Top 5 ice cream in Toronto
Published June 6, 2025 at 3:34 pm
Ice cream in Toronto comes in handy when for a brief few months, the temperature turns from frigid to sweltering. Real ice cream fans also know the treat can be enjoyed year round.
One of the best things about ice cream in Toronto is that it draws from such a wide range of influences. While you can definitely find your classic vanilla ice cream, there are also flavours that are inspired by Asian ingredients, traditional desserts, or Canadian summer nights by the campfire with varieties like burnt marshmallow and s’mores. And don’t worry, vegans: there are great options for you too.
Here are some of the top spots to grab ice cream in Toronto.
Vegans in search of tasty ice cream flavours can head to Dundas West or Leslieville locations of this spot. They’re known for their constantly rotating seasonal flavours, including lots of fun options around various holidays. Options such as Tiger Tail and Campfire S’mores are especially popular.
A lemon cream pie flavour is sweet and tangy at the same time, with ripples of fluffy whipped cream and crunchy graham crust that really recreate that pie feel and texture.
4 – Moonmilk
Dundas West is home to this super cute shop serving everything from more basic options like cookies n’ cream ice cream and mango sorbet to flavours like peanut butter cracker, strawberry buttermilk, coffee and donuts, and kaya jam and toast.
A jasmine taro flavour is very creamy with a rich taro flavour that’s nicely off set by a floral hint of jasmine.
3 – Ruru Baked
Head to Lansdowne and Bloor to visit this ice cream shop that’s taken the city by storm with its creative flavours, inspired by nostalgia, classic desserts and the mixing of cultures. If you’re looking for ice cream flavours influenced by the likes of Japan, Vietnam and the Philippines, this is the parlour for you.
Here, you’ll find flavours ranging from self-explanatory Cookies and Enough Chocolate to flavours that combine unconventional but complementary ingredients like brown butter, honey and sage. Take a journey with ice cream varieties such as Chè Ba Màu (a Vietnamese dessert with pandan, coconut, red bean and mung bean), Kyoto Fog (matcha and Earl Grey), matcha shortbread and mais con yelo (a Filipino shaved ice dessert with sweetened milk and corn).
One of their most popular flavours is a classic banoffee pie: naturally sweet and comforting banana ice cream with crunchy graham crust and sticky caramel throughout.
2 – Ed’s Real Scoop
Multiple locations of this parlour serve over 150 flavours of frozen treats, but each spot still makes their own products in small batches in house. Expect traditional flavours like chocolate, strawberry, cookies n’ cream, Tahitian vanilla bean and French mint, and they’re especially known for their ice cream cakes.
Their burnt marshmallow flavour somehow miraculously really tastes burnt, considering it’s cold ice cream. This flavour captures the taste of those sweet caramelized edges of burnt marshmallows, and there are actual globs of chewy burned marshmallow bits mixed in.
People line up along Ossington for a taste of this parlour’s unique ice cream flavours and presentation styles. Get flavours like burnt toffee, peanut butter cup, Totaro or London Fog in a cup, cone, bubble waffle, or in one of their famous ice cream sandwiches with their tasty, chewy cookies.
A cinnamon toast flavour is one of their most popular, familiar and sugary with a hint of crunch, and the London Fog ice cream has the bold, slightly bitter flavour of strongly brewed tea.
