J.P. Licks' Vegan Chocolate Ice Cream

Leila already raved about J.P. Licks.  Let me pour on the praise.

Vegan ice cream is hard, though we have reviewed a number of good options.  J.P. Licks is one of, if not the, best.  While the cream base I think is the worst of this crowd, it employs a strategy that goes straight to my heart -- keeping the ice cream not too sweet.  It's definitely a dark chocolate flavor.  It totally surprised me, and I loved it.

Bottom Line: A delicious vegan "dark" chocolate ice cream.

Foray to Massachusetts #7: J.P. Licks

Boston is a city known for its ice cream. It has a lot of ice cream shops that could arguably be called the best in the city: Emack & Bolio's, Lizzy's, and Toscanini's, to list only a few examples.

For what it's worth, my vote is for J. P. Licks. I have mentioned J. P. Licks before, in my Downtown Boston Chocolate Walking Tour, and I'm sure I will mention J. P. Licks again. It's hard to say enough good things about them.

For starters, check out these flavors:

And the flavors change every month, too! My go-to choices are the mint Oreo, the Oreo cake batter, and the brownie brownie batter. But usually there are so many good monthly flavors that I don't even have room in my cup for the old standbys.

This time around I went with a scoop of the ginger snap molasses and a scoop of the extreme chocolate.

Both flavors were excellent. And that's what really sets J. P. Licks apart: it's not just that their flavor concepts sound good. It's that the execution lives up to the descriptions.

BOTTOM LINE: My top contender for best ice cream in Boston.