Outer Banks Ice Cream Shop Serving Best Ice Cream in North Carolina

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! But, wait not just any ice cream the best ice cream. If you are an ice cream fan then you may be wondering where to find some of the best ice creams.  Luckily for you, it's not too far away.

Yelp reports that an ice cream shop in the Outer Banks has been deemed with serving the best ice cream in North Carolina. Surfin' Spoon is serving the best ice cream you could find in North Carolina, according to Yelp. Yelp went on to find the best ice cream shops in every state ahead of National Ice Cream Day, July 17. What better way to celebrate than grabbing a scoop from the best shop in your state. On National Ice Cream Day many shops will be hosting deals for the entire family to scoop!

To determine the best ice cream shops, Yelp took the total volume and reviews over the last year to compare shops. While using the determining factors, they were able to place the title of No. 1 shop in certain places in each state. Each ice cream shop on the list was open and had a passing health score as of May 12, 2022.

Surfin' Spoon, notably North Carolina's No. 1 shop, is the Outer Banks' go-to for frozen yogurt.  This shop is no ordinary frozen yogurt mom-and-pop shop. They offer tons of sweet treats ranging from frozen yogurt and their famous, made-from-scratch ice cream sandwiches. This is one stop in the Outer Banks that will leave your sweet tooth 100% satisfied. Surfin' Spoon is located at 3408 South Va Dare Trail, so the next time you're in Nags Head take a visit!

Check out the full list of best ice cream shops in every state here.

We’ve run into a few lists that make us shake our heads over the years. But this one may take the… cake- pun 100% intended. North Carolina’s favorite dessert is not one we would have thought of. Coventry Direct used some interesting methodology to determine the most popular dessert in every state. They took a list of 40 of the most popular desserts and then analyzed Google search terms in each state for those 40 desserts.

While not a bad metric, it does seem to create an issue in states where popular desserts don’t really need to be Googled: Grandma just passes that recipe right on down. But anyway, while most of us might guess chocolate cake, or sweet potato pie for North Carolina, you’d be wrong apparently. Also, Idaho, Minnesota, New Hampshire, SOUTH CAROLINA are y'all ok? The other question I have is what in the world is Texas sheet cake and why is it so popular? Also why is there no just chocolate or vanilla cake or cupcakes on this list? I have to think those are more popular than things that made this list.

But what is North Carolina's favorite dessert? Well, let’s take a look at the most popular dessert in every state:

Pound Cake

Baked Alaska

Rice Krispies Treats

Pecan Pie

Ice Cream

Rice Krispies Treats

Ice Box Cake

Funnel Cake

Ice Cream

Key Lime Pie

Peach Cobbler

Cheesecake

Jello

Ice Cream

Texas Sheet Cake

Texas Sheet Cake

Texas Sheet Cake

Fudge

Pralines

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Funnel Cake

Ice Cream

Carrot Cake

Jello

Banana Pudding

Coconut Cake

Pumpkin Pie

Brownies

Blondies

Jello

Ice Box Cake

Bananas Foster

Black & White Cookies

Coconut Cake

Yes, that’s right. According to this list, North Carolina’s favorite dessert is coconut cake. Hmmmm…. I mean it is one of my parents' favorite desserts and a Christmas dinner staple for our family. So honestly, I've been more suprirsed- I'm looking at you -the states that had jello as a favorite.

Banana Split

Texas Sheet Cake

Pecan Pie

Carrot Cake

Ice Cream

Donuts

Jello

Brownies

Chess Pie

Pecan Pie

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Brownies

Funnel Cake

Carrot Cake

Fudge

Cherry Pie