With eight bakeries, Medicine Hat couldn’t stop there with places to find a sweet treat. Find nine small batch ice cream shops that have quality cream, dairy-free options, and even alcohol-infused ice cream!

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Annegret’s Chocolates (Dairy-Free available)

Creamy house-made gelato inside this shop that prepares home-made chocolate, using the owner's authentic European recipe. Up to 10 decadent flavours to choose from, including dairy-free sorbet!

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Arirang Korean Kitchen

Made with a machine from South Korea, Arirang shaves frozen milk to be the base of their Bing Soo dessert. It’s topped with a scoop of ice cream and sweet fruit to compliment the cold treat!

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Camp Ice Cream (Dairy-Free available)

All ice-cream is made in-house using quality cream. They have annual flavours, as well as seasonal, including dairy-free options. You can order by the pint all year long, or by the scoop in the summer!

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Moose & Squirrel Bistro (Dairy-Free available)

An outdoor Bistro with by-the-scoop, milkshakes, ice-cream floats, and sorbet mojitos. The owners create themed menus weekly for the ice-cream floats and often host live music! 

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RJ’s Convenience Store (Dairy-Free available)

Alberta-made ice-cream is served at this convenience store, along with many hard-to-find candies and sweet treats. Try a flavour by the scoop, or add it to your slushie!

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Swirls (Dairy-Free available)

A classic ice-cream spot in the summer since 1984, Swirls is a place where you park and walk up to the window to order. Over 75 flavours and 150 products to choose from, your tummy will never bore trying the new things at this family-owned location!

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Windmill Garden Centre

Before visiting the butterflies and goats at the adjoining John’s Butterfly House, grab a scoop of Foothills Creamery and explore the beautiful and refreshing garden centre. Once you’re full of sweet treats, put 25 cents in a food dispenser to feed the goats, too!

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Cream Cult

Where you can indulge in hand-crafted ice cream made with only quality ingredients, Cream Cult can be found at 7 Rivers Trading Co., RJ’s Convenience, and The Market Centre.

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The Bourbon Brothers

A place with regular and alcohol-infused ice cream. With flavours announced monthly, 9-5’s are great to eat any time in the day, while after hours is where you’ll find that extra sweet treat in the evening.