Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams

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Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams We're swinging open the doors of our new scoop shop at the Park at Wrigley.
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It’s a location that’s been years in the making, and, like all our shops will offer a design that’s distinct to the neighborhood, including custom bleacher seating. We’re hard at work putting on the final touches and, of course, planning for a grand opening party with Jeni.

10/13/2026

MENU HACK! Sweet Potato Marshmallow Brûlée + House Coffee + caramel sauce in a Buttercrisp Waffle Bowl. Caramel sauce turns up the buttery burnt sugar notes from the brûlée candy. And earthy coffee cuts through the richness.

Postcards from La Cantera these past few months!! We love you, San Antonio. This is the start of a beautiful friendship.
10/12/2026

Postcards from La Cantera these past few months!! We love you, San Antonio. This is the start of a beautiful friendship.

10/09/2026

Test kitchen notes on Appalachian Acorn Pie!

10/08/2026

SWEET POTATOOOOO

📹: TEEVØID

Straight from the hollers: Appalachian Acorn Pie. Warm and nutty. A subtle diva. The longest-running sourcing project in...
10/07/2026

Straight from the hollers: Appalachian Acorn Pie. Warm and nutty. A subtle diva. The longest-running sourcing project in Jeni’s history. Like nothing you’ve ever had before, but somehow familiar. Appalachian acorns, foraged just for us, wrapped into sweet cream with a graham cracker crust.

(Sold out online. Enjoy in scoop shops while supplies last!)

10/06/2026

The rumors are true!

THE SWEET POTATO ICE CREAM IS BACK, and it’s FANCY.Real sweet potatoes blended into cream, spiced with nutmeg and Vietna...
10/04/2026

THE SWEET POTATO ICE CREAM IS BACK, and it’s FANCY.

Real sweet potatoes blended into cream, spiced with nutmeg and Vietnamese cinnamon for a deep, straight-from-the-oven flavor. Swirled with candy-like marshmallow ice cream for a light and sweet contrast. And a scattering of burnt sugar candies that add cracked, caramelized crunch to every bite.

10/03/2026

So fetch.

WE SPENT FIVE YEARS MAKING THIS FLAVOR. Swipe for the journey (in captions)Five years ago, we asked ourselves: could we ...
10/02/2026

WE SPENT FIVE YEARS MAKING THIS FLAVOR. Swipe for the journey (in captions)

Five years ago, we asked ourselves: could we make an acorn ice cream? We loved the idea. And our home state of Ohio is covered in acorns. How hard could it be? (Cue cry-laughing)

Turns out that while acorns are abundant in the U.S. (and have historically been a food source for indigenous Americans), they aren’t commercially distributed. After a lot of trial and error, we accepted that if we wanted to make an acorn ice cream, we would need to do it ourselves. With our own supply chain. That we built from the ground up.

The breakthrough came when we partnered with Route 9 Action Network, an agricultural cooperative based here in Ohio. Their focus is chestnuts, but they wanted to expand. So, we signed multiple grant letters to help grow their business so that they could forage, process, and roast the acorns we needed for this ice cream.

From there, the acorns went to a nearby Amish farm to be milled into flour. (This involved a lot of snail mail, calls on the community phone, and in-person trips to rural Ohio from our sourcing and QA teams.) All to achieve beautiful, fragrant, Appalachian-grown-and-milled acorn flour that we could fold into cream to make Appalachian Acorn Pie.

SO: what does acorn ice cream taste like? It’s nutty and sweet — in the realm of hazelnut, coconut, and chestnut. It’s beautiful on its own, but we wanted to add some extra grounding. So we swirled in a textured graham cracker sauce that scatters throughout the cream, emulating a nutty cream pie with a salty-sweet crust.

If nothing else, Appalachian Acorn Pie is a testament to the lengths we’ll go to when we get curious about something. It’s been more than worth the ride to be able to share it with you now.

P.S. We have a very limited amount of this flavor available. If you want to try it, we suggest not waiting!!

JUST DROPPEDOne round of fall flavors wasn’t enough. Here’s part two. Shops and online!
10/01/2026

JUST DROPPED

One round of fall flavors wasn’t enough. Here’s part two.

Shops and online!

The ultimate mint-chocolate comboOpaque + Salted Peanut Butter with Chocolate FlecksLike a chocolate sandwich cookie dip...
09/30/2026

The ultimate mint-chocolate combo

Opaque + Salted Peanut Butter with Chocolate Flecks

Like a chocolate sandwich cookie dipped in peanut butter

Opaque + Goat Cheese with Red Cherries

A cherry jam double-down

Pro tip: if a pint of Opaque isn’t enough you’re allowed to buy a bucket. For real, though: Opaque is going FAST. We’re ...
09/29/2026

Pro tip: if a pint of Opaque isn’t enough you’re allowed to buy a bucket.

For real, though: Opaque is going FAST. We’re nearly sold out online, and availability in shops is getting low. If you want to enjoy this flavor, now is the time! (Inventory varies by shop; we suggest calling before making a special trip.)

02/06/2019

We just raised 30% more money for She Should Run than we did last year. Help us celebrate and keep pushing the cause. Name great women who should run. Remember that super smart woman you went to grade school with? Tell her to run. That stay at home mom who would be amazing on your city government? That organizing star who should be in office? Tag them here, and let’s encourage great women to run.

01/29/2019

We will be closing tonight at 9 p.m. and will be closed all day tomorrow due to the extreme temperatures. Please stay safe out there!

01/28/2019

Banana French Toast ice cream. A velvety banana custard with pops of pure maple syrup and lots of cinnamon-brown sugar French toast gravel. Only in shops for Ice Cream for Breakfast Day this Saturday, Feb. 2.

Bouncy as a cloud with flavor as bright as sunshine. 🍋 Jeni first made this gorgeous Lemon Buttermilk Frozen Yogurt more...
01/11/2019

Bouncy as a cloud with flavor as bright as sunshine. 🍋 Jeni first made this gorgeous Lemon Buttermilk Frozen Yogurt more than 20 years ago, inspired by the citrusy sherbets she loved as a kid. It quickly became her favorite flavor and remains so today. 🍋 Made with lemon juice and oil from lemon zest, we add cultured buttermilk and fresh yogurt for the most incredibly creamy, creme fraiche-like texture. Find Lemon BFY in shops and online now!

Mash together Bananas Foster and crème brûlée and you get this luscious custard. Made with real bananas (no flavorings h...
01/10/2019

Mash together Bananas Foster and crème brûlée and you get this luscious custard. Made with real bananas (no flavorings here!) because it’s the only way to infuse that not too grassy, not too sweet, perfect banana flavor in every bite. A silky egg yolk custard and torched sugar candies pay homage to the classic French dessert. The pièce de résistance? A splash of apple brandy, made with Ohio apples by our friends at Watershed Distillery. This is a top shelf, white tablecloth, silver spoon ice cream if there ever was one. Brandied Banana Brûlée is now in shops, online, and in select grocery stores for a limited time.

01/01/2019

We are closed today, but our Southport and Armitage scoop shops are open for normal hours. We will see you tomorrow.
Happy New Year!

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3657 N Clark Street
Chicago, IL
60613

Opening Hours

Monday 1pm - 11:30pm
Tuesday 1pm - 11:30pm
Wednesday 1pm - 11:30pm
Thursday 1pm - 11:30pm
Friday 12pm - 11:30pm
Saturday 12pm - 11:30pm
Sunday 12pm - 11:30pm

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