Benson's Ice Cream

Fantastic ice cream, especially the fresh native strawberry and fresh native raspberry.

End of September 2023 we are here. The business is very busy and a lot of traffic in and out. First time here and I spoke to others here today who said they love it here and the ice cream flavors. Many have been coming for years and are loyal customers.

We had single scoop ice cream on a waffle cone. I used to make home made ice cream for a restaurant and know when it is flavored well. I had the cookies and cream which was chocolate ice cream, and had good flavor to it. I'm not here to eat a pint of ice cream at once so the one scoop was plentiful. About $5 for a small which is a single scoop, again plenty for me.

I also picked up a doggy cup which was just under $5. But there was plenty of vanilla cream in the cup with a large cookie on top. Many places give a very small amount of cream and a small milk bone and charge $5 for a doggy bowl. There was plenty for my dog to eat.

We were here for 25 minutes and counted about 30 cars in and out with loads of people waiting in line, on this cloudy and cooler afternoon. I would have to say that Benson's is doing something right to draw in this many people on a cloudy September evening.

I am sorry those others have had a not so great visit. Perhaps you might take a break for a bit and come back with an open mind. You may have a better opinion.

Great homemade berry ice cream! Other flavors are great too! Nice area to sit in the shade or bring it home.

So extremely disappointed. We lived in the area for 12 years and were loyal customers for years. Spent our summers eating Benson's ice cream...so much so we probably put a couple of workers through college, We were in the area and excited to get some ice cream at our favorite place. They were out of all the native flavors, so I ordered regular strawberry in a cup. My husband ordered black raspberry. No flavor at all. Both tasted like vanilla ice cream with a pinch of strawberry. There were no chunks of strawberry in mine. I could barely find a piece of strawberry. If I closed my eyes I would think I was eating some low end vanilla sold at the supermarket. For $7, I expected more. What happened to Benson's ? The quality and flavor have really gone down. Sorry, this is not the Benson's of years ago. It is apparent they are being cheap and cutting way back on the ingredients. Sadly, I cannot recommend Benson's anymore.

I appreciated the flavors here, it's simple stuff done well. I got honey ice cream, which I have never had before, and it was just as I imagined, like eating honey straight from the bottle but frozen and lighter, delicious. My only issue is, I prefer having a mixture of textures in my ice cream and this ice cream would have been perfect with bits of honeycomb in it. and a half cones out of five. You also can only get sprinkles as a topping unless you get a sundae, otherwise I probably also would have tried this with some chunky chocolate. Best paired with something crunchy and Kishi Bashi - Honeybody.

The other flavors I tried bites of were Black Forest (cherry ice cream with chocolate, was ok), Mint Cookie Crunch (mint ice cream with Oreos, wish this was mint cookies ice cream, but it was good), and Salted Caramel ice cream with Rolos in it, also good. Overall, I liked the creaminess, and the flavors were well done, my only grievances were the lack of topping options and the fact that you can not get more than one flavor in the 1/2 single size (which is about 2-3 scoops, so it ain't small and at $5.80 it ain't cheap, but I'm willing to pay for quality, I just also like having choice!). Definitely worth a stop if you are in the area!

So, I started a dairy-free, gluten-free diet and was told to avoid all dairy, period. Well it's ice cream season and I still want to have an occasional treat.
Enter...vegan ice cream! What is vegan ice cream? It's ice cream made with non dairy milks, such as oat, almond, rice or soy.

So they have 5 flavors of "vegan ice cream" and I purchased a 1/2 gallon and a small cup. The peach and strawberry ice cream was light and airy, with great flavor, not overly sweet. Their mint chocolate chip and regular chocolate chip were likewise delicate flavors that melt wonderfully on the tongue! The cookies and cream vegan ice cream is not gluten free (I asked if they could make it with gluten free Oreos), is rich, thick and chocolates. Unfortunately not legal for me!
Their ice cream easily surpasses what is offered in the freezer section's non-dairy ice cream! It's worth the drive (right on rte 133). Check them out, you will love it!!

Hey, Bensons - are you reading these reviews? So many customers are commenting on your high prices and small portions. I am a long time customer (30+ years) who no longer comes to your shop for these reasons. Other local stands offer much better value. Please take these comments to heart.

Home of the $9 scoop of native strawberry ice cream.

It's a good, creamy scoop of ice cream, but $9 is a bit much.

Went to Benson's for the first (and last!!) time!
I had a micro cup and they charged my $1.50 extra for a sugar cone! My husband got a frappe and it tasted like sweetened milk, for $11! The 24 oz cup was actually 20 oz!

Usually great ice cream. Tried the vegan native strawberry ($23/gallon) - tastes like coconut, not strawberry.