Here's Where To Get The Best Ice Cream In Virginia

By Jason Hall

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A family owned creamery on Chincoteague Island has been named as the best ice cream in Virginia.

Island Creamery was included among Food & Wine's list of the best ice cream in every state, which was published earlier this summer.

"On a steamy summer afternoon in sleepy Chincoteague, the only thing more popular than hanging out in line at Island Creamery is a trip down to the beach," Food & Wine's David Landsel wrote. "Since 1975, the family-owned institution has been a peak-season staple on the Delmarva Peninsula. It's always worth a trip (and an inevitable wait) for rich and creamy ice creams from local cows in an array of creative, pronounced flavors that work wonders with the area fruit crop in season -- cantaloupes, peaches, apples, you name it.
"These days, there are two additional scoop shops on the peninsula, a development worth celebrating. Perhaps with an ice cream cone."

Island Creamery, which also has two locations in Maryland, has 28 year-round flavors and nearly 40 seasonal flavors, according to its website.

The original Chincoteague Island location was started by Bob and Nancy Conklin, the parents of Kelly Conklin, who now runs the store with his wife, Robin.

Here's Food & Wine's full list of the best ice cream in every state:

  1. Alabama- Big Spoon Creamery
  2. Alaska- Wild Scoops
  3. Arizona- Sweet Republic
  4. Arkansas- Loblolly Creamery
  5. California- Gunther's
  6. Colorado- Little Man Ice Cream
  7. Connecticut- Arethusa Farm
  8. Delaware- Woodside Farm Creamery
  9. Florida- Dasher & Crank
  10. Georgia- Cremalosa
  11. Hawaii- Black Sheep Cream Co.
  12. Idaho- The STIL
  13. Illinois- Lagomarcino's
  14. Indiana- Lick Ice Creams
  15. Iowa- Wilton Candy Kitchen
  16. Kansas- Sylas and Maddy's Homemade Ice Cream
  17. Kentucky- Louisville Cream
  18. Louisiana- Creole Creamery
  19. Maine- Gelato Fiasco
  20. Maryland- Dumser's Dairyland
  21. Massachusetts- Toscanini's; Christina's Homemade Ice Cream
  22. Michigan- Moomers Ice Cream
  23. Minnesota- Bebe Zito
  24. Mississippi- Oxford Creamery
  25. Missouri- Crown Candy Kitchen
  26. Montana- Big Dipper Ice Cream
  27. Nebraska- Coneflower Creamery
  28. Nevada- Luv-It Frozen Custard
  29. New Hampshire- Annabelle's Natural Ice Cream
  30. New Jersey- The Bent Spoon
  31. New Mexico- Caliche's Frozen Custard
  32. New York- Fortunes Ice Cream
  33. North Carolina- Two Roosters Ice Cream
  34. North Dakota- Pride Dairies
  35. Ohio- Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams
  36. Oklahoma- Roxy's Ice Cream Social
  37. Oregon- Salt & Straw
  38. Pennsylvania- Bassett's
  39. Rhode Island- Wright's Dairy Farm
  40. South Carolina- Off Track Ice Cream
  41. South Dakota- Mount Rushmore National Memorial
  42. Tennessee- Cruze Farm
  43. Texas- Lick Honest Ice Creams
  44. Utah- Rockwell Old Fashioned
  45. Vermont- Little Gordo Creemee Stand
  46. Virginia- Island Creamery
  47. Washington- Molly Moon's
  48. West Virginia- Austin's Ice Cream
  49. Wisconsin- Leon's
  50. Wyoming- Shumway Farms
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