12 ice cream shops where you can take holiday visitors in the Dayton region

Ice cream shops you should know in the Dayton region LISA POWELL / STAFF

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Ice cream shops you should know in the Dayton region LISA POWELL / STAFF

An alphabetical list of area ice cream shops that have done well over the years in our annual Best of Dayton contests.

Ben & Jerry’s

Ben & Jerry's location on Brown Street in Dayton. LAUREN STEPHENSON / STAFF

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Credit: Lauren Stephenson

Best of Dayton finalist 2015, 2016, 2019.

1934 Brown St, Dayton | (937) 461-1888 | Website | Facebook


Cold Stone Creamery

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Best of Dayton finalist 2015, 2016, 2019.

Multiple Locations | Website | Facebook


Ducky’s

Ducky's Snowballs and Ice Cream has been serving up the most popular sweets in Troy since 2016 - and aims to do so for a long time.

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Credit: ASHLEY MOOR

Best of Dayton finalist 2016.

100 W Market St, Troy | (937) 703-5463 | Facebook


Graeter’s

Graeter’s Ice Cream. SUBMITTED

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Best of Dayton first place 2017. Second place 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022.

Multiple Locations | Website | Facebook


JD’s Old Fashioned Frozen Custard

JD’s Old Fashioned Frozen Custard is located at 322 Union Blvd. in Englewood. SUBMITTED

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Best of Dayton finalist 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019. Second place 2017. Third place 2022.

322 Union Blvd # A, Englewood | (937) 836-9219 | Website | Facebook


Jet Freeze

Jet Freeze is a soft serve ice cream shop in Beavercreek, Ohio.

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Credit: Natalie Jones

Best of Dayton finalist 2015, 2016.

4014 E Patterson Rd, Beavercreek | (937) 429-5845 | Facebook


Jubie’s Creamery

Jubie’s Creamery in Fairborn. TOM GILLIAM / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

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Credit: Tom Gilliam

Best of Dayton finalist 2018, 2019, 2022. Fourth place 2021.

471 W Dayton-Yellow Springs Rd, Fairborn | (937) 874-5391 | Website | Facebook


Ritter’s Frozen Custard

Ritter's Frozen Custard.

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Best of Dayton finalist 2015, 2022. Third place 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021.

Multiple Locations | Website | Facebook


The Root Beer Stande

Meghan Moore, of Dayton, works at The Root Beer Stande, located on 2727 Woodman Drive in Dayton. For a Valley Portrait.

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Credit: Ron Alvey

Best of Dayton finalist 2019.

1727 Woodman Dr, Dayton | (937) 640-1114 | Website | Facebook


United Dairy Farmers

United Dairy Farmers (Source: Facebook)

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Best of Dayton finalist 2018, 2019.

Multiple Locations | Website | Facebook


What’s The Scoop

A sundae offering at What's the Scoop? in Brookville. CONTRIBUTED

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Best of Dayton finalist 2022.

230 Market St, Brookville | (937) 770-1194 | Facebook


Young’s Jersey Dairy

A steady stream of early customers began at 10 a.m. on Aug. 26 inside the new Young's Jersey Dairy facility situated directly behind what has been the dairy barn just outside of Yellow Springs since 1968.

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Best of Dayton first place 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022. Third place 2017.

6880 Springfield Xenia Rd, Yellow Springs | (937) 325-0629 | Website | Facebook