These Are The Best 20 Ice Cream Shops In Illinois

When the weather starts to heat up, the first thing I start craving is some great ice cream. (Okay, to be honest, I’d eat it at any time, but that’s not the point…) Anyway, luckily for me, and my fellow Illinoisians, Illinois is home to some of the best ice cream around. Here are my top twenty favorite ice cream shops that are my go-to places to grab a cone in Illinois:

Original Rainbow Cone (Evergreen Park)

vxla/Flickr

Bobtail (Wilmette, Chicago)

Tony/Flickr

Oberweis (Multiple Locations)

Oberweis Ice Cream and Dairy/Facebook

Black Dog Gelato (Chicago)

Daniel Zemens/Flickr

The Spotted Cow (Peoria)

The Spotted Cow/Facebook

Plush Horse (Tinley Park)

Plush Horse/Facebook

Dari Ripple (Pittsfield)

Dari Ripple/Facebook

Gene’s Ice Cream (Bloomington)

Gene’s Ice Cream/Facebook

Dairy Mart (Salem)

Dairy Mart/Facebook

The Custard Stand (Sesser)

The Custard Stand/Facebook

Andy’s Frozen Custard (multiple locations)

Andy’s Frozen Custard/Facebook

Jarling’s (Champaign)

Jarling’s Custard Cup/Facebook

Batavia Creamery (Batavia)

Batavia Creamery/Facebook

Christie’s Dairy Delights (Palatine)

Christie’s Dairy Delights/Facebook

Colonial Cafe and Ice Cream (multiple locations)

Colonial Cafe and Ice Cream/Facebook

Dairyhäus (Rockton)

Dairyhäus/Facebook

Eckert’s Country Store and Farms (Belleville)

Eckert’s Country Store and Farms/Facebook

ICream Cafe (Wicker Park)

ICream Cafe/Facebook

Whitey’s Ice Cream (multiple locations)

Whitey’s Ice Cream/Facebook

Julie Ann’s Frozen Custard (Crystal Lake)

Julie Ann’s Frozen Custard/Facebook

Did I miss any of your favorites? Be sure to tell me in the comments!