Amazing atmosphere and even better treats. Great small-town vibe with beautiful decor! Highly recommend!!!! read more

Surfin' Spoon - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Nags Head, North Carolina

Ok. So this little gem of a place is incredible..... I must say...it's normally more than I would pay for ice cream. But the folks there who run it are sweethearts. They do a special thing for Autism and it's totally adorbs inside !!! Totally cute. Very clean. Ice cream/yogurt .... whatever it is. Is delicious and addicting. I'm pretty sure we hit it almost every day. So that was $20 every trip cuz it's like a Sweet Frog , they weigh it----but you don't have all gooey children's hands all over everything... (big plus!!!!) . I got the salted caramel and the other flavor beside it mixed. Cheesecake pieces, candied walnuts, bit of extra caramel and whipped cream. Soooop good. I would weigh 400lbs if I lived there. They're doing it right. Keep up the good work ladies :)))) read more

Surfin' Spoon - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Nags Head, North Carolina

Was I already stuffed from dinner? Yes. Did I still want to try this place? Absolutely!! This place is super cute with such a good vibe. It's self serve style frozen yogurt and they had a couple of sorbet and gelato too. I got the cookies and cream frozen yogurt along with just a small amount of salted caramel pretzel frozen yogurt. You get to add your own toppings, so I threw some cookie dough and Reese's cup pieces in there because why not? YOLO. It was so creamy and delicious. The best frozen yogurt I've had in along time. They have some places set up outside so you can snack and enjoy the fresh air. The girls inside were so sweet and helpful as well. Definitely go here. Even if you think you can't eat another bite! read more

I LOVE this place! The staff is very kind and the frozen yogurt is excellent. There are SO many toppings to choose from as well and the Surfin' Spoon history on the OBX is really fascinating. Absolutely a must-visit OBX classic!! read more

Surfin' Spoon - Frozen yogurt with toppings - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Nags Head, North Carolina

I love this place and the workers! They're very nice and helpful when having any questions. I would recommend anyone to go there! I personally like sour flavors so try the mango sorbet! read more

Surfin' Spoon - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Nags Head, North Carolina

Nice frozen yogurt. Lots of different flavors and topping options. It's all done by weight.

The friendliest staff and wonderful ice cream. Love that they support good causes as well. Just the funnest read more

Surfin' Spoon - Cake batter ice cream and two ice cream cookie sandwiches - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Nags Head, North Carolina

Great place to stop at if in the OBX! Comfortable and friendly environment with many vegan options! Love the vegan ice cream sandwiches! Definitely will be back! I highly recommend read more

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Love this place so much. Love seeing all of the money everywhere for them to donate. Great flavors & great atmosphere

Loooooove! Could this place be cuter!? Had the lemon lavender berry sandwich! It was so good. The yogurt was great too! Go! read more

Awesome atmosphere, energetic happy to help employees, and anything you get from them will taste amazing. Their merchandise is great too. Awesome shirts and stickers. Its a great place to treat yourself after dinner or a long beach day. read more

While I'm not really a fan of fro-yo or help yourself places, this place is pretty darn good. They have creative flavors and my kids love piling on the toppings. What really stands out are their ice cream sandwiches. It's the perfect ration of ice cream to cookies, and the cookie is just the right softness that it doesn't fall apart after the first bite. Definitely will be coming back here next summer. read more

We love the new space! So roomy and inviting! Everyone working there was so friendly and helpful, and seemed to genuinely appreciate our tips. My husband is diabetic and we were delighted to find the cheesecake flavor was "no added sugar." I tried several flavors during our beach trip; all delicious, but Salted Caramel was my favorite! Pretzel topping, toasted coconut and Nutella just brought it up an extra notch. Looking forward to our next visit! read more

This is a frozen yogurt place where you can serve yourself and choose your toppings and pay by the ounce... or just grab a ready-made ice cream sandwich and pay. The ambience is awesome. The staff is super friendly. There's indoor and outdoor seating. There are tons of options -- eight or ten different fro-yo flavors and probably three or four dozen topping choices. The only negative is deciding what you want! Mega bonus for the clever signage all around the place and for the dollar and coin tips tucked into the interior walls to benefit the Surfing For Autism annual surfing event. This is absolutely a place to visit! read more

Great ambience, very active cleanliness staff, friendly and helpful service, excellent traffic flow and great tasting soft serve. Ice cream sandwiches were quite memorable read more

There are a lot of places to get ice cream in OBX, however this is the best!! We were in OBX for three days and ended up going to Surfin' Spoon twice and even came home with a hat, a t-shirt and some stickers. Everything from the decor, to the ambience, the people working there all amazing and super nice!! Now lets talk about the ice cream - amazing. My wife loves the pomegranate raspberry sorbet, I got the chocolate chip gelato the first time and the second time got the cake batter and vanilla gelato... all so so good! The toppings are also amazing - really any topping you could want. So if you want to support and awesome local business and have some kick ass ice cream you should go to Surfin' Spoon now! read more

Surfin' Spoon - Amazing Gelato - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Nags Head, North Carolina

I am obsessed with this place it is so awesome in every way! The service, the options, the flavors, the decor, wow! The Staff is so friendly and funny and they make the experience even more enjoyable. The surf style decor is super cute and fun to observe as you enjoy your fro yo. They have so many delicious flavors! Their gelato flavors were a crowd favorite in my family. The raspberry sorbet was also great. My favorite topping was the cheesecake chunks. Also, they're open late, unlike a lot of dessert places in the area! read more

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LOVEEEEE! We come here as much as we can! Highly highly recommend! So many good flavors and great topping options! Fairly priced, great atmosphere, and extremely friendly employees are always there to answer questions or interact with their customers. Their Sammy's our out of this world! Plus the cutest merch! read more

How can you not search out the best ice cream place that the beach has to offer? I stumbled across this small ice cream parlor on yelp while on vacation and knew that it was a must try. We were spending time at Jockey's Ridge and after our picnic, decided to scope it out. Nestled off the beaten bath and located by an eclectic art gallery, Surfin' Spoon was just as I had anticipated, but better. The coral door caught my attention from the get-go. We walked inside and the layout was awesome! There were small tables to sit at with centerpieces decorated for fall. There was a wrap around "bar" styled high top counter as the focal point of the room, with high seating around the outside and low seating on the inside. A TV was placed in the center of the room for all to see. Similar to Sweet Frog or Yum, this frozen yogurt parlor displays their price per ounce before you dive in to get your purchase. They offer two different sized bowls, (I didn't realize this until I was the ONLY one in our group to get the largest one after we had purchased!) about 10 different types of frozen yogurt, and all the toppings you could ever dream of putting on top! I tried the Salted Caramel Pretzel, Peach, and Pomegranate Raspberry Sorbet. None of the flavors disappointed! A mixture of chocolate and peanut butter with some fruit were my choices to coat the yogurt, with some hot fudge and peanut butter sauce to top it all off. Everything was fresh, to die for! Additional notable features about this quaint parlor: they have a small gift shop with clothing and a children's book based on, you guessed it, a surfing spoon! The ceiling cracks were filled with money bills and coins, a fundraiser for Autism. They offer gluten free yogurt options and are allergy conscious which is not present at your typical frozen yogurt joint. Finally, the lady who helped us was so nice, explained the process and kept checking up on us while we were eating. If we ever come back to OBX, this will be the top of our list. read more

Surfin' Spoon - So good!!! - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Nags Head, North Carolina

I read an article on "Eat This, Not That" discussing the best local ice cream shoppes in each state. For North Carolina, Surfin' Spoons in Nags Head made the list. I had already planned a trip with my family and decided to go once we were able to throughout our trip. Upon walking in you immediately see money (tips) all over the place due to an old tradition before the store was renovated. I decided to go with the hand made classic ice cream sandwich, which was vanilla ice cream between two chocolate chip cookies, all home made. It was delicious and I was not disappointed! I met the manager upon my departure. Very humble guy. I would come again during another visit. read more

You can't get more awesome than this! The atmosphere is awesome and the frozen yogurt is fantastic! The staff is super friendly and welcoming, making you instantly feel right at home. read more

Surfin' Spoon - Cute and beachy entrance! - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Nags Head, North Carolina

Get.the.cookie.sandwiches. My parents recently bought in KDH and my sister and I were down visiting. Im a big dessert girl and had my sights set on ice cream. We randomly decided on surfin spoon and I'm so glad we did! We hadn't realized before we went that this was their new location (that just opened) but quickly learned the history while waiting in a fast moving line. The decor and the customer service are incredible. I got the key lime pie cookie/ice cream sandwich and my only regret is that I didn't buy 10 more. So good!! read more

THIS IS THE CUTEST PLACE EVER!!! BETTER THAN SWEET FROG !! First of all the outside is super cute & when you walk in the vibe is so relaxing & fun it can make anyone feel happy no matter what mood you're in !! When you walk in as well you will notice money almost everywhere you look it's super neat & all that money that they collect goes to an organization for autism which is so cool! Their frozen yogurt I love cake batter flavors & they have one of the best i have ever tried !! Everyone that worked there was so genuine & nice. Saw the owner there & he is a very kind hearted guy ! HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!!!!!!! read more

Delicious! Vegan options. Definitely love the chocolate ice cream sandwich. A must try!

Such a great shop for satisfying your sweet tooth! Scrumptious ice cream/frozen yogurt offerings, they have something to satisfy even the pickiest palate. The line was a bit long when we went, but moved quickly! The Spoon employee's are great people & offer great sweets for a hot or cool day! Come on, what are you waiting for! read more

Thanks for your help for leading me to this place. Nice Decour, good product not expensive. I got ice cream for six people and I came out to about $20. Would definitely go back. read more

Best fro-yo place in the Outer Banks (and trust me, there are a lot of them.) Not only is the ice cream absolutely awesome, but the customer service is so great. Sure you could go to Sweet Frog if you wanted, but you won't get the same experience. Their employees talk to every costumer like their friend. 100/10 recommended!!! read more

Delicious and creative take on ice cream! Great service, as well. Something for the whole family!

Surfin' Spoon is such a gem. I had bought their ice cream sammies from local grocery stores in OBX (Cahoon's and Conner's!) and already decided they were the best ice cream sandwiches I'd ever had. On this trip, I finally made it to the origin, and I didn't think I could love this place more but I do! The store has such a great atmosphere, from the cute arched door to the Surfing for Autism donations jammed into all the walls and ceiling to the Surfin' Spoon kids book. Not to mention the froyo, which was delicious! I got strawberry and cheesecake, topped with...strawberries and cheesecake. Which I enjoyed out on the porch after packing my half dozen sammies into an ice chest to take on my 4 hour drive home! Can't wait to come back to the OBX for this! Oh and the beaches. read more

Surfin' Spoon is a highlight of our OBX trip every year. Exceptional service, variety of options, and all around a great atmosphere with pleasing interior & aesthetic. Highly recommend -- you will not be disappointed 11/10 read more

I'm not trying to be dramatic or anything, but the Surfin Spoon is the best thing that has ever happened to me. I mean, from the picture perfect exterior to the craft interior to the fact that they donate all tips to autism research... That's all amazing. And to top it all off, their yogurt and sorbet are insanely good. The only better yogurt I've had is Pinkberry -- but that's a chain and I'm partial to tart yogurt. But their yogurt is much better than any other chains like Menchies or Sweet Frog, in my opinion. Plus, not only does the place have character, but their staff is just about the friendliest ever. And I mean genuinely friendly. It was a dream. I'm a new cult follower. read more

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Leaving a review because I worked here for 7 years and always said I would when I 'retired'. YA'LLLLLLL - I never got tired of it. Ate it every single day and still would!! You can't get any tastier frozen treats. Also, it's clean. Like I would let my kid eat off the floor kind of clean. Those machines are so clean they could be see-through and all you'd see is frozen yogurt goodness, which isn't what other companies could say. And the spoon crew...you couldn't meet any better kind of folks! They're the kind of people your grandma goes home talking all about how, "They were sweeter than the fro-yo!" And then you have the incredible atmosphere that Boss Lady pours her complete heart and soul into, and it shows! You feel right at home and it's the perfect backdrop for those family photos you forgot to take on vacation. And hey, everyone smiles after some sweet treats! Then go ahead and get your model on like the one and only pro-surfer Jesse Hines and buy some Surfin Spoon merch while you're at it. You know you want to!! Sincerely, a retired Spoon employee & a forever to eternity Spoon enthusiast #yeewww read more

This place is so cute and it has vegan cookie sandwiches! I was so happy to find this out. I tried the chocolate cookie ice cream sandwich and LOVED it! My boyfriend made his own frozen yogurt treat in a cup and enjoyed it. This place has a variety of flavors and toppings for frozen yogurt along with a variety of cookie ice cream sandwiches. They had a few regular and vegan sandwiches to choose from. They change out some flavors seasonally and I saw they had 1 cookie sandwich that was vegan and gluten free, I forgot what the flavor was though, my guess they have at least 1 option during each season. I highly recommends trying this place out especially if you're looking for vegan alternatives for dessert. read more

Walk in at any time, even minutes before closing and there is a steady stream of ice creamaholics. This speaks for itself. So many choices of deliciousness. And did I mention the toppings? Super friendly spot. Nice people making smiles on all who go there read more

This is probably the absolute best froyo place I've ever eaten at!! Such a fun atmosphere, and all the toppings and flavors are top notch! I 100% recommend this place for a fun treat! read more

Beautifully decorated and very home like feels. Selection of froyo was plentiful. They have a great assortment of toppings too. Fair price for the area too. Definitely recommend! read more

It is delicious and many different flavors to choose from. The environment is unique and something you would want to stop and see. It is similar to sweet frog and about the same pricing. It's all based on weight. Highly recommend. Always packed but line moves fast. read more

India was the most friendly, helpful customer service I have experienced in quite some time. You could tell she was passionate about being there and enjoyed speaking with her. It was very respectful of her to thank me for my service rather than simply ringing me up. Hands down EXCELLENT service and delicious cookie ice cream sandwich posted in the pic. read more

Surfin' Spoon - Cool Beans Chocolate Cookie/Coffee Ice Cream - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Nags Head, North Carolina

A MUST if you are vacationing in OBX. This little gem offers delicious ice cream "Sammie's," and frozen yogurt. Also offers vegan options. You have to try the s'mores or lemon lavender "Sammie's." SO GOOD. read more

They have great vegan and gluten-free options for ice cream sandwiches (known as sammies)! They also have frozen yogurt. Definitely a recommended spot! read more