Coffee may seem like a relatively new flavor of ice cream but it is believed to first be served in a parfait sometime during the 1860s. However, this flavor of ice cream wasn’t widely available commercially until after World War II.
Today, many coffee ice cream brands exist from the obscure to the brands we see weekly at the grocery store. Here are many of the popular coffee ice cream brands that are likely available near you.
Brands of Coffee Ice Cream
Alden’s
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Alden’s is an organic ice cream brand. The company has been making organic ice cream since 2004 using organic cream and milk from family-owned farms. The ice cream contains no artificial flavors or sweeteners. Furthermore, it has no high fructose corn syrup, carrageenan, antibiotics, or GMOs.
Alden’s makes these coffee ice cream products:
Coffee Chip: Milk, Cream, Cane Sugar, Chocolate Chips (Unsweetened Chocolate, Cane Sugar, Palm Kernel Oil, Cocoa Butter, Soy Lecithin, Vanilla Extract), Tapioca Syrup, Coffee Extract, Tapioca Starch, Ground Coffee Beans, Guar Gum, Soy Lecithin, Locust Bean Gum, Xanthan Gum.
Caramel Macchiato: Milk, Cream, Cane Sugar, Sea Salt Caramel (Rice Syrup, Cream, Sugar, Butter (Cream, Salt), Water, Pectin, Sea Salt, Nonfat Dry Milk), Tapioca Syrup, Caramel Base (Sugar, Water), Tapioca Starch, Coffee, Guar Gum, Soy Lecithin, Locust Bean Gum, Natural Caramel Flavor, Xanthan Gum.
Dairy-Free Mocha Latte: Dairy-Free Frozen Dessert Blend (Water, Cane Sugar, Coconut Oil, Tapioca Syrup, Inulin, Brown Rice, Whole Oat Flour, Acacia Gum, Pea Protein, Soy Lecithin, Guar Gum, Locust Bean Gum), Fudge (Sugar, Water, Unsweetened Chocolate, Tapioca Starch, Cocoa (Processed With Alkali), Natural Flavor), Caramel Base (Sugar, Water), Chocolate Base (Sugar, Water, Cocoa (Processed With Alkali), Natural Flavor, Citric Acid, Salt), Coffee, Natural Vanilla Flavor With Other Natural Flavors.
Dairy Free Coffee Swirl Bars: Dairy-Free Frozen Dessert Blend (Water, Cane Sugar, Tapioca Syrup, Coconut Oil, Inulin, Brown Rice, Acacia Gum, Pea Protein, Whole Oat Flour, Soy Lecithin, Guar Gum, Locust Bean Gum), Caramel Base (Sugar, Water), Coffee, Natural Flavors.
Ben & Jerry’s
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Ben & Jerry’s was launched as an ice cream shop in 1978 in Burlington, Vermont. The company holds a free cone day each year at its shop to celebrate its anniversary. The brand has been owned by the enormous food company, Unilever, since 2000. Its most popular flavors today include Half Baked, Cherry Garcia, and Cookie Dough.
Ben & Jerry’s makes these products that contain coffee flavor:
Coffee Coffee BuzzBuzzBuzz Ingredients (pint or scoop shops): Cream, Skim Milk, Liquid Sugar (Sugar, Water), Water, Sugar, Coconut Oil, Coffee Extract, Egg Yolks, Cocoa (Processed With Alkali), Coffee, Cocoa Powder, Soy Lecithin, Guar Gum, Vanilla Extract, Carrageenan.
Cold Brew Coffee Fudge Chip (at scoop shops) Ingredients: Sunflower Milk (Water, Roasted Sunflower Seeds), Liquid Sugar (Sugar, Water), Coconut Oil, Corn Syrup, Sugar, Dried Cane Syrup, Cocoa, Cocoa (Processed With Alkali), Pea Protein, Chocolate Liquor, Coffee Extract, Sunflower Lecithin, Vanilla Extract, Caramelized Sugar Syrup, Soy Lecithin, Pectin, Guar Gum, Sea Salt, Locust Bean Gum.
Coffee Toffee Bar Crunch (pint): Cream, Skim Milk, Liquid Sugar (Sugar, Water), Water, Sugar, Coconut Oil, Coffee Extract, Egg Yolks, Butter (Cream, Salt), Almonds, Cocoa (Processed With Alkali), Milk, Soy Lecithin, Cocoa, Natural Flavor, Salt, Vanilla Extract, Vegetable Oil (Canola, Safflower, And/or Sunflower Oil), Guar Gum, Carrageenan.
Blue Bell
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Blue Bell was founded in 1907 in Brenham, Texas. It began making ice cream in 1911 where it was locally until the mid-1900s. It then expanded its distribution to all of Texas then to other states starting in the 1980s. Blue Bell ice cream is now sold in 22 states and the company is one of the top manufacturers of ice cream in the United States.
Blue Bell’s Coffee ice cream is a year-round flavor made by the company including other favorites like Mint Chocolate Chip and Cookies & Cream. In addition to Coffee ice cream, they make Mocha Almond Fudge ice cream consisting of coffee ice cream with chopped roasted almond and chocolate sundae sauce.
Breyer’s
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Breyer’s is one of the older ice cream brands in the United States. It was started in 1866 by William A. Breyer in Philadelphia. The brand was sold to National Dairy in 1926, which went on to become Kraft. As of 1993, Unilever owns Breyer’s.
Its coffee ice cream is made with fresh cream and roasted Colombian coffee. Here are its ingredients:
Breyer’s Coffee Ice Cream Ingredients: Milk, Corn Syrup, Sugar, Cream, Coffee Extract, contains 2% or less of each of the following: Whey, Carob Bean Gum, Mono and Diglycerides, Caramel Color, Carrageenan, Tara Gum, Vitamin A Palmitate, Guar Gum, Natural Flavor, Annatto (for Color).
Breyer’s also makes a CarbSmart Coffee ice cream. These are its ingredients:
CarbSmart Coffee Cookie Crunch Ingredients: Skim Milk, Cream, Maltitol Syrup, Water, Polydextrose, Coconut Oil, Glycerin, Coffee Extract, Whey, Less than 2% of: Sugar, Dutched Cocoa (Processed with Alkali), Soluble Corn Fiber, Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Mono and Diglycerides, Vegetable Oil (Soybean, Palm), Guar Gum, Carob Bean Gum, Dried Cane Syrup, Natural Flavor, Cocoa, Soy Lecithin, Corn Starch, Sodium Bicarbonate, Milk, Salt, Acesulfame Potassium, Sucralose.
Dreyer’s
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You’ll notice the image for Dreyer’s ice cream (pictured above) is the same as Edy’s (pictured below), but with different brand names. Dreyer’s is essential sold West of the Mississippi whereas Edy’s is sold to the East. The two brands are owned by Froneri are named after the founders, William Dreyer and Joseph Edy.
These are the coffee ice cream products made by Dreyer’s and their ingredients:
Coffee Ice Cream Ingredients: Skim Milk, Cream, Sugar, Corn Syrup, Whey, Coffee, Guar Gum, Carob Bean Gum.
Slow Churned Coffee Ice Cream Ingredients: Non-Fat Milk, Sugar, Cream, Buttermilk, Coffee, Tapioca Starch, Carob Bean Gum, Guar Gum, Vitamin A Palmitate.
Edy’s
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Edy’s makes coffee ice cream in classic and slow churn varieties. The products are identical in ingredients to Dreyer’s products listed above.
Coffee Ice Cream Ingredients: Skim Milk, Cream, Sugar, Corn Syrup, Whey, Coffee, Guar Gum, Carob Bean Gum.
Slow Churned Coffee Ice Cream Ingredients: Non-Fat Milk, Sugar, Cream, Buttermilk, Coffee, Tapioca Starch, Carob Bean Gum, Guar Gum, Vitamin A Palmitate.
Enlightened
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Enlightened was started by Michael Shoretz as a brand of better-for-you ice cream. He launched the business after he learned his father had Type 2 diabetes. Shoretz became devoted to assisting others to live healthier lifestyles after the diagnosis.
Enlightened is a high protein, low calorie, low sugar, and low-fat ice cream brand. Its coffee ice cream is called Cold Brew Coffee. A whole pint has only 280 calories. It contains 70% less sugar, 65% fewer calories, and 85% less fat compared to regular ice cream.
Cold Brew Coffee Light Ice Cream Ingredients: Skim Milk, Non-GMO Soluble Corn Fiber, Milk Protein Concentrate, Cream, Erythritol, Allulose, Natural Flavor, Tapioca Syrup, Vegetable Glycerin, Mono & Diglycerides, Cellulose Gel, Cellulose Gum, Monk Fruit Extract, Vitamin A Palmitate.
Enlightened also makes Keto Coffee Chocolate Chunk. It contains 650 calories per contain with 1 gram of sugar.
Coffee Chocolate Chunk Ingredients: Cream, Water, Egg Yolks, Coconut Oil, Non-GMO Soluble Corn Fiber, Allulose, Erythritol, Milk Protein Concentrate, Natural Flavor, Vegetable Glycerin, Dutched Cocoa, Tara Gum, Guar Gum, Monk Fruit Extract, Sunflower Lecithin, Salt, Vanilla.
In addition to the above coffee ice cream products, Enlightened makes Coffee Chip Bars, Dairy-Free Mocha Chocolate Chip Bars, and Dairy-Free Triple Shot Espresso pints.
Friendly’s
Website: deanfoods.com/brands/friendlys
Friendly’s began in 1935 as an ice cream shop in Springfield, Massachusetts. It served double-dip cones for only a nickel back in those early days. They became the first business in New England to sell take-home ice cream in the 1950s out of their stores. However, it wasn’t until 1987 that Friendly’s was sold at grocery stores.
Today, Dean Foods owns the manufacturing and retail ice cream businesses of Friendly’s. The restaurants are owned by another entity called Amici Partners Group.
Friendly’s makes Rich & Creamy Coffee Ice Cream with these ingredients: Milk, Cream, Skim Milk, Sugar, Corn Syrup, Coffee Extract, Whey Protein Concentrate, Guar Gum, Mono and Diglycerides, Xanthan Gum, Carrageenan.
Häagen-Dazs
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While Häagen-Dazs may sound like it’s from outside America, the brand was born in the Bronx. Its name was invented by Reuben Mattus, the founder, which is meant to sound Danish. The company began making premium ice cream in 1960 using the finest ingredients unlike many of its competitors. Vanilla, chocolate, and coffee were their first flavors.
Today, Häagen-Dazs makes a few types of ice cream with coffee. Here are the products and their ingredients:
Coffee Ice Cream Ingredients: Cream, Skim Milk, Cane Sugar, Egg Yolks, Coffee.
Coffee Chip Ice Cream Ingredients: Cream, Skim Milk, Sugar, Powdered Sugar (Sugar, Corn Starch), Egg Yolks, Coconut Oil, Coffee, Cocoa Processed with Alkali, Butter Oil, Soy Lecithin, Natural Flavor, Milk.
Coffee Chocolate Brownie Ice Cream Ingredients: Cream, Skim Milk, Sugar, Brownie Pieces (Sugar, Wheat Flour, Water, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Soybean Oil, Corn Starch, Eggs, Non-Fat Milk, Natural Flavor, Salt, Baking Soda), Espresso Fudge (Sugar, Sweetened Condensed Skim Milk [Skim Milk, Sugar], Water, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Coffee, Coconut Oil, Chocolate Liquor, Pectin, Sea Salt, Baking Soda, Lemon Juice Concentrate), Egg Yolks, Cocoa Nibs, Coffee.
Häagen-Dazs also makes coffee ice cream bars in these flavors: Coffee Almond Crunch Bar, Coffee Soft Dipped Bar,
Hudsonville
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The Michigan headquartered Hudsonville uses the same base recipe from when the company first started making ice cream in 1926. Its first six flavors were vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, butter pecan, orange pineapple, and tootie fruity. It’s safe to say that they have greatly expanded their flavor offerings since the beginning.
Hudsonville makes Caramel Coffee Chip featuring coffee ice cream, dulce de leche swirls, and dark chocolate flakes.
Caramel Coffee Chip Ingredients: Milk, Cream Sugar, Corn Syrup, Water, Skim Milk, Coconut Oil (Refined), Dutched Cocoa, Coffee, Butter, Mono And Diglycerides, Cellulose Gum, Cocoa Powder, Salt, Soy Lecithin, Natural Flavor, Agar Agar, Baking Soda, Guar Gum.
Rebel
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Rebel Coffee Chip is a no sugar added ice cream. A 2/3 cup serving has only 210 calories and 1.9g net carbs. This is undoubtedly a popular choice for people following keto diets. This ice cream is sold in pints.
Coffee Chip Ingredients: Cream, Water, Chocolate Flakes (Coconut Oil, Cocoa, Erythritol, Sunflower Lecithin, Salt, Dutched Cocoa, Vanilla Extract, Monk Fruit), Erythritol, Vegetable Glycerin, Egg Yolks, Chicory Root Fiber, Coffee, Milk Protein Isolate, Peruvian Carob Gum, Guar Gum, Salt, Monk Fruit.
Straus
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Straus specializes in producing organic dairy through its family-owned and operated company that opened in 1994. It was one of the first certified organic dairy farms on the West Coast. Furthermore, it was the first 100% certified organic creamery in America. Needless to say but Straus knows a thing or two about making high-quality dairy, including ice cream.
Straus Family Creamery makes Organic Coffee Ice Cream with the following ingredients: Pasteurized Organic Cream And Organic Nonfat Milk, Organic Sugar, Organic Egg Yolk, Organic Decaffeinated Freeze Dried Coffee, Organic Dutch Cocoa (Processed With Alkali), Organic Vanilla Extract.
Turkey Hill
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Turkey Hill was started as a milk delivery business during the Great Depression. However, it wasn’t until 1954 that they began making ice cream that was initially sold locally in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. During the 1980s, the company began expanding its ice cream business to other counties.
Today, Turkey Hill makes over 70 flavors of ice cream. A few of these flavors involve coffee. Here are the coffee ice cream products made by Turkey Hill and their ingredients:
Columbian Coffee Ingredients: Milk, Cream, Sugar, Corn Syrup, Whey, Nonfat Milk, Coffee, Cellulose Gel, Cellulose Gum, Mono & Diglycerides, Carrageenan.
Simply Natural Mocha Swirl Ingredients: Cream, Nonfat Milk, Sugar, Chocolate Cookie Swirl [Soybean Oil, Sugar, Chocolate Cookies (Wheat Flour, Sugar, Palm Oil, Cocoa, Salt, Baking Soda, Natural Flavor, Soy Lecithin), Cocoa, Corn Starch, Salt, Soy Lecithin, Natural Flavor], Cocoa, Coffee.
Double Dunker Ingredients: Milk, Sugar, Chocolate Cookie Swirl [Soybean Oil, Sugar, Chocolate Cookies (Wheat Flour, Sugar, Palm and Palm Kernel Oil, Cocoa processed with Alkali, Salt, Sodium Bicarbonate, Natural Flavor, Soy Lecithin), Cocoa processed with Alkali, Corn Starch, Salt, Soy Lecithin, Natural Flavor], Cookie Dough [Wheat Flour, Sugar, Brown Sugar, Butter, Water, Soybean Oil, Chocolate Chips (Sugar, Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Soy Lecithin, Vanilla), Corn Starch, Molasses, Salt, Natural Flavor, Soy Lecithin, Sodium Bicarbonate], Corn Syrup, Nonfat Milk, Whey, Polydextrose, Cream, Cocoa processed with Alkali, Natural Flavor, Coffee, Calcium Carbonate, Molasses, Propylene Glycol Monoesters, Guar Gum, Mono & Diglycerides, Cellulose Gum, Carrageenan, Vitamin A, Vitamin D3
