THE LOCAL SCOOP: TOP SPOTS FOR ICE CREAM IN YORK COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA
From vine-to-cone ice cream fresh from the farms to some of the best family recipes around, York County is guaranteed to have an ice cream shop for you! We’ve gathered the best ice cream places in York County to make your day oh-so-sweet! Enjoy our “scoops” of the day!
FORT MILL/TEGA CAY
Springs Farm Market
With their homemade ice cream made fresh daily with their very own strawberries, you can’t go wrong with a soft-serve at Springs Farm Market! They also offer the Fort Mill Famous, Cherry Lemon Sundrop Slushie!
Abbott’s Frozen Custard
Abbott’s Frozen Custard offers custard made fresh daily using family recipes. Enjoy a delicious selection of cones, dishes, sundaes, shakes, and more. Choose from a variety of toppings to add that final touch! You have to try their signature treat “the Turtle”- layers of frozen custard, peanuts, and fudge that have been frozen on a stick and then dipped in dark chocolate!
Bruster’s Real Ice Cream
Bruster’s makes more than 140 recipes of out-of-this-world fresh ice cream and serves it up in crispy waffle cones and waffle bowls every day!
Scoop n Swirl
At Scoop n’ Swirl, their mission is simple. They strive to make the best homemade ice cream in small batches using the highest quality ingredients and serve that in a warm friendly environment. Scoop n’ Swirl is under new ownership. Same location, the same homemade ice cream, and the same recipes!
Smallcakes Cupcakery and Creamery
Smallcakes Fort Mill is a cupcakery and creamery that specializes in the production of gourmet cupcakes and homemade, cupcake-infused ice cream. They bake 12 signature flavors and 1-2 special flavors each morning, made from scratch and baked daily.
Whit’s Frozen Custard
Need a break from ice cream? Try Whit’s Frozen Custard on a hot summer day! They only feature three flavors: Vanilla, Chocolate, and Whit’s special weekly flavor because of how much love and care they put into each batch. There’s an endless variety of flavor combinations when you consider all the fruit toppings, nuts, and candies that can be blended into a custard.
Whoopie Pies Ice Cream
Located on the Narroway Campus in Fort Mill, Whoopie Pies Ice Cream is a great way to beat the heat while enjoying sweet treats! Serving 19 flavors of Blue Bell Ice Cream, Whoopie Pies offers unique creations like cookie pies, sundaes, cones, shakes, and more.
LAKE WYLIE/CLOVER
Bagel Boat
While the Bagel Boat may offer the best coffee for 4 years and counting in Lake Wylie, they also make creamy soft-serve ice cream with their secret mixture of heavy cream and milk. It serves so well over homemade pound cake, fresh strawberries, and creamy Vanilla topped off with Ghirardelli Premium Chocolate. You’ll for sure leave full and happy!
Carolina Chocolate Company
Carolina Chocolate Company specializes in the art of chocolate making! From chocolate bars to chocolate-dipped items, there’s something for every lover of sweets. Carolina Chocolate Company now serves ice cream, so make sure to head into Clover and get your fix on all things ice cream and chocolate!
The Dreamery Creamery
The Dreamery Creamery is Lake Wylie’s locally-owned ice cream parlor. The Dreamery Creamery is not your typical ice cream shop. They specialize in amazing, specially crafted, enormous sundaes that are served to you just like a full-service restaurant. They are a family-owned business that believes ice cream brings delight and happiness to all! We couldn’t agree more!
ROCK HILL
Ninety’s Dessert Bar
Based out of Charlotte, Ninety’s Dessert Bar brings fun creations to Rock Hill. Cookies, specialty milkshakes, coffee desserts, sundaes, and more are waiting for you!
Artic Roll Ice Cream and Bubble Tea
Have you ever heard of rolled ice cream? If not, check out Artic Roll Ice Cream and Bubble Tea for a sweet treat that will make you roll with happiness! Inspired and brought over all the way from Asia, come to their store to get yourself a new way of eating ice cream. Topped with dozens of toppings, there’s not one way you could go wrong! Check out the link to learn more.
Bajo Cero San Marcos
Bajo Cero San Marcos is a local family-owned and operated paletería and nevería. They make popsicles and ice cream in-store from fresh ingredients to create a traditional Mexican flavor!
Day & Night Cereal Bar
Day & Night Cereal Bar is your place to get your favorite cereal… dessert style! Choose from milkshakes, sundaes, or waffles in bars, cups, or bowls. Mix your favorite cereal with your favorite ice cream and enjoy!
PW’s Gourmet Ice Cream
Located in the heart of Rock Hill, is one of the longest family-run ice cream shops in York County. PW’s Gourmet Ice Cream delivers a wide variety of ice cream to suit anyone’s needs! Concretes, milkshakes, and sundaes, OH MY! Nothing says summer like ice cream from PW’s!
TC’s Shaved Ice
A perfect “backroads” kinda shop that will leave you feeling cool in the heat. T C’s Shaved Ice has cones, cups, and splits! Perfect for kids with a variety of sizes.
The Local Scoop
The Power House is home to the Local Scoop, a mom-and-pop ice cream shop specializing in locally sourced, homemade, small-batch premium ice cream. The Local Scoop offers a variety of staple flavors;Vanilla Bean, Dutch Chocolate, Strawberry Dream, and Cookie Monster, as well as seasonal rotating flavors. With non-dairy and allergy-conscious options, there’s a sweet treat waiting for everyone!
Two Scoops
Two Scoops Creamery offers over 32 homemade flavors year-round and seasonal specials. Their ice cream flavors are playful, freshly churned and there is no skimping on fillings. Their recipes are a family secret – made with love and amazing ingredients!
YORK
Bush n Vine
One of the most popular family-owned farms in York County serves some of South Carolina’s best homemade ice cream with seasonal fruit flavors. Bush-N-Vine Farm locally grows strawberries, peaches, blueberries, raspberries, and fresh produce in season for any need. Stop by for a sweet treat or pick your own produce! Pro Tip: Try mixing the ice cream in with a peach slushie!
Black’s Peaches
Black’s Peaches in York, SC is your one-stop shop for fresh, local produce, made-to-order lunch, pies, and more! They carry a variety of hand-dipped ice creams that are sure to satisfy your sweet tooth!
Peach Tree Orchard
What’s better than homemade peach ice cream? Peach Tree Orchard is an open-air market specializing in peaches and other local produce. Step into the ice cream parlor where fresh peach ice cream is sold in abundance and your sweet tooth won’t be ignored!
Rainbow Donuts
Rainbow Donuts does it all! Get a fresh donut filled with crème and pair it with some delicious hand-scooped ice cream. Eat a full meal and then take the ice cream to go! With dozens of flavors, you can’t go wrong.
Scoops Ice Cream York
Chill out in Downtown York when you stop by York’s newest ice cream parlor- Scoop’s Ice Cream! Whether you get a cup or a cone, there are 32 flavors that can satisfy your sweet tooth here – including low-sugar and dairy-free options so EVERYONE can enjoy a scoop!
