Leta Z.
Yelp
Milk Jawn is my favorite place in Philly to get ice cream. When I lived in South Philly, I used to visit their stand at the East Passyunk farmer's market and buy pints from them. So when they opened their first brick and mortar, my husband and I became regular visitors and for good reason. The ice cream is high quality and I like the consistency: creamy without being too rich.
As someone who has a dairy sensitivity, I love the fact that there are so many vegan versions of the dairy version of a flavor. Especially because most ice cream shops will usually offer only one or two dairy free options and/or offer sorbets as their dairy free option. Also, Milk Jawn's dairy free ice cream is actually really good. I would argue as good as dairy ice cream.
If you're debating between getting your ice cream in a cup, sugar cone, or waffle cone, I would personally go with the sugar cone. Out of all the ice cream shops, I've been to, Milk Jawn has the best sugar cone; I love the flavor and how crispy it is.
Ice Cream Ordered:
* worth trying
- [Pistachio*]: If I ate dairy ice cream, this would be one of my favorite flavors but I just have to be content with taking one (or two) spoonfuls from my husband when he orders it. You can tell the pistachios they use are high quality and the brittle takes the flavor to the next level. Milk Jawn, please make a dairy free version of this. I'll be patiently waiting haha.
- [Vegan Cinnamon Cookie Jawn*]: This is one of their winter seasonal flavors. I originally didn't like this flavor when I first tried it but it gradually grew on me. I didn't love the cookies they made for the flavor but I like the additional textural layer it added and the flavor wasn't too sweet.
- [Vegan Mango Sticky Rice*]: This is my go-to flavor. I like that it really captures the essence of mango sticky rice because of the coconut base and mango puree. I think the addition of the coconut sticky rice was a nice touch as well.
- [Vegan Earl Grey with Honeycomb]: I don't personally like the taste of whatever earl grey tea they use.
-[Lemon Curd with Blueberry Basil Swirl*]: The flavor is bright and tart and really refreshing on a hot day.
-[Vegan Caramel Apple Pie*]: This is one of their fall seasonal flavors. If you ever wanted apple pie as an ice cream, this is it. I feel like the summer version of this is the Vegan Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp flavor, which I comparatively like a little better.
-[Vegan Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp*]: This is one of their summer seasonal flavors. Think strawberry ice cream 2.0. I like the slight tartness from the rhubarb.
- [Vegan Matcha Strawberry*]: If this was more of a permanent flavor, this would be tied with the Vegan Mango Sticky Rice for my favorite flavor. I love almost anything matcha flavored and Milk Jawn truly honoured the matcha in this flavor.
Would I go back? : In a heartbeat! I like how Milk Jawn is always coming up with new flavors, with a regularly rotating menu, but knows when to bring back customer favorites. Check their Instagram (@milkjawn) for new/returning flavor updates. And I'm so happy for them on their more recent second location in Fishtown. It attests to their success, which is well deserved.