Can dogs eat ice cream? You bet they can, especially if it’s made just for them and includes their favorite flavors like bacon, peanut butter and carob. Spoil your pooch with a frozen treat at one of these pet-friendly ice cream parlors across the country.
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Posted by Billy Francis
Ollie’s Ice Cream + Stuff
Ollie’s Ice Cream + Stuff defines itself as an ice cream shop for dogs and their humans. This hip Brooklyn creamery allows pups inside for a cup of their premier doggy flavor, the Peanut Butter Pumpkin Butt. Prepared with pumpkin puree and topped with no-sugar peanut butter and fat-free cashew yogurt, it’s a delicious treat that’s also great for a dog’s digestive system. While Fido’s distracted, humans can enjoy a scoop of vegan ice cream or a classic flavor from the menu.
Two Dog Night Creamery
Two Dog Night Creamery gets its name from a colloquial phrase that states, "when the weather gets colder, you’ll need to sleep with two dogs in order to stay warm." The owners happened to have two dogs, so the name was perfect. The diverse ice cream specials on the menu are all made using organic, locally sourced ingredients and frozen with liquid nitrogen to capture every last ounce of flavor. Their pet-friendly frozen treat is made from a dairy-free base infused with organic strawberries.
Salty Paws
Canines are the customers at Salty Paws. Humans are just there to pick up the tab. The dogs-only menu is full of homemade flavors like maple bacon, blueberry and carob, peanut butter, and vanilla. Top off Fido’s ice cream with birthday cake, cinnamon bun or coconut cream from the Doggy Donut Bar. Pooches can also paw through the brothsciles, strawberry and banana push pops and bacon and peanut butter yogurt cups in the freezer. After refueling, take a short drive to nearby Dewey Beach for some off-leash fun.
Leopold’s
Leopold's has been scooping ice cream for the people of Savannah since 1919. Stop by for a sundae made especially for your dog, consisting of vanilla ice cream topped with an Ollie B. Biscuit. Leopold's still serves several of their classic human flavors from back in the day, like the original Tutti Frutti, a favorite of music icon Johnny Mercer. The outdoor tables are pet friendly, so you can kick back and enjoy your frozen treats together.
Snookies Malt Shop
Snookies Malt Shop is a popular ice cream parlor located in a vintage building in Des Moines. They serve up a scoop of soft-serve vanilla ice cream in a cone for doggy customers. There’s only one way to eat a pup cone from Snookies, and that’s to scoff it down without letting it trickle down the sides.
Amy’s Ice Cream
"Without ice cream, there would be darkness and chaos." The motto at Amy's Ice Cream puts into words how all ice cream lovers feel about their beloved sweet treat, and the ice cream creators at Amy’s do everything in their power to prevent us from plummeting into a joyless world free of sprinkles, toppings and creamy flavors. Of course, this includes providing pups with handmade doggy ice cream. Amy's has created a flavor just for dogs consisting of a yogurt base mixed with peanut butter, honey and bananas. The Texas-based creamery started in Austin but has since branched out with locations in Houston and San Antonio.
Woof Gang Bakery
Connoisseurs of homemade dog treats probably have their local Woof Gang Bakery on speed dial already. With more than 110 locations nationwide, they are practically a neighborhood pet store. Along with providing services like grooming, daycare and wellness clinics, they also stock a bounty of scrumptious treats. The PB&B is everything Fido could ever dream of: a smooth peanut butter ice cream mixed with strips of salty bacon. ‘Nuff said! Contact your local store to see if they offer the popular snack.
FoMu
Calling all Boston Terriers and pals! FoMu is a plant-based ice cream chain in Massachusetts with four locations across Boston, each stocked with locally made dog treats. They combine these craft bites with a scoop of cruelty-free ice cream, and voila, a magnificent pup sundae is born. Whipped up in-house from a base of coconut milk and dog-friendly organic sweeteners, their unique flavors include avocado and sweet lavender.
Pugnuts
Located in a historic 19th-century general store, Pugnuts brings a fresh flavor to the town of Surry. Owner Karl Holmes used to be a pug parent and would one day like to own an entire pack. This “pugsession” runs from the storefront logo to the carefully crafted pug faces on the ice cream sandwiches. While you choose your flavor, your canine pal can feast on a pup cup made with peanut butter ice cream cups and bacon sprinkles.
Browndog Barlor & Restaurant
You and your pup are in for a real treat during a visit to Northville’s Browndog Barlor & Restaurant. In addition to a whole spread of mouth-watering items on the brunch, lunch and dinner menus, Browndog’s “Barlor” serves up unique and scrumptious ice cream flavors and boozy shakes for humans, plus Pooch Pops for Fido. He’ll love this non-dairy treat of almond milk ice cream with peanut butter swirled throughout. Enjoy it all on the covered and seasonally heated outdoor patio.
Snowflake Ice Cream Shoppe
Since 1953, Snowflake Ice Cream Shoppe has been dishing out customer-suggested flavors from local ingredients. Choose from options like handmade hard ice cream, soft serve, shakes, ice cream sandwiches and other novelty items. Bring Fido along to sit at one of the outdoor tables where he can enjoy his own Muttwich, two Milkbones held together with soft-serve vanilla ice cream.
The Fat Donkey Cocoa Beach
After a day at the beach, what sounds better than a big bowl of homemade ice cream? The Fat Donkey Cocoa Beach welcomes dogs at outdoor benches where they can chow down on a free pup cup (vanilla soft serve), while their humans devour delicious treats like a Zonkey Shaker milkshake, a baked dessert jar, or a scoop of delectable flavors like Butterscotch Bomb, Coconut Pineapple, or Cherry Oblivion. They also have vegan and non-dairy options available.
Albatross Drive-In
Although burgers are the specialty at Albatross Drive-In, the ice cream can’t be missed! Bring your pup along for dinner and stay for dessert. Find a shaded table in the outdoor seating area and choose from 50 flavors of handmade shakes and malts, flurries, floats and banana splits with thick, gourmet, fresh ingredients. Don't forget to order Fido an ice cream pup cup. The yummy treat of vanilla soft-serve ice cream comes with a Milkbone on top.
Frite & Scoop
While you’re out exploring the Oregon Coast with Fido, make a pit stop at Frite & Scoop in Astoria. Order a unique combination of salty and sweet with Belgian frites topped however you’d like, followed by homemade ice cream in flavors like Cinnamon Toast, Astoria Fog or Bubble Gum. Four-legged fans of cold and creamy goodness can indulge in their own pup cups made with frozen broth.