Super Secret Ice Cream is a female-owned, small-batch ice-cream company that only uses real ingredients. We make our ice cream base in-house, with milk and cream from neighboring Hatchland Dairy Farm. Our flavors are born in our kitchen, inspired by everything from blueberries to maple sugar, and sourced from our local farm partners. No weird stuff, nothing fake. Just craft ice cream that’s genuinely delicious.
The Not-So-Secret Story
Founder Kristina Zontini started making ice cream as a creative alternative to her desk job. After many homemade flavor experiments, the batches piled up in her freezer. In June 2019, calling it “super secret,” Kristina transformed an old ski tuning shed into a pick-up ice cream shack, and shared. Through word-of-mouth, a private Instagram account and a small email list of friends and family, word spread and neighbors asked for more.
With community support and lots of encouragement, the ice cream shack evolved into a brick and mortar shop on Main Street in Bethlehem in 2022, with a full team of flavor creators, churners, and scoopers.
In 2026, Aleks became a co-owner of Super Secret Ice Cream.
From day one, Aleks brought an intensity and dedication to the craft that quietly raised the bar for everyone around her. She immigrated from Poland with her family in second grade, spent years in the restaurant industry, and made her first batch of ice cream around 2013. Eventually she headed north — to the mountains, to hike, to build a house with her husband Jon. She applied to Super Secret and said on the phone, "I know I can be helpful."
She wasn't wrong.
Kristina started this shop knowing two things: that it should be serious about the craft of ice cream making, and that it should be a genuinely great place to work. Making Aleks a co-owner felt like both of those things coming true at once.
How we make it
No shortcuts here! We love crafting ice cream from scratch. We start with local milk and cream from Hatchland Dairy Farm, milk powder from Vermont, and organic sugar to create our own ice cream base. Modifying each recipe to fit what ingredients we want to highlight with the perfect balance of sweetness & texture. Not all flavors share the same components—that’s part of the magic.
We steep and blend fresh produce from nearby farms, transforming baskets of squash, apples, berries, and herbs into vibrant, seasonal flavors. Our maple base uses Mount Cabot Maple sugar instead of organic sugar, and our chocolate ice cream base is specially crafted to balance perfectly with lots of TCHO chocolate. But it gets even better—we bake, chop, and mix everything that goes into our ice cream right here at our Bethlehem scoop shop. You’ll also find our very own creamy, vegan-friendly ice creams and vibrant fruit sorbets.
But what’s an ice cream base? Ice cream base is the liquid mixture of milk, cream, sugar, and eggs (or sometimes made without eggs!) that is churned and frozen to make ice cream.
Scoops Without Compromise Super Secret Ice Cream doesn’t negotiate on the quality of our ingredients or the craft of ice cream making. We believe in supporting the entire food system, including our staff, community of growers, and the land that provides our ingredients.
The ice cream dream Team
We are ice-cream lovers, first and foremost. But we’re also proud that every scoop and pint sold supports our farm partners, core kitchen team, and front-of-house employees. Super Secret Ice Cream creates happy jobs that pay a living wage in a flexible, supportive work environment.
Want to replicate the SSIC vibe in your area?
Contact us to learn how. We specialize in recipe development & mix forumlations for shops looking to create their own ice cream or if you just want some help opening up your own shop.