Cool off at these vegan-friendly scoop shops!
If eating your way through the city is a big part of your itinerary, you have found your people! Once you’ve smashed those vegan bagels and New York-style pizza slices, you’re probably feeling ready for a little sweet treat. We definitely are! So here’s your sign to check out these 10 spots for vegan ice cream in NYC!
From all-vegan creameries to national scoop shops, New York is coming through with the frozen treats we love to eat. Think chocolaty scoops, fruity soft serve, boozy sorbet, and rolled ice cream topped with all the fixings. Take a break from the hustle and bustle and treat yourself to some tasty plant-based ice cream.
Urban Dessert Lab
Lower East Side
Get ready to bask in the world’s first Oat Milk Ice Crème Shoppe, Urban Dessert Lab! Featuring decadent, plant-based ice cream treats, this Black, women-owned dessert shop is a bicoastal dream come true. Among its tasty treat lineup, UDL offers a Coffee Waffle Crunch Cone—what else could we even ask for? Enjoy the brand’s decked-out treats featuring its signature sweet crème base at its LA and NYC locations.
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Pressed
Multiple Locations
Did you know that your fave juice shop also has the hookup on vegan ice cream? We could easily spend hours at Pressed enjoying all of the shop’s tasty offerings. This better-for-you vegan ice cream is made from plant-based ingredients like almonds, coconut, agave, cacao, oat milk, and acai. And the fresh taste cannot be beat! We’ll take a scoop, or three. Can you blame us?
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Seed + Mill
Chelsea Market
Made with oat milk and tahini and topped with vegan-friendly, sesame seed-based halva crumbles, Seed + Mill’s vegan ice cream is such a unique experience! It’s worth a special trip to Chelsea Market, we promise! Didn’t get around to checking it out during your New York minute? This woman-owned brand ships halva and tahini nationwide. Sign us up!
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Dreamery
Clinton Hill, Bedford Stuyvesant
Scooping up rotational plant-based ice cream flavors like peach ginger, matcha, and cold brew, we can’t get enough of this vegan ice cream shop! Also featuring popsicles, cakes, and candy, Dreamery rolls with the seasons and utilizes local ingredients whenever possible. You know we love to see it!
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The Ice Cream House
Multiple Locations
Vegan-Friendly
Serving up vegan-friendly scoops and soft serve, you don’t want to miss The Ice Cream House in your quest for vegan ice cream in NYC. Flavors range from coffee espresso ice cream to strawberry mango sorbet, so there’s a little sweet treat for just about everyone. Who wouldn’t want to cool off after strutting around the big city all day?
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Crème and Cocoa Creamery
Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Vegan-Friendly
ISO vegan ice cream in NYC? You need to check out this dairy-free lineup! With options like Nutty Punch ice cream and Tamarindo Orange sorbet, what’s not to love? And if that wasn’t impressive enough, you’re going to love this: Crème and Cocoa Creamery features boozy non-dairy ice cream as well. Say what? This vegan-friendly ice cream shop sure knows how to show New Yorkers a good time!
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16 Handles
Multiple locations
Vegan-Friendly
Coming through with over 30 rotational vegan ice cream and sorbet flavors, 16 Handles is always on our NYC bucket list. Thinking of visiting? This is your sign to check it out ASAP! Enjoy Oatly oat milk soft serve in flavors like chocolate banana, cinnamon bun, and chai tea. But don’t sleep on the brand’s fruity selection of sorbet in varieties like coconut water and fresh mango.
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Blossom Ice Cream
Cobble Hill
Vegan-Friendly
Vegan-friendly hand-rolled ice cream? Say less! We are on our way to Blossom Ice Cream for organic soy milk ice cream rolled with a variety of tasty toppings. We love adding toasted coconut flakes, fresh fruit, and Oreo chunks. Not only are these frozen treats delish AF, but watching the creation in action is a full experience. You need to check it out ASAP.
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OddFellows Ice Cream Co.
Multiple locations
Vegan-Friendly
Known for its creative ice cream flavors, this small-batch dessert company is a must-try. After opening its first shop in Brooklyn over a decade ago, OddFellows Ice Cream Co. now has shops in Florida, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and of course New York. Vegan-friendly flavors include Chocolate Chunk, Coconut Caramel Chip, and Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel. We’ll take one of each!
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Van Leeuwen
Multiple Locations
Vegan-Friendly
With scoop shops located all over New York, your trip to the Big Apple is basically incomplete without a trip to Van Leeuwen. While not a fully vegan establishment, this ice cream brand has a delightful array of plant-based ice creams. Rotational flavors include Dark Chocolate Fudge Brownie, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, and Banana Bread Pudding with Fudge to name a few.
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