Beyond the Hill

Gallery: Looking behind the scenes at Gannon’s Ice Cream, a 42-year-old Syracuse business

Gallery: Family-owned for over four decades, Gannon's Ice Cream makes all their flavors fresh in-house. Take a look behind-the-scenes of how their ice cream is produced.

John Gannon, co-owner of Gannon’s Isle, fills buckets of fresh ice cream with layers of cookie dough pieces. Ice cream is made from a 14% fat milk base in machines and customized with extracts and toppings before being added to the deep freezer for 24 hours. Solange Jain | Asst. Photo Editor / The Daily Orange

Ice cream “pucks” are stored in the deep freezer before being assembled into ice cream sandwiches. Soft ice cream is spooned into molds and flattened to ensure each sandwich is an equal size. Solange Jain | Asst. Photo Editor / The Daily Orange

The Gannon’s staff dips waffle cones in chocolate sauce before decorating them with nuts or sprinkles. Solange Jain | Asst. Photo Editor / The Daily Orange

A Gannon’s worker decorates a waffle cone. Gannon’s has been family-owned and operated for more than 40 years. It serves as a workplace for many high school and college students. Solange Jain | Asst. Photo Editor / The Daily Orange

Ice cream soft serve swirls down into a cone. Along with its soft serve and signature year-round flavors like Milky Way, Gannon’s has seasonal flavors like apple crisp and pumpkin. Solange Jain | Asst. Photo Editor / The Daily Orange

Intricate and vibrant paintings cover the walls of Gannon’s Ice Cream. Brother-sister duo John and Eileen Gannon have owned the establishment since the 1980s. Solange Jain | Asst. Photo Editor / The Daily Orange

A Gannon’s employee assists a customer at the order window. Customers order a range of ice cream products, from soft-serve to milkshakes to ice cream cakes. Solange Jain | Asst. Photo Editor / The Daily Orange

Outside of Gannon’s Ice Cream, patrons place orders and wait for their ice cream at a drive-thru-style window. Solange Jain | Asst. Photo Editor / The Daily Orange