Everyone, listen up! We’ve got the scoop on vegan ice cream. Since so many brands are coming out with nondairy varieties, it’s clear that everyone is screaming for vegan ice cream. And with so many humane options, there’s no reason to eat ice cream made from cow’s milk—which is cruel, not cool.

Here are some of our favorite vegan varieties:

365 Everyday Value

The Whole Foods brand has almond milk-based vegan ice cream. The list of flavors includes Berry Chantilly Cake, Mint Chocolate Chip, Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Swirl, Vanilla Bean, and Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough. The product line is also gluten-free.

Ben & Jerry’s

Now that Ben & Jerry’s offers dairy-free ice cream, there’s truly no excuse not to go vegan. The company currently offers over 30 nondairy options, including vegan versions of some of their most popular ice creams—like Phish Food—and they’re all the best. Honestly, we can’t pick a favorite.

Breyers

This popular brand has three non-dairy flavors: Vanilla, Cookies and Cream, and Chocolate.  

Cado Avocado Ice Cream

All the other ice creams on this list are made with different nondairy milk bases, but Cado is made from avocados. Yes, avocados!

Cosmic Bliss

If coconut milk is your fave, Cosmic Bliss’ plant-based line is the brand for you. It also offers scrumptious vegan ice cream bars that everyone you know will adore.

Dippin’ Dots

Dippin’ Dots are ice cream beads—created by flash-freezing the ingredients to lock in the freshness—that melt in your mouth. You’ve probably seen them at fun places like theme parks, sports arenas, or festivals, but did you know that some of the flavors are vegan? Check them out: Blue Raspberry Ice, Lemon Ice, Liberty Ice, Lime Ice, Orange Ice, Rainbow Ice, and Strawberry Ice.

Double Rainbow

These soy ice cream flavors are almost too good to be true: Mint Chocolate Chip, Vanilla Bean, Cinnamon Churro, Mangonada, Very Cherry Chip, Banana PB Split, Oat’s a Goody, and Mango Tangerine Sorbet.  

Good Pop

This brand has a variety of different types of nondairy ice cream—like Chocolate Vanilla Sandwiches, Orange N’ Cream popsicles, and even Mickey Mouse Fudge N’ Vanilla Pops!

JD’s Vegan Dairy-Free Frozen Dessert

Music producer and longtime vegan Jermaine Dupri launched his own line of vegan ice creams, all made with a creamy coconut base. The brand offers six delicious flavors: Key Lime Pie; Strawberry Sweetheart; Welcome to Atlanta, Peach Cobbler; Apple Butter; Chocolate My Way; and (404) Cookies & Cream. Find them at a Walmart location near you.

KIND Frozen Treat Bars

KIND is known for its nut and energy bars—some of which are vegan—but the company has branched out into the dessert world with a new line of frozen vegan treat bars.

McConnell’s Fine Ice Creams

The deliciously creamy dairy-free options from this brand include flavors such as Chocolate Fudge and Cookies, Coffee Cookie Crumble, Passion Fruit Lemon Swirl, Peanut Butter Chocolate Crunch, Salted Caramel Chocolate Swirl, and Vanilla Bean.

Oatly Frozen Desserts

This oat milk brand knows how to make a super-creamy and delicious frozen dessert that’s also kind to cows. Oatly’s ice cream pints are available in a variety of delicious flavors.

Perry’s Ice Cream

Perry’s Ice Cream now offers dairy-free oat milk ice cream. Try Blueberry Pancake, Cookies & Cream, Peanut Butter & Cookies, or Vanilla.

Planet Oat

This brand is known for its vegan milks, but it also brings that creaminess to the frozen dessert aisle with eight delicious flavors: Chocolate Peanut Butter Swirl, Cookies & Crème, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, Mint Fudge Swirl, Vanilla, Coffee Fudge Swirl, Blueberry Oat Crumble, and Chocolate.

So Delicious

The So Delicious brand—which can be found in many grocery stores across the country—offers ice cream made from soy milk, coconut milk, almond milk, cashew milk, and now oat milk. While the oat milk ice cream comes in flavors like Chocolate Salted Carmel and S’mores, you can get a variety of flavors made from all the other bases, too—like Snickerdoodle, Dark Chocolate Truffle, and Vanilla.

So Delicious offers ice cream sandwiches and bars, too.

Tofutti

Check out the Tofutti Cuties line of ice cream sandwiches (available in Chocolate, Vanilla, Cookies ‘N Cream, and Mint Chocolate Chip!). In addition, the Tofutti brand offers pints of Vanilla Almond Bark, “Better” Pecan, and Wild Berry vegan ice cream, among others.

Target Brand Favorite-Day

Target stores are now even more vegan-friendly, thanks to their lineup of vegan ice creams. The nondairy frozen desserts from Target’s private label, Favorite Day, are made with almond milk and come in several delicious flavors.

Trader Joe’s

You can find several vegan pints at Trader Joe’s—from classic flavors to more unique ones. Head to your local store in search of these flavors and others: Very Chocolatey With Fudge Brownies, Okie Dokie Oat, Soy Creamy Cherry Chocolate Chip, Strawberry Non-Dairy Oat,  and Boba Coconut.

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Van Leeuwen

Van Leeuwen serves up scoops at its shops and food trucks in Los Angeles and New York, but you can also grab pints in select grocery stores and online. With a wide variety of vegan flavors such as Oat Milk Brown Sugar Chunk, Cookies & Cream Caramel Swirl, and Peanut Butter Brownie Honeycomb, you can’t go wrong.

DIY Ice Cream

Good news! You can create your own vegan ice cream right at home. Just ask your parents to help you blend together one frozen banana, one tablespoonful of peanut butter, and one teaspoonful of cocoa powder.

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Now that you know all about the magical world of vegan ice cream, be sure to share it with your friends, too. The more people who discover how delicious vegan eating can be, the better!