TEXAS — Business review platform Yelp ranked the top 100 ice cream shops in the U.S. for 2025, and here’s the scoop: America screams for Texas ice cream!
Yelp used review ratings and the volume of reviews from a list of businesses in the ice cream category on its site to rank the best spots in the nation.
4. Manoli’s, Austin
The family-owned business operating out of a food truck specializes in Italian ice cream and sorbet made with fresh fruit and pulps. They also make from-scratch baked goods with imported chocolate and coffee.
14. Botolino Gelato Artigianale, Dallas
Another Texas gelato shop ranked highly on the list for its authentic recipes and house-made desserts. Yelp users point out the shop’s quality flavors and cozy atmosphere.
15. Freshest Ice Creams, San Antonio
Freshest Ice Creams serves up ice cream flavors like blackberry, kiwi and chia coconut — all inspired by its South American roots. They also serve fruit salads, smoothies, milkshakes, teas, hot chocolate and more and have a mission to offer healthy and delicious items.
19. Cool Cow Creamery, Kemah
The Houston-area ice cream shop located on Galveston Bay offers scoops, shakes, sundaes and even an ice cream pie. According to its Yelp profile, Cool Cow is the only chef-made, small batch ice cream in the area.
23. Rollie Rolls Ice Cream, Pflugerville
Rollie Rolls outside of Austin specializes in the viral Thai-style rolled ice cream treat with various flavors and toppings. They also serve waffle puffs, green teas, milk tea, boba and more.
30. Gelato Paradiso, Austin
The Italian dessert shop is conveniently located on South Congress Avenue directly across Home Slice Pizza, so it’s a perfect place to enjoy a sweet treat while walking along the iconic street. They also have shakes, granitas and espresso.
36. Sugar Pine Creamery, Plano
This soft serve ice cream shop focuses on Asian flavors like mango sticky rice, ginger Asian pear, black sesame, lychee and matcha. They encourage customers to step outside their comfort zone and order something unique!
39. The Latest Scoop, San Angelo
The award winning, family-owned ice cream shop serves up ever-changing ice cream flavors, fresh waffle cones, Mexican hot chocolate and real fruit smoothies.
53. Churn And Bake Ice Cream, Plano
Also serving up Asian-inspired ice cream, Churn and Bake offers flavors like pandan, ube coconut crunch, lychee sorbet, Vietnamese coffee and more.
62. OroBianco Italian Creamery, Blanco
This shop in Blanco, 50 miles north of San Antonio, serves not only classic gelato, but also coffee, baked goods and packaged meats and cheeses.
81. Sweet Firefly, Richardson
Sweet Firefly reviewers on Yelp highlighted the shop’s ice cream flavors like bourbon vanilla, beltline berry, coffee toffee crunch and pistachio. They also offer other sweets like shaved ice, New Orleans-style SnoBalls, handmade toffee and bulk candy and chocolates.
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