> Yelp rating: 4.5 / 5 stars > Location: New Haven Using dairy sourced from their own farm in Litchfield County, Arethusa sells their handmade ice cream at shops in Bantam and New Haven. This old-fashioned ice cream is a whopping 16% butterfat so it's super-creamy, and popular flavors include almond with toasted coconut and fresh cherry with dark chocolate chunks in the summertime. (Courtesy of Annie Y. via Yelp)

> Yelp rating: 4.5 / 5 stars > Location: New Haven

Using dairy sourced from their own farm in Litchfield County, Arethusa sells their handmade ice cream at shops in Bantam and New Haven. This old-fashioned ice cream is a whopping 16% butterfat so it's super-creamy, and popular flavors include almond with toasted coconut and fresh cherry with dark chocolate chunks in the summertime.

As the end of summer approaches, it’s now more important than ever to get your craving for ice cream out of the way.

In the Hartford area, there’s a variety of different shops and stores all sorts of different flavors to choose from, along with combinations and toppings that are sure to satisfy your sweet tooth.

We’ve put together a list of eight Hartford area shops that have their own unique way of serving America’s most famous dessert.

Each shop has its own flavors from mocha chocolate fudge to cherry with dark chocolate chunks to pumpkin gingersnap. You’re sure to be full and satisfied for the last few days of summer!

Capital Ice Cream is known for its multiple signature flavors such as cookie dough, mocha chocolate fudge, party cake and sorbet. They introduce new signature flavors weekly. Wanting to make it your way? You can even create your own ice cream sandwiches and ice cream cakes.

“Using our cold plate technology, we can create a unique and delicious dessert experience each and every visit!”

Frisbie’s Dairy Barn’s Hartford location is in the midst of Parkville Market but has multiple locations throughout Connecticut.

This store offers a variety of creative and fun flavors including an ice cream called the “Blue Devil Cookie Monster” which features a combination of blue vanilla ice cream with Oreos and chocolate chip cookies.

“Eat ice cream and be happy at any one of our CT locations!”

Frisbie's Dairy Barn in New Britain, which is expanding to Bloomfield and Hartford, is famous for its unique flavors such as Blue Devil Cookie Monster, a blue vanilla ice cream with Oreos and chocolate chip cookies. (Courtesy Frisbie's Dairy Barn)

Arethusa Farm Dairy & Café produces all of its ice cream dairy from its farms in Connecticut, so all the flavors are truly homegrown.

Try out these seasonal flavors: cherry with dark chocolate chunks, peach, raspberry cranberry with dark chocolate chunks, maple walnut rum raisin, pumpkin with ginger molasses cookies and peppermint.

“With fresh milk and cream at hand, our dairy plant team crafts unique custom mixes for each flavor, blending careful recipe development with good, old-fashioned taste testing.”

0 Degree Ice Cream gives customers five base flavors to choose from including plain sweet cream, coffee, dark Hershey’s chocolate, matcha and lavender.

Perhaps you can’t handle dairy? They’ve got it covered with 10 flavors that can be made with a dairy-free base of oat milk and coconut.

“Making the ice cream is one thing, but after that, you will still get 3 free toppings from a choice of 20 candies/cookies toppings or/and 8 fresh fruit toppings. Sauces and whipped cream are free!”

Milkcraft creates all of its ice cream in-store with the usage of liquid Nitrogen to freeze every scoop of ice cream.

The store specializes in unique items to put your ice cream in including a Hong Kong caramelized cone and sweet glazed bun.

“Our goal has been to create ice cream from scratch and express our passion for artisanal flavors.”

Main Street Creamery & Café offers many different varieties of ice creams from regular style to no sugar added to low fat and even vegan.

They offer 50 different flavors, but if you are feeling particularly adventurous make sure to ask about the coffee chip cookie dough and pumpkin gingersnap which are both seasonal flavors.

“In addition to ice cream, Main Street Creamery carries a variety of baked goods, sweet treats, coffee drinks.”

WETHERSFIELD 05/11/18 Main Street Creamery and Cafe offers white chocolate raspberry ice cream with rainbow sprinkles on a home made waffle cone dipped in chocolate and rainbow sprinkles. CLOEPOISSON|cpoisson@courant.com (Cloe Poisson / Hartford Courant )

AC Petersen Farms is a diner that has been around since the 1940′s and is known for its ice cream and milkshakes. In fact, their milkshake was voted the best in Connecticut.

In the mood for a classic dessert? The diner has a variety of sundaes to choose from including a peanut butter cup sundae and even an apple pie sundae.

“We are famous for our ice cream, gourmet toppings, and our hand-whipped heavy cream.”

Lulu’s Ice Cream Café offers a variety of flavors including some special ones such as watermelon sherbet and lemon sorbet.

Make sure to try the bubble waffle cone to hold your ice cream which is freshly made every day.