Oak Barrel Ice & Creamery

[Review #824]2024-023Ice Cream Order:ICE CREAMS: PEACH, RED HOT LOVE! (red hot cinnamon candies, sweet-n-spicy cinnamon ice cream), MEXICAN CHOCOLATE (chocolate ice cream, cayenne pepper, cinnamon), DARK CHOCOLATEITALIAN ICE: STRAWBERRY LEMONSORBET: LYCHEE, MEYER LEMONI can't believe I haven't reviewed Oak Barrel Ice & Creamery... a family favorite of my cousin & nephew, & now ours too!Greg Raynes is the Founder & Ice Cream Artisan, who shares his childhood joy of making ice cream with those around him. Oak Barrel Ice & Creamery was inspired from his memories of hand cranking ice cream with family in Carmel Valley... nothing beats sharing a delicious frozen treat after dinner -- agreed!When you enter the shop, you're hit with sweet scents of ice cream like baking spices from a bakery. Weird, huh? I haven't experienced this in other ice cream shops... I might need to pay attention to this in future visits, if it's only at Oak Barrel. The dining room, if you can even call it that, is tiny & holds a couple of rounds with a pair of chairs ea. The walls are splattered with a barrel pouring out ice cream cones & and adjacent wall with ice cream cones & cups of ice cream.The friendly & helpful server informed me that there's 8 Classic & 15 Specialty flavors, with their Monthly Features & Stay Longer flavors (monthly features that are extended slightly beyond the month). And the Sorbets are water based & non-dairy.If you didn't know, I love, love, love peaches... so of course, my fav is Peach. Soooooo peachy, rich & creamy! What was an interesting flavor was Red Hot Love! It's the red hot cinnamon candies made into sweet & spicy cinnamon ice cream & it works! I also love the lighter & refreshing Strawberry Lemon Italian Ice, a perfect balance of citrus & berry, & Lychee & Meyer Lemon Sorbets. The lychee was so fragrant & sweet, & meyer lemon had a nice citrus, tarty sweetness.My family are chocoholics, so Mexican Chocolate was favored by my husband & Dark Chocolate for the kids, who somehow managed a milk mustache even though it was ice cream & hot chocolate. LOL Hahaha...No matter the time of year or day, there's always room for ice cream from Oak Barrel Ice & Creamery!Recommended: Peach (of course!), Red Hot Love!, Mexican Chocolate, & Dark Chocolate Ice Creams; Strawberry Lemon Italian Ice, Lychee & Meyer Lemon Sorbets.

Came here for some ice-cream everyone was super friendly and the ice cream was so delicious! We also tried their ice-cream sandwich is it was the best one I've had yet!

The best homemade ice cream in the valley! Our favorites are cookies and cream and Carmel crunch! It's harder to make it here now that we moved away, but definitely will stop in when in town! You won't be disappointed!!!

Still our favorite go to for ice cream. Most recently had the caramel crunch (I believe it was caramel and heath bars) shake and it was delicious! Perfect for the summer heat! The staff are always super helpful if you can't make a decision. I've seen that you can order ahead but we've never tried it. You can also get Sundaes, floats, quarts and pints to go.

Took my daughter here for a Vday dessert and we were not disappointed! The cotton candy ice cream is to die for and the chocolate brownie chunk delicious! My daughter is still talking about the place!Note: tips are cash obly

Great ice cream the best in Turlock! Super rich and creamy. Tried a couple of samples before deciding on Carmel crunch. New favorite flavor

Great ice cream. Courteous and friendly service. A great array of flavors to choose from.

Best ice cream place ever! I travel often and still this is the best ice cream I have ever had. Every single flavor is delicious even flavors I don't usually like. Staff is always kind and helpful.

Great ice cream and customer service.... Went there on a whim after getting my daughter's haircut and we will definitely be back

OUTSTANDING!! Great selection of ice cream. Make sure you read the board to see ALL the different flavors available.