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NYC ice cream: The best shops from Morgenstern’s to Ample Hills

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Ice & Vice–CHECKED
Creativity rules at Ice & Vice. There are plenty of unique flavors to check out, such as the 9AM (Vietnamese coffee and doughnut truffles), Opium Den (white sesame, toasted poppy seeds and lemon bread croutons), and the ice cream pie (malted vanilla ice cream and fruity pebbles marshmallow pie crust in an ice cream cone). Seasonal flavors are just as unique, with Flaming (ghost pepper and strawberry mole sauce), Cheesy (peach, yogurt, and cheddar crisp), and Pokey (prickly pear and candied cactus meringue). (221 E. Broadway, Lower East Side; 43rd and Broadway, Times Square; and 27-20 Jackson Ave, Queens, iceandvice.com) Photo Credit: Linda Rosier
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  • Chinatown Ice Cream Factory has amassed a loyal following while becoming a destination for out-of-towners. Most come for Asian-inspired flavors (ginger, taro, pandan, red bean), but you can get what they like to call the “exotics,” e.g. vanilla, too. At the original (65 Bayard St., Chinatown), you have 40 flavors to choose from. Other locations at Essex Market (115 Delancey St., LES); and in Queens (135-15 40th Rd.), where it’s known as Flushing Ice Cream Factory. ( chinatownicecreamfactory.com)” data-id=”133085013″ data-link=”https://amnewyork.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/6189_image.jpg” class=”wp-image-1.33085013″/>
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  • Health-minded Bive creates flavors from natural ingredients — and some might even be good for you. The Soothe Me Up ice cream, made with toasted coconut, almond milk, dark chocolate chips, vanilla and coconut cream, uses valerian root to calm the body and mind. Billed as serving "ice cream with purpose," the shop also offers sorbets, including Keep Me Strong, with echinacea and soursop for an immunity bump, and Boost Me Up, with collagen, passion fruit, chia seeds, coconut water and amaranth for skin and joint health. (95 Orchard St., thegoodbive.com)” data-id=”133086277″ data-link=”https://amnewyork.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/6190_image.jpg” class=”wp-image-1.33086277″/>
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  • This downtown spot makes one colorful cone-full with soft serve flavors like ube (purple yam) and black sesame. Customize your dessert with toppings like toasted coconut, Fruity Pebbles, boba, mochi, marshmallows and freeze-dried strawberries. Or try a softswervenyc.com)” data-id=”131502634″ data-link=”https://amnewyork.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/6192_image.jpg” class=”wp-image-1.31502634″/>
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  • Starting with an ice cream truck in June 2009, Big Gay Ice Cream has become a New York favorite and has expanded to three Manhattan locations. With treats ranging from the famous chocolate and dulce de leche Salty Pimp cone to the Mermaid Sundae with Key Lime curd, this is soft serve elevated. And yes, there are milkshakes. (West Village, 61 Grove St.; East Village, 125 E. 7th St.; South Street Seaport, 207 Front St. biggayicecream.com)

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Butter pecan, rocky road and peanut butter marshmallow crunch are a few of our favorite things.

Whether you’re a die-hard vanilla fan or always on the hunt for a new flavor, these ice cream cream parlors won’t leave you disappointed.

Scroll through our picks for some of the best city spots to grab a scoop.

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