Simons Says Dip This - dipped ice cream shop in Durham, North Carolina

Science and culinary creativity help this Durham ice cream shop take its dipped cone concept to the next level.
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Transcript: WE CAN'T WAIT TO PAR TEE WITH YOU. WELCOME TO SIMONS SAYS DIP THIS. SIMONS SAYS DIP THIS IS A CONCEPT WITH SOFTSERVE WITH 24 DIFFERENT FLAVORED DIPS. SPENT THOUSANDS OF COMBINATIONS PEOPLE CAN COME UP WITH. THAT IS THE FUN OF THE SHOP. IT'S CREATE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE. IN DESSERT FORM. IT SATISFIES A LOT OF TASTES. IN 2017 IS WHEN WE STARTED SIMONS SAYS DIP THIS, IT WAS OUR NUT BUTTER COMPANY. NATHAN IS THE KIND OF CHEF THAT WHEN HE SEES SOMETHING HE SAYS I CAN MAKE THAT. EVENTUALLY I DID. WE DECIDED TO START THE NUT BUTTER BUSINESS. PEOPLE WOULD ASK AT THE MARKETS, WHAT DO YOU PUT IT ON? WE REALIZED THEY WERE PERFECT AS A DIP AND FOR THE CONCEPT OF THE ICE CREAM SHOP. I REALLY LOVE THIS STYLE OF ICE CREAM BECAUSE, IT'S COMBINES CREATIVITY WITH NOSTALGIA. MOST OF THE DIPS ARE BASED ON BELGIAN CHOCOLATE. WE LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE WE ARE NOT JUST AND ICE CREAM SHOP, WE ARE A CHOCOLATE SHOP WE USE ICE CREAM AS A VEHICLE TO DISPLAY THE CHOCOLATE. LOTS IS BASED ON NATHAN TALENTS AS A CHEF AND WHAT HE IS ABLE TO DO BECAUSE, HE IS ABLE TO CREATE CHOCOLATE FROM FREEZE- DRIED FRUIT, FROM NUTS. FROM GETTING DIFFERENT CHOCOLATES AND TRYING DIFFERENT THINGS AND SEEING WHAT WORKS AND TO CREATE OUR OWN UNIQUE FLAVORS. A LOT OF THAT IS REALLY BECAUSE OF HIM AND HIS TALENT. THE OPTION FOR ICE CREAM IS PRETTY LIMITED. THEN, 24 DIFFERENT FLAVORED DIPS TO CHOOSE FROM HALF ARE DAIRY FREE. THEN 21 DIFFERENT TOPPINGS TO CHOOSE FROM. WHEN I SEE BLANK STARES AT THE MENU, I WILL START ASKING PEOPLE, WHAT KIND OF DESSERTS DO YOU USUALLY GO FOR? THEN I CAN KIND OF COME UP WITH SOMETHING BASED ON THEIR PREFERENCES. FOR EXAMPLE, IF SOMEBODY LIKES S'MORES I COULD DO A MARSHMALLOW COURT DIPPED IN CHOCOLATE WITH MORE ON THE OUTSIDE. OR CHEESECAKE USE STRAWBERRY CITY OUTSIDE. PEOPLE REALLY EXPERIMENT. RIGHT NOW MY FAVORITE IS THE SALTED CARAMEL DIP WITH CHEDDAR POPCORN ON TOP. WE OFFER ICE CREAM CONE, WE OFFER CUPS AND ICE CREAM SANDWICHES. THE SANDWICHES WE CAN DIP AS WELL. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED WITH THE DIP CONE. ONCE YOU EAT THE DIP OFF OF THE OUTSIDE, THEN, IT'S KIND OF BORING. SO, WE CAN TUNNEL DOWN THE CENTER OF THE ICE CAN AND FILL IT WITH CHOCOLATE OR PEANUT BUTTER OR MARSHMALLOW OR CARAMEL. WE HAVE FREEZE-DRIED SKITTLES, MILK DUDS, JOLLY RANCHERS, TAFFY, WHEN YOU FREEZE-DRIED CANDY, THE TEXTURE COMPLETELY CHANGES. THE SKITTLES PUFF AND GET CRUNCHY. THE JOLLY RANCHERS HAVE THE TEXTURE OF A CHEESE BALL TO BUT THE INTENSE FLAVOR OF A JOLLY RANCHER WITHOUT STICKING IN YOUR TEETH. LITERALLY PROOF AND OUT OF THE WAY. THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE SHOP IS BASED ON THINGS WE GREW UP WITH THAT WE ENJOY BECAUSE ICE CREAM IS A CHILDHOOD FAVORITE. SO, THE POSTERS AROUND THE SHOP ARE MOVIES OR SHOWS OR VIDEOS THAT WE ENJOYED. AND WE HAVE ICE CREAM IN THE SCENES. WE PAINTED THE WALLS AND THE CEILING SO VANILLA ON THE WALLS AND CHOCOLATE ON THE CEILING WITH THE CHOCOLATE DRIPPING DOWN. THEN, I HAVE A SPACE IN THE SHOP A LITTLE TOO NARROW FOR TABLES AND CHAIRS. I THOUGHT, WOULDN'T IT BE FUN TO HAVE SWINGS? YOU CAN'T REALLY SWING, SOMETHING FUN TO SIT IN, YOU KNOW, I FIGURE THE KIDS WANT TO GO TO THE ICE CREAM SHOP WITH THE SWINGS. WE ARE LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN DURHAM IN THE BOTTOM OF ONE CITY CENTER. YOU CAN GO TO THE SIMONS SAYS DIP THIS WEBSITE. THE IDEA WAS TO SHARE OUR PASSION WITH THE COMMUNITY. WE ARE HAPPY WHEN PEOPLE COME IN AND THEIR EYEBALLS ARE WIDE AND YOU DIP A CONE IN THERE

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