Whenever I’m craving home-made ice cream, or my friends hit me up for an evening-sweets run, this is my go-to.
Its ice cream is A-class stuff, whether you're craving traditional, soft-served flavors (chocolate, vanilla, twist) or unique, award-winning creations, such as Maple Walnut, Raspberry Truffle, and Orange Sherbet. My personal favorite is their Caramel Caribou, which blends sticky, creamy vanilla ice cream with sweet, gooey caramel and mixes in caramel-filled chocolate pieces as a bonus.
It’s to be noted that Space Coast tastes "homemade" and far from the generic ice cream flavor that leaves a bitter sweetness lingering on your tongue afterwards. Their Peanut Butter Fudge flavor, for example, isn’t overly rich, but constitutes a natural nuttiness more reminiscent of actual peanut butter and less reminiscent of artificial preservatives. It’s the kind of ice cream which makes you scrape the paper cup, or lick off any sticky drops from your fingers, in order to ensure you’ve gotten every little bit of goodness from it that you possibly can.
That being said, you’re not left licking up the last drops for lack of wanting. Don’t be fooled by the seemingly small paper cup sample hanging from the window: Space Coast believes in generosity and knows how to stack ice cream. Prepare for generous portions. Don’t drive to Space Coast on a full, afternoon stomach.
I’ve visited Space Coast’s little storefront over half-a-dozen times now and tried at least a quarter of their flavors. While Caramel Caribou remains my favorite, it only just does so. I’ve yet to try a unique flavor at Space Coast that I didn’t like, and I’ve been consistently surprised by my friend’s reactions on trying Space Coast for the first time. One who couldn’t stand peanut butter-flavored ice cream found the Peanut Butter Fudge to be one of their favorites. Another with a repulsion for nuts ended up falling in love with the Maple Walnut flavor. Perhaps this is due to the fact that Space Coast does away with generic, artificial flavors of traditional ice cream chains, replacing it with something much more “churned” and natural.
It’s no stretch of my imagination to call Space Coast Ice Cream the best homemade ice cream in Titusville. There’s literally something for the whole family (from the “double scoop,” to the “kiddie,” to the “doggie”). If you’re looking for ice cream with body and bold flavor that doesn’t taste like every other chain restaurant’s cup or cone, you’ve got to try Space Coast.