Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream: What’s Vegetarian Editorial Review

Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream is a strong option if you’re vegetarian, since its ice cream base is built from milk and cream with no eggs at all, and it now stocks a real vegan lineup of sorbets and dairy-free scoops on top of that.

What to order at Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream

Classic flavors like Vanilla, Chocolate, Mint Chocolate Chip, and Black Raspberry are all vegetarian. Fruit and cream flavors, Banana Cream Pie, Bananas Foster, Cherry Cordial, and Cherry Vanilla, work too, along with seasonal picks like Pumpkin Pie and Pumpkin Cheesecake Chunk. For vegan options, order one of the dedicated vegan sorbets, or ask about the oat milk and coconut milk scoops the chain has added to its lineup.

What to watch out for

Cheesecake, brownie batter, and cookie dough flavors like Brownie Dough and NY Cheesecake Chunk are vegetarian but rely on milk and egg, so skip those if you’re vegan. Sherbets, despite sounding lighter than ice cream, still contain milk and don’t qualify as vegan either. Nut and caramel flavors like Butter Pecan and Snappy Turtle carry tree nuts, worth flagging if you’re also managing a nut allergy alongside a vegetarian diet. With more than 100 rotating flavors and only about 48 available at any one store, check your local lineup before you count on a specific flavor being there.