Not in DC the Third: Braums Ice Cream and Dairy Store

As Spencer would say, "I heart Braums!"

What is Braums you might ask... well it is many things. It is mostly known for Ice Cream. Braums started in Kansas making the Peter Pan peanut butter and was known as the Peter Pan store. Peter Pan carried milk and when the Braums family decided to sell out of their store they sold everything except the milk and made the deal not to open a store in Kansas for a certain amount of years. So they moved to Tutle, Oklahoma and started over fresh shipping their milk from their farm in Kansas on a daily basis, finally moving their cows to Oklahoma. You can find a Braums store in Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri and finally again in Kansas. You can order Sundaes and cones or you can buy ice cream by the pint or the Half-Gallon. They make terrific malts and shakes and everything is hand dipped. One of my favorite flavors of their ice cream is Peppermint. We had some last week and it was every bit as delicious as I remembered.

They also serve fast food... lunch and breakfast! They have really good breakfast but their burgers are outstanding. I'd say they are a close second to Sonic burgers. They really taste homemade, not manufactured like a McDonalds burger! It is nice to go into a Braums because the employees main concern is about making you the customer happy.

They also have a dairy store inside each Braums. You can buy everything from ice cream and milk to eggs and homegrown vegetables fresh from their own farms. Everything that they carry is made locally and fresh daily. I remember touring the Braums Dairy in elementary school.

Braums milks over 30,000 cows for their products. How do I know this? I have an inside source for this little blog article! My sister is part of the management team at the Braums on Harrah Newalla Road just up the street from our house.