'Ice Cream for Breakfast Day' a hit at Scottish Highland Creamery

OXFORD — On Tuesday morning, dozens of families in pajamas and slippers lined up outside of Scottish Highland Creamery for a chance to experience “Ice Cream for Breakfast Day.”

This much anticipated event allows children and adults alike to break with the traditional breakfast of eggs and toast and instead treat themselves and their families to sweet treats.

Christine Leggett, a manager at Scottish Highland Creamery, said this event has been going on for about 10 years. Leggett said the creamery is in a unique position to have events like this because they are able to create all their flavors of ice creams.

“We can be so creative,” Legget said. “And the fact that we can make this event happen by having all of these unique breakfast-themed flavors sets our business apart.”

Prior to its start, countless customers would ask if the creamery ever made breakfast-themed flavors. At first, the creamery would try to design breakfast-adjacent flavors, but after a while it decided to really commit to the theme.

It was through this commitment that the “Ice Cream for Breakfast Day” event was created. Now, customers eagerly await the event all year to see the new flavors and potentially win a prize for best “just woke up” look.

Workers at Scottish Highland Creamery scooped up “breakfast themed” flavors such as fruity pebbles, blueberry muffin, coffee donut and strawberry pop tart to eager customers of all ages Tuesday morning.

Michele Etherton, accompanied by her daughter and two young grandchildren, Axel and Sofia Etherton, said she looks forward to this day all year.

“It’s our favorite day of the year,” Michele Etherton said. “And we get a sticker that says ‘Ice Cream for Breakfast,’ and we get bragging rights at school.”

Axel and Sofia say their favorite flavors are chocolate and kool-aid ice creams. Their mother, Fillippa Etherton, said she enjoys the time to do something a little different during the summer.

Leggett said she would bring her children to this event when they were young, and it would be the highlight of their summer. She hopes to do the same for other families.

“So many people come in and they think back to their summers as a kid, and this is one of those events that they remember,” Leggett said. “And it’s a huge privilege for us to be able to be a part of that.”