A beautiful part of Connecticut!
Located in Griswold, on the far eastern border of Connecticut with Rhode Island is a well established creamery called Buttonwood Farms. Buttonwood is known for a number of things, including a spectacular corn maze in the fall, Christmas trees in the winter and the most beautiful fields of sunflowers you will ever see.
Motivated by my friend Beth Bolen, and her hubby Kenny, we drove over to Griswold to see Buttonwood. We tried once earlier in the summer, but with the sunflowers in full bloom there wasn’t a parking space for over a mile and the ice cream line was at least 100 yards long.
Today was far more manageable on a nice September Saturday afternoon. By far this place has the most creative types of ice cream and frozen yoghurt. Homemade ice cream and waffle cones and bowls. Lots of seating, a pavilion, and a scenic farm make this a special place to visit. Proceeds from the sales of sunflowers go to support the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Mighty Mo had chocolate almond fudge on a sugar cone and I had my old trusty coffee milkshake. Portions are large and very reasonably priced. Multiple windows are open at any given time, and there are at least a half dozen young staff working.
Maureen’s ice cream was good, tasty, and rich in butterfat! My milkshake was one of the tastiest shakes I have had but the preparation lacked consistency…parts were very thin, parts were thick and parts were almost crystalline.
All in all I would recommend a trip to Buttonwood for any number of things but number one would be that rich butterfat ice cream.
The Connecticut Ice Cream Quest 
A Hurculean effort
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