Best Ice Cream in Los Angeles (Parents Share the Scoop)

Kansha Creamery is a quaint ice cream shop that offers a growing variety of organic, handmade ice cream that is freshly churned five days a week. It has a growing menu of unique flavors, and the shop carries small batches of five delicious flavors to choose from a day. Their signature flavors, like matcha ice cream and Mr. Universal sell out often. The real sweet scoop is that the brother and sister duo that run Kansha donate 75 cents of every item purchased to a charity that supports Korean orphans.

Gina I. said:  Made with the finest organic, locally sourced ingredients, Sweet Rose Creamery is a favorite among kids and parents alike! In addition to hand-crafting their ice cream in small batches daily and making their own cones & toppings, they are 100% GMO free and kosher certified. Choose from a rotation of classic flavors like Cookies & Cream, Salted Carmel, and Fresh Mint. Best of all, each of their shops features a casual setting, colorful decor, and space to gather with friends, making Sweet Rose a great meet up spot for playdates.

Rolling Zone Creamy gives guests a glimpse into their rolled ice cream world by letting them see how their ice cream is mixed and prepared. Each delicious ice cream concoction comes with an organic base, fruit topping, and a wafer.

If you’ve never feasted your eyes on a tower of ice cream sandwiches filled with unique flavors, you get the chance to do just that at The Coolhaus Shop, a cool, pun intended, parlor where everything tastes just as good as it looks! Ice cream lovers bored of the same run-of-the-mill flavors love the fried chicken and waffles and beer and pretzel ice cream flavors.

When it comes to toppings, Handel's generously gives ice cream lovers toppings by the fistfuls and boasts over 40 flavors of ice cream! If that's enough to satisfy your sweet tooth, they also offer sherbets, Ices, and lowfat yogurt. People love the ice cream parlor's Handel pops-ice cream covered pops in dark chocolate, served on a stick. If you're not sure what ice cream to try, but you know you want more than one flavor, the Handels 4-scoop sampler is a great choice.

Ginger's Divine Ice Creams offers a variety of ice cream scoop and bar selections to choose from and their scoops of ice cream are large, dense, and satisfying. For those who prefer their ice cream without dairy, there are six selection of vegan flavors such as cookies & cream and Turkish coffee chocolate chip. Families and kiddos love that they can sample as many ice cream flavors as they want at Ginger's.

Gina I. said:  Kids love Diddy Riese's premium ice cream flavors like Cookie Dough, Peanut Butter Cup, and Strawberry Cheesecake Chunk, and parents love their prices! Best of all, you can make your own ice cream sandwich! Just choose any two of their fresh baked cookies, pick your ice cream flavor, and they'll combine them into an amazing sweet treat. Their menu features a variety of goodies, so there is something for everyone.

Gina I. said:  Whether you're tired of the same flavors or your kids are true ice cream connoisseurs, you're sure to find your new favorite flavor at Rori's! Their flavors include a variety of sophisticated scoops like Black Pepper Pistachio, Lemon Curd, and Malted Milk English Toffee, as well as kid-friendly varieties like Brown Sugar Banana, Cinnamon Toast Cereal Crunch, Nutella, and Peanut Butter Chocolate Candy Swirl. They also have vegan & seasonal offerings and shakes, cakes, and other goodies.

What makes Tifa Chocolate & Gelato really special is that its gelato is made fresh every morning at their Agoura location; this is where families get the inside scoop by seeing how fresh gelato comes to life as they watch the magic unfold through Tifa's giant viewing windows. Tifa's gelato is smooth, full of flavor and many of the combinations of flavors, such as their strawberry balsamic, lemon mint sorbetto, and blueberry honey sage sell out often. Each helping of gelato, whether in a cup or cone, comes with a light and crispy wafer.

If you love classic organic ice cream, vegan ice cream, or ice cream that's sugar free, then Malibu's Le Cafe De La Plage ice cream shop is just the place for you. With careful attention to making ice cream that is powder and industrial product free, the owners at Le Cafe De La Plage really commit to providing ice cream enthusiasts flavors like pineapple basil and black vanilla that are of the highest quality.

The Little Calf Creamery & Cafe serves up delicious scoops of ice cream in mason jars topped with the option to sample any flavor before making a selection. With signature year-round flavors like lavender blueberry and vanilla berry crisp, and featured flavors like strawberry cheesecake and maple walnut, there's something for everyone including a few tasty non-dairy options. Little Calf Creamery also serves up more than ice cream, and families love that they have cups filled with "this or that" questions to ask and answer together as they wait for their orders.