Who doesn’t dream of ice cream for breakfast?
On Saturday, February 4, Rose Rock Microcreamery will be celebrating National Ice Cream for Breakfast Day with a special breakfast event from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m., only at the Rose District location, 115 N. Main Street, Broken Arrow.
Join Rose Rock Microcreamery for Pancake Sundaes ($6 each) along with its regular menu. Pancake Sundaes can be made with any of the shop’s available flavors topped with caramel and/or chocolate sauce, whipped cream, and a cherry.
Guests also will have the chance to win prizes, such as ice cream sandwiches for a class of students (limit 35), $20 Rose Rock Microcreamery gift cards, t-shirts and much more.
The Broken Arrow store will remain open for regular hours from 12 – 10 p.m. Rose Rock Downtown Tulsa (113 E. Fifth Street) will open for regular hours from 12 – 10 p.m. on Saturday.
History of National Ice Cream for Breakfast Day
Ice Cream for Breakfast Day was created in the 1960s by housewife Florence Rappaport from New York. The idea behind the day was simply that Florence’s 6 children were exceptionally bored one cold and snowy February morning.
As a mom and social worker, she felt she needed to come up with something to entertain them so they wouldn’t get restless and cranky. As she herself explained years later, “It was cold and snowy and the kids were complaining that it was too cold to do anything. So I just said, ‘Let’s have ice cream for breakfast.’”
Thanks to Florence’s grandchildren, who have traveled extensively, the idea has been shared with others and the news has spread around the globe. Over the past 60 years, Ice Cream for Breakfast Day has grown to be celebrated in countries all over the world, from Germany to Nepal to as far as Namibia. Source: daysoftheyear.com