Go on a creamy whip crawl If there’s one thing the Queen City has down pat, it’s ice cream — and summer is the perfect season to explore some of the most well-known seasonal creamy whips and soft-serve novelty shops. Grab your friends, and choose some of your favorite creamy whips — whether you’re a fan of The Cone, The Mt. Washington Creamy Whip, Pendleton Parlor or a good old-fashioned scoop from Graeter’s — and spend the day trying a variety of their offerings. You may head home with the stomach ache of a lifetime, but it will be well worth it. Bonus points if you create a rating system to determine the best creamy whip spot for the summer. Photo: Provided by Graeter's Ice Cream

Summer in Cincinnati is about to get much, much sweeter as two Cincinnati summer staples collaborate on a new ice cream flavor.

Graeter’s has begun releasing its bonus summer flavors, the Bake Shop 2025 collection. The second flavor in the series debuted Friday, and it’s the wildest flavor yet. “Beast Feast: Cookie Dough Unleashed” is a limited-time flavor inspired by Kings Island’s legendary roller coaster, The Beast.

Beast Feast is described as a thrill ride for your taste buds, rich and chewy with monster chunks of sugar cookie dough and colorful rainbow sprinkles swirled into a cookie butter ice cream base.

“This collaboration captures the joy of two Cincinnati icons,” Chip Graeter, fourth-generation owner of Graeter’s Ice Cream, said in a press release. “It’s cookie dough unleashed, just like the roller coaster itself. You won’t want to miss this one!”

Beast Feast is now available in Graeter’s scoop shops and by the pint at graeters.com. It’ll only be available for a short time at scoop shops, but you can get it all summer long at the Graeter’s location on International Street at Kings Island.

Graeter’s first summer bonus flavor, Cinnamon Sticky Bun, on May 8. Flavors coming later this summer include Blueberry Lemon Crumble, Pineapple Passion Sorbet, Minty Brownie and Caramel Pecan Cheesecake.

Katherine Barrier is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati’s journalism program and has nearly 10 years of experience reporting local and national news as a digital journalist. At CityBeat, she...