Maine-Made Ice Cream

If you haven't picked up your copy of our August issue yet, you're really missing out! Because summer is swiftly coming to a close we decided we'd better share our picks for Maine-made ice cream while you can still get it.



Bangor & Skowhegan
Gifford's Ice Cream
1109 Broadway, 947-7848
307 Madison Avenue, 474-2257
Most popular flavors: Maine Deer Tracks, Moose Tracks, Maine Wild Blueberry, and Maine Lobster Tracks. Gifford's uses fresh cream and milk from Maine dairy farms. Take a peek behind the scenes with Maine Ahead.

Dover-Foxcroft
Butterfield's Ice Cream
946 West Main Street, 564-2513
Most popular flavors: Vanilla Peanut Butter, Chocolate Peanut Butter, and Blackberry.

Bar Harbor
Mount Desert Island Ice Cream
7 Firefly Lane, 460-5515
Most popular flavors: Salt Caramel, Blueberry Basil Sorbet, and Vanilla Bean. Vanilla beans are scraped to flavor the Vanilla Bean ice cream; no vanilla extract is used.

Liberty
John's Ice Cream Factory
Route 3, 589-3700
Most popular flavors: Raspberries and Cream, Peanut Butter Crunch, Quadruple Chocolate, and Pistachio. The ice cream is made with local products when available, and all the ice cream bases are made from scratch.

Steuben
Painted Pepper Farm
55 Goods Point Road, 546-9777
Most popular flavors: Maine Maple Walnut, Strawberry Rhubarb, and Midnight Espresso. The gelato is made with goat's milk, local eggs, and organic sweeteners.

Houlton
Houlton Farms Dairy Bar
131 Military Street, 532-2628
Most popular flavors: Vanilla and Chocolate

Caribou
Goughan's Berry Farm
875 Fort Fairfield Road, 498-6565
Most popular flavors: Strawberry, Strawberry Rhubarb, Maple Walnut, Coffee Oreo, and Pumpkin Spice. The flavors are made with fresh produce grown on the farm.

Bradley
Spencer's Market
77 Main Street, 827-8670
Most popular flavors: Peanut Butter and Raspberry. The ice cream has been homemade since 1930.

Thomaston
Dorman's Dairy Dream
189 New County Road, 594-4195
Most popular flavors: Pistachio, Peppermint Stick, and Black Raspberry.

Do you know an ice cream stand worth driving to? Let us know!