La Michoacana

On a warm summer day, La Michoacana was an excellent choice for a frozen treat. The only thing is that there are so many choices that it may be difficult to land on just one! The staff at La Michoacana were very patient with us as we asked about almost every flavor and offered to let us try each one. Several flavors were native to Mexican cuisine, so I’m not certain about the names of each one but all were truly tasty. They have smooties, juice pops (cream and fruit based) and ice cream (cream and fruit based). My only regret was not getting to try the juice pops.

Try Mixta, Pinacolada and Ferrero Roche. Awesome taste. You need to keep some time as need to wait for at least 10 minutes before they take ur order

I came here with colleagues during a business meeting in Illinois. This place was packed and after I tried the Paletas (Popsicles) everything made sense. Ice cream here is everything but ordinary. The variety of flavors is incredible which makes it overwhelming for me but excellent for big crowds because everyone will be pleased. I started my Michoacana journey with the mangonada. If you like your fruit covered with fruit seasoning you will love the mangonada. If you do not I recommend you try the tiramisu or kiwi/​strawberry Popsicle which were among the favorites of those in my group. I then had the tamarind paleta. It has been a while since I’ve had tamarindo and it brought me back to childhood. I wish they had this store in Boston. I will definitely come back here next time I’m in Elk Grove village.

The BEST ice cream in greater Chicagoland area hands down!!! No joke they give you a lot of ice cream for $ 4. Get the cone because you get more than you do in a cup. The are also lenient with letting you sample as many flavors as you want. The bars are delicious too.
The des plaines location closes at 9. So i come here a lot for that reason.

This place is amazing! It was 30 minutes before closing and there was still a line, but the line goes quick. Besides it was our first time so it have it plenty of time to decide what we wanted. There is so much variety of the ice cream bars. There were fancy beautiful smoothies. It was like something good network would feature in one of their shows. Can’t wait to go back. Ambience was a bit lacking. There was only two people working the counter so there was no one to clean the tables. Still worth it and just clean the table yourself if you want to stay and sit for a while

1^st time here thanks to Unilocal!
Large varieties of dessert like paletas, smoothie and ice cream to choose from!
We ordered 3 paletas– Chocolate, Pistachio & Strawberry/​Kiwi
All of us love our paletas!!! Real nuts, real fruits and not very sweet! And the price is ridiculously cheap!!!
$ 1.80+tax each only!!!
I’ll definitely come back again! (And again and again and again!)

Have been here many times with the fam. We always love it! My favorite flavor paleta is the tiramisu. We also get the lemonade with chia seeds. Go here it’s da bomb.

Most unique popsicles I’ve ever had. Paletas (mexican popsicles) of all different flavors. It seems like theres a different amount of ice cream/​popsicles at the different stores. One location had more ice cream flavors and just a few popsicles, and another location had more popsicles and less ice cream flavors.
The ice cream was great the first time I went, but after discovering the popsicles, I probably won’t go back to the ice cream. My favorite is this white popsicle with an assortment of fruits in it (kiwi, strawberry, and some other fruits). Loved the guava too, but it seems to have seeds or something in it which are a bit harder to chew. Lots of fruit chunks in their popsicles, so you know theres real fruit in it. Will definitely be back (and have quite a few times) to try other flavors.

BEST ice cream I have had in a very long time. I have noticed that many establishments are getting increasingly more expensive for ice cream (baskin robins) while dropping in quality. However, places like Oberweis will cost you an arm and leg to get good quality ice cream. This place has great quality ice cream for a cheap price. $ 3 gets you a waffle cone with 2 large scoops of ice cream. $ 4 can get you enough ice cream to feed 2 people!!!
I ordered the cookies n cream, which had large chunks of Oreos! Also I tried the pistachio and mint chocolate. Great place to get the best bang for your buck, quality, and consistency.

This franchise is underrated. I’m a huge fan of ice cream shops in and around Chicago but yesterday was the first time I heard about this place. At first, I thought this was the only location, but I was wrong. They are ALL over Chicago and the greater area, and they might actually have more locations then Oberweis.
$ 3.80 for a big cone with 3 – 4 scoops. The ice cream is delicious. I got the oreo flavor and they have HUGE chunks of oreos in there. They have oreo bar ice creams too and all sorts of fruit bars. My friend got the ferreo rocher (however you spell it) and he loved it. At Baskin Robbins, you get two small scoops for about $ 4. So I will probably never go to BR again. The crazy part is, they seem to be famous for the other things they offer. I don’t know the names of them as they label everything in spanish but they look good!
The line was very long when we came and there is barely any dining space. So we ate in our car. The line does move a little slower then other ice cream shops I’ve been too, but then again, some people had pretty big orders.
I’m a huge fan, will probably start exploring other locations.
(FYI: there is one in Edgewater, Pilsen, and Des Plaines)

Cajeta (n): milk, usually from a goat, boiled down with sugar. I don’t know if they use goat milk at La Michoacana, but it was so good I didn’t care.
I had the ice cream here, which comes in three sizes: big, bigger and biggest. They also make homemade paletas, or popsicles; I picked up a strawberry one for my wife.
As a self-​described ice cream fanatic, I have to say that I am beyond impressed by the quality of the custard that goes into the ice cream. Perfect texture and creaminess, for the amount of cajeta they put in… and it was a TON.
The cajeta was sweet, brown and still tasted of the milk that it came from. Better than most caramel syrups I’ve ever had, homemade or otherwise.
In addition, the paleta was not so sweet (good thing), but very creamy and made with fresh fruit. They have a ferrero rocher one (I think) that I’m definitely going to get next time.
If you’re in the northwest suburbs, this is the place to go for great homemade ice cream. Don’t miss out!

Love this place!!!
People always so friendly and everything looks so clean.
Anything you try, taste delicious!!!

Tried this place out today and it was pretty cool. We got a few paletas to go but looking to coming back and trying more flavors.
The Ferrero Rocher was AWESOME. Tastes like real chocolate w/​real hazelnuts and inside? Da da dum… Nutella!!! YUM!
Also tried the key-​lime pie and it was SOOO flavorful. Extremely filling.
Next time i’m trying the tequila flavor and having some more of the Ferrero Rocher!
They have TONS of flavors!!! Very generous size of the paletas. Seems like they are freshly made.

I died and went to heaven. Good lord, I’m happy that this place is few blocks away from my home but also scared. Scared because God knows how hard it’ll be to not go here weekly. I tried the ferrero rocher ice cream. and it was amazing. They definitely don’t skimp on the chunks of fabulousness throughout the chocolatey smooth ice cream. My daughter had the Oreo paleta and she said it was very good. or as some may say, muy bueno.
The elotes were bomb… no complaints here folks. Hurry up and go… now!!!

I love this place! If I could, I would go here everyday! :D
I expected a small ice cream shop with a small random assortment of popsicles but it’s a BIG ice cream shop with LOTS of random assortments of everything. They have paletas (popsicles?), smoothies, milkshakes, and best of all, ELOTES. I found it super random that they sell this but it’s one of the best I’ve had. I love that they are so generous with the portions compared to other places.
I highly recommend their ferrero rocher paleta. It’s the most chocolate-​y, most amazing thing ever. I’ve tried their avocado and pistachio which are also very good. Don’t forget their elote! Must get it with everything (mayo, cheese and don’t forget the chili powder – make it’s super spicy but so good!)
It takes awhile to decide what to get bc of the variety of options but this place is seriously the best!

First time visiting La Michoacana. My only experience with paletas (frozen fruit bars or ice cream bars) prior to coming here has been with the paletas guys pushing the carts around in Chicago or from the freezer cases at the ethnic grocery stores. Those were always good so I was excited to hear about a place that was all about the paletas.
FOOD: It’s all about the paletas here. Two large freezer cases full of colorful stacks of paletas. There were so many choices. And everything looked so good. There were several fruit bars with whole fruit pieces as well as cream based pops such as butter pecan and cookies and cream. I was drawn to the the Ferrero Roche bar and was very satisfied. Lots of chopped hazelnuts and the Popsicle stick itself was covered in Nutella so it made it like a Nutella center of the bar. We also tried the watermelon paleta which was very refreshing. Almost like eating frozen watermelon!
Besides the paletas, they ask have two freezer case of ice cream that also looked very good. I’ll definitely be back to try it.
They also had a few food items such as elotes but the main items here are the ice cream and paletas.
SERVICE: as some other reviews have mentioned, most of the workers there don’t speak English. However, there was a very nice lady who did speak English and was very helpful in pointing out different flavors (since the paletas were not labeled).
OVERALL: Good first time experience and will definitely be back to try more flavors.

Pretty much my go to place. You will see me here at least twice a week, so say Hi. Invited couple people to check this place after Tabitha suggested this place. Now it is stormed with a heavy population of Asians. This store has a variety of Paletas (ice pops) you can choose from. I recommend getting Watermelon (a juice base) or if you prefer a (milky base) get Strawberry /​Fresca! There are two different base you can choose from, so explore! From 1.85 each to 2.50, take my money.

This place is the best! They have such a huge selection of paletas, and they always taste fresh.
There’s usually a long line and it doesn’t move super fast, but it’s so worth it!

Omgsh. Authentic Mexican homemade ice cream! They have cream based and juice based flavors– all delicious. You can really taste the flavors rather than eating straight up sugar like most ice cream chains. Known for the paletas– which are super cheap– but there are also hand scooped ice cream options, as well as banana splits, agua frescas, shakes, etc. A pure hidden gem in the middle of mount prospect, and I will not be satisfied for dessert elsewhere when I’m in this area from now on.

Why does this place only have 12 reviews? Either the clientele is not on Unilocal OR it’s only been open for a week.
The popsicles are ridiculous and come in pretty much every flavor you can imagine. They also add a unique touch to each popsicle that make them very unique. The mango paleta (popsicle) has a dried mango stuck to the side. The ferrero rocher paleta has an actual piece of the chocolate at the base.
The popsicles with cream in them strike an amazing balance between popsicle and ice cream that I’ve never seen before.
And don’t worry about them melting. You’ll devour them before they get the chance.