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

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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
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
Martinelli's Apple Cider & Cranberry Jam
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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
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
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
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 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
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
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

Stopped here while in Santa Barbara for the day and DAMN. Some of the best ice cream I've had in my entire life. Tried the earl grey and shortbread, mango sorbet, apple cider and cranberry jam, and eureka lemon and marionberry. All fire, but that lemon one was over the top delicious.
November 2024
? TRY the PUMPKIN ? SPICE flavor….it’ll make you happy to enjoy the Fall Season!

This place is a bit too pricey. So it was a splurge but a delicious one! ?

Great staff!!! ?
October 2024
We went here for our afternoon snacks and ordered

Small 2 flavors, I think chocolate and something with caramel and the other Double with mint, and I'm not sure about the other flavor. Total: $20.64 with tips

We must say that McConnell's might be the best ice cream we have tried. It has not-too-sweet flavors and some flavors that we don't mind trying.

Overall, we are happy we tried and satisfied our sweet...
October 2024

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McConnell's Fine Ice Creams

728 State St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
(805) 324-4402