Layers of roasted peanuts, sweet coconut, saffron, honey, curry powder, ginger, vanilla and caramelized cashews are reminiscent of an exotic twist on the classically American seven layer bar. Read more.
The bright, ever-changing decorations at this retail outlet for the epnoymous Wisconsin ice-cream company are matched only by the three-dozen flavors of ice cream rotating in and out of its freezers. Read more.
The strawberry lemonade Italian ice is like summer on your spoon. Read more.
The Banana Cream Pie was hands down, our staff favorite. Nuff said! Read more.
The Blueberry Tartufo has grown-up flavor, kid-perfect purple color. Read more.
The summer-only Strawberry Rhubarb sorbet is better than pie. Read more.
The Batman ice cream has tri-flavor insanity (in Superman colors!). Read more.
The Concord Grape sorbet is a cup of grapey goodness without being too sweet. Read more.
The Blood Orange gelato is Play-Doh bright. Better yet, it tastes like Pez! Read more.
You’ll love the scoops of salted caramel so much, you’ll want to marry it. Read more.
The green mint chocolate chip is an old-school, Martian-green classic. Read more.
The Mackinac Island fudge is from cult-fave Ashby's Sterling in Michigan. Read more.
Like your sundaes with Pin-worthy sprinkles? Each month, pastry chef Rebecca Zuckerman designs an ice cream dish that’s made for social media bragging. Read more.
Sometimes, you really just need a banana split. This version has vanilla-bean, chocolate & coffee ice cream, salted caramel sauce, hot fudge & brownies. You may want to order a few spoons for this. Read more.
The restaurant at the Langham serves seasonal ice cream treats--and you’re lucky it’s June. The Spring Verrine has blackberry sorbet & lemon-black-pepper ice cream; topped with toasted meringue. Read more.
The treats come in coffee-toffee, peppermint, vanilla-Oreo, and chocolate-chocolate chip, rolled in toppings like pecans and peppermint candies and sandwiched with Oreo cookies. Read more.
Here’s a new twist on an ice-cream sandwich that’s one part Italian, three parts awesome. The West Loop restaurant serves sweet-corn-caramel gelato between two, deep-fried churro waffles. Read more.
Here’s a throwback to childhood--but this one’s served at a place that serves booze. The house-made ice-cream dish has vanilla-bean semifreddo and dark chocolate wrapped up in cashews. Read more.
Inspired by the flavors of New Orleans, this creamy treat has Tahitian vanilla, milk ice cream and whiskey-orange foam. And when it shows up at your tableside, it appears to be smoking. We’re sold. Read more.
This frozen concoction deserves a spot on this list--blueberry sorbet topped with rhubarb shaved ice, tapioca pearls and a condensed-milk-caramel sauce--yeah, this one makes the cut. Read more.
With more than 20 flavors of homemade Italian ice (a simple corn syrup–free combo of fruit, sugar and ice), from strawberry and passion fruit to coconut-banana, boredom will never be a factor. Read more.
Right about where Oak Park meets Berwyn, you’ll find Gina Tremonte scooping fresh fruit–based ice in flavors including lemon, watermelon and cantaloupe. Read more.
Forget the rest and opt for the namesake goods at this no-frills stand that’s been churning it out since 1954: delicately shaved ice with pieces of lemon rinds and flecks of zest. Read more.