14 Best Ice Cream Brands: Fresh and Unique Flavors Await this Summer

13, 2024

Get ready to find your new favorite ice cream.

Our picks for the best ice cream brands include unique flavors, fun products and allergy-free options.

Our editors and experts handpick every product we feature.

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Jenis Splendid Ice Creams

Our editors loveJenis Splendid Ice Creamand for good reason.

These artisan pints come in flavors you wont find anywhere else, likeGooey Butter CakeandBrambleberry Crisp.

Check out ourfull review of Jenis.

Want to learnhow to make professional ice creamlike this at home?

Van Leeuwen

You wont find any hard-to-pronounce ingredients in New York-basedVan Leeuwen ice cream.

Pick up pints ofRed Velvetor even their latest flavorOnion ice cream!

Van Leeuwen also has a wide array of flavors for vegan and non-dairy sweet tooths, too.

Creamalicious

Southern desserts meet ice cream in these Blissfully Southern 2-in-1 desserts.

With flavors like that, it will be hard to decide which one to try first!

Thelmas Ice Cream Sandwiches

I fell in love withThelmas Ice Cream Sandwichesin college and never looked back.

These soft, sweet treats taste like a dessert youd find in grandmas kitchen.

(Which makes sense considering the founders use a variation of their 108-year-old great-grandma Thelmas snickerdoodle cookie recipe!)

Every flavor is delicious, but Im particularly smitten withStrawberry Sugar CookieandSnickerdoodle.

Mauna Loa

If youre dairy-free, you have to check outMauna Loas Nice Ice Cream.

The Hawaii-based brand uses its sustainably produced macadamia milk to make creamy, vegan ice creams.

We recommend theBestsellers packwhich includes pints ofMango Lilikoi,Kona CoffeeandRocky Road to Hana.

For more good-for-you options, check out these low-carb ice creams.

A certified women-owned business,Coolhausis inspired by both sweet and savory flavors.

Sink your spoon into Street Cart Churro Dough Ice Cream Cones orClassic Vanilla Ice Cream Sandwiches.

Check out the recipes in theCoolhaus Ice Cream Book.

This ice cream is the real deal.

And you wont find gums, artificial stabilizers, artificial sweeteners or corn syrups on the label, either.

Crank & Boom

For true southern flair, look no further thanCrank & Boom ice cream.

This Kentucky-based scoop shop has plenty of down-home flavors.

McConnells Fine Ice Creams

Keep it simple with a pint ofMcConnells.

This old-fashioned dairy makes all of its flavors from scratch.

ITS-IT

ITS-ITknows a thing or two about taking ice cream novelties to the next level.

Their famous ice cream sandwiches, for example, dont stop at just cookies and ice cream.

They get dunked in a thin layer of smooth, dark chocolate for an over-the-top sammie.

While youre waiting for your order to arrive, try making ourAlmost Its-It Ice Cream Sandwichesat home.

Graeters Ice Cream

Midwesterners loveGraeters Ice Creamand for good reason.

Every pint of Graeters is mixed in a French Pot Freezer, then hand-packed.

Check out these otherfoods that are truly Midwestern.

Tipsy Scoop

Booze + ice cream = a match made in decadence heaven.

AndTipsy Scoops liquor-infused ice creamis an adult treat youll be ordering all summer long.

Talk about the best of both worlds!

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