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.

  • Amaretto Cherry ice cream cone

    Amaretto Cherry

    Amaretto ice cream loaded with cherries and chocolate flakes.

  • Apple Crisp ice cream cone

    Apple Crisp

    Cinnamon-apple ice cream layered with oatmeal crisps and topped with a brown butter swirl.

  • Bear Claw ice cream cone

    Bear Claw

    Sweet dark chocolate ice cream swirled with caramel and loaded with whistle chocolate coated cashews.

  • Blue Moon ice cream cone

    Blue Moon

    Traditional nutty and fruity flavored, bright blue ice cream.

  • Butter Pecan ice cream cone

    Butter Pecan

    Rich, buttery ice cream loaded with roasted pecan halves for the perfect balance of sweet and nutty flavor.

  • Carolina Peach ice cream cone

    Carolina Peach

    Bushels of sweet peach chunks dropped into creamy peach ice cream.

  • Carrot Cake ice cream cone

    Carrot Cake

    Cinnamon spice ice cream laced with cream cheese frosting and carrot cake slices.

  • Chocolate ice cream cone

    Chocolate

    Rich, creamy chocolate ice cream made with premium cocoa for a smooth and decadent flavor.

  • Cookie Dough ice cream cone

    Cookie Dough

    Chocolate chip cookie dough flavored ice cream, homestyle cookie dough and chocolate chip morsels.

  • Cool Mint Cookie ice cream cone

    Cool Mint Cookie

    Mint ice cream with chocolate covered mint cookie balls, Andes mints and a chocolate cookie fudge swirl.

  • Dubai Chocolate ice cream cone

    Dubai Chocolate

    Creamy chocolate ice cream with swirls of rich, pistachio butter and crispy, chocolate crunchies.

  • Eskimo Kisses ice cream cone

    Eskimo Kisses

    Cool, coconut ice cream kissed with chocolate truffles and warmed by a thick blanket of fudge.

  • Graham Canyon ice cream cone

    Graham Canyon

    Graham cracker-flavored ice cream, swirled with graham cracker ripples and studded with chocolate-covered honeycomb toffee pieces.

  • Jacked up Tennessee Toffee ice cream cone

    Jacked up Tennessee Toffee

    Toffee ice cream laced with smooth, whiskey sweet sauce and garnished with broken heath bars.

  • Lemon Bar Cheesecake ice cream cone

    Lemon Bar Cheesecake

    Lemon bar ice cream filled with cheesecake chunks and graham cracker crust swirl.

  • Mackinac Fudge Island ice cream cone

    Mackinac Fudge Island

    Creamy vanilla ice cream swirled with rich butter fudge and packed with generous chunks of chewy fudge.

  • Majestic Milky Way ice cream cone

    Majestic Milky Way

    Chocolate malt flakes blended with a caramel fudge ribbon in milk chocolate ice cream.

  • Marion Blackberry ice cream cone

    Marion Blackberry

    Fruity, blackberry ice cream layered with blackberry sauce.

  • Michigan Pot Hole ice cream cone

    Michigan Pot Hole

    Thick, black tar fudge in chocolate ice cream with chunks of chocolate asphalt.

  • Nana’s Banana Puddin ice cream cone

    Nana’s Banana Puddin

    Banana pudding ice cream swirled with marshmallow creme and vanilla cookies.

  • O O Oreo ice cream cone

    O O Oreo

    Oreo cheesecake ice cream with crushed oreo cookies swirled in.

  • Peanut Butter Cup ice cream cone

    Peanut Butter Cup

    Chocolate ice cream with a rich peanut butter ripple and peanut butter cups.

  • Pistachio Almond ice cream cone

    Pistachio Almond

    Pistachio flavored ice cream with crisp, toasted almonds.

  • Puppy Chow ice cream cone

    Puppy Chow

    Peanut butter ice cream blended with a decadent chocolate swirl and generous chunks of crunchy Puppy Chow pieces.

  • Raspberry Chip Cheesecake ice cream cone

    Raspberry Chip Cheesecake

    Creamy ice cream with a raspberry swirl and loaded with chocolate chip flakes.

  • Raspberry Rendezvous ice cream cone

    Raspberry Rendezvous

    Black raspberry ice cream with thick fudge and dark chocolate raspberry filled candies.

  • Rush Hour ice cream cone

    Rush Hour

    Coffee ice cream with creamy, caramel swirl and chocolate coffee candy chips.

  • Sea Turtle ice cream cone

    Sea Turtle

    Sea salt caramel ice cream and salty caramel swirl with chocolate caramel turtles.

  • Sherbet Orange ice cream cone

    Sherbet Orange

    Cool crisp orange taste.

  • Strawberry ice cream cone

    Strawberry

    Strawberry ice cream with diced strawberries.

  • Strawberry Cheesecake ice cream cone

    Strawberry Cheesecake

    Cheesecake ice cream with strawberry ripple and chunks of traditional cheesecake.

  • Superman ice cream cone

    Superman

    Fluorescent lemon yellow with strawberry red and bubble gum blue ice cream.

  • Ultimate Peanut Butter Brownie ice cream cone

    Ultimate Peanut Butter Brownie

    Creamy PB ice cream packed with fudgy brownies and drizzled with caramel.

  • Vanilla ice cream cone

    Vanilla

    Rich, creamy vanilla ice cream made with pure vanilla for a timeless, classic flavor.

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.

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