Cape Cod’s best ice cream parlors and ice cream parlors

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A Cape Town vacation isn’t complete without at least a few scoops of ice cream.

If you’ve been to Cape Town and haven’t had ice cream, have you been there?

The popular summer getaway is a stronghold for ice cream lovers, with dozens of lounges and roadside stalls dotting the 65-mile-long destination. For those who live on Cape Cod, the abundance of quality ice cream is just another way of life. We swear we’re not jealous.

Our list of the best ice cream shops on Cape Cod is a combination of reader-recommended favorites and our own must-see stores. Here you’ll find stores like Schoolhouse Ice Cream, which serves large portions of premium ice cream, an ultra-rich category with 14-16% milk fat. At Four Seas Ice Cream, diners have been coming for creamy scoops since 1934; don’t miss the boutique’s excellent ice cream sandwiches. And at Sundae School, a charming salon that has been running for 45 years, customers can order flavors like frozen pudding, Kahlua chips, and creamsicle.

If you’ve gone through the list and still find your favorite Cape Cod ice cream shop missing, let us know in the poll below or email us at [email protected]. And don’t forget to check out our guides to the best ice cream parlors in Boston, as well as Cambridge and Somerville.

Ben & Bill’s Chocolate Emporium (209 Main Street, Falmouth)

Café Gelato Bertini (46 South Street, South Yarmouth)

Cape Cod Creamery (5 Theater Colony Road, South Yarmouth; 716 Main St., Dennis; 645 Iyannough Rd, Hyannis)

Four Seas Ice Cream (360 S. Main St., Centerville)

Ice cream cafe (5 Chemin S. Orléans, Orléans)

Ice cream sandwich (66 MA-6A, sandwich)

Ice Cream Smuggler (1555 MA-6A, Dennis South)

Kate’s Seafood and Ice Cream (284 Paine’s Creek Road, Brewster)

Katie’s Homemade Ice Cream (568 Main Street, Hyannis)

Lazy sundaes (1370 MA-28A, Cataumet)

Lewis Brothers Ice Cream (310 Commercial Street, Provincetown)

Penguin Ice Igloo (517 MA-28, Yarmouth West)

Polar cave glacier (22 Falmouth Road, Mashpee)

Ice cream at school (749 MA-28, Port of Harwich)

Smitty’s Homemade Ice Cream (538 Falmouth Road, Mashpee)

Somerset Creamery (1268 MA-28A, Cataumet)

School Ice Cream Sundae (381 Lower County Road, Dennis Port; 606 MA-28, Harwich Port)

Caroline’s Sweet Ice Cream (177 MA-130, Forestdale)

Twin Acres Ice Cream Shop (21 MA-6A, sandwich)

Whistle Stop Ice Cream Shop (422 Shore Road, Pocasset)