Looking for a sweet treat? There are several unique Ohio Ice Cream Shops just waiting for you! Read on to learn more about 22 Ohio ice cream shops to visit!
Visit some Delicious Ohio Ice Cream Shops
When it comes to Ohio and Ice Cream, it is a match made in dessert heaven! In fact, Ohio does ice cream very well. Ohio is home to several major ice cream brands including Handels, Jenis, Velvet Ice Cream and Graeters.
Visiting Ohio Ice Cream Shops is a great way to satisfy your sweet tooth. In fact, Ohio has it’s very own ice cream trail! Now that sounds like fun! We did include some frozen custard places in our list as well!
Map of Ohio Ice Cream Shops
Ohio Ice Cream Shops to Visit
Young’s Jersey Dairy - 6880 Springfield Xenia Rd, Yellow Springs, OH 45387 - 937-325-0629 - Young’s Dairy is a HUGELY popular place in central Ohio. It has an ice cream shop, cheese store, restaurant and entertainment. You can spend all day here! Website for more information
Tom’s Ice Cream Bowl - 532 McIntire AveZanesville, OH 43701 - 740-452-5267 - Tom’s Ice Cream Bowl has been serving the community for over 70 years! Tom’s is a great place to grab lunch AND some delicious ice cream. You can find sundaes, ice cream cake rolls and more! Website for more information
Hartzler Family Dairy - 5454 Cleveland Rd, Wooster, OH 44691 -330-345-8190 - The Hartzler Ice Cream Shop is a family oriented place, It has retail offerings, indoor and outdoor seating as well as two playgrounds. Website for more information
Taggarts’s Ice Cream Parlor and Restaurant - 1401 Fulton Road NW, Canton, OH 44703 - 330- 452-6844 - When you step foot into Taggarts you will instantly feel teleported back in time! Enjoy classic favorites as well as other food on their menu. Website for more information
Mason Creamery - 4401 Bridge Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44113 - 216-762-1095 - This creamery specializes in small batches of ice cream using quality ingredients. Website for more information
Mitchell’s Homemade - Mitchell’s Homemade has several locations, but it’s flagship location is 1867 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH 44113 - Mitchell’s Homemade uses ingredients from nearby local farmers - Website for more information
Miller's Creamery - Miller's Creamy has 3 locations! Their first shop opened 19 years ago! This family business features homemade sherbert as one of hits MANY specialities. Locations: 1706 E high Ave New Phila Ohio 44663 - 330-339-7555 (Walk up window Open April- September) - 2nd location - 211 W 3 rd street- Dover Ohio 44622 -330-364-4999 -(Open year around with dine in)- Third location - 105 w Jackson street Millersburg Ohio 44654- 234-301-9004 -(Open year around with dine in) - Website for more information
Pav’s Creamy - 3769 Manchester Rd, Akron OH 44319 -330-644-8524 - Pav’s has four locations, but the Akron location uses the old fashioned Soeder Sons Batch machines. This location is open seasonally - Website for more information
Aglamesis Ice Cream Shop - 3046 Madison Road Cincinnati, Ohio 45209 - 513-531-5196 - Aglamesis makes rich, premium ice creams. They have been creating ice cream for well over a century. Website for more information
Toft’s Dairy & Ice Cream - 3717 Venice Rd, Sandusky, Ohio 44870 - 800-521-4606 - This ice cream parlor started from a small family dairy farm and has transitioned into a large operation. The menu here is BIG. You can find all the traditional ice cream flavors plus unique ones! Shakes, malts, flurries, sundaes, they have it all - Website for more information
Whip-n-Dip - 4840 OH-534, Geneva-On-The-Lake Ohio, 44041 - 440-466-0128 - Open during the warmer months and closes during the cooler months. Perfect old style type of ice cream place! Website for more information
Jubie’s Creamery - Has to locations, the Fariborn location is the original- 471 W Dayton-Yellow Springs Rd, Fairborn Ohio 45324 - 937-874-5391- Love the story behind Jubie’s Creamery. It started with the purchase of a long abandoned buliding and a dream to make the best ice cream - Website for more information
Cockeye Creamery - 1805 ½, Parkman Rd , Warren Ohio 44485 - 330-392-7326 - This creamery has delicious and unique flavors like honey-lavender, sweet corn and sorghum and buttermilk pie. - Website for more information
Dietsch Brothers Ice Cream - 400 W Main Cross St, Findlay Ohio 45840 - 419-422-4474 - There are two locations for Dietsch Brother Ice Cream. They are considered a landmark in Findlay Ohio. If you have food allergies, they have a very clear and lengthy list of allergens in products on their website - Website for more information
Emma’s Frosty Kreme - 5707 Beaver Pike, Beaver Ohio 45613 - 740-226-6291 - Emma’s is another great small town feeling ice cream place. Facebook page for more information
Pure Heaven Ice Cream Shop - 408 Ray St N, Baltic, OH 43804 - 330- 897-5905 - Pure Heaven is a delicious newer addition to our list. Be sure to check out their facebook page for their flavors of the week! I've got my eye on Cotton Candy with a twist of Blue Vanilla! Facebook page for more information
Lil e’s Ice Cream - 461 W Main St, Plain City Ohio 43064 - Lil e’s Ice Cream is the perfect small town ice cream shop. It is open seasonally, with outdoor only seating. They offer softserve with other food options - Website for more information
Stricklands - Stricklands has several locations, you can see which one is close to you, here. They are mostly in Northern Ohio. Stricklands was founded in 1936 and in 2002 started to offer franchises. - Website for more information
Brown’s Dairy Dock - 705 West Main Street, Marblehead, Ohio 43440 - 419-798-5067 - This family owned business is open seasonally and provides delicious soft serve flavors - Website for more information
Falls Ice Cream - Another reader favorite, write in! What caught our eye is that they offer up speciality ice cream such a low sugar and non-dairy options! 8094 Columbia Rd, Olmsted Falls, OH 4413 -1 440-427-9040 - Website for more information
Country Parlour Ice Cream - This ice cream shop is known for their old fashioned texture and flavor! You won't be disappointed with this reader favorite! - 12905 York Delta Drive Ste C North Royalton, OH 44133 - 440 237 4040 - Website for more information
Rosati’s Frozen Custard - 98 E. Aurora Rd, Northfield Center, Ohio - 330-908-0889 - Rosati’s is open seasonally. You can get classics like shakes, malts, sundaes and more! Website for more information
The Pinecone Ice Cream Shop - This is located at the Maria Gardens North Royalton location! The best of both worlds: plants and ice cream! This is another reader favorite and write in! 10301 West 130th St. North Royalton, OH 44133 - 440-582-4750- Website for more information
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams - Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams has many locations throughout Ohio and also ships nationwide! Jeni’s is on a mission to make ice cream better and bring people together! They believe in community. They are known for deliciously unique flavors of ice cream. Website for more information
Graeter’s Ice Cream - Just like Jeni’s, Graeters has many many locations throughout the state of Ohio! As well as surrounding states. To see all the Graeter’s Ice Cream locations, visit here. Graeter’s Ice Cream also ships nationwide! Website for more information
Velvet Ice Cream Factory - 11324 Mt Vernon Rd., Utica, OH 43080 - 800-589-5000 - This ice cream shop is marked as temporarily closed. In spring of 2021, it ceased production and moved the ice cream production to large out of state facilities. The website indicates that it will be open again for visitors in May of 2022. - Website for more information
Handel’s Ice Cream and Yogurt - Handel’s has multiple locations throughout the state of Ohio. A huge draw is not only the mouth watering ice cream choices, but the choices of cones. They have traditional cake cones, sugar cones, waffle cones and waffle bowls. Website for more information
Honey Hunt - Honey Hut has several locations throughout Ohio. The original Honey Hut opened back in 1974 and has been a favorite of Ohioan's ever since! Honey Hut was a reader write in and favorite! - Website for all locations
Z's Cream and Bean - This ice cream shop opened in 2010 with the mission to create the creamiest ice cream. With some trial and error, the task was a success. They are known for their creamy vanilla bean ice cream! 2706 Boston Rd, Hinckley, OH 44233 -1 440-652-6369 - Website for more information
What is Ohio’s favorite ice cream?
In a recent survey of the buckeye state, it was found that Ohio likes chocolate chip ice cream the best. Our initial guess would have been the “buckeye flavor” since we are the Buckeye State!
Ice Cream at Home
If you cannot make it to one of Ohio’s Ice Cream Shops you can still enjoy ice cream at home. Of course you can order it from one of the many ice cream shops listed above or you can make some ice cream at home! You can easily make your favorite flavors like Rocky Road Ice Cream, Dairy Free Banana Ice Cream and BubbleGum Ice Cream at home.
Let's go get some ice cream in Ohio!
Have you visited any of these Ohio ice cream shops? We would love to hear about your experience! Did you miss including your favorite Ohio ice cream shop on the list? If so, drop us a comment and let us know! We would be happy to add it!
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