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Bailys Dairy of Pocopson Meadow Farm

Address

1821 Lenape-Unionville Road
West Chester, PA 19382

Description

At Baily’s Dairy, their meadows are home to 70 dairy cows who provide natural and delicious milk that the Baily family uses to make homemade ice cream with local, farm-fresh ingredients. Baily’s Dairy scoops ice cream on the weekends only, but their farm store is open seven days a week. Offering both hard ice cream and soft serve, along with floats, their fan favorites include decadent whole bean vanilla and rich salted caramel flavors. They also work with their local farms and neighbors to offer fresh fruit toppings throughout the summer and unique specials such as their famous “cantaloupe bowls” – replace your ice cream bowl with a fresh sugar cantaloupe and fill it with your favorite scoop of ice cream! When you visit the farm, your family can enjoy picnic tables with beautiful views of the pasture and animals.

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Betsy’s Ice Cream

Address

664 Washington Road
Mt. Lebanon, PA 15228

Description

Since 2012, Betsy’s Ice Cream has served the finest super-premium homemade ice cream, frozen yogurt, shakes, and other frozen treats. Their hand-crafted ice cream starts with a custom-blended and all-natural base of the finest milk and cream from farms in the Pittsburgh area. With hundreds of varieties and 28 homemade ice cream, sorbet, and yogurt flavors available daily, Betsy’s is guaranteed to have something to please every palate.

Note: Metered and/or garage parking required. A private lot, located near the intersection of Cedar and Florida, is available after 5 p.m. on weekdays and all-day Saturday and Sunday.

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Chester Springs at Milky Way Farm

Address

521 E Uwchlan Ave
Chester Springs, PA 19425

Description

Chester Springs at Milky Way Farm has been voted among the top ice cream destinations in Pennsylvania. Visit the creamery for a delicious ice cream cone, sundae, or milkshake made from fresh milk right from the farm. The more than 40 different flavors of “moolicious” ice cream, such as Bessie’s Black Raspberry and Molly’s Mint Chip, are named after the farm’s cows. Hours vary by season, be sure to check their website for updates.

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Crystal Spring Farm

Crystal Spring Farm

Address

3550 Bellview Road
Schnecksville, PA 18078

Description

Crystal Spring Farm’s ice cream is made with fresh milk and cream from the farm’s own dairy herd, using Grandpa Sell’s time-tested recipes. Grandpa Sell still enjoys refining his recipes, using a variety of flavorings and fresh ingredients. In addition to hand-dipped ice cream from the creamery, the farm’s retail store sells pre-packaged ice cream in half gallons, quarts, pints, Dixie cups, ice cream sandwiches, and ice cream cakes.

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Fox Meadows Creamery

Address

2475 West Main Street
Ephrata, PA 17522

Description

Fox Meadows Creamery is a farm-to-table creamery surrounded by beautiful Lancaster County farmland. The Fox family focuses on creating hand-crafted ice cream made on-site with milk from the family's small dairy farm just across the field. Beyond hand-dipped ice cream and hand-crafted food served on its lunch menu, Fox Meadows’ signature ice cream treats include the Baked Fox, Custom Milkshakes, Glass Bottle Floats and Affogatos.

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Freddy Hill Farm

Freddy Hill Farms

Address

1440 Sumneytown Pike
Lansdale, PA 19446

Description

With two miniature golf courses, batting cages, driving range, and delicious homemade ice cream, everyone is sure to find something to love about Freddy Hill Farm. Named “Best of Philly” by Philadelphia Magazine, Freddy Hill Farm offers more than 30 flavors of farm fresh ice cream, along with milkshakes, sundaes, flurries, floats and homemade waffle cones. Come celebrate our 50th anniversary with a scoop or two!

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Halls Ice Cream

Hall's Ice Cream

Address

861 Raccoon Valley Road
Millerstown, PA 17062

Description

Located in Perry County, Hall’s Ice Cream is made in micro-batches with only 10 gallons at a time. Using a hands-on ice cream making process, Hall’s offers rich, creamy and decadent ice cream using real fruit and local milk. Along with more than 40 flavors, Hall’s Ice Cream is a must-visit ice cream shop that’s adjacent to their family’s original dairy farm.

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Jackson Farms Dairy

Jackson Farms

Address

6718 National Pike E
New Salem, PA 15468

Description

Jackson Farms is a family owned and operated local dairy farm and convenience store located on Route 40 in New Salem. Jackson Farms specializes in homemade hand dipped ice cream in a variety of flavors and is known for its chocolate milk. Visitors love to take in the beautiful farmland views as they enjoy the ice cream homemade with love.

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Keatings Ice Cream

Address

1642 Archbald Mt Road
Lake Ariel, PA 18436

Description

Located on Keating’s Heavens Gate Farm, Keatings Ice Cream is family-friendly with outdoor seating. Using one-of-a-kind, family-owned recipes, Keatings has so many different flavors of ice cream available throughout the summer. From old time favorites with some additional new flavors, like French Toast Bacon, there’s a delicious concoction for everyone to enjoy. In a cozy storefront adjacent to their dairy farm, Keatings also sells their own beef for a true farm-to-table experience.

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Kerbers Dairy

Kerber’s Dairy

Address

1856 Guffey Road
North Huntingdon, PA 15642

Description

Kerber's, a family owned and operated dairy store, sits on the last 70-acre parcel of the family’s original dairy farm. It is located between Greensburg and Pittsburgh off US Route 30. Ice Cream has become its best-known and most requested product. On any given day, about 40 different flavors are available. In a year’s time, Tom Kerber, Jr makes over 165 different flavors, depending on the season. Featured this Spring – Banana Crème Pie, banana ice cream with Marshmallow Swirl and graham crackers. Besides cones and cups, our ice cream is served in Sundaes, Banana Splits, and in Milk Shakes which you can enjoy in our covered patio, at the picnic tables, or inside in our restaurant section. Kerber’s is an agritourism facility and includes a playground and an 18-hole mini-golf course.

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Klein Farms Dairy and Creamery

Klein Farms Dairy and Creamery

Address

410 Klein Road
Easton, PA 18040

Description

Klein Farms Dairy and Creamery is home to Happy Holstein Ice Cream. This family-owned farm was founded in 1935, opened its first dairy store in 2004, and moved to its new facility in 2016. The creamery offers more than 20 flavors of homemade ice cream, crafted with the best of ingredients. Along with its year-round mainstay flavors, Happy Holstein Ice Cream offers seasonal favorites that celebrate upcoming seasons.

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Lone Oak Farm

Address

1606 Georgeville Road
Marion Center, PA 15759

Description

Located about 14 miles from Indiana, Pennsylvania, Lone Oak Farm has a long history of food and family. From their dairy farm to your family’s table, their farm store is in a beautiful location right along the pasture. Watch the cows grazing, and enjoy hand-crafted ice cream, made from scratch, with unique flavors and local ingredients. From cinnamon rolls and baked goods to milk, eggs, cheese curds, fresh produce and even their own beef, Lone Oak Farm is a farm-to-table experience like no other.

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Lapp Valley Farm

Lapp Valley Farms

Address

244 Mentzer Road
New Holland, PA 17557

Description

Lapp Valley Farm is known and appreciated for its handcrafted small-batch ice cream, made from the rich butterfat of their Jersey cows. Lapp Valley Farm has become a favorite destination for those who have discovered the fresh goodness and delicious taste of its ice cream, milk, and butter. While enjoying ice cream on freshly made waffle cones, guests can view the Jersey cows that produce the farm’s fresh milk.

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Manning Farm Dairy

Address

131 Manning Rd.
Dalton, PA 18414

Description

Manning Farm Dairy is a fourth generation family farm in North Abington Township, Pennsylvania. Their homemade ice cream starts well before the cream and sugar. They start with the quality crops that are grown on the farm and are fed to their cows - since happy cows are productive cows. Then they milk the cows twice a day and bottle that milk to make ice cream that is delivered to their stores daily. Manning's homemade starts with the farm first.

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Merrymead Farm

Merrymead Farm

Address

2222 S Valley Forge Road
Lansdale, PA 19446

Description

Located in the heart of Montgomery County, Merrymead Farm is one of Pennsylvania’s Century Farms; opening its doors to the public in July 1971. With their own herd of Holsteins, The Rothenberger family proudly produce & process milk on-site and are known for their creamy chocolate milk! Now managed by the third and fourth generations, the Farm Market has grown over the years and is open year round selling delicious baked goods from their country bakery, seasonal items in the outside market, and premium homemade ice cream!

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Milkhouse Creamery

Milkhouse Creamery LLC

Address

99 Pecora Rd,
Drums, PA 18222

Description

You’ll will fall in love with their wide range of over 50 ice cream flavors, ice cream pies, and ice cream cakes. Stop by for your milk and have a cone to brighten your day. Treat yourself, you deserve it.

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Patches Family Creamery

Address

201 Fonderwhite Road
Lebanon, PA 17042

Description

Come and visit Patches Family Creamery. Fresh from the Cows-to-You made right here on the Farm. Voted Best Local Milk & Homemade Ice Cream in 2021 in the Lebanon Valley, taste the farm fresh difference! The Patches Family Creamery's foundation is based on faith, family, and farming.

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Penn State Berkey Creamery

Penn State Berkey Creamery

Address

Food Science Building
119 Rodney A. Erickson
University Park, PA 16802

Description

At Berkey Creamery, they have it down to a science — literally. The methods developed by Penn State’s food and dairy scientists have made the creamery a world authority on ice cream and dairy manufacturing. The cow-to-cone process is broken down into 12 scientist-approved steps, starting with the university’s herd of 200 Holstein cows. Before vising the creamery, located on Penn State’s University Park campus, be sure to check out the Hall of Fame Flavors.

Note: Parking is available in the East Deck Parking Garage on Bigler Road located directly behind the Creamery Store and the Rodney A. Erickson Food Science Building.

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Perrydell Family

Perrydell Farm and Dairy

Address

90 Indian Rock Dam Road
York, PA 17043

Description

Perrydell Farm is a working and fully self-sufficient dairy farm. The Perry family owns 170 acres of land and rent an additional 180 acres, where they plant and harvest almost everything they need to feed their cows. The farm was bought in 1923 by Howard Perry. His two sons, George and Roger, eventually took over the farm and started bottling their own milk in 1963. Because of this approach, the farm now supports four families from the milk of only 130 cows. The farm is now owned and operated by George's sons, Tom, Greg, and Chip. Everyone in the family stays involved in the farm, since there is always work to be done.

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Ritcheys Dairy

Ritchey’s Dairy

Address

2130 Cross Cove Road
Martinsburg, PA 16662

Description

The Ritchey family has been churning out delicious ice cream and other dairy products for more than 75 years, purchasing milk from local dairy farms. The family-owned processing plant and dairy store have grown in scope and business over the years, with a complete remodel of the ice cream production area in 2016. In addition to its year-round flavors, Ritchey’s Dairy offers seasonal and holiday flavors as well as Dixie cup varieties. The store’s ice cream cakes are a local favorite, as is the chocolate milk.

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Stocks Dairy Delight

Stock’s Dairy Delight

Address

2491 Cove Mountain Road
Martinsburg, PA 16662

Description

Stock’s Dairy Delight, a Martinsburg staple, has been selling its delicious homemade ice cream for more than 20 years. Guests travel from near and far to buy what is called “the best ice cream on either side of the mountain!” For a special ice cream treat, be sure to try a “moolie.”

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Sweet Treats & More, llc

Address

72 North Market Street
Elizabethville, PA 17023

Description

Sweet Treats is an ice cream/candy store. Ice cream is made on site and there’s plenty of candy to choose from. It’s a cute, friendly atmosphere. Our goal is to make you feel welcome and enjoy your visit. 

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The Lands at Hillside Farms

The Lands at Hillside Farms

Address

65 Hillside Road
Shavertown, PA 18708

Description

The Lands at Hillside Farms is more than an ice cream shop — it’s an experience. With more than 400 acres, The Lands at Hillside Farms provides farm-based educational programming and a unique Dairy Store that serves as a local food hub. Ice cream is made on-site and sold in cones, dishes, and half gallons, with a wide selection of original flavors available throughout the summer. While you’re at the Dairy Store, browse their selection of local, Pennsylvania Preferred® dairy products, including milk, cheese and butter. The Lands at Hillside Farms also has a charming mercantile and greenhouse with a variety of plants, vegetables, local goods and artwork.

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The Milkhouse At Oregon Dairy

Address

2900 Oregon Pike
Lititz, PA 17543

Description

In 1952, Mr. and Mrs. Earl D. Hurst purchased a farm located along 272 in the Village of Oregon, PA. Mom and Pop Hurst had a dream of serving their neighbors and friends by selling fresh products from their farm. Their dream became a reality in 1974 when they built and operated a small dairy store from which they sold fresh milk, eggs, produce and Oregon Dairy Ice Cream! A new store was completed in 1979, and the Hurst family continues to sell Oregon Dairy Ice Cream in the Market at Oregon Dairy and now in The Milkhouse Ice Cream Shoppe that offers over 25 flavors of delicious hand-dipped ice cream, signature sundaes, milkshakes, floats, and Ice Cream Flights.

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Urban Churn

Address

6391 Carlisle Pike
Mechanicsburg, PA 17050

Description

Located on the Carlisle Pike of Mechanicsburg, Urban Churn produces unique ice cream using natural ingredients, churned traditionally. Forget the common flavors like Rocky Road or Cookies and Cream, Urban Churn makes ice cream flavors you can’t find anywhere else. Along with premium Vanilla, Smooth Chocolate, Real Strawberry and other traditional creamy treats, they make unique flavors like Wasabi, Cucumber and Melon, and Mango Habanero, to name a few.

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Vale Wood Farms

Address

517 Vale Wood Road
Loretto, PA 15940

Description

A family-owned dairy farm, Vale Wood Farms grows the crops used to feed its own herd of cows. Vale Wood processes the milk from its cows, along with milk from neighboring farms, into a full line of quality dairy products – including ice cream – that are delivered to local customers. The dairy and farm store are located in the countryside, close to the cows who provide their high quality milk. Aside from a wide array of unique ice cream flavors, there are plenty of activities for kids and photo opportunities to enjoy when you visit.

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Way-Har Farms

Address

7701 Bernville Road
Bernville, PA 19506

Description

Way-Har Farm Market is a third-generation, family-owned business that has been retailing its milk and ice cream for over 50 years. In 1970, the Lesher family opened the farm market as a retail dairy store to sell milk directly from their cows. Today, the market is a popular destination for ice cream cones, milkshakes, sundaes, and their very own 'Way-Har Whips'. Customers also stop into the market for homemade baked goods, deli items, and specialty candies. In addition, Way-Har provides a travelling ice cream wagon and ice cream catering service to serve weddings, fairs, and community events.

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Widnoon Soft Serve

Address

911 Mahoning Road
Templeton, PA 16259

Description

Home of the Ice Cream Nachos! Huge portions at a small price where quality is a priority. Widnoon Soft Serve goes above and beyond in creating one-of-a-kind homemade ice cream confections. Looking for something unique or just a classic favorite, they have it! See you at Widnoon Soft Serve.

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Windy Knoll Farm Market and Creamery

Windy Knoll Farm Market & Creamery

Address

2685 Spring Road
Chambersburg, PA 17202

Description

In operation since 2008, Windy Knoll Farm Market & Creamery has made a big impact, winning the Golden Scoop Award for Best Ice Cream four years in a row. With a big selection of ice cream flavors and a convenient location, Windy Knoll has made guests smile for more than a decade and counting.

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Windy Ridge Dairy

Windy Ridge Dairy

Address

457 North Tower Road
Fombell, PA 16123

Description

This family owned and operated dairy farm processes milk from its 40 Registered Jersey cows. From cones to milkshakes and farm fresh milk, Windy Ridge gives visitors a taste of home. Check out the farm’s Facebook page to catch the ever-changing “Flavor of the Week.”

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