Yelp names 2 NJ ice cream spots in top 100

Summertime is fast approaching and when the weather starts to get warm, we all flock to our nearest ice cream shop to indulge in our favorite summer treat.

Lucky for us, there are some great non-chain, homemade ice cream shops in New Jersey.

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We recently entered into ice cream season as many places had their annual promotions like Dairy Queen’s Free Cone Day,

Rita’s Italian Ice free ice on opening day,

and coming up on April 16, Ben and Jerry’s will offer their Free Cone Day.

But it is the homemade ice cream shops in the Garden State that really put us in the right mood for summer.

Yelp made a list of the top 100 ice cream shops in the country and two New Jersey spots made this list.

The criteria for making this list were all based on trends from the last year:

The color purple, like ube (purple yam) which is a Southeast Asia flavor

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Faux and fabulous because everyone is looking for vegan, dairy-free, and gluten-free

Oddfellows Ice Cream via Unsplash

Popular paletas have become even more popular recently. They are a Mexican “ice pop” made from fresh fruits

Jarritos Mexican Soda via Unsplash

Beyond the cone as in the extravagant offerings like air-fried ice cream and fully stacked milkshakes

Reshu Drolia via Unsplash

Unfortunately, the two New Jersey ice cream spots on this list didn’t make the top 20 but that doesn’t matter because they are very popular places within our state.

Before we get to them, here are the ice cream shops outside of New Jersey that are drivable for a road trip:

Fox Meadows Creamery in Ephrata, PA (#22)

Woodside Farm Creamery in Hockessin, DE (#58)

Sugar Hill Creamery in NYC (#70)

FIGO il Gelato Italiano in NYC (#72)

Matcha Panda Café in Philadelphia (#92)

And now for New Jersey. These two places come as no surprise if you are from North or Central Jersey.

Cliff’s Homemade Ice Cream in Ledgewood made the list at #83

The Bent Spoon in Princeton made the list at #90

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