21-07-2025
National Ice Cream Day is Sunday, July 20. Here are 6 Jersey Shore spots to try.
Our annual ice cream poll gave readers plenty of places to consider for your sweet treat.
But with National Ice Cream Day on Sunday, July 20, we wanted to tell you about some places at the Jersey Shore that sell unique ice cream flavors.
Going 'Down the Shore' is a Jersey thing this time of year, so if you're planning a trip, we'll give you some places to check out for some creative and delicious-sounding flavors, okay?
Cool Scoops, North Wildwood
This 1950s-themed ice cream parlor offers more than 35 flavors of ice cream.
The menu offers a myriad of sundaes, including the 'Wild Woody," a waffle bowl filled with espresso chip and coffee ice cream, hot fudge, whipped cream and topped with a cherry. There's also the 'Scoupe DeVille' — six scoops of your choice of ice cream, five toppings, whipped cream and topped with cherries.
They also have a Kryptonite sundae, which includes one scoop each of mint chocolate chip and pistachio, hot fudge topping, green jimmies and whipped cream, topped with a green cherry.
Go: 1111 New Jersey Ave.; 609-729-2665;
Fleck's Ice Cream, Villas, Cape May
Fleck's Ice Cream was founded in 1993 by Joe and Donna Fleck and their seven children, according to the Fleck's Ice Cream Facebook page.
They give true meaning to the concept of "cake and ice cream."
Some of their flavors include banana bread sundae, peaches and cream sundae, warm butter cake with vanilla ice cream and caramel, and more.
Go: 1600 Bayshore Road, Villas; 609-889-2393;
Hobby Horse Ice Cream Parlour, Ocean City
This iconic spot offers unique flavors such as Monster Cookie, Coconut Castaway, salted caramel pretzel crunch, Moose Tracks, Death by Chocolate, peanut butter pie, sticky bun and more.
The family-run shop had to overcome a fire in May 2020. More than 42 flavors of ice cream are featured in the bright parlor, which has a carousel horse outside and features carousel decorations throughout.
Go: 800 Ocean Ave.; 609-399-1214;
Kohr Brothers Frozen Custard (multiple locations at the Shore)
Kohr Brothers, which has multiple shore locations — Wildwood, Cape May, Stone Harbor, Ocean City and other communities — has been around since 1919.
Some interesting ice cream flavors include blueberry ripple, butterscotch ripple, peanut butter ripple, banana and chocolate peanut butter.
Coffee and dulce de leche (caramel) is listed as a seasonal flavor, according to a Facebook post.
Go:
Peace Pie, Cape May, Ventnor City
Peace Pie offers gourmet ice cream cookie sandwiches.
This unique dessert is offered in all sorts of combinations and flavors, including saltated caramel brownie, strawberry shortcake, banana crème, key lime pie, peanut butter cup, caramel apple, molten chocolate, pecan pie and more.
The flagship store in Cape May was established in 2015. Since then stores have been added in Ventnor City and all the way down to St. Augustine, Florida.
Go: 7307 Ventnor Ave., Ventnor City; 609-457-0655; 326 Carpenters Lane, 609-435-5321;
Springer's Homemade Ice Cream, Stone Harbor
Superstar singer Taylor Swift has said Springer's was always among her favorite places when she stayed in Stone Harbor with her family in the summers as a child.
Springer's, which was founded more than 80 years ago, has approximately 60 rotating flavors of freshly made ice cream.
Flavors include: banana fudge, banana peanut butter, blueberry cheesecake, chocolate chip bourbon pecan pie, Cease & Desist (coffee ice cream with Heath bar pieces), Dark Night (deep purple black raspberry ice cream with chocolate flakes) and The Blue One (bright blue cookie dough ice cream with Oreo pieces.)
Go: 9420 3rd Ave.; 609-602-2471;
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This article originally appeared on Cherry Hill Courier-Post: National Ice Cream Day is July 20. Shore spots offer unique flavors.
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