AKRON, Ohio โ It's that time of year again!
Strickland's is returning from its annual winter slumber as the iconic frozen custard stand on Triplett Boulevard in Akron opens for the 2023 season starting Friday, March 3.
Known for serving up two special flavors each day, Stricklandโs is kicking off the 2023 season with banana and black raspberry from March 3-5. That's followed by lemon and blueberry from March 6-8 with black cherry and Reese's cup on the calendar from March 9-11.
Although banana is always a popular choice when it's offered as a "flavor of the day," chocolate and vanilla are always available along with sundaes, milkshakes and more. Here's the full Strickland's menu.
Here's a look at their flavor-of-the-day calendar for the entire month of March:
Stricklandโs got its start back in 1936, founded by Bill and Florence Strickland.
โDuring his years as an Akron Pure Milk employee, Bill developed his own rich recipe of cream, eggs, sugar and other ingredients,โ according to Stricklandโs site. โWith his formula perfected, Bill turned his attention to developing an ice cream machine (called a โbatch freezerโ) that would quickly freeze the ice cream, while limiting the air whipped into the product.โ
Stricklandโs says the original ice cream stand along Triplett Boulevard still uses the same batch freezers from all those decades ago.
Editor's note: Video in the player above was originally published in a Fat Tuesday story on Feb. 21, 2023.