Churned, which named a flavor after one of Boone’s recent singles, soft-launched its brick-and-mortar at 5504 Haines Rd. N last Monday, June 23.
Steve Tishman has been running the hard ice cream and popsicle shop as a pop-up around the St. Pete area since September, after buying it from Alyssa and Ray Wyatt. The Wyatts started Churned in 2021.
While the hard launch has not been officially set, Tishman is selling pints of more than 30 flavors. Once he gets a dipping cabinet, he’ll start selling scoops and mixed-flavor pints.
Even with names like Lucky Charms and Key Lime Pie, Tishman’s custard is made with only five ingredients—“nothing you can’t pronounce.” Churned also does private and corporate events, where customers can make their own flavors.
What’s the scoop on Benson Boone? Crafted as an homage to one of the pop star’s newest songs, “Mystical Magical,” Churned created “Moonbeam Ice Cream” for a segment on WFLA’s Daytime Show.
“We listened to the song over and over again. It’s an earworm,” Tishman told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. “We needed something that glittered, that had that nighttime sky aspect to it, and that also had a little bit of lightness.”
This pint-sized pleasure is ube ice cream with marshmallow fluff swirls, black cocoa cookies, marshmallow bits (like in hot chocolate), and a sprinkle of edible glitter.
They also have ice pop flavors like: banana cream pie, puddin pop and cosmopolitan. For events, there are ice cream cakes and even ice cream cakes for dogs.
Not only can you get a sweet treat for your pooch, but 10% of Churned’s earnings on regular flavors go to Pet Pal Animal Shelter.
Churned is popping up June 28 at St. Pete’s Saturday Morning Market and June 29 at the St. Pete Pride Street Fair.
For more updates on Churned’s grand opening and pop-ups, follow @churned_icecream on Instagram.
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This article appears in Jun 19-25, 2025.