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The Guide: Ice Cream Shops in Mendham and Chester, NJ
Part of the Morris County ice cream guide
How We Selected These Shops
This guide covers Mendham Borough, Mendham Township, Chester Borough, Chester Township.
A business is listed here if you can buy ice cream to eat on the spot: scooped, soft serve, gelato, a sundae, a float or an ice cream shake — no matter what else it sells. National chains are on this page on the same terms as anyone else; the test is the transaction, not the size of the company behind it.
Every business below was checked against its own website or its own social account, and each row shows the month we last checked it ourselves.
About This Guide
This guide is produced by Garden State Circle. Ice cream shops appear here because they meet the criteria described above — a business where you can buy ice cream, in any form, to eat on the spot, and a location in Mendham Borough, Mendham Township, Chester Borough, Chester Township, NJ. That is a test, not a judgment, and it is the only route onto this page. No business can pay to be included in this guide, to be listed higher, or to change what the comparison table says about it. Businesses are listed alphabetically, and every detail in the table was verified against each business’s own website or own social account in September 2026.
Everything under the heading that begins this guide is governed by the rules above, on every guide we publish. Where a sponsor’s message appears above that heading, it is paid for and labelled, and it buys nothing in the guide. Garden State Circle is supported by the businesses that participate in it. Participation pays for our ongoing work: keeping a business’s entry accurate, re-checking its record, and publishing a page of its own details that the business maintains. There is no paid placement in this guide. Participation does not buy a place here, a position here, or anything the comparison table says. Where a row carries a verification date, that is when we last checked that business’s record ourselves. A row without one has not been checked recently — that is a fact about our work, not about the business. Ingredients, preparation and allergen handling change, and we record what each business publishes rather than inspecting kitchens. If you have a food allergy, confirm directly with the business before you order. Hours, menus and seasonal openings change often. Every detail here was verified on the date shown above.
Garden State Circle is published in New Jersey by Tiffany and Jake Slowinski and covers Morris County. Contact the publisher at jake@gardenstatecircle.com. How every guide is made, in one place: how every guide is made.
| Business | Leads with | Hours | Season | Ownership | Record checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mendham Creamery — Mendham Borough | Ice cream and other cool treats | Mon–Fri 3–9pm; Sat–Sun 12–9pm | Seasonal — closes for winter | Not published | September 2026 |
| Taylor’s Ice Cream Parlor — Chester | Soft serve and over 50 flavors | Not published | Not stated | Not published | September 2026 |
Nearby Ice Cream Shops
| Business | Leads with | Hours | Season | Ownership | Record checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beenie’s Ice Cream — Morristown | A Creative Homemade Ice Cream Shop | Summer: Sun–Thu 12–10:30pm, Fri–Sat 12–11pm; off-season: Tue–Sun 12–10:30pm, Mon closed | Year-round | Not published | September 2026 |
| Das’ Creamery MooTown — Morristown | Second location of the same family brand | Sun 11:30am–9:30pm; Mon 1–9:30pm; Tue–Wed 11:30am–9:30pm; Thu 11:30am–9:30pm; Fri 11:30am–10pm; Sat 11:30am–10pm | Year-round | Family-owned since 2014 | September 2026 |
| Ort Farms — Washington Township (Long Valley) | Homemade ice cream made in-house at the farm | Daily 11am–8/9pm (varies by page) | Not stated | Family farm | September 2026 |
| Scoop Station — Morris Plains | Family-owned ice cream, bubble tea, milkshakes | Sun–Thu 12–9pm; Fri–Sat 12–10pm (changes seasonally) | Year-round, hours vary | Family-owned | September 2026 |
| South Street Creamery — Morristown | Homemade ice cream, creamy gelato | Mon–Sat 10am–8pm, Sun 1–8pm | Not stated | Not published | September 2026 |
| Taro Frozen Yogurt — Morristown | Gelato and ice cream rolls, alongside frozen yogurt | Not found by us | Not stated | Not published | September 2026 |
The Shops
Mendham Creamery — Mendham Borough
Ice cream and other cool treats. Hours: Mon–Fri 3–9pm; Sat–Sun 12–9pm. 2A Hilltop Rd.
Taylor’s Ice Cream Parlor — Chester
Soft serve and over 50 flavors. 18 Main St.
Common questions
Is this every ice cream shop in Mendham and Chester? No list like this is ever complete or permanent. This page reflects what each business’s own website or social account said as of September 2026, and it is checked periodically. If you know of a shop that should be here, use the correction link at the bottom of the page.
Are national chains included? Yes. Businesses selling ice cream to eat on the spot, with premises in Mendham Borough, Mendham Township, Chester Borough, Chester Township, NJ, are here on the same terms as anyone else. The two tables on this page cover the shops in those towns.
Does a business have to pay to be listed? No. Every business on this page qualified by meeting the same test — see the note above the table.
Every detail on this page was verified in September 2026.
Additional resources
Also see our ice cream guide for Somerville, NJ. Also see our field piece on a Friday afternoon in downtown Morristown.
Something out of date?
This guide is maintained. If anything here is wrong or has changed — hours, a seasonal opening or closing date, a phone number, or whether a place has closed — tell us and we will check it. Businesses listed here are welcome to write in directly.
admin@gardenstatecircle.com
Know an ice cream shop in Mendham Borough, Mendham Township, Chester Borough, Chester Township, NJ that we missed? Write to the address above and tell us what proves it sells ice cream to eat on the spot — its own website or social account naming the item — and we will add it.
This is not a ranking.
Part of West Morris Guides · Ice Cream Shops in Morris County, NJ