PHOTO BY KRISTY GRAVER

Eat’n Park’s the place for smiles — and brain freezes.

In honor of its 75th anniversary, the restaurant chain partnered with Millie’s Homemade Ice Cream to release cool new flavors based on four of its iconic desserts: Grilled Stickies, Strawberry Pie, Smiley Cookie and Pistachio Fluff. They’re available at all Millie’s locations through July 4 or while supplies last. You can also grab pints of Smiley Cookie and Grilled Stickies at Pittsburgh-area Giant Eagle stores.

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A sample box arrived on my doorstep on Thursday evening. Packaged in dry ice to ensure optimal frozenness, it took about 8 hours for the treats to reach optimal scoopablility. As a food journalist and ice cream aficionado with absolutely no chill, this really tested my professional mettle. To be honest, I bent a few spoons.

I finally dug in this morning, which just so happens to be National Chocolate Ice Cream Day. No offense to the classic, but it’s my job to conduct important culinary research on the future of flavors. A breakfast of champions in the City of Champions!

Strawberry Pie, a mix of strawberry ice cream, flakes of pie crust and ripples of strawberry glaze, was my favorite. I’ve had the “Merry Berry Month of May” jingle stuck in my head since I was a kid; I’m programmed to love it.

My daughter, Sarah, loved Pistachio Fluff, pretty much the only green thing on the Salad Bar that isn’t a vegetable. This version is a dairy-free gelato confection made with coconut milk. You’ve gotta love a dessert that’s camouflaged to fit in with the healthy food.

If you put this Grilled Stickies ice cream on top of Grilled Stickies fresh out of an Eat’n Park oven, you’ll open a portal to a parallel dessert dimension filled with cinnamon-y goodness. This information was not included in the press release, it’s just an educated guess.

I really want to pair the Smiley Cookie flavor with a Frownie from King’s Family Restaurant to create an edible mood swing. Did you know that a dozen Frownies is called a Pity Party? I better go watch the Eat’n Park Christmas Tree commercial to cheer myself up.

Eat’n Park’s anniversary bash goes beyond ice cream. June 5 was declared “Eat’n Park Day” by The City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. The company is giving back to address food insecurity in the region by awarding $75,000 grants to the United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania and the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank.