MILWAUKEE COUNTY

Photos: Scratch Ice Cream offers tasty treats —and hope

Dustin Garley (left) and Ryan Povlick make their ice cream from scratch.
Dustin Garley (left) and Ryan Povlick make their ice cream from scratch.
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Dustin Garley (left) pours a batch of caramel into ice cream while making a batch of salted caramel waffle cone ice cream as  Ryan Povlick observes. Scratch Ice Cream is made out of the Yo Mama frozen yogurt shop in Wauwatosa by owner Povlick and his business partner, Garley. Both are sober and in recovery from opioid addiction.
Dustin Garley (left) pours a batch of caramel into ice cream while making a batch of salted caramel waffle cone ice cream as Ryan Povlick observes. Scratch Ice Cream is made out of the Yo Mama frozen yogurt shop in Wauwatosa by owner Povlick and his business partner, Garley. Both are sober and in recovery from opioid addiction.
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Dustin Garley pours an ice cream mixture into a machine that turns it into ice cream. Scratch Ice Cream is a growing ice cream business that makes everything from scratch with natural ingredients.
Dustin Garley pours an ice cream mixture into a machine that turns it into ice cream. Scratch Ice Cream is a growing ice cream business that makes everything from scratch with natural ingredients.
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Ryan Povlick packs pints of ice cream at Scratch Ice Cream.
Ryan Povlick packs pints of ice cream at Scratch Ice Cream.
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Ryan Povlick (right) and partner Dustin Garley packs pints of Scratch Ice Cream's maple bacon ice cream, which has bits of bacon in it.
Ryan Povlick (right) and partner Dustin Garley packs pints of Scratch Ice Cream's maple bacon ice cream, which has bits of bacon in it.
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Pints of Scratch Ice Cream's Wisconsin Maple Bacon flavor are ready for store shelves.
Pints of Scratch Ice Cream's Wisconsin Maple Bacon flavor are ready for store shelves.
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