This is a pretty popular ice cream spot for people visiting Huntsville. It used to be a total must-visit for our Muskoka trips, but lately a lot of their products are available at common grocery stores, so it is more of a "nice to stop by" place now. Still, if you are traveling north along Hwy-11, it is certainly a fun stop with a solid selection of tasty flavors. One heads up: the washrooms are outside the store, so just ask the staff if you need access when stopping by from a road trip to Muskoka. read more

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The serving sizes are insane! The smallest size would be Xl anywhere else. The 2 scoop size is pretty much a pint of ice cream. Not only are the portions gargantuan, but they taste great too! I had maple walnut and dockside cappuccino and they were amazing. read more

Such a classic for ice cream! Everyone knows the quality of Kawartha's Diary is top-notch. It's always a treat when you have a scoop of Kawartha's. For this trip, I opted for the "Blue Buried Treasure" flavour in the small size in a cup. The blueberry flavour is robust and the white-chocolate (or perhaps yogurt) filled nuggets of goodness are always a fun bite, however, they do get a bit hard since it's frozen. Also, if you do choose to opt for your scoop in a cup, the small size is basically akin to a whole pint of ice cream! Definitely worth it due to the portion size but if your just going for a casual portion I would go for ice cream in a cone, as the size is more reasonable for your typical ice cream serving. If you do get it in a cup, be prepared to bring a cooler and container for your leftovers to enjoy for the next week! read more

Kawartha Dairy - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Huntsville, Ontario

We visited Kawartha Dairy on our way to Arrowhead park and had an amazing experience! The staff were friendly and they offered us samples of some of their new ice cream flavors. It was a fun treat! The variety of flavors was impressive. I couldn't find most of the flavors in my local supermarket.We ended up ordering three different flavors, but the standout for all of us was definitely the Blue Buried Treasure. It was creamy, rich, and had the perfect balance of sweetness. The blue berry jam coated with white chocolate was a good surprise. All their ice cream is high quality with a wonderful milky scent. If you're looking for great ice cream on your way to the provincial park, I highly recommend stopping by Kawartha Dairy! read more

Kawartha Dairy - Ice cream - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Huntsville, Ontario

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Your first bit of guidance should be that Baby is a ridiculously large size. I don't know what's going on in Canada but Baby seems to be code for what Large is in the States. I'm not sure how you'd order an actual Baby size - Negative Baby? Your second piece of guidance is to not miss out on getting an obligatory photo on the fiberglass cows. Getting Baby scoops at Kawartha meant we weren't hungry for dinner until after 9. We shared the Death by Chocolate (good but basic and reminded me of Baskin Robbins - but overall my favorite of the lot), Maple Walnut (pretty good - the husband's favorite), and Strawberry. I found the Strawberry only OK. It needed some real strawberry taste and a bonus would be pieces of actual strawberry. (The following night we got Chocolate Covered Strawberry ice cream a mile away at Belly, which was essentially strawberry with chocolate chips, and that was evidence of what strawberry ice cream should taste like.) The server was very helpful and speedy. The family liked it more than me. Sorry to only give it 3 stars. read more

Perfect on a drive back from Algonquin. Service: The staff was very friendly but the service was a bit slow, possibly due to staffing shortages. It seemed liked the drive-through service was faster than the line-up in person. Food: The portion size is huge! I like my ice cream, but even the "small" seemed a bit too large to finish for the average person. The ice cream was rich and creamy, really liked the maple nut flavour and the mint chocolate provided a great contrast. Also tried the praline, but it was a bit on the sweet side. Overall: Great ice cream shop worth a visit on a hot summer/fall day if you're in the area! read more

Kawartha Dairy - "Small" Maple Walnut and Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Huntsville, Ontario

Best bang for your buck ice cream in cottage country! This is like the staple cottage vacation ice cream destination and you can't change my mind. The staff are always very friendly and make sure their long lines move along quickly. And their servings are HUGE! I'm pretty sure what I got was their "small" read more

Kawartha Dairy - Moose tracks ice cream with street sign - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Huntsville, Ontario

I am a big believer of any place that caters the people's dietary restrictions. I was amazed to see how far this place was willing to go to accommodate people. Yes this place is an ice cream shop, and yes the ice cream is wonderful, but if you have any sort of allergies they will step up. Let me explain just how far there willing to go: Obviously if someone has allergies, they are willing to wash off the spoon that scoops the ice cream, or get a fresh one. However there's always the concern with cross-contamination. If you want the dairy-free sorbet, or if you want anything and you have a peanut allergy, they won't risk scooping from an open tub. They will go to the one below it, and open that one up to make sure that yours is a very first scoop out of a fresh tub. I have never known any place to go that far, so that makes this a must stop shop for me. Also, it's delicious! But was there ever any doubt of that? read more

They had windows where you can line up and order at instead of walking inside the store. It was my first time having their ice cream and I was quite sad that some of the flavours I wanted to try were on vacation/out of season. I opted for french vanilla and thought it was okay, it did not wow me that much. Overally, it was really creamy and flavour was standard. I would totally give this another try and come here during a time where they do have flavours that I would like to try. read more

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Make sure to drop by here, great selection of ice cream. They also sell tubs and Kawartha Lakes Honey. Mocha almond fudge and Mocha Muskoka are my fav flavours. Kids get the usual cookies and cream, cookie dough ice cream. read more

Kawartha Dairy - Mocha almond fudge, mmmm good! - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Huntsville, Ontario

Great flavours, big portions, reasonable prices for what you get and even a drive thru - what's not to love about this place?! My husband and I were in Muskoka last weekend and couldn't resist coming here before dinner, which was so worth it! We got the mocha flavour and cookie butter flavour this time - both were delicious and again, large portions for such a good price! Moose tracks, raspberry thunder, maple walnut and salted caramel are some other great flavours if you're not sure what to get. You can also get 2L tubs of ice cream in a variety of flavours and it was 2 for $10 since there was some kind of sale going on! The only downside was that it seemed to be slow considering there were only about 4 of us in line and there were 3 of them working... despite that, still worth a visit! read more

Kawartha Dairy - Cookie butter and mocha flavours (medium cup) - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Huntsville, Ontario

Delicious ice cream, especially when spending some time up in cottage country. There's a drive through, an outdoor line and an indoor service counter so even when it's incredibly busy (Friday-Sunday nights) the line ups all move quite quickly. I find they don't have the greatest selection of ice cream, but if you're into the classics you'll definitely enjoy it. The small is actually rather large with two generous scoops of ice cream, so unless you're really hungry I'd probably suggest the baby instead. Friend tried the birthday cake milkshake which was so-so and involved us drinking a lot of sprinkles and chocolate chips which was rather weird. Either way, this is a must do when you're up North! read more

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Cute little ice cream shack on the side of the road in the Kawarthas...but the ice cream isn't great. I know it has a good reputation in the area, but as I mentioned...the ice cream isn't great. It's OK...I mean, it's still ice cream. Portions are pretty huge, though. read more

This shakes down simply: Scoops as big as a Rottweiler's head (and tastier!). Raspberry Thunder (a menacing name, but effectively: delicious black raspberry ripple ice cream). As long as it's summer, I adopt a never-say-never approach to Kawartha Dairy consumption. It's great, it's affordable, it's flavourful, but not cloyingly sweet or super-rich (this is my internal justification for having multi-scoops). Heck, it's a Canadian company celebrating 75 years in operation. That alone calls for a celebratory scoop, no? Yelp note: I'm usually a member of Team Cup, but something about the scoops at Kawartha Dairy make me a Cone devotee. Also: not in Huntsville? Select retailers in the GTA carry Kawartha products (check their website). read more

Kawartha Dairy - Raspberry Thunder from Kawartha Dairy in da howse (and, soon after, in mah bell-eh) - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Huntsville, Ontario

Always great Ice cream. Can't beat the chocolate peanut butter. Staff are friendly and helpful. Late in the season on a Tuesday equals zero crowd. Hoping for candy cane but too early yet. read more

Absolutely huge portions of ice cream. Impossible to order and hop back into your car to eat. Delicious ice cream. Fast service. Places to sit and eat. A fun place to indulge yourself. read more

Fantastic place! Nothing screams breakfast like a couple scoops of ice cream and a milkshake. Especially in the middle of winter on the coldest day of the year. On our way home, we passed by Kawartha Dairy, having been a few times in the past when we were coming back from camping in Algonquin, we decided to stop in. Yum. Breakfast for champions. I had the cheesecake milk shake (small) and my fiancé had the small waffle cone with mint chocolate chip and peanut butter chocolate. Hey, don't judge - you know you'd do it too...! read more

Kawartha Dairy - Small waffle cone with mint chocolate chip and peanut butter chocolate at Kawartha Dairy - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Huntsville, Ontario

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Guy at the counter looked like he has no patience for customers deciding what to order from the wide selection. Otherwise the Baby, Small & Huge sizes are actually all very generous servings by him. The Mocha Almond Fudge was good. And Baby size is just right for me. Small is two big scoops. And Huge is... really huge! read more

Kawartha Dairy - Mocha Almond Fudge (size Baby) - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Huntsville, Ontario

We came for pints and stayed for a cone. Classic flavours as well as unique ones to satisfy every palette. HUGE portions at great prices. We both got small and it was absolutely massive. They also have a cute store with some local goods as well as other Kawartha Dairy products. Raspberry Thunder and Speculoos Cookie Butter = heaven. read more

Kawartha Dairy - Cotton candy and Speculoos cookie butter! Not pictured, super tasty raspberry thunder. - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Huntsville, Ontario

They got the single star for having great tasting icecream.. But don't go in expecting to get any level of customer service. Don't go in thinking you'd get what you paid for. Don't think that asking why your $6 huge ice cream was smaller than a small will get you anywhere. I know they said that each scoop should be about the size of a tennis ball and you got them the size of a pingpong ball, that is your problem. Don't think that the staff will have any level of decency, they are all just kids and they think purely of themselves and not about the customer, what is right, propper or expected of them as employees. Save yourself a whole load of money and just buy your own tub at a supermaket as that is the only way you will get wht you paid for. Sorry Kawartha Dairy, you lost another customer read more

Kawartha ice cream is just so good and they have a ton of flavours to choose from, how could you go wrong ?! Fast service at their outdoor window for ice cream orders and fast service inside where you can purchase other dairy products, treats and drinks. Washrooms are clean too! read more

This place is a must if you're ever remotely close to the area. A bunch of us drove from Gravenhurst just to grab an ice cream at Kawartha. It was more than worth it! I'm not even a big ice cream person. Usually a couple of spoon-fulls and I've had enough. So I ordered a baby cup of Banana Boat. It was a HUGE scoop - anything but "baby". But the ice cream was amazing. Everyone devoured their ice cream. A great place with a great variety of ice cream as well as other dairy products. In an area where "Mom and Pop" country ice cream shops are all over the place, this is the best of the best. read more

There is always a line because they have a very poor workflow - can only order ice cream outside or else you can skip the line by driving in your car and wasting gas and polluting the planet? What kind of policy is that? There is usually no one buying inside but they put almost no staff on the outdoor windows. More staff on the stupid drive thru. The ice cream is fine but the way the place is managed is irresponsible and inefficient. You will wait a stupidly long time given they often have 10 people working. read more

Truffle trio - dark chocolate ice cream with truffle pieces and caramel infused! The best ice cream and milkshakes I have ever tried. Truly authentic, and definitely really generous. I would highly recommend getting the baby size, which is one heaping scoop of ice cream. read more

Fantastic food and great service is what you will expect when you visit kawartha. Just remember that because of the summer crowd please expect to see line ups! read more

A must to visit anytime...Ice cream just the best...two thumbs up for the friendly staff!