I scream-ee for a creemee

The warm weather means it’s time for soft serve ice cream, a summer treat come early. But Vermonters call the stuff by a different name: creemees.

I’d never encountered the term before moving to Vermont, and I can’t remember anybody in the North Country using it either.

Of course, a creemee by any other name would taste as sweet.

Does anybody know the derivation of the word creemee?  (Here’s one explanation). And where are your favorite ice cream places, soft serve or otherwise?