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30+ Best Ice Cream Shops in Lancaster County

Are you an ice cream connoisseur? Have you ever wanted to do an ice cream tour of Lancaster County? I’ve heard of families that included visiting new ice cream parlors and creameries on their summer bucket list. What a fun idea—to visit various ice cream places in Lancaster County and try their unique homemade flavors!

Best Ice Cream Shops in Lancaster County

I’ve been wanting to make a list of all the ice cream places in Lancaster County for this exact reason, and I finally just did it! For this list of ice cream places I tried to focus on creameries and restaurants that offer homemade ice cream or unique flavors to Lancaster County. I’ve also included a few that serve favorites like Hershey’s and Turkey Hill.

So get your map out and choose a few of these Best Ice Cream Shops in Lancaster County before the summer is over!

Northern Lancaster County

Fox Meadows Creamery (Ephrata) Serves homemade ice cream, offering incredibly unique flavors like siracha and lavendar.
Udder Choice (Ephrata) A local favorite.
Kountry Korner (Rheinholds)
Boehringer’s Drive-In (Adamstown)
The Pretzel Hut (Newmanstown) Get $15 worth of food for just $7.50 with this deal!
The Brickerville House Ice Cream Shop (Brickerville) Get $20 worth for just $10 with this coupon!
Greco’s (Lititz)
Milk House at Oregon Dairy (Lititz) Endulge in their Whoopie Pie Sundae.
Isabella’s Ice Cream Parlor (Lititz)  Serves Hershey’s ice cream.
Twin Kiss (Manheim)
The Shack (Manheim) Kreider Farms Ice Cream. 
The Jigger Shop (Mount Gretna) Get $20 worth of ice cream for just $10!

Eastern Lancaster County

Hayloft Ice Cream (Leola)
Squire Side Cafe (New Holland) – Serves Turkey Hill ice cream.
Lickity Split (New Holland) – Get $20 worth of food for just $10 with this deal!
Lapp Valley (New Holland) – Serves very creamy homemade ice cream—many say its the best around!
Dutch Country Soft Pretzels (New Holland) – Serves ice cream and milkshakes, as well as soft pretzels. Get $20 worth of food just $10 with this deal!

Southern Lancaster County

Bird-In-Hand Creamery (Bird-In-Hand) Get $20 worth of ice cream for just $10 with this coupon!
Uncle Leroy’s (Strasburg, Lancaster)
Strasburg Creamery (Strasburg)  – Delicious homemade ice cream!
Maplehofe Dairy (Quarryville) – Also served at Central Market, this ice cream is very highly spoken of.
Son’s Ice (Quarryville)

Western Lancaster County

Udder Bliss Creamery (Elizabethtown)
GiGi’s Ice Cream Bar (Bainbridge)
Jim Mack’s (York) – Serves homemade flavors.
Scoop’s Ice Cream & Grille (Mountville)  Serves Turkey Hill ice cream. Get a half-off deal here!
Pine View Dairy (New Danville)  – Serves homemade ice cream.
Sweet Willow (York)
Son’s Ice (East Petersburg)

Lancaster City

Ciro’s Italian Bistro (Lancaster)
King’s Creamery (Lancaster) –  Hand dipped ice cream that can be accompanied by homemade PA Dutch styled pies.
Carmen & David’s Creamery (served at Penny’s on Prince Street and Chestnut Hill Cafe) – Offer flavors like Nutella, toasted coconut, cherry almond chip, burnt sugar bourbon, lemon ginger cookie and banana bread.
Splits & Giggles (Lancaster) Get $20 worth of ice cream for just $10 with this coupon!
Maplehofe Dairy (Central Market) – Also served at Quarryville location, this ice cream is very highly spoken of.
Miesse Candies & Ice Cream Parlor (N. Water Street, Lancaster) – They sell Penn State Creamery ice cream!!! You can get a deal to get $20 worth of ice cream treats for just $10 right now (you will receive two $10 certificates). Woohooo!


Do you know of an ice cream shop that I missed? Please message me or email me so I can add it. Thank you!!!

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    Hiesters Soft Serve in Elizabethtown has closed. It’s location now houses Etown Noodles.

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