AB Ice Cream & Candy Shoppe

What a cute find. We saw it last year but did not stop. This year we made a point to give it a shot. It’s a treat, pun intended! There were many ice cream flavors, fudge, and other candy. My wife and kids each tried different ice cream flavors. All were a hit. I went with the red velvet fudge and was amazed. Very smooth and great taste. It was worth every cent!

Best ice cream in the island! Absolutely yummy! Great service and amazing ice cream!

I’ve come here twice so far and haven’t been disappointed! There are tons of flavors and you can try any flavor you choose. The first time I got a cone with one scoop of black cherry and a scoop of salted caramel truffle. Kind of a weird combo but both were decently creamy (but not quite on the creaminess level of Ben and Jerry’s). The second time I got a cone with rum raisin and cappuccino crunch. Both were really unique flavors, so I don’t think you can really go wrong with any of them. There are also tons of candy varieties all along the left wall that you can bag. The store is quite big, with some benches in the center and along the wall and more benches outside.

Standard Hershey’s ice cream (same served at fast food restaurants)…extremely rude service. We won’t return.

Serves delicious Hershey’s ice cream and fudge with a very friendly staff.
This year, they started serving ice cream drizzled with flavored balsamic vinaigrette. It sounds strange, but was strangely delicious.
The first few bites were odd as you get the smell of the vinegar. But after that, it cuts the sweetness of the ice cream and accents the flavors. I had cappuccino ice creams with an espresso vinaigrette.
Of course, you can get normal ice cream without the vinaigrette, too!

Friendly folks! Good vibes.
Cappuccino flavored Hershey’s icecream drizzled with Bordeaux Cherry balsamic vinegar. Mmmmm

Omg. I highly recommend the banana pudding and coconut chocolate almond if you like fruity flavored ice cream!

This place has great ice cream. Although I’m not sure if we went at a bad time. There was some llama drama going on and the girls that worked there seemed angry. But anyways, good ice cream :)

This shop sells fine ice cream and I understand their fudge is a quality product as well. There are a few disappointing aspects to this shop which will preclude us from making future visits:
1) The shop used to have tables but for some reason the owner decided it would be better to replace tables with benches. This makes sharing a premium ice cream bowl pretty darn difficult and discourages customers from buying higher priced items.
2) If a customer asks for a cup of water restaurant staff will grab a bathroom sized Dixie cup and fill it with warm tap water. I’m not a picky person and so warm tap water is fine, but I can not take a business seriously when they provide water by the dixie cup in an attempt to upsell me on a bottle of water. I know they are a business out to make money but the point of an ice cream shop is to sell an experience as well. I’ve paid $ 5 for a product I can get at a grocery store for 70% less. So if a restaurateur is selling an experience they’d best make it a quality one that is all encompassing.
When a customer asks for water to make their dining experience better a restaurateur had better fulfill this simple request lest they lose business to competitors that sell fine ice cream and a quality dining experience.

My wife and I stop by a couple times whenever we’re in town. Delicious Hershey’s ice cream, in-​house fudge, and the service has always been friendly.

I’m sorry, but if someone calls the police on you it sounds like you are probably making a scene. This place was great. The ice cream was delicious, the employees and owner were very kind and I didn’t try the fudge but it sure did look good! I’ll probably go back to this place tomorrow.

We vacation in this area every year and we always try to stop by this wonderful business. Their fudge is homemade and it is delicious! Try the heath toffee fudge! Wonderful owners and very family oriented! Just sweet people and sweet treats!

A great place for a summer day. I always get the cotton candy ice cream. I always make a trip here after the.beach. great customer service and friendly atmosphere. I always recommended this place. Great fudge as well!

A nice friendly clean family run Hershey’s ice cream place. I had a single scoop of midnight caramel and Liz had the homemade fudge. ½ price on a lot of items in the bucket. We bought two packs of cowards gum for 65 cents. Wow.

Didn’t enjoy the lack of samples. How can you limit me to one taste?! It’s not home made ice cream. It’s not gold. It’s friggin Hershey’s ice cream.
Why isn’t there are place for me to wash my hands!!!

Such a great visit! The owners have a great sense of humor and have delicious homemade fudge and Hershey’s ice cream! Free samples too.

Good ice cream selection.
Also variety of candy.
Clean and friendly.
Places to sit inside and out.

Great taste and variety of ice cream and home made fudge. It’s a must for people driving by. Oh and if you like key lime pie, you’ll love their key lime pie milkshake. If you get nothing else, get this shake and enjoy.

AB Ice Cream and Candy shoppe located in a strip mall next to the movie theater in Atlantic Beach, NC serves up «Hershey’s» ice cream but the mom & pop local owner also makes fudge right here in the store. They also have candy if your tag alongs would rather have that. Also on the menu are smoothies. There are benches and chairs inside and a few chairs outside. This place stays open year round with shorter hours in the «off» season. Currently their hours are 11am until ?. They do take credit cards, just not American Express.

Okay, really a 3.5 star place, but I wanted to raise their average after that nutcase left a rant about the manager. No such issues on our visit. The person who appeared to be the manager was extremely nice to us. But we are not demanding nutcases. If you are one, then maybe don’t come here.
Ice cream here is your basic generic mass produced fair. Which is to say it totally hit the spot after a day on the beach. Didn’t try any fudge or candy. The place is in a strip mall, so you have to get the ice cream, then drive down the road to the public beach to have anywhere nice to eat it. Basic solid ice cream store.