They don’t even have to try. Walk into Hey Chickadee in Flat Rock and you know the passion owners Meagan and Will Hayes have for what they’re doing without saying a word.

The Hayes are pros with pretty massive credibility in the Charleston and nearby islands culinary world, including fine dining. Starting with a Food Truck in Flat Rock, honing their products and plans, they’ve now opened a small shop with big ideas. The key here is not to underestimate them. They have a history of putting the hard work in and have also federally trademarked “Hey Chickadee” and “Honey Creemee”, and formed the Hey Chickadee, LLC. See About page: https://www.hey-chickadee.com/about

Unusual is the single soft serve flavor available with no plans to change that at this time. It’s their unique “Honey Creeme”. They do have a lot of creative toppings you can jazz things up with.

Jazzing up the Honey Creemee isn’t really necessary given base ingredient sourcing.

 Their milk for the Honey Creemee comes from Big Bottom Milk Company in Forest City, NC. And “their rich, non-homogenized half & half in our local Pisgah Roasters coffee, because great dairy makes every sip smoother and more delicious”.

They also use local honeys. ” We use different local honeys so our ice cream flavors are going to change, based on which honey we use.

“We choose better ingredients whenever we can:
• No high fructose corn syrup in our sodas
• No artificial colors or flavors in our sprinkles
• Local and regional sourcing as often as possible“

I would strongly suggest tasting the soft serve before topping, or by dipping under the topping, so you can understand what their Honey Creemee is about. You’ll experience the creaminess and actually taste the honey.

Barrie and I stopped in a few days ago for our first look.