5 icy sweet treats to try this summer at the Jersey Shore

There's nothing wrong with a classic ice cream sundae, milkshake or Italian ice. But sometimes, you want to try something new.

Mix things up with one of these icy sweets, which put a fun spin on summer's favorite treat.

Frozen ice cakes at Eddin's Ice Shack, Ship Bottom

Debbie Rogan and her family were vacationing in Hawaii this winter when they tried a local treat: ice cakes.

"We'd never heard of them before," said Rogan, who last year opened Eddin's Ice Shack, selling shave ice, cold brew and frozen hot chocolate, as an offshoot of her ice business, Eddin Ice.

In Hawaii, the treat is made with water, flavored syrup and evaporated milk. Eddin's version has shave ice and flavored syrups blended with vanilla cream, then the treat is frozen.

"Shave ice, you have to eat right away," Rogan said, whereas with the ice cakes, "you can get them home, you can throw them in your freezer. You don't have to eat it right away."

The treat comes in flavors like orange, root beer, blue raspberry, chocolate and pina colada.

"Any flavor that I do in shave ice, I can do in this," she said.

Go: 2604 Long Beach Blvd., Ship Bottom; 609-207-6129, instagram.com/eddin_ice_shack.

Mango lemonade at Betty's Icebox, Asbury Park

The mango lemonade at Betty's Icebox on the Asbury Park boardwalk is a citrusy, slushy take on the Mexican mangonada, a frozen mango drink flavored with chamoy, a pickled fruit sauce, and chili powder.

At Betty's, known for its healthier versions of boardwalk treats, lemonade slush is mixed with mango syrup, mango chunks, chamoy and Tajin.

"You can get it with vanilla soft serve, and it's all vegan," owner Courtney Carr said.

Go: Inside the Grand Arcade, 1300 Ocean Ave., Asbury Park; bettys-icebox.square.site.

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Warm milky bun at Ship Bottom Ice Cream Co., Ship Bottom

Picture this: cool, creamy ice cream tucked inside a warm donut. It's like an ice cream sandwich, only better.

This is the warm milky bun at Ship Bottom Ice Cream Co., which is made from a glazed donut that has been split in half and filled with housemade ice cream, then pressed. The treat can be made with any flavor ice cream, including strawberry cheesecake, blueberry, or gooey butter cake.

Go: 1801 Long Beach Blvd., Ship Bottom; 609-342-0892, shipbottomicecream.com.

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Flavored ice cream cones at The Sweet Shack, Berkeley Township

When a regular sugar or wafer cone just won't do, go for a brightly colored flavored cone at The Sweet Shack.

The ice cream shop, in the Bayville section of Berkeley Township, scoops its ice cream into artisanal waffle cones from Brooklyn company The Konery. Not only are these cones pretty to look at, they're flavored: vanilla, orange creamsicle, lavender and red velvet.

Go: 1035 Atlantic City Blvd., Berkeley Township; 732-279-6180, thesweetshackbayville.com.

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Donut-topped milkshake at Sundae Donuts, Long Branch

Want a milkshake but you're craving a doughnut? Get them both at Sundae Donuts, which opened earlier this summer in Long Branch's Pier Village.

Try a cookie dough shake topped with a chocolate sprinkled donut, an Oreo donut atop a vanilla shake, or a Fruity Pebbles donut with a strawberry shake.

You can also get the reverse — a donut topped with a scoop of ice cream.

Go: 15 Morris Ave. No. 118, Long Branch; 732-851-8484, sundaedonuts.com.

Sarah Griesemer joined the USA TODAY NETWORK New Jersey in 2003 and has been writing all things food since 2014. Send restaurant tips to sgriesemer@gannettnj.com.

This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press: Jersey Shore: 5 icy sweet treats to try this summer