Cary Dairy Ice Cream Café – We Cary Memories;

We Cary memories;

Welcome to Cary’s premium ice cream stop, open year-round! We proudly serve Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream – a super-delicious, super-premium ice cream from Madison, WI – as well as soft serve, slushees, ice cream cakes, delicious in-house and locally-baked goods, and our own special blend coffee from Conscious Cup! We are proud to offer a variety of Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Vegan, Kosher and No-Sugar-Added options.

~ Voted 2022 Best Ice Cream/Frozen Custard in McHenry County ~ Voted 2023 One of The Best Ice Cream/Frozen Custard in McHenry County ~

Specials & Upcoming Events

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Here's the scoop on what makes our ice cream super-premium!

Our ice cream has 14% butterfat and only 35% overrun (the amount of air that is pushed into ice cream when it’s made). Standard overrun for ice cream is around 100%, which means that the ice cream is made with 1 part air to every 1 part cream. Our ice cream is 35% overrun, meaning Chocolate Shoppe adds 1 part air to every 3 parts cream.

The result? Super creamy, smooth, rich ice cream that will melt in your mouth.

now offering ice cream cakes and PIEs!

All cakes are made in-house at Cary Dairy with super-premium ice cream from Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream Co.. Pick up an 8″ (serves 10-14) or BabyCake (serves 2-3) today! Ice Cream Pies also available (Serves 7-9)!

We have the largest custom sprinkle color collection around! We love making memories!

*Please allow 24-48 hours for all custom cake orders*

No time for custom? No Problem. We always have beautiful stock cakes available in store.

voted best of the fox 2024
best ice cream/frozen custard!

We are so honored and blown away at this award! Thank you all who voted for Cary Dairy; we couldn’t do it without our amazing community.

Sincerely, The Cary Dairy Team
~ We Cary Laughs, We Cary Memories, We Cary Dairy ~

Proudly serving Chocolate Shoppe
Ice Cream

We offer super-premium ice cream, made in Madison, Wisconsin. Come try our flavors in a scoop, sundae, shake – or even take some home in a pint or quart to-go!