McConnell's Fine Ice Creams

728 State St, Santa Barbara
(805) 324-4402

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Mango Sorbet and Strawberry Ice Cream

Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Sea Salt Cream & Cookies

Ice Cream Flavours 2

Salted Caramel Chip

Chocolate Ice Cream

Churros Con Leche

Chocolate Chip

Ice Cream Cone

Cookie Dough

A Central Coast Thanksgiving celebration from McConnell's and Martinelli's. Built on over 200 years of combined California heritage, this one features Martinelli's crisp, sweet, effervescent, delicious Sparkling Apple Cider, infused into Central Coast milk & cream, backed by ribbons upon ribbons of McC's house-made, tart cranberry jam. Give. Thanks.CONTAINS: Milk, EggsNUT FREE, GLUTEN FREE

Dairy-Free Gingerbread House

Heaps of our deliciously decadent, house-baked gingerbread cookies, folded into indulgent, oat milk-based "cream", and painted with swirls of dark, Guittard chocolate. Your holiday wishes, granted.DAIRY-FREE, GLUTEN FREE, NUT FREE, EGG FREE

Sweet Cream Caramel Brownie

Luscious swirls of salted caramel, amid heaps of gooey, rich & chocolaty, house-baked brownies, bathed in decadent, indulgent, vanilla-spiked, sweet cream ice cream. For those times when having it all in life actually seems possible.CONTAINS: Eggs, Milk, WheatNUT FREE

Cookies & Cream

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

Cookie Dough

Chunks of classic chocolate chip cookie dough suspended in McC's sweet cream, with just a splash of R.R. Lochhead® vanilla, make for McC's unique spin on a long-time favorite.CONTAINS: Eggs, Milk, Wheat

Brownies Cookies & Fudge

McC's-own, house-baked brownies and chocolate chunk cookies, folded into lightly salted, organic sweet cream, and topped with swirls of delicious, organic, gooey chocolate fudge. CONTAINS: Milk, Eggs, Wheat

Egg Nog & Snickerdoodle Swirl

The holidays are here, and it's time to break out the good stuff. Bourbon-spiked, nutmeg-spiced sweet cream ice cream accompanied by swirls of irresistible, cinnamon-infused snickerdoodle cookies. CONTAINS: Eggs, Milk, Wheat

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

Dairy-Free Peanut Butter Chocolate Crunch

Our delicious, house-made ‘cow chow' (chocolate-coated cereal) alongside swirls of rich, chocolate fudge, churned into peanut-butter-infused, oat milk-based sweet cream. GLUTEN 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

Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate

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

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

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 Cookies & Cream

Our dairy-free, dense and velvety smooth sweet cream, with a hint of R.R. Lochhead® vanilla and heaps of house-made, dark chocolate cookies churned throughout.GLUTEN FREE, NUT FREE

Mint Chip

Visions of scorching, hot Summer days. Poolside, toes dancing on hot cement. Organic peppermint bathed in Central Coast, grass-fed milk & cream and our melted, bittersweet chocolate chip. Childhood was never this good.CONTAINS: Eggs, MilkGLUTEN FREE, NUT FREE

Sprinkle Cake

Rainbow sprinkles. What are they, really? Hopes? Dreams...? Unicorn tears...? How'd they ever get so small and cute? And whose idea was it to pair them with sheet cake, because this stuff is crazy good.CONTAINS: Eggs, Milk, WheatNUT 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

Ice Cream Pints

Sea Salt Cream & Cookies

Sweet Cream Caramel Brownie

Santa Barbara Strawberry

Sprinkle Cake

Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Cookies & Cream

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

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

Mint Chip

Double Peanut Butter Chip

Coffee

Espresso infused into fresh, Central Coast, grass-fed milk & cream. Coffee lovers' prayers are answered is a mule kick of bold, complex coffee flavors.CONTAINS: Eggs, MilkGLUTEN FREE, NUT FREE

Salted Caramel Chip

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

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

Cookie Dough

Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate

Toasted Coconut Almond Chip

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

Sweet Cream

Don't underestimate the subtle perfection of Sweet Cream. With an ingredients list of only: Cream, Milk, Cane Sugar, Non-Fat Milk Solids, and Egg Yolks, it really doesn't need anything else. Although it does make a pretty good base for a whatever else you'd like to put on top.CONTAINS: Eggs, MilkGLUTEN FREE, NUT FREE

Pumpkin Caramel & Candied Pecans

Rich, salted caramel swirled into our seasonally sensational, spiced pumpkin ice cream and topped off with toasted, buttery pecan pralines. This Thanksgiving, skip the overcooked turkey and go straight for the main event. CONTAINS: Eggs, Milk, Tree Nuts (Pecans)Gluten Free

Martinelli's Apple Cider & Cranberry Jam

Reindeer Tracks

Decadent, dark(ish) chocolate ice cream, spiked with peppermint candy and heaps of rich, chewy chocolate cookies. This holiday season, ditch the socks, boxed wine and desk calendars, and give the gift that melts.CONTAINS: Eggs, Milk, Wheat, SoyNUT FREE

Egg Nog & Snickerdoodle Swirl

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

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

Brownies Cookies & Fudge

Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownie

Decadent, organic dark cocoa, melted into organic, grass-fed milk & cream, then paired with thick, creamy peanut butter, and studded with rich, chocolaty, house-baked brownies. CONTAINS: Milk, Eggs, Wheat, Peanuts

Golden State Vanilla

Dairy-Free Frozen Desserts Pints

Dairy-Free Coffee Cookie Crumble

Fans of insipid coffee ice creams, we are not. Here at McC's, we like our frozen desserts as strong and sweet as love. So, welcome to this delicious, creamy combo of rich, coffee flavor and two, yes, two, distinct, house-made McC's cookie crumbles (chocolate and chocolate chip)!GLUTEN FREE, NUT FREE

Dairy-Free Chocolate Fudge & Cookies

Decadent house-made chocolate cookies folded into plant-based, Guittard® chocolate-infused "cream", alongside a river of our house-made, melted chocolate fudge. Indulge.GLUTEN FREE, NUT FREE

Mango Sorbet

A delicious, tartly sweet sorbet of fresh mango purée.

Dairy-Free Cookies & Cream

Our dairy-free, dense and velvety smooth sweet cream, with a hint of R.R. Lochhead® vanilla and heaps of house-made, dark chocolate cookies churned throughout.GLUTEN FREE, NUT FREE

Dairy-Free Passion Fruit Lemon Swirl

Sweetly tart, perfectly ripe passion fruit, folded into our indulgent, plant-based "ice cream", paired with a luscious swirl of citrusy sweetness.GLUTEN FREE, NUT FREE

Dairy-Free Peanut Butter Chocolate Crunch

Our delicious, house-made ‘cow chow' (chocolate-coated cereal) alongside swirls of rich, chocolate fudge, churned into peanut-butter-infused, oat milk-based sweet cream. GLUTEN FREE

Dairy-Free Salted-Caramel Chocolate Swirl

For salted caramel fans who long ago grew tired of accepting apologies from companies whose dairy-free salted caramel was somehow less than, finally, your prayers have been answered. Salted caramel, infused into our oat milk base, and paired with a dark and indulgent, house-made chocolate ribbon.GLUTEN FREE, NUT FREE

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

Dairy-Free Gingerbread House

Dairy-Free Peppermint Mocha & Brownie Bites

Decadent, house-baked, gluten-free brownies, folded into peppermint-spiked mocha "cream", with swirls of rich, chocolate ganache. Very merry, indeed.DAIRY-FREE, GLUTEN FREE, NUT FREE, EGG FREE

Extras

Chocolate Chunk Cookie (1)

Waffle Cone (1)

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

Boylan Root Beer

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

Boylan Orange Soda

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

Sugar Cones (4)

Coca Cola

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Recent Reviews

The girl behind the counter was nice and mentioned that we could try samples since it was our first time there. I ended up getting a single sized cup of Santa Barbara strawberry and cookies and cream. I really like how you can get two flavors in a single portion without paying extra. It’s the perfect size and just enough without making me feel overly full. This is some of the best ice cream I have ever had. It’s fresh and creamy. I liked both flavors, but the...

July 2026

It was super busy on 4th of July evening and yet the staff was super friendly and let us try multiple flavors. The icecream was good and and pretty creamy but I have to say the cusos down the street is phenomenal and much better especially since you can buy mcconnells pints at Whole Foods. Very unique flavors though!

July 2026

Oh man, simply incredible ice cream. It's wild what using local dairy and high-quality mix-ins will do for ice cream. Big fan of the strawberry, sea salt cream & cookies, and earl grey tea & shortbread cookies. I was feeling bold, so I went for a flight of 5 flavors in a waffle cone. It's a lot of ice cream, but totally doable for a hungry patron. Just maybe get a spoon and a cup to buy yourself some time from the melting.

June 2026

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