Well....... Fewer words are sometimes better. Tied with (Ashleys- in CT.) for my favorite Ice cream, PERIOD! ANYWHERE! Hornstra's is incredibly rich, thick and super creamy. Each time that we come to Beaconhill to visit my daughters, its Ice cream time at Hornstra's. William Perrelliphoto.com Instagram: perrelliphoto read more

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The absolute best ice cream in the area, maybe even all of New England. I look forward to coming here every summer for a Sundae. Their ice cream stand usually has a line but moves pretty quick. They also have a store front where you can buy the ice cream by the pint and some other goodies as well. The cows always look happy and taken care of! read more

Hornstra Farms - Sundae - Specialty Food Near Me - Norwell, Massachusetts

I love this place! The whole farm setting was so cute and unique. Even in the rain, we loved being here. I got the pasture patty chocolate icecream and it was fantastic. Plus, I had heard that their chocolate sprinkles actually taste like chocolate and I was not disappointed! Prices are very reasonable for the experience and quality of the icecream they serve. Then, on top of everything else, they give you the chance to pet baby cows! read more

Hornstra Farms - Baby cows! - Specialty Food Near Me - Norwell, Massachusetts

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Really cool place for some good ice cream, milk, and the farm vibes only the back woods of the south shore can bring. During the summer it's a cool place to cool down and in the winter, they have the best eggnog I've ever had. We lived in CA for a few years and I would call every winter and beg them to overnight some eggnog for me. I'm glad we moved back to the area. I can stick up now! read more

Food is great and I absolutely love the cows but they regularly have rubbed themselves raw from itching and don't look properly cared for. There has to be an opportunity for 4H or a program to help with grooming. read more

The ice cream is the main attraction. This is real ice cream like I haven't experienced in over 2 decades. It is a taste sensation. Just be sure to order smaller portions than normal because it is very filling. If you are lactose intolerant, find another ice cream establishment. read more

Awesome. Amazing products, great service. Milk is so fresh. Ice cream is fantastic. The farm veggies are delicious. Wonderful place!

Cute ice cream spot on the south shore with cows and nice area for kids. The ice cream was good, loaded with Oreos in the Cofee Oreo. The waffle cones weren't fresh made but the ice cream was still really good. Would recommend for people with kids or an ice cream better than local chains. read more

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Homemade ice cream at a picturesque farm where you can interact with baby cows. Need I say more? Hornsta is a hit with families for a reason. The Apple Pie ice cream was creamy and full of fall flavors. Our little one had a blast meeting the baby cows. There are few things more perfect than eating ice cream on a farm. A must visit! read more

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Took my granddaughter here after a soccer match for an ice cream cone. This place is great! The tastiest strawberry ice cream I've tasted! We bought some milk and eggs home, also. We will be back! read more

What a wonderful place! Cows and ice cream, amazing! The ice cream is so good and creamy. My daughter loves the cows. Overall a great experience. Staff is friendly as well! read more

The quality of their dairy products is fantastic! I I especially love their ice cream!!!!!

Ok sometimes you just gotta go and grab yourself some ice cream close to the source lol! Creamy and dreamy this coffee toffee brownie sundae was decadent and delish. What a charming farm to have close enough to home. Take a little stroll to visit the baby cows and rekindle your childhood joy! Cute store with farm fresh veggies and various homemade goods. Charming!!! UPDATE REVIEW - Went back again yesterday to make sure it was as delish as we remembered it to be ... it was. Might have to go back sometime this week to make sure again ;) read more

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Very cute farm store, ended up getting some chocolate milk and heavy cream and of course some ice cream before we left. Staff was nice and quick without much wait even for the ice cream. The chocolate milk was a little thicker than what we're used to but in a good way!! I haven't tried the heavy cream yet, but the ice cream was good. We were going to sit on the bench but there was a little cloud of bugs so we opted for the car. My partner got the waffle cone with purple cow, he said the cone was good but didn't taste a difference in quality for the ice cream. I got strawberry on a sugar cone and we could both taste the difference. I will be honest, the difference is minimal to me. I'd rather just get ice cream nearby or even just get some Dairy Queen. If I lived nearby I would be down to come here again! read more

I get home delivery service of milk, cream eggs every week. When I go to the farm, the ambience of the animals and the fresh ice cream so peaceful. I love the farm feel. Going to the store and seeing all the yummy treats is so much fun. read more

Love the eggnog! Milk is fantastic and eggs are fresh. Employees that work in the store are friendly.

My friends who live nearby have long had nothing by Hornstra Farms milk at their house, so I have been familiar with their milk (and especially their amazing chocolate milk) for many years. But on my recent visit they introduced me to their farm-made ice cream for the first time, which we enjoyed on the farm. This ice cream was truly splendid--we both had the same flavour, coffee with toffee, and a better cup of ice cream I cannot remember ever having had. When you enjoy the ice cream in the bucolic surroundings of their farm, with happy-looking cows doing their thing nearby, you simply cannot do any better. Oh, and the folks behind the farm seem to be incredibly nice, too! read more

Hornstra Farms - Coffee toffee ice cream - Specialty Food Near Me - Norwell, Massachusetts

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Stopped for a cone, single scoop "creamsicle", huge scoop, $5, honestly best ice cream I have ever had. Heads up this is a working farm they do not allow pets of any size on the property so leave your dog at home. read more

I think Hornstra Farms is my favorite place on the South Shore. I realize how strange that must initially sound . . . but this place is amazing. First, the obvious: this is a working dairy farm. Not only that, but they've been recognized as a Dairy of Distinction by the state. It's an honor given to dairy farmers who set high standards and achieve a level of excellence in overall animal health, farm management, and compliance with public safety. This means a great deal to me--I'm a vegetarian, and I care about where my dairy products come from and that they're obtained in an ethical and humane way. You're able to tour the grounds here. It's a great learning opportunity if you have kids, and you can see first-hand where your milk/dairy products come from. Plus the cows are adorable. Now the fun parts: everything Hornstra makes is incredible. In the spring and summer, the ice cream stand is open. The lines can get long, and for good reason. This is the best ice cream on the South Shore, hands down. There are plenty of options for flavors and toppings, and you can bring a blanket and sit on the front lawn to enjoy your scoops. In the autumn, they make cider donuts every Saturday and Sunday, and they're delicious. When I was pregnant, I lived for the weekends when I could score a bag of these. Their seasonal ice cream flavors are great too. Apple Pie and Pumpkin in the fall, and Eggnog in the winter. Speaking of which, their eggnog is addictive. My husband doesn't even like eggnog, and he loves the stuff. We always have a bottle in our fridge over the holidays to serve at celebrations spiked or just enjoy straight up. We also pre-order turkeys for Thanksgiving and their signature peppermint stick ice cream cakes for Christmas. In our household, it isn't the holidays without one, and they are always a big hit. There's definitely a bit of nostalgia in every bite of that cake. I'm so happy that I live close to Hornstra and I'm able to go there on the weekends to pick up milk and farmstand items for my family. However, they do offer delivery services to many towns on the South Shore with their retro-styled trucks! read more

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The lemon shortbread cookies are tasty. But you can make Oreos out of the chocolate shortbread. They also sell quarts of ice cream, coffee milk, vegetables, bread, candy, etc. The coffee milk is good. Don't drive wired. Ice cream sandwiches. Whoopie pies. Chicken pot pies. Cheese. read more

Great ice cream and frappes! They also have a store where you can buy other goods like chocolate milk! The best part of the whole pace is it's an actual cow farm! Perfect for kids to run and play and look at cows . read more

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A nice little farm to get fresh milk in glass bottles and ice cream. The lines aren't that long for the ice cream, at least in early May. I'm usually not a fan of flavored milk, but the strawberry milk was delicious! It's definitely a nice spot for families to see the cows and milk being processed. read more

Hornstra Farms - Birthday cake & Oreo ice cream - Specialty Food Near Me - Norwell, Massachusetts

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Love Hornstra farm I have been getting their milk for over 20years. Great market with great speciality items. Their ice cream is fantastic and the donuts in fall are amazing read more

Saw this place delivering milk in glass bottles to homes, and we figured it had to be good. It was! Very good ice cream with a variety of unique flavors. We also brought home flavored milks: coffee, chocolate, and strawberry. All of the above were REAL! Not from some giant processed factory. Great that a place like this still exist. Such a beautiful location as well. You need to visit. read more

Hornstra Farms - Old School Goodness - Specialty Food Near Me - Norwell, Massachusetts

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Overall: LOVE LOVE LOVE the local farm. Creamy homemade ice cream. An adorable store straight out of a movie. Fun farm where you can interact with the cows and see them being milked. A beautiful farm that you must see and will find new delightful surprises each time with a great staff. I love Hornstra so much. They deliver farm products every day no matter the weather which is amazing and shows how much they care. They have an amazing store with new surprises each time I come. I love their butter and milk in glass bottles which you can return to have refilled. A very transparent, quality local farm. They have great farm products such as eggs, butter, ice cream (pint, pies, cakes), frozen meals, multiple sizes and kinds of milk, a huge variety of farm produce, merchandise, great local small business products (hot fudge, chocolate, candy, peanut butter, cookies, cakes, bread, muffins, cake, pretzels, and whatever else you would need). I love the window ice cream in the summer that sometimes can be found at the beach and the cinnamon sugar donuts in the fall. Everything I have here is amazing even when I order the wrong ice cream but love it anyway! They always have good new products and I definitely recommend everyone to go. read more

Hornstra Farms - pasture patty (chocolate, chocolate chips, cookie dough) - Specialty Food Near Me - Norwell, Massachusetts

Couldnt resist! Stopped on the way home tonight and picked up a couple of flavors of their delicious ice cream, and their coffee milk. I haven't found any coffee milk anywhere that compares to Hornstra's! It is the best! read more

Hornstra is fabulous. They have GREAT, fresh, local products at reasonable prices. Doug is our delivery man and he is spectacular. Doug is the MAIN reason we will always use Hornstra. I recommend Hornstra and completely endorse Doug with 5 stars across all levels. Awesome, awesome, awesome!! read more

Wonderful farm that feels like stepping back in time. The farm store has milk in glass bottles, fresh vegetables and a nice assortment of breads and other baked goods. The friendly staff make it a pleasure to visit. read more

Hornstra family rescued the former Peaceful Meadows in Whitman MA, and are in the process of bringing that location back to its former glory. Observing what they have done in the short time they have owned it, I know they will surpass our expectations. Most of the staff from Peaceful Meadows stayed on to scoop, process and sell the farm's products. Fresh milk! Glass bottles! Still looking to get my hands on the whipping cream as every time I stop in, they are sold out. The ice cream is top notch. I had gone to the stand after the milk store was closed for the day, and the server offered to make up a quart of my requested flavor. That was really sweet of her. We are steadily working through the ice cream list as there are more menu choices than room in our freezer. Butter Crunch: 15 stars out of 10 Banana: family member reported it was really good, they had tried it out of curiosity. Cow Tracks: 15 out of 10 stars Maple: Hubby really likes it. The Hornstras are true community heroes! read more

Great ice cream and dairy products. Second to none. Easy parking. Convenient hours. read more

I cam here on a school trip. The tour was very informitive on how milk and ice cream is made. The kids all enjoyed seeing the cows and petting them. It was the end that I have issues with. Most tours give out a FREE scoop of ice cream at the end. Not this one. They make each kid pay regular price, which meant some needed to go without. To make matters worse one boy dropped his spoon in the dirt. They went up to the window to ask for a new one and needed to PAY for a new spoon. How awful. I will not recommend anyone to have a tour here and to seek out other options. It is ok to come if you want really fresh ice cream. The owner just cares about money. read more

Best ice cream and cinnamon bread!! Great service. Highly recommend. Friendly atmosphere.

Looking for ultra-creamy frozen desserts, and don't care that the cherry chocolate chunk is based on maraschino corn syrup wonk because you know the milk and cream came from out back like an hour ago? Hornstra. Need some thick sliced, crazy delicious cinnamon raisin bread that'll have your friends who don't even like cinnamon raisin bread saying, "Damn, this is some crazy delicious cinnamon bread!"? Hornstra. Wanna pet a calf named Sundown who prances like a goat and likes to eat the sleeves of your jacket, while noting how well cared for Sundown and her buddies are, and having peace of mind knowing this is a dairy-only farm? Hornstra. Speaking of dairy, at-home glass bottle milk delivery in wire carriers? Hornstra. Who has the best Santa setup for photo ops with your adorable kid who was neither terrified nor entranced by the jolly elf, but looked even more precious beside a roaring hearth and a gift-loaded tree in a cabin setting? Hornstra. Apple cider donuts, now baked year-round? Hornstra. Hornstra, Hornstra, HORNSTRA, HORNSTRA! read more

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Got 2 scoops of ice cream ($5.50) one peach and one raspberry cheesecake. Both flavors were creamy and delicious! Also tried their chocolate milk which was thick like chocolate milkshake, and they make it fresh everyday! You can walk around their property too and meet the cows. read more

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Unlike Justin S. in his great review, I just started going to Hornstra a few months ago, and the place is totally addictive. I completely agree with him that the ice cream is the best in the area. Then again, they have a total leg-up on the competition because they literally use the freshest milk around to make their ice cream. It's located in their backyard. Seriously, if they could get their hands on the ultra-fine chocolate sprinkles (i.e. Jimmies) at Nona's, then they'd totally slay all the ice cream competition in the South Shore. Another thing is their other milk products. They pasteurize but don't ultra-pasteurize their milk. This makes an enormous positive difference taste-wise. Whoa, when you eat cereal with Hornstra's whole milk, now that's a real treat. I'm used to the watery ultra-pasteurized 1% milk that the huge companies produce. But none of it can stand up to Hornstra's whole milk. And anyway, it's become clear that whole milk is better than skim milk as long as you keep your consumption of it under control. Also, their chocolate milk is so thick that it's actually more like a milk shake. A lot of people talk about how chocolate milk is the best post-recovery drink available, and so my guess is that Hornstra's chocolate milk would be fantastic for ultramarathons and triathlons because it's just infinitely better-tasting than the competition. Lastly, their butter... Screw margarine. Run a quick taste test and use Hornstra butter in a couple of ways. First, spread it on toast, and second, use it to grease your pan before cooking eggs on it. Trust me that the Hornstra's butter puts other butters (maybe with the exceptions of Kerrygold and Bordier Butter) to shame. Someone told me that the real big dawg is their cinnamon butter. But employees there told me that during the peak summer months, they don't have the heavy cream to spare for making cinnamon butter because they need as much of it as possible for their ice cream. So, I'll have to update this towards the end of August or September when they start making it again. Lastly, if you like hanging out with calves while eating ice cream, then you can do that here. When you think of life in the big cities where so many things are highly processed, it's places like Hornstra Farms that remind all of us about how generations before us had it right by keeping it simple and real. read more

Two words: cider donuts. Oh and the farm is great! :) Great little farm just out of the city. Worth a trip. read more

Always fun going here in the summer and getting some really good ice cream, and afterwards going to the shed and seeing the cows!

My family has been coming to Hornstra Farms for ice cream for years. We love walking around and checking out the beautiful farm, animals, and farm store. Also this is hands down the best ice cream in the area - so many unique flavors, toppings and generous portions. But today changed my whole opinion. My son ordered a gigantic sundae, and after they made it, realized that he didn't say he has a peanut allergy. They threw the whole thing away, started from scratch, and re-made his sundae with **a separate tub of ice cream under each flavor for allergic people** and separate toppings / scoopers, so there is absolutely no chance of contamination. I've not seen any place have such a rigorous nut allergen process, and I sure appreciate it. It feels great to know this place cares this much. read more

Love he Pasture Patty, Oreo, and ... Well... Actually they're all good. It's a great spot to bring friends who aren't from the area and I regularly being he kids on weeknights and weekends. It's a little bit of Americana that is getting harder and harder to find -- and in this case the ice cream (and little food shop) is terrific to boot. Coffee Oreo - that's a killer flavor too. read more

Hornstra Farms - Specialty Food Near Me - Norwell, Massachusetts

We've had daily dairy delivery from here since I was a kid. The actual dairy farm/store is super fun for the entire family. You're actually on a locally run dairy farm. You can see the cows where your milk and other dairy products are produced. A must visit if you're visiting or not..... read more

Hornstra Farms - Always a beautiful day at the farm..... - Specialty Food Near Me - Norwell, Massachusetts