Handcrafted since 1919
Our Flavors
Thirty-four flavors, every batch made in small runs — quality first, quantity second.
Handcrafted since 1919
Our Flavors
Every batch made in small runs, the way the original Petersen’s did it in Oak Park. Quality first — quantity second.
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Amaretto Cherry
Amaretto ice cream loaded with cherries and chocolate flakes.
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Apple Crisp
Cinnamon-apple ice cream layered with oatmeal crisps and topped with a brown butter swirl.
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Bear Claw
Sweet dark chocolate ice cream swirled with caramel and loaded with whistle chocolate coated cashews.
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Blue Moon
Traditional nutty and fruity flavored, bright blue ice cream.
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Butter Pecan
Rich, buttery ice cream loaded with roasted pecan halves for the perfect balance of sweet and nutty flavor.
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Carolina Peach
Bushels of sweet peach chunks dropped into creamy peach ice cream.
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Carrot Cake
Cinnamon spice ice cream laced with cream cheese frosting and carrot cake slices.
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Chocolate
Rich, creamy chocolate ice cream made with premium cocoa for a smooth and decadent flavor.
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Cookie Dough
Chocolate chip cookie dough flavored ice cream, homestyle cookie dough and chocolate chip morsels.
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Cool Mint Cookie
Mint ice cream with chocolate covered mint cookie balls, Andes mints and a chocolate cookie fudge swirl.
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Dubai Chocolate
Creamy chocolate ice cream with swirls of rich, pistachio butter and crispy, chocolate crunchies.
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Eskimo Kisses
Cool, coconut ice cream kissed with chocolate truffles and warmed by a thick blanket of fudge.
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Graham Canyon
Graham cracker-flavored ice cream, swirled with graham cracker ripples and studded with chocolate-covered honeycomb toffee pieces.
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Jacked up Tennessee Toffee
Toffee ice cream laced with smooth, whiskey sweet sauce and garnished with broken heath bars.
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Lemon Bar Cheesecake
Lemon bar ice cream filled with cheesecake chunks and graham cracker crust swirl.
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Mackinac Fudge Island
Creamy vanilla ice cream swirled with rich butter fudge and packed with generous chunks of chewy fudge.
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Majestic Milky Way
Chocolate malt flakes blended with a caramel fudge ribbon in milk chocolate ice cream.
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Marion Blackberry
Fruity, blackberry ice cream layered with blackberry sauce.
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Michigan Pot Hole
Thick, black tar fudge in chocolate ice cream with chunks of chocolate asphalt.
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Nana’s Banana Puddin
Banana pudding ice cream swirled with marshmallow creme and vanilla cookies.
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O O Oreo
Oreo cheesecake ice cream with crushed oreo cookies swirled in.
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Peanut Butter Cup
Chocolate ice cream with a rich peanut butter ripple and peanut butter cups.
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Pistachio Almond
Pistachio flavored ice cream with crisp, toasted almonds.
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Puppy Chow
Peanut butter ice cream blended with a decadent chocolate swirl and generous chunks of crunchy Puppy Chow pieces.
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Raspberry Chip Cheesecake
Creamy ice cream with a raspberry swirl and loaded with chocolate chip flakes.
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Raspberry Rendezvous
Black raspberry ice cream with thick fudge and dark chocolate raspberry filled candies.
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Rush Hour
Coffee ice cream with creamy, caramel swirl and chocolate coffee candy chips.
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Sea Turtle
Sea salt caramel ice cream and salty caramel swirl with chocolate caramel turtles.
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Sherbet Orange
Cool crisp orange taste.
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Strawberry
Strawberry ice cream with diced strawberries.
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Strawberry Cheesecake
Cheesecake ice cream with strawberry ripple and chunks of traditional cheesecake.
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Superman
Fluorescent lemon yellow with strawberry red and bubble gum blue ice cream.
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Ultimate Peanut Butter Brownie
Creamy PB ice cream packed with fudgy brownies and drizzled with caramel.
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Vanilla
Rich, creamy vanilla ice cream made with pure vanilla for a timeless, classic flavor.
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Churned the same way since 1919
H. P. Petersen opened his plant on Lake Street in Oak Park, Illinois and built it on one rule. Four shops in the Valley still keep it.
- The Oak Leaves, 28 June 1919 — “New Ice Cream Plant”
- H. P. Petersen, founder
- Quarts, still packed by hand
- Chicago Avenue, Oak Park, winter 1939 · Photo from Oak Park RiverMuseum
- A scoop at the counter today
- The four owners, Peoria
Always worth the drive
Find your nearest shop, ask us about catering, or read how a 1919 ice cream plant ended up in Arizona.

