Latest visit: Feb 2026
First visit: Aug 2021
---2/26/26
Well, shoot. Three bummers since our last visit to Sugarlump. And it may very well be indeed our last visit. This has been a regular stop for us since 2021. And we very much looked forward to going here for dessert after our excellent lunch at Chappy's. Before getting into the negative, we did enjoy our ice cream, as much as we did from the below trips. So what went wrong? Didn't see any Amish this time. Whether that's just an employee flow thing, or a distinct move away from the location, I cannot say. I had presumed it was Amish owned. That was probably not correct. Number 2: For whatever reason, perhaps I was wrong again, but I thought they made their own ice cream. That certainly would be an Amish-like thing to do. On this visit, only half of the buckets were available (that's a fourth complaint actually). And that's when I found out they get their ice cream from Anne and Mann's - right here in Colorado Springs! Now they only wholesale their product out, so it's not like they have their own shop or anything. But still, I'm sure I can find their ice cream locally. I would like to believe this is a new arrangement, but it may have been this way all along. And the worst of it all - my God the prices! $17 for two scoops of ice cream. I know their scoops are big - but they're not that big. What a crime. $17 smh. I'm positive that's a huge increase from prior.
With that, Sugarlump falls out of the RJG Rotation.
---2/25/25
OK... On this visit I had the waffle cone with coffee ice cream (such imagination I possess), and Mrs. RJG split one scoop between Cookies & Cream and Chocolate Mousse. Just like last year (and we went twice) they gave us far more than one scoop indicates. The ice cream was so smooth. Mrs. RJG enjoyed every second of hers, being the ice cream fanatic she is. I forgot to take photos. I'm a mental patient when it comes to the camera. Next time.
The Amish ladies that work here are always so sweet. I love that this part of Colorado is drawing more and more Amish to the area. We even have the horse and buggy warning signs that I'd only seen in parts of Pennsylvania and Ohio prior. In fact, I'm for seceding from Colorado altogether. Let's create a new state South Colorado with Colorado Springs as the capital. North Colorado (or maybe East California?) can keep Denver and all the billionaire ski towns. Well maybe we'll take Parker, Castle Rock, and southward. We want the quaint humble villages of places like Westcliffe, La Veta, Del Norte, Montrose and the rest. And the working class Midwest styled city of Pueblo is just fine by me. Grand Junction and environs will be the second city and of course all the ranches of the East will stay with us. Now, how to go about doing that? ;-)
An obvious selection for the RJG Rotation.
---1/6/24 update
Of course we went here after lunch. One of our favorite ice cream places, we always make a beeline to Sugarlump. This time I stayed simple with a single scoop waffle cone of coffee ice cream. As seems to be a mountain tradition, I got more than one scoop. Unfortunately the coffee flavor wasn't strong enough for my taste buds. I'll probably go back to the shake as noted below. Mrs. RJG, remembering her overload from the last visit, also stuck with one scoop. She just got the Black Walnut (they didn't have peanut butter this time). She enjoyed it thoroughly though there was this undertone she wanted more. And then complained about being fat all the way home. Haha.
---2/5/23 update
Seems no trip to Westcliffe happens without a stopover at Sugarlump for some ice cream dessert. Mrs. RJG went crazy with two giant scoops in a waffle cone - one black walnut, the other peanut butter. I really enjoyed the latter on the taste sample. I went back to my favorite chocolate mousse ice cream shake with a shot of espresso - and whipped cream. It's sugar overload, but doggone was it great! Can only do that once in a blue moon. Forgot to mention this last time, but most of the workers here are Amish (or Mennonite). Reminded us of the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia - especially Bassett's! I have an entry here from our last visit to Bassett's - recent too - like 15 years ago haha.
---original 5/14/22 review
Sugarlump is a large space with counter service, and the expected ice cream buckets. Years ago I went on a milkshake binge, and it was high time to bring back that bad habit. And that's what I did last summer. And did it again on this visit. I usually like to have coffee ice cream milkshakes, but last time I had chocolate with a shot of real espresso. Wow, was that good! This time I just had the cappuccino ice cream as a milkshake. I should have added the espresso, but it was still great. Mrs. RJG is a waffle cone nut, and she blended two flavors in there. And she loves their ice cream. Not sure if they make it in house or not, but whatever the case, we enjoy it a lot. And that put her right back in a great mood after her disappointment with Chappy's Burger. She did tell me she wants to eat here next time and have a panini. That sounds good, but also "not enough carbs for me". We'll see...
8/16/21; 5/14/22 (new entry); 2/4/23; 1/6/24; 2/25/25; 2/26/26
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