This week at Splendid Shopper we are highlighting Jeni Britton Bauer, an American ice cream maker and entrepreneur. In late November of 2002 Jeni introduced a modern, ingredient-driven style of ice cream making that has been widely emulated across the world but never duplicated. The first shop was opened just three years later in the North Market, a centuries-old public market in Columbus, Ohio. We love the delicious flavors of her ice cream made with fresh milk from family dairy farms and Direct and Fair Trade ingredients.

Jeni opened her first ice cream shop, Scream, in 1996, then founded Jeni's Splendid Ice Cream in 2002. Her first cookbook, Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams at Home, is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller and won a coveted James Beard Award in 2012. It quickly became the de facto bible for anybody making their own ice cream or thinking about opening a new-style ice cream shop. Her second cookbook, Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream Desserts (2014), took ice cream to the next level with an array of incredible plated, layered, and piled-high ice cream-centric desserts.

There is no one else makes ice cream like Jeni.
-Food & Wine

As Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Jeni remains the beating heart of the company and is in charge of all creative output—from the ice cream itself to the supporting details that enhance the experience of eating it. Jeni is a 2017 Henry Crown Fellow and has been recognized by Fast Company as one of the most creative people in business today.

Some of our favorite things about this female founded company are that the ingredients are local, free of anything fake and that it is a Certified B Corporation. Not to mention she offers dairy and gluten free flavors! Shop her 37 products online or find them in various grocery stores across the country – our favorite is the dairy-free Caramel Pecan Sticky Buns!