I scream you scream– the summer season SCREAMS ice cream! Celebrate this National Ice Cream Day on July 20 with this guide to the best local ice cream shops featuring your favorite 2025 Hunterdon Happening List Winners and Finalists. Indulge in homemade ice cream, unique flavors, specialty sundaes, milkshakes and so many more fun frozen creations!
2025 Happening List Winner – Ice Cream
908-442-5586|10 Bridge St #4, Frenchtown, NJ 08825
Sandy Scoops makes all of their own ice cream on site in Frenchtown sourcing dairy and ingredients from local farms and small businesses. They are constantly rotating their menu so customers can enjoy seasonal flavors. Choose your favorite of 24 flavors and choose how you want to enjoy it– a cup, waffle cone or bowl, milkshake, or a sundae! If you are having a hard time choosing just one flavor, consider the ice cream flight and choose four. Sandy Scoops also makes their own vegan and dairy free ice cream and sorbets. They also keep novelty items in the store including ice cream sandwiches and tacos!
2025 Happening List Finalist – Ice Cream
908-995-0095|525 Milford Warren Glen Rd, Milford, NJ 08848
Jimmy’s Ice Cream is known for their inventive frozen creations and unique flavor combinations created with fresh ingredients! Their extensive menu features hard ice cream and sherbert, hard waffle cones, soft serve ice cream, specialty sundaes, shakes, floats and more! Some of the delicious flavors that have recently made an appearance on the menu have been lemon meringue, homemade spumoni, red raspberry, key lime, sugar cookie, salted pretzel, homemade Italian rainbow cake, and banana graham.
2025 Happening List Finalist – Ice Cream
609-397-2234|237 N Union St, Lambertville, NJ 08530
OwowCow creamery has been locally sourcing organic ingredients from local farmers for the most delicious and fresh ice cream and divine flavors since 2009. OwowCow shops stay stocked with 12 signature core flavors year-round, and feature different, monthly specials, seasonal favorites, dairy-free sorbet, and vegan ice cream– all made from scratch and with intention. Even the ice cream sandwiches are made with delicious hand-made cookies!
908-638-6030|125 W Main St, High Bridge, NJ 08829
Gronsky’s Milk House is a family owned business that started as a small ice cream store and expanded into a restaurant. Producing their own ice cream, the dairy professionals have a flavor for everyone! They also make ice cream cakes, sandwiches made with cookies or waffles, and soft serve. Customers can also request custom orders with an order form!
908-284-1233|463 US-202, Flemington, NJ 08822
Thee Ice Cream Parlor will take you right back to the 50’s with their old fashioned ice cream parlor and exquisite homemade ice cream! Choose from 80 different flavors of homemade hand-dipped hard ice cream and soft serve. They also make their own frozen yogurt, sundaes, supreme sundaes, milkshakes, floats and so much more! Try out a new flavor to commemorate this year’s National Ice Cream Day!
908-824-7275|20 Stangl Road, Flemington, NJ 08822
Throw it back to your childhood days at Scoops on wheels– a premium hard ice cream truck serving up delicious frozen flavors in Whitehouse Station! Enjoy a cup, a cone, and so much more! Stop by and visit them or book them for your special event or party!
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