rugged Olympics, reside some of the most incredible...

Churn This: Rhubarb Crumble w/ Toasted Anise

Early spring makes way for first-of-the-season produce; among them is a particularly hardy, prehistoric-looking vegetable: rhubarb. With its bright red stalks begging to be cooked and baked into any variety...

Collab Lab: Mathilde's Kitchen

From mocktails to cocktails, or poured straight over some ice cream, Hibiscus beverages are the bright and punchy drink we can't get enough of this spring. Hibiscus, a tropical-growing flower and...

This is the Spring Cocktail You Need to Try ASAP

The flowers are blooming, the birds are chirping, and the sun is shining down its warm rays. So throw your windows open, grab a cold glass, and mix yourself up...

Churn This: Snap 'N Crackle Marshmallow Treats

For a Cereal-sly Delicious Series favorite, we took a trick from three little elves and made a magical rendition of brown butter treats, pressed and toasted with marshmallow into a...

Sweet Celebrations: 10 Years of the Unbelievable

It’s been 10 years since we first opened that little cart on Alberta St. and since then, we’ve been so lucky to have our years filled with scoops, sprinkles, and...

Churn This: Brown Ale & Bacon

For our Vault Series 10 Year Reunion, we're throwing it back to one of our first flavors EVER. When Salt & Straw opened, maple bacon was everywhere, so we would have...

Collab Lab: Coconut's Come-Up Kids

Meet Mike and Dani Zig, the brother-sister duo behind the Coconut Grove-based powerhouse Coconut Cartel. Few things are as synonymous with the hustler spirit of Miami as their ubiquitous brand....

Collab Lab: Gables Delight

Read the back label on any jar of Gables Delight jams and you’ll see a deceptively simple ingredient list, but at first taste, you’ll understand these exceptional jams are anything...

Collab Lab: Panther Coffee

Joel and Leticia Pollock arrived in Miami in 2010 with a goal: open a specialty roastery that sources, roasts, and prepares the finest coffee in the world. And luckily for...

Women-Run Chocolates Amp Our Cookies & Cream Ice Cream

Nine years ago, Carolina Quijano tasted the bar of chocolate that would change the entire trajectory of her life. A few short years later, she left New York City and...

Collab Lab: The Salty Donut

South Florida-based The Salty Donut (with shops now in Texas) crafts the type of mouth-watering donuts worth dreaming about. Pushing the boundaries on flavors with a rotating seasonal menu, the...

Meet the Father-Son Duo Who Brought Craft Beer to Miami

When Luis G. Brignoni was in college, his dad, Luis “Pops” Brignoni Sr. gifted him a home-brew kit. Originally brewing as a way to save money on beer, Luis...

From First to Fan-Favorite: Brown Ale & Bacon

Our kitchen has crafted well over 1000 recipes over our past 10 years (not even including the ones left in recipe books for further tinkering), each highlighting ingredients in...

The Vault Zine: We're Turning 10!

Churn This: Banana Avocado Sorbet (v)

Inspired by the natural ingredients around us, we leaned into these flavors and realized that nothing compares to the absolutely lush, velvety texture of an avocado. To amp up its...

SNEAK PEEK: Our Miami Menu

We’re finally making the jump across to the East Coast and are so excited to be landing in one of our all time favorite cities: Miami. You’ll see familiar favorites...

Churn This: Dwanta's Teremana Spiked Eggnog

Straight from the far reaches of the blustery north, we’re showing you how to churn Dwanta’s secret recipe for a silky, gorgeous eggnog into our new flavor: Dwanta's Teremana Spiked...