The inside scoop: where to get Sheffield’s best ice cream

Unless you're being pernickety about what counts as "Sheffield ice cream", I'd recommend my own favourite - Hope Valley Ice cream, from Thorpe Farm, less than 2 miles outside the Sheffield boundary, between Stanage Edge and Hathersage. Just the thing for a reward at the end of a good walk. Generous scoops, the ice cream is less sugary than Our Cow Molly, and we can sit in the farmyard while our grandchildren look at the calves. Their flavours are less exotic than some of those listed above. They usually have a mix of "classic standards" (vanilla, chocolate, honeycomb etc), plus some more unusual flavours. And No, I have no relatiohnship with the business, and I'm not getting any commission for writing this.

Wow, the ice cream at Pellizco sounds amazing! Especially the 2nd one- pretty different, which is always exciting. I have recently had the most chocolatey chocolate ice cream (in a tub, I felt sophisticated!) at Porter Pizza in sharrowvale, but I haven’t heard of half these other places- clearly the ice cream game is on! I once had Gorse flower flavoured ice cream on holiday and it was the best thing ever. I’ve not seen it anywhere else as yet- but I think it should be a thing!

If you’re going out into the Peak District then Tagg Lane Dairy just outside Monyash is worth a detour. Gelato made from their own herd of Jersey cows.

Can confirm that hot sauce on ice cream can be a good shout. My epiphany arrived at the Rutty, where we topped some of Rico's mini doughnuts and vanilla ice cream with Sriracha.

Not strictly Sheffield, and perhaps too mainstream for the refined Tribune taste, but the ice cream we would seek out in our younger days as an alternative to mass-market Walls or Lyons Maid was Bradwell's. Still today better than any big brand, and when served out of a café freezer rather than from a tub had that crafty rough-textured appearance.

Sad to hear of the death of Peter Wigley (it's been a bit of a week, what with Tom Lehrer and Cleo Laine as well). After its use in FM, City on the Move was much mocked, I suspect mainly by those who weren't around for its original release. That is, though, exactly what it felt like in shiny late sixties/early seventies Sheffield. The film also provides the interesting insight that the city had built 3,000 homes each year for the decade prior, 2,000 of these by the local authority. That is pretty much exactly the rate that if repeated nationally would deliver 1.5m in 5 years...

I am looking forward to searching out some of these ice cream suggestions, having long been a fan of Our Cow Molly lemon and ginger but ready to try some new stuff. Fennel and Pelizzco sound great.
I would also suggest to those looking for unusual flavours; Orange Bird, the South African restaurant in Hillsboro, make their own ice cream. The chocolate sorbet is amazing but the most interesting flavour I have tried is Sweetcorn, which I really enjoyed.
It doesn't hurt that the rest of their food is really good, too.

That sounded like a tough assignment! Thanks for stepping up :)

Snowflake, a newish concession stand in Meadowhall has lovely flavours of ice cream and sorbet which changes every few days. Theres also a snowflakedesserts in The Wicker but i have only seen this whizzing past in a taxi. Rassam's Creamery in Highfield, Spital Hill & Hillsborough, Frurt on Division St, Snowbaby Gelato next to the University, Sundaes Gelato on West St. does probably more standard flavours. Hope Valley ice cream is a bit of a stretch but worth it for the Whisky & Ginger, Pannacotta or Elderflower flavours and who can forget Granelli's the original ice-cream shop opened in Sheffield in 1874 at the bottom of Broad St and Joe's ice cream in Beighton established 1926. In fairness you should do a repeat including all options available, but probably not all on the same day 🤭. (Willing volunteer 😁). Venturing further afield Milk from the Hills farm shed near Hoylandswaine has ice cream vending machines with four standard and two special flavours each week (Bounty & White Chocolate Bueno this week). Thanks for the article I didn't know we had so many places to try ice-cream. Best get my walking boots on I'm off to try some ice-cream on a rainy day. Bliss. 😋

If you like unusual icecream flavours come to NZ. Licorice (black iceacream) is my favourite.