McConnell's Fine Ice Creams - SLO

868 Monterey St, San Luis Obispo
(805) 439-5055

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Eureka Lemon and Marionberry

Toasted Coconut Almond Chip

Sea Salt Cream & Cookies

Salted Caramel Chip

Churros Con Leche

Waffle Cone 1

Mint Chip

Great chocolate ice cream. Like unicorns, it's typically a myth. We want to believe, but typically, it's just...sadness. Not anymore, kids. Welcome to this trifecta of Guittard cocoa, house-made chocolate ganache, and our melted, bittersweet chocolate chip. Believe it.CONTAINS: Eggs, MilkGLUTEN FREE, NUT FREE

Earl Grey Tea & Shortbread Cookies

Buttery, shortbread cookies, folded into Bergamot oil-infused black tea and grass-fed milk & cream. It's like Afternoon Tea. Only frozen. And creamier. And without the finger sandwiches. Scooped into pints at your local shop. CONTAINS: Eggs, Milk, Wheat

Churros Con Leche

Churros. What are they? Pastry? Breakfast food? Exotic, amuse bouche? Bathed in silky, Central Coast, grass-fed milk & cream, these buttery, cinnamony, vanilla-spiked denizens of country fair fryers are pure perfection. CONTAINS: Eggs, Milk, Wheat

Cookies & Cream

Decadent, dense and velvety smooth, Sweet Cream ice cream, paired with rich, chewy chocolate cookies.CONTAINS: Eggs, Milk, Wheat, SoyNUT FREE

Salted Caramel Chip

Salt + caramel? Meh. Caramel + salt + melted, bittersweet chocolate? Uh, yes please? Distinct, caramelized toffee notes bathed in grass-fed milk & cream. A drool-worthy trifecta 10-point Helvetica cannot convey.CONTAINS: Eggs, MilkGLUTEN FREE, NUT FREE

Double Peanut Butter Chip

Thick and creamy peanut butter, folded into peanut butter-infused, Central Coast, grass-fed milk & cream, alongside shards of melted, bittersweet chocolate. A moment of silence for all other peanut butter-based ice creams.CONTAINS: Eggs, Milk, PeanutsGLUTEN FREE

Sea Salt Cream & Cookies

Fresh from The Bake Room at McC's. Dense, velvety smooth sweet cream ice cream, a hint of local sea salt and bountiful bits of our chewy, Guittard®, chocolate chunk cookies.CONTAINS: Eggs, Milk, WheatNUT FREE

Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Local, picked-at-their prime, Santa Barbara strawberry preserves, bathed in sweet cream and set off by our deliciously dark, melted, bittersweet chocolate chip. You're. Welcome.CONTAINS: Eggs, MilkGLUTEN FREE, NUT FREE

Santa Barbara Strawberry

Sinfully ripe Santa Barbara strawberry preserves, macerated and stirred-into Central Coast, grass-fed milk & cream. A splash of R.R. Lochhead® vanilla. A shot of Eureka lemon juice. It's Mid-Summer on California's Central Coast.CONTAINS: Eggs, MilkGluten Free

Eureka Lemon & Marionberries

A Left Coast love child. Willamette Valley, Oregon marionberry preserves, folded into tart and tangy, Eureka lemon-infused, Central coast milk & cream.CONTAINS: Eggs, MilkGLUTEN FREE, NUT FREE

Vanilla Bean

Sourced from the Madagascar farms of 50+ year McC's partner, vanilla revolutionary/guru R.R. Lochhead. The very same, full-flavored, classic ‘nilla-liciousness we've been kicking down since forever.CONTAINS: Eggs, MilkGLUTEN FREE, NUT FREE

Toasted Coconut Almond Chip

Shredded coconut, toasted to caramelized perfection, crunchy, salt-roasted almonds, and our melted, bittersweet chocolate chip. What coconut milk-based "ice creams" want to be when they grow up.CONTAINS: Eggs, Milk, Tree Nuts (Coconut, Almonds)GLUTEN FREE

Blueberries & Lemon Glazed Donuts

Old fashioned lemon-glazed donuts, baked from scratch by our friends at Hook & Press in Santa Barbara, paired with blueberry-infused Central Coast milk & cream and tartly sweet lemon glaze.CONTAINS: Eggs, Milk, Wheat, Soy, Tree Nuts

Katy Perry - Baby, You're A Firework

A collaboration with our fellow Santa Barbarian, Katy Perry, in support of her Firework Foundation that empowers kids to discover their spark throughthe arts. Featuring 'even brighter than the moon' blue raspberry ice cream, 'ignite the light' raspberry jam, & 'let your colors burst' rainbow sprinkles. Boom, boom, boom!

Organic Fine Ice Creams Pints

Strawberries & Shortbread Cookies

Picked-at-their-peak, impossibly ripe, organic Santa Barbara strawberries, cooked down to jammy perfection, then stirred into decadent, organic, sweet cream ice cream, and accompanied by chunks of house-baked shortbread cookies. CONTAINS: Milk, Eggs, Wheat

Golden State Vanilla

A vanilla fanatic's vanilla - assertive, rich and ?oral. Madagascar (Bourbon) vanilla sourced from our ?fty-plus year partner, vanilla guru R.R. Lochhead®. Au revoir to all "French" vanillas. This one's California gold. CONTAINS: Milk, Eggs

Dairy-Free Frozen Desserts Pints

Dairy-Free Vanilla Bean

Dairy-free vanilla. Most times, it's even less interesting than most dairy-based vanilla ice creams. Well, hear this: McC's dairy-free Vanilla Bean, featuring our 50+year partner, revolutionary/guru R.R. Lochhead®? It's anything but just vanilla.GLUTEN FREE, NUT FREE

House-Baked Cookie Pints

Chocolate Chunk Cookie (6 Cookies Per Pint)

From its buttery, slightly crispy outer shell, to its soft & chewy, ooey-gooey core, our melt-in-your-mouth cookie - filled with chunks of bittersweet, Guittard® chocolate - is something you will not want to share with your friends & family.CONTAINS: Eggs, Milk, Wheat

Brownie Cookie (6 Cookies Per Pint)

Intensely deep, dark cocoa alongside rich, velvety chunks of Guittard® chocolate, with just a touch of sea salt. Chocoholics will feel compelled to journal once exposed to this cookie.CONTAINS: Eggs, Milk, Wheat

Peanut Butter Crunch (6 Cookies Per Pint)

Slightly crackled, crunchy exterior. Richly warm and chewy, irresistibly salty-sweet and creamy peanut buttery center. All of it, speckled with salt-roasted peanuts. A peanut butter cookie for the ages.CONTAINS: Eggs, Milk, Wheat, Peanuts, Soy

Extras

Chocolate Chunk Cookie (1)

Waffle Cone (1)

Made from scratch in house - You can't get fresher than that!

Sugar Cones (4)

Boylan Root Beer

A rich sassafras flavor derived from cinnamon, sweet birch, vanilla, and wintergreen oil.

Coca Cola

Boylan Orange Soda

Refreshing and less sweet than a typical orange soda, with Italian mandarin and tangerine oils.

Brownie (1)

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Great quality ice cream made with fresh ingredients. McConnell’s is my favorite place to get strawberry ice cream. Their single scoop serving size is the perfect size to satisfy any major sweet tooth.

August 2025

Second time at McConnell’s in SLO and still just as good as I remembered. The staff is super friendly and patient — really great service. I went all in this time and got four flavors in one cup: strawberry, matcha, coffee x 2, I couldn’t resist. All were smooth, rich, and so fresh-tasting. Loved the combo of classic and unique flavors. Perfect spot to cool off and treat yourself. Definitely a must-stop.

July 2025

I’m sooo forever grateful this place is open til 10pm. Their sea salt cream & cookies is my usual go to. Yes their ice cream is good and yummy but five stars cause they’re open late.

June 2025

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