Van Leeuwen Ice Cream

Over the past decade, Van Leeuwen has come a long way—from its humble beginnings operating out of a yellow, refurbished ice cream truck, to its now-ubiquitous pints in fancy grocery stores and expanding brick-and-mortar locations (27 and counting). Even 14 years after the company kicked off, Van Leeuwen still makes all its ice cream from scratch in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, using only a handful of ingredients, including fresh milk and cream, cane sugar, and egg yolks. They’ve also become well-known for decadent vegan scoops—made with either house-made cashew milk or oat milk that’s combined with coconut cream, cocoa butter, and coconut oil for a you-won’t-believe-it’s-not-dairy taste and texture.