The all-American summer job of scooping ice cream during hot East Coast days was just a way for Jackie Fitzgerald to earn pocket money for college. But after college ended and corporate life lost its luster, the pleasant memories of carefree afternoons called her back. A scooper no more, Jackie became co-owner of Treadwell’s Ice Cream. Expanding on the sweet idea of sundaes and shakes, Jackie began making Gourmet Monster Apples. At home alongside the apple trees and pumpkin patches of Smolak Farms, Jackie Fitzgerald has found her endless summer.