Lick into a scoop of artisanal ice cream at this family-run shop in Encinitas’ Lumberyard Shopping Center where everything — from the caramel to the cookie dough — is made from scratch. All the 14+ flavors use organic, local ingredients. The shop also offers non-dairy options using coconut and cashew milk, plus gluten-free waffle cones. Visit the shop’s Facebook page for alerts of new flavors like lemon raspberry shortbread.

You can experience this Portland-based ice cream chain at their Little Italy or Del Mar Heights locations. Seasonal flavors for San Diego include huckleberry cast iron corn bread and buttermilk pancakes, bacon and egg as well as regular local flavors such as double fold vanilla and sea salt with caramel ribbons.

Visit the Convoy or Mira Mesa location for picture-worthy ice cream served in a ah-boong, Korea’s version of a waffle cone but in the shape of a fish. Cones come with a choice of fillings, including red bean and Nutella, before being topped off with a swirl of creamy soft-serve in flavors ranging from ube and black sesame to milk tea.

Home to the famed Milky Bun — a donut stuffed with scoops of colorful ice cream — this PB-based parlor has over a dozen handcrafted flavors, ranging from milk and cereal to cookie monster and Vietnamese coffee. Vegan flavors such as java chocolate chip and chocolate chip cookie round out the menu.

This well-loved family-run Adams Avenue shop has won a slew of awards and accolades for its ice cream over the last 20 years. Several rotating seasonal flavors — think lemon, watermelon sorbet, and peach during summer — are found alongside a long list of staples, including coconut almond fudge and Mexican chocolate.

University Heights’ small-batch parlor wows with signature flavors like earl grey citrus tea cake and ube pandesal toffee. The shop creates thoughtful plant-based coconut milk ice cream options too, including mango enchilado and strawberry oat crumble. Request sprinkles if you want, they’re free.

Purveyors of premium Tropical Dreams ice cream, Hammond’s offers more than 100 flavors on rotation across its two shops found in North Park and Point Loma. (Pacific Beach is closed until further notice.) It’s mostly known for its ice cream flight concept— their mini cone flights range from 6- to a mega 32-flavor option.

The Trust Group’s venture into ice cream is this walkup window found next to Cardellino in Mission Hills. Lead by Executive Pastry Chef Jeremy Harville, the shop serves chef-centric flavors like malted chocolate brownie, kiwi cucumber sorbet with Tajin and Captain Crunch or malted milk soft serve.

Roman-style pizza and gelato meet at this spot in North Park. Helmed by the Buona Forchetta Family of restaurants, this shop serves 18 flavors of gelato. For a combination of carbs and cream, order the GOLA: gelato stuffed into a pizza crust with whipped cream and hazelnuts.

Ice cream and beach views make for a perfect combination at this Ocean Beach institution. The real star here is the hot waffle ice cream sandwich stuffed with your choice of ice cream by Cascade Glacier or Double Rainbow Premium.

Mai Marche and consulting chef Spencer Hue create the fabulous flavors at this lovely ice cream parlor in Golden Hill. Their menu rotates monthly, but current summertime offerings include Fancy French Flavor (creme fraiche with lemon curd) and toasted oats with lemon blackberry jam.

Tucked inside the Kababayan Bakery in Spring Valley, Snoice serves up pandesal ice cream sandwiches filled with flavors like iconic ube (yam), buko pandan (coconut, screwpine leaves), and mais queso (creamy corn, cheese, milk) alongside shaved snow and favorite Filipino dessert halo halo.

National City’s answer to the old school ice cream parlor is Niederfrank’s, San Diego’s oldest ice cream manufacturer. Established in 1948, the shop still serves up small batch ice cream. Go here for avocado, macadamia nut toffee, cinnamon and Kahlua krunch. The shops also creates custom-made ice cream pies.