Babcock Dairy Store

06/17/2026

Check out our latest edition of the Inside Scoop Babcock Dairy newsletter!

06/16/2026

Help the sweetest, best, historic little ice cream shop in Madison bring the GOLD in 2026. Vote today! Share with your mom, sister, brother, cousin, and your cousins' pets. Just vote. For us. Best Ice Cream/Custard y'all.

Visit https://madisonmagazine.secondstreetapp.com/.../gallery... and vote for Babcock Dairy today, and urge all your friends and family to vote, today, tomorrow, and every day until June 30!

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06/15/2026

Like a breath of 🆒 fresh air on a hot sunny day☀️☀ Introducing Mint Candy! ☀☀

Summer vibes call for a cool peppermint flavored ice cream full of Andes Mints candy pieces and chocolate flakes. This is your ticket to beat the heat any day in June, July, or maybe even August (it it sticks around that long!) Get some while it lasts!

06/14/2026

Shout out to the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association for this National Dairy Month data drop, and way to go Wisconsin, #1 in 2025 cheese production!

Today is our first of this year's , and it's an impressive one: in 2025 alone, U.S. dairy processors produced 14.8 billion pounds of cheese. Leading the way with 24% of that total? Wisconsin.

Find more dairy data in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's annual Dairy Products Summary report: https://loom.ly/_OsHFmE

06/14/2026

Vote for us as your favorite ice cream and custard in Madison!

🏆 Best of Madison voting is happening now! 🏆

Have you cast your ballot yet?

This is your chance to recognize the local businesses, restaurants, professionals, and organizations that make Madison such a great place to live, work, and play.

Unlike the nomination round, final voting allows one vote per category, so every vote matters.

✅ Support your favorites.
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Vote here: https://madisonmagazine.secondstreetapp.com/Best-of-Madison-2026/

06/14/2026

Beautiful 🌞 day at the 2026 New Glarus Beer, Bacon & Cheese festival! Thanks to everyone for stopping by, sampling our yummy cheeses, and letting us tell the story of the Babcock Dairy Store!

06/13/2026

From the original Orange Custard Chocolate Chip, to our new feature flavor Pattersons’ #1 Triple Chocolate, the Babcock Dairy has been treating the Madison area to the highest quality ice cream and custard possible for 75 years.

“We hope to be recognized for our 75 years of history making and scooping ice cream in Babcock Hall as the top winner in 2026.” -Kari Backes, Babcock Dairy Store manager

Vote in Best of Madison 2026 today! Voting is ongoing through June 30th, at madisonmagazine.secondstreetapp.com, link in profile!

06/13/2026

Where’s Babcock Dairy today? Find us at the New Glarus Beer, Bacon & Cheese Festival! Stop by to say hi and sample some of our delicious cheeses 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm. 🧀

Did I mention polka? After your bacon, cheese, and beer sampling, get your polka on at the New Glarus Polkafest happening at the same time! For event information please visit the event website: https://www.swisstown.com/events-ng/bbc

06/09/2026

It's festival season in Wisconsin, and beer, cheese and bacon (not to mention polka!) are as Wisconsin as it gets. Babcock Dairy is once again presenting all our delicious cheeses for sampling and sale at the New Glarus Beer, Bacon & Cheese Festival! Stop by to say hi and sample some of our delicious cheeses this Saturday, June 13th, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm. 🧀

Did I mention polka? After your bacon, cheese, and beer sampling, get your polka on at the New Glarus Polkafest happening at the same time! For event information please visit the event website: https://www.swisstown.com/events-ng/bbc

06/09/2026

Did someone say cheese? Every day is cheese day here at the Babcock Dairy Store!