Julie Kossak is clawing for attention with the latest ice cream flavor of the month: lobster.

July is National Ice Cream Month, and the famous homemade lobster ice cream from Maine is now available at Pink Spot Coffee and Ice Cream in Phoenix.

Kossak of the Pink Spot said she wanted to do something different for the summer and came across Ben & Bill's Chocolate Emporium in Maine, a longtime sweet shop that makes the chocolate, candy and ice cream daily.

"I thought it would be kind of fun," said Kossak, who with her husband Mark Weeter opened their ice cream and coffee shop three years ago at Thomas Road and Central Avenue. The couple also runs Zpizza next door. So far, customers are buying it by the pint, she said.

The shellfish dessert is made in a sweet butter-based ice cream folded with bits and chunks of lobster from Maine. Kossak purchased 15 gallons of the famed ice cream, which has been featured on the Food Network's Roker on the Road and the Today Show.

But if seafood doesn't suit your fancy, the couple offers 16 other flavors made by Karen's Kreamery Inc., an independent ice cream maker. A scoop is $2.65, and a pint is $5.95.

Details: 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. 49 W. Thomas Road, Phoenix. 602-265-3889, pinkspotcoffeeandicecream.com.