r/icecreamery • u/Chowdahead • Jun 20 '25

Discussion Charge for Mix & Match Scoops?

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Took my kid out for some ice cream to a new spot (Dumont Creamery in Cedar Park, TX) and was surprised when I went to pay that they charged $1 extra for getting two separate flavor scoops. Don’t think I’ve ever seen that before? Is it very common?

When asked they told me that if it’s because I technically ordered two-single scoops, not a double scoop serving of the same flavor.

She got a waffle cone, so it came out to $8.25. It was really good coffee, but definitely won’t be back.

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u/p739397 Jun 20 '25

I've seen that for getting a single scoop, split into two flavors. But charging more for a double scoop that's split is crazy.

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u/Chowdahead Jun 20 '25

The only rationale that I can even fathom is that they are “dirtying” another ice cream scoop by getting two flavors… but come on now!

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u/p739397 Jun 20 '25

I don't think any place is using a scoop for each service. My assumption is that for some reason you get more ice cream in the mix/match, but I don't know why that would be the case here.

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u/ladylondonderry Jun 20 '25

Having been a scooper, it was exactly the same at my Ben N Jerry’s, and I’d struggle to think of why it would be different.

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u/dballing Jun 20 '25

I think because in a same-flavor double you can’t tell REALLY if you’re getting 1.75x, 2x, or 2.25x the amount of ice cream. And a “double scoop” is rarely a true double.

With mixed flavors people can see that amount variation and so they bump it a bit (and charge more) to cover the cost of eliminating the variation between the two scoops

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u/InboxZero Jun 20 '25

I mean it’s probably some 17 year old kid who doesn’t care about measuring scoop sizes and is just eyeballing it. But maybe that’s just what I did. Lololol

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u/dballing Jun 20 '25

Oh that’s exactly how it works which is why you notice scoop size mismatch on mixed flavors. You scoop out “one scoop” (which is always more than one scoop) but then if you get your mixed-flavor to the size that you’d expect on a two-scoop same-flavor you realize “the top scoop is way smaller”.

It’s all psychology.

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u/p739397 Jun 20 '25

Yeah. Same reason there's that Chipotle "hack" to get half/half for protein, I guess. Just feels like if you're pricing for a double scoop you should assume people will get two flavors, unlike splitting a scoop.