A sugar-laden, over-the-top, extreme ice cream trend is coming to the East Bay.

I Scream Donuts, a shop specializing in ice cream-stuffed doughnuts, is eyeing a January opening in Oakland’s Temescal neighborhood.

The shop is owned by Katie Wages, a Bay Area native who has also lived in Sacramento, where the trend has hit at spots like The Parlor. Wages has her own spin – think organic ice cream for – I Scream Donuts, which will take over the space formerly occupied by Tara’s Organic Ice Cream at 4731 Telegraph Avenue.

Tara Esperanza has decided to close her shop dedicated to unique, organic flavors like lavender and Darjeeling tea, to focus on her art, but is keeping her Berkeley shop on College Avenue open. Tara’s last day of business at the Temescal location is Dec. 30. It will reopen sometime in January as I Scream Donuts.

According to the East Bay Express, the two business owners struck up a friendship during their negotiations and decided to work together. Wages will be using Tara’s ice creams and vegan sorbets in all of her doughnuts, and you can still get a cup or cone of Tara’s at the shop, too.

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