The Best Ice Cream of Santa Barbara? McConnell’s Fine Ice Creams

The competition is fiercely cold for the best ice cream in Santa Barbara. You can’t just get in the game, pal. Your ice cream has to be delicious, you’ve got to be unique, and it has to take a pretty picture. Enter: McConnell’s Fine Ice Creams, scooping up the best in the business since 1949.

Chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry: check, check, and check. Obviously.

But how about… Chocolate-covered strawberries? Vanilla grapefruit? Whiskey and pecan praline? You’ve got it. And, oh boy, it’ll taste good.

Have you ever met a salted caramel you didn’t like? Probably not. But add our bittersweet chocolate chip to the classic flavor profile and you’ve got next level excellence. If you don’t know about our Salted Caramel Chip, now you know. You’re welcome. ???? #mcconnells #icecream

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Let’s take this outside.

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I’ll have the burrito bowl ice cream bowl, please.

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Double-decker? Nah. Triple? Maybe. Quadruple-decker? Sign us up.

…One scoop for every flavor you want to try.

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Let’s make that ice cream a meal.

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What’s your go-to local ice cream joint? Please don’t say Dairy Queen.

Dreaming of a cold cone and warm weather? Come visit us! Let’s stay in touch until you’re in town, too. Find us on Instagram and Facebook.