{"id":837064,"date":"2026-07-31T00:44:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T00:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/837064\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T00:44:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T00:44:13","slug":"the-scoop-7-vancouver-ice-cream-flavours-to-try-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/837064\/","title":{"rendered":"The Scoop: 7 Vancouver Ice Cream Flavours to Try This Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n By Vancouver Magazine \/ July 30, 2026 <\/p>\n

From real-fruit soft serve and cabernet gelato to burnt honey, whisky hazelnut and blueberry balsamic, here\u2019s the scoop on the city\u2019s best scoops.<\/p>\n

1. Plain Jane\u2019s Strawberry Blueberry Swirl<\/p>\n

This New Zealand-style creamery run by the folks at Dachi<\/a> (it\u2019s connected to the building) serves up soft serve made with vanilla ice cream and real fruit blended together in front of your eyes! There are only three flavours (strawberry, blueberry and raspberry), but you can make your own swirl combo by marrying any two of the three.<\/p>\n

$8
2295 E Hastings St.
1829 Quebec St.
nottoosweet.ca<\/a><\/p>\n

2. La Casa Gelato\u2019s Cabernet Sauvignon<\/p>\n

Call it basic, but once the sun comes out, the masses are flocking to take Instagram pictures of themselves\u2014chocolate-dipped waffle cone in hand\u2014against the giant pink wall that hugs La Casa Gelato<\/a>. The spot\u2019s claim to fame is the 238 flavours they serve at any given time, and it must be said that the cabernet sauvignon is a sweet (no pun intended) departure from what you\u2019d expect in any gelato.<\/p>\n

$6.50 per single scoop
1033 Venables St.
lacasagelato.com<\/a><\/p>\n

3. Innocent Ice Cream\u2019s Cherry Bomb
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This East Van ice cream shop once operated as a tricycle, where owner Asacia Biln used to sell handmade ice cream sandwiches by the beach. It\u2019s almost the stuff of nursery rhymes.<\/p>\n

Though you can pop into Innocent Ice Cream<\/a>\u2019s Hastings-Sunrise shop to order a custom ice cream sandwich\u2014that\u2019s any scoop between two of its house-made cookies\u2014its signature lineup is pretty dialled in. That includes the Cherry Bomb: vibrant cherry chocolate chunk ice cream between two chewy double-chocolate cookies that just happen to be gluten-free.<\/p>\n

$9.95
2103 E Hastings St.
innocenticecream.com<\/a><\/p>\n

4. La Glace\u2019s Fig, Mascarpone and Burnt Honey
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The Grace Kelly of ice cream shops, La Glace<\/a> is where you treat yourself to elegant decadence\u2014you\u2019ll find no one shaking Froot Loops on your ice cream here.<\/p>\n

In this pick from its core menu, creamy mascarpone is flecked with candied dried figs and striped with ribbons of burnt honey. This is a scoop for royalty, if not for the gods themselves.<\/p>\n

$6.75 per scoop
2785 W 16th Ave.
laglace.ca<\/a><\/p>\n

5. Earnest Ice Cream\u2019s Whiskey Hazelnut
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Vancouverites know it\u2019s summer not by the sun but by the lineup around the block at Earnest Ice Cream<\/a>\u2019s shop near Olympic Village\u2014and at a few other locations around the city, too.<\/p>\n

You can always get a scoop of its top-selling Whiskey Hazelnut ice cream, which has been in rotation since the day Earnest opened. It\u2019s a boozy, icy take on Frank Sinatra\u2019s favourite refreshment, both buttery and crunchy.<\/p>\n

$6 per scoop
Multiple locations
earnesticecream.com<\/a><\/p>\n

6. Little Spoon\u2019s Starry Night
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With dreamy ice cream flavour names like Higgeldy Piggeldy\u2014yes, we\u2019re serious\u2014and Starry Night, how could this kitschy ice cream spot, originally hailing from Gibsons and recently opened in Kitsilano, not make you happy?<\/p>\n

Little Spoon<\/a>\u2019s Starry Night is a scoop of chocolate ice cream dotted with house-made frosted Oreo-style cookie \u201cstars.\u201d<\/p>\n

$6.75 per scoop
2967 W Broadway
littlespoonicecream.com<\/a><\/p>\n

7. Rain or Shine\u2019s Blueberry Balsamic<\/p>\n

The folks at Rain or Shine<\/a> are no fair-weather friends, just as their name suggests. Considering they\u2019ve been serving ice cream year-round for more than a decade, we\u2019re inclined to believe them.<\/p>\n

A unique scoop from the permanent lineup is the Blueberry Balsamic: tangy, tart drizzles of balsamic reduction hide inside a bright, fruity blueberry ice cream. What\u2019s more, both the blueberries and the balsamic are sourced here in B.C.<\/p>\n

On Tuesdays, you can get your scoops in a taco made from a waffle cone.<\/p>\n

$6 for a Tuesday taco
Multiple locations
rainorshineicecream.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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The editorial team at Vancouver magazine is obsessed with tracking down great food and good times in our favourite city on earth. Email us pitches at [email\u00a0protected]<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Vancouver Magazine \/ July 30, 2026 From real-fruit soft serve and cabernet gelato to burnt honey, whisky…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":837065,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-837064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=837064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/837065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=837064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=837064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=837064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}