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DETROIT You can beat the heat on National Ice Cream Day Sunday with special giveaways. Today you can enter to win free ice cream and save on Midwest-made Hudsonville Ice Cream at local grocery stores. Do you need a reason to enjoy FREE ice cream? Truly, theres no better way to celebrate the summer than with ice cream. Hudsonville Ice Cream makes more than 50 flavors, with both traditional ice cream and dairy-free options available in scoop shops and grocery stores in more than a dozen states, including a store near you.

Frozen treats are always in season, but if you're looking for an excuse to indulge, National Ice Cream Day is July 21. Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top spots for Detroit's ice cream enthusiasts. Detroit Water Ice FactoryPHOTO: JADRANKA H./YELPTopping the list is Detroit Water Ice Factory. Located at 1014 Woodward Ave. in Downtown, the popcorn shop, ice cream, frozen yogurt and shaved ice spot is the highest rated ice cream and frozen yogurt restaurant in Detroit, boasting 4.5 stars out of 146 reviews on Yelp. You can find the ice cream and frozen yogurt spot, which offers desserts and more, at 4160 Cass Ave., Suite A.