38 | MAY 9 • 2024 
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he business district in 
Berkley is sweeter, a tad 
saltier and decidedly 
more fun since the official 
opening on April 19 of Jill 
and Matt Kasle’s 
Bombshell Treat 
Bar. 
The corner 
store with a red 
awning and 
brick wall mural 
replaced the 
former Sugar 
Kisses Bakery 
on Coolidge Highway, a block 
north of Catalpa Drive. With 
Bombshell, a name that came 
to Jill in a dream, the Kasles 
have created a cool destination 
for students taking a short 
walk over from Berkley High 

School or anyone of any age 
wanting a delicious treat.
Bombshell primarily is an 
ice cream shop — but not the 
usual sort. In addition to soft-
serve ice cream, floats and hot 
chocolate, Bombshell offers hot 
pretzel sundaes and amazing 
hand-dipped and decorated ice 
cream bars. 
“Food is our love language,” 
said Jill about herself and Matt. 
After each was diagnosed with 
cancer a year apart — both 
thankfully now in remission 
— the Kasles felt “a desire to 
put something positive back 
into the world,” she said. They 
decided that an ice cream 
business would make them 
and others happier. 
Seeking something 

unique, however, led the 
couple to research ice cream 
concepts in various cities. 
They found it when Matt, 
Jill and their children visited 
Chocolats Favoris, on a quaint 
cobblestone street in old 
Montreal. The ice cream shop 
offered vanilla soft-serve ice 
cream with 18 different Belgian 
chocolate dips. Impressed, Jill 
walked out telling her family, 
“This is really something!” The 
Kasles also found inspiration 
at a Toronto-based La Diperie, 
a Canadian ice cream store 
franchise.
While ready-to-eat, 
commercial ice cream bars are 
available in supermarkets and 
convenience stores, “we’re the 
only ones making our own,” 

Matt said.
Tori Parnell, added as 
culinary director in 2021, 
brought the Kasles’ dreams to 
life. Bombshell’s silky-textured 
ice cream, including an oat 
milk variety, is hand-churned 
on premises. Staff also prepares 
the yummy toppings and 
chocolate dipping sauces. 
The Kasles started with a 
Bombshell ice cream cart hired 
for private parties and public 
events throughout Metro 
Detroit. Their ice cream bars 
created buzz among guests 
celebrating birthdays, bar/bat 
mitzvahs, confirmations and 
weddings, and at corporate 
affairs. 
Customer enthusiasm 
encouraged the Kasles to 

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Bombshell Treat Bar opens in Berkley.

Esther 
Allweiss 
Ingber 
Contributing 
Writer

These Are the Bomb!
These Are the Bomb!

A completed 
Campfire 
Dreams ice 
cream treat

A Cookies & 
Cream iCe 
cream bar 

The mural 
outside 
Bombshell 
Treat Bar