Lake Hiawatha Dairy

I was introduced here by my friend who lives in the neighborhood. He is a foodie.
I have to say it is amazing to have truly homemade original ice cream flavors.
My wife is a Penn State alum. When we were dsting the high point was a trip to the creamery there.
This place is as good as those memories.
I had the moosetracks. She had a cappuccino.
The best.

The ice cream here is really good, both soft serve and hard. Can’t go wrong with the creamy vanilla and chocolate soft serve twist in a waffle cone. The green tea is a welcome addition as it’s not offered at typical ice cream parlors. The flavor selection is plentiful so I’m sure any craving could be accomodated. They also have milkshakes and ice cream cakes which all look good. Glad to have this local ice cream parlor to come to when craving ice cream!

The best birthday cake ever! Thanks so much for my delicious chocolate flamingo cake. Our local Denville «Dairy» said three days was not enough time to make a chocolate cake but you guys came through-​and it was as beautiful as it was yummy!

My favorite place to get ice cream! Be sure to try the chocolate peanut butter flavor. The ice cream is so rich and definitely above average.

Good variety; huge scoops, reasonably priced. Had a small mango cup, was very good but the mango flavor was lost on me it tasted more like a creamsicle flavor which I was fine with. Husband had sea-​salt caramel on a sugar cone, which was delicious! I’ll have that next time.

Definitely one of my favorite places for soft serve!!! I’ve been coming here for about 17 years now and the ice cream has always been consistently amazing!

Great prices, great ice cream, good variety, and friendly staff! Will be back! Always such nice girls working there.

Good ice cream, but very disorganized service. Not clear where the line is. Random order of service. I counted 7 people behind the counter, but only three or four actually serving customers. Maybe consider getting one of those number dispensers with the «now serving #_​» signs?

Holy ice cream this place is really good. The price is very reasonable. For a small cup it was like $ 3.
The variety of options made it very difficult to decide on just one flavor, so I got two. The vanilla with peanut butter was perfect. I am not a big chocolate fan, but love pb and vanilla/​pb is not easy to find. The play doh was just the right amount of sweetness and a fun color to top it off!
Will definitely stop by when in the area again.

They have the creamiest ice cream and a wide variety of flavors to choose from! My favorite flavors from there are pistachio and strawberry. They are a bit pricey though but worth it.

Best Ice Cream store in the area! So many flavors and they have the best ice cream cakes, my mom is the cake decorator there! :) you have to go in a try it if your in the area.

The best home-​made ice cream in the area, hands down. The pumpkin ice cream (during Fall time) is not to be missed. Probably on par with the Denville Dairy, but none of the long, crowded lines. The atmosphere is friendly, and there are a few small tables outside where patrons can sit (best during warm months).

Friendly atmosphere and a wide selection of flavors. Saying that however, I didn’t think their ice cream was as flavorful as I’ve had at other ice cream places. Their was a blandness to the ones I tried.

Woulda never gone here because I’m closer to Denville dairy but I loved this dairy when I tried it. Their coffee ice-​cream and chocolate ice-​cream is so good! I bring the whole family. And the atmosphere is cozy it has an 80’s vibe to it. And it’s not as expensive as it’s stated on here.

So far it has not been the most pleasant experience mainly from a customer service perspective. I am hoping they will improve upon that.

This place is dangerous since I live so close. The soft serve is great. They usually have your basic chocolate, vanilla, and a random flavor. They have a variety of (hard) flavors and its always so hard for me to choose! The Red Velvet is amazing. I had a small cup of that and I wanted more. So my piggish self went back up and ordered some Confetti. It was cake batter ice cream with lil confetti sprinkle things in it. So effin good. I’ve also had the Oreo cheesecake and Pistachio which were good, but I would’ve preferred the Oreo cheesecake to be a little more cheesecake-​y, that’s just me.
Side note: I went in to buy one of their pre-​made items one late night. I grabbed an ice cream sandwich and was about to pay. The guy (who I later found out was the owner) picked up the sandwich and was examining it. He refused to sell it to me because he said it wasn’t fresh. I said I didn’t mind at all and he insisted. He made sure I got a fresh one and that his staff was on top of it. He even threw in a freebie. I thought that was pretty cool.

The Ice cream is good, the best in town! But, a bit pricey in my opinion.

This place has really good ice cream! IMO, the best local ice cream shop around. I go for ice cream 2 – 3 times a month and this is one of the stops 2 out of the 3 times :) I never had a flavor hear that was bad. I always order any type of blackberry or raspberrry flavor, if they don’t have those I’ll choose a butter pecan, peanut butter, or maybe another sweet flavored one. Regardless, I never had an ice cream flavor here that was bad or felt I could find better in a supermarket. Love this place and also love that it is somewhat of a hidden gem because most people think the best ice cream is a few towns over, but, IMO that is not the case.

Since I moved to Parsippany this corner ice cream shop has been at least three different businesses… don’t know why the others failed, but I thought they were all pretty good. I’ve tried Lake Hiawatha Dairy twice now and have been pleasantly surprised with the quality of the ice cream. I’m a bit of an ice cream snob (and a pizza snob, and a hot dog snob, and a burger snob… you get the point) and can turn on a place if their product is weak. But they theke their ice cream seriously here so it’s worth your time to give them a try.
Lake Hiawatha Dairy’s ice cream is very good-​excellent texture, not too much air in their soft ice cream and the hard ice cream is very dense, the two flavors I tried were excellent, and there was no chemical flavor aftertaste. I tried the peanut butter campfire crunch and their soft ice cream and while it won’t become my #1 go-​to ice cream place in the Parsippany/​Denville/​Boonton area, it IS good enough for me to stop in when I’m in the area… I no longer need to drive across town to quench the ice cream cravings!!!
I’d say that the only negative is that they are a little bit pricey for the amount of ice cream you get in a serving. Looking forward to trying some other flavors!

This is one of my five favorite places to visit in Hiawatha. The hard ice-​cream is heaven in a cup. I wouldn’t say the ice-​cream is inexpensive (moderate perhaps), but it’s worth every penny ’cause it’s so good!
TIP: Have dinner in town and skip dessert… go here instead and have one of their delicious flavors. Can’t decide… mix it up. Open all year (thank goodness!!)