Clementine's Naughty & Nice Ice Cream

As a child, Clementine’s Creamery founder Tamara Keefe’s life changed forever when her mom bought a $2 hand-cranked ice cream maker from a garage sale. Making ice cream by hand became a Sunday ritual, and it brought the whole neighborhood together. The power of ice cream to make people smile and bring them together stayed with Tamara throughout her career working for a St. Louis Fortune 500 company. When she was ready for a change of pace she spent her life’s savings on an ice cream kitchen and cashed out her 401K, and in 2014 Clementine’s Ice Cream was born. It was an immediate hit, and today there are eight St. Louis-area locations.

So what makes Clementine’s ice cream “naughty and nice”? The “nice” ice cream is just good old-fashioned ice cream, in flavors like Butter Brickle, Salted Cookies & Cream, and – inspired by the classic St. Louis dessert – Gooey Butter Cake. As for the “naughty”? Working with food scientists, Tamara developed a top-secret process to infuse alcohol into ice cream, resulting in flavors like Chocolate Cabernet, Maple Bourbon Pecan, and Pink Champagne Sorbet. St. Louis has fallen in love with Tamara’s super-creative ice cream creations, and now they’re shipping nationwide!