Come mid-October, Maine's national park will become a dazzling mix of evergreen, gold, and red. Explore the forests on the historic carriage roads, or enjoy sweeping views of Mount Desert Island from Cadillac Mountain. Continue the seasonal celebration with a scoop of Maple Walnut or Pumpkin Caramel ice cream from Mount Desert Island Ice Cream.

We’re pretty sure that President Obama would have gone for the beet ginger sorbet, or the apple parsley perhaps, if he hadn’t gone for the coconut ice cream at this popular Maine ice cream eatery. Eat Drink Lucky editors love nothing more than to get a scoop and walk down to the water to sit in the summer sun. We’re waiting for Mr. President to join us later this summer.

Yes, the blueberries are hand-deseeded and the basil comes fresh from Downeast Maine.
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Mount Desert Island Ice Cream, which has already been lauded as one of the country’s best ice cream makers by the ABC talk show “The View” as well as Food & Wine magazine, is adding another voice to those singing its praises.

Against all climatic odds, New England has long been a hotbed of ice-cream ingenuity. Mount Desert Island Ice Cream—Linda Parker’s artsy, blue-hued trio of scoop shops in Bar Harbor and Portland, Maine—honors that heritage, combining the quaint charm of the seashore with a cosmopolitan flair...

Summer means peak season for two of my favorite things: eating ice cream and visiting the beautiful Maine coast. Thanks to Mount Desert Island Ice Cream, one of the top artisanal ice cream producers in the nation, you can do both in one visit to either Portland or Bar Harbor, as well as at restaurants throughout the state

Lindsay Clendaniel, creator of Scoop Adventures, has found the best creameries from across the country and adapted their authentic recipes so you can make them in your own ice cream maker for your friends and family.

Ice-cream-loving Mainers know Mount Desert Island Ice Cream for its delicious and often exotically flavored varieties, which have won the company national recognition, including a place on 2011 Food & Wine magazine’s list of Top 25 Ice Cream Parlors.

Cinnamon-cardamom. Chocolate-wasabi. Thai-chili. Mt Dessert gives you unexpected pairings in the most creative and savory combinations.

This relative newcomer sits on Bar Harbor Green in a setting one customer described as "gloriously small town." Pick a bench and enjoy a cone, or try a tasting flight: four one-ounce scoops of different flavors. The small-batch producer uses premium, organic ingredients, both for old-standby flavors and many bolder ones like Blueberry Basil sorbet...

Once you’ve had your fill of boutiques and galleries, you can always escape to the beach, to the trails, to the carriage roads, or even to the peaks of Acadia. Wherever you venture, it is comforting to know that a scoop of blueberry-buttermilk from Mount Desert Island Ice Cream awaits at the end of the day.

Downeast Magazine,  Fall 2013

“MDI hasn’t been around all that long, but it’s earned kudos far beyond Maine for its ultra creamy ice cream in ultra creative flavors. MDI crafts its ice cream in small batches, sourcing milk and cream from Maine’s Own Organic Milk Co., and making flavorings by hand.”

Located in Bar Harbor, ME, Mount Desert Island Ice Cream is known for its inventive flavors (Callebaut Chocolate Wasabi, anyone?) made from local ingredients.

“New Englanders were eating very good ice cream at a time when parts of this country that now fancy themselves experts had barely mastered indoor plumbing. For a new shop to make waves here - and in a place where ice cream-obsessed Bostonians are known to vacation...

“TREAT YOURSELF:  Mount Desert Ice Cream has won oodles of awards for its ultra-creamy confections.”

"This is the Man-Day' we made it in honor of Father's Day. It's Jack Daniels ice cream, handmade hot fudge, and caramelized bacon pieces."  — Linda Parker, owner, Mount Desert Island Ice Cream, Bar Harbor, Maine

Our list features everything from triple-chocolate-scoop concoctions of decadence to creations inspired by a certain former Knicks power player, but we’re keeping our lips sealed so you can take a look at them firsthand!

Touting fearless flavor and an irresistible aesthetic, the Mount Desert Island Ice Cream Company has tempted our nation’s commander-in-chief, earned top honors from foodies and, most recently, is slated to appear on ABC’s The View in an episode featuring five of the best ice cream makers in the U.S.

After dinner, walk across the street to Mount Desert Island Ice Cream, which is the editor's choice at Yankee Magazine.