Babcock Hall Dairy Store

The ice cream is so wonderful nothing needs to be said. All the flavors are great, my favorites being orange chocolate chip, union utopia, and mocha macchiato.Something not as well recognized at Babcock is their food including the BYO sandwiches! These are super customizable and made with the freshest ingredients. Best of all, you get to add the in house Wisconsin cheese to it! I love to get a chicken wrap in a cheesy jalapeño tortilla with veggies and garlic aioli. Such a filling lunch!

Babcock Dairy was an absolutely wonderful and chilling experience (pun intended!). Despite the local Alabama-Wisconsin game ending less than an hour prior and a long line, the service was rapid and everyone got their icecream in no time. Attached to a University of Wisconsin building, there leaves a lot of cool sights and Badger-themed memorabilia laying about! Also it being Wisconsin there is plenty of cheese for sale inside as well! As for the ice cream, I got the "Badger Blast" and it was delicious! Very chilled and loaded with 'premium' chocolate and chocolate flakes! This is a great stop following a hot football day'

I wanted to try this place when I came to Madison because a friend recommended it, but hadn't gotten around to it yet, when lo and behold, they served it on the snack bar at the conference I was attending at the University. It saved me a trip to the actual store, so that was nice. The ice cream was good, but I have to say I liked the whipped cream even better. Could have eaten a whole bowl of that stuff!!! I noticed later on that they have a little Babcock ice cream shop on campus, too. Good stuff!!!

This is such a cool store to have on campus. Serves ice cream, sandwiches, and more. The ice cream is so delicious! Several options available - it was hard to choose! I got raspberry something (oops! I forget) but I can't forget how delicious it was! Very refreshing on a hot day and for a very affordable price. Delicious!

A supposedly legendary spot on campus but it didn't live up to the hype for me. The blueberry swirl is one of their super premium flavors with a vanilla ice cream base and blueberry swirls. It was creamy and smooth but I felt the blueberry flavors fell short. The rest of our group tried the chocolate, vanilla, centennial caramel swirl, and mocha macchiato. Parking on a Friday mid-morning was fairly straight-forward and simple. All three of our cars were parked right outside the store at 65 cents for 25 minutes. I don't know who comes up with these random rates but it was more than enough time for us because there was no wait.

No trip to Madison, Wisconsin is complete without a stop at the Babcock Hall Dairy Store. Located on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, Babcock Hall Dairy Store is a must stop. Babcock Hall is home to the University's dairy research program. This restaurant is located in the building, and they make their own fresh ice cream and frozen creations. You can also purchase sandwiches and drinks here. I got a scoop of the chocolate peanut butter ice cream (rich, chocolate ice cream with thick ribbons of creamy peanut butter), while my husband got a scoop of the 175 S'more Years (rich, chocolate ice cream with a marshmallow swirl and graham cracker crunch to celebrate UW-Madison's 175th anniversary). The flavors were rich and creamy. The scoop they give you is HUGE! They are always creating new flavors, so if you go back there is always something new to try. If you are in Madison, I highly recommend stopping by and getting some ice cream at Babcock Hall Dairy Store!

When I visited Madison recently, I had a small window of time before I had to move on to the next thing. It was mid-afternoon, on a Friday, and I'd never been to Babcock Dairy. So I plugged it into my GPS and away I went.There is street parking and I had no trouble that day I was there. But depending on the day, it could be hard to find parking, and you might have to find somewhere else to park and walk. After walking up two flights of steps you're ushered into a small but decent-sized ice cream shop--except this one has more seating than the average ice cream store. There is more than just ice cream on the menu, but I was there for the ice cream. There were a few people ahead of me in line, so I waited about 10 minutes or so. I ordered a double decker--and the last time I had a double scoop was years ago, I kid you not. But I was there and couldn't resist. I ordered chocolate and other flavor, I think was salted caramel. (It was a month ago!) But whatever it was, it was creamy and delicious. I wasn't really sure I could eat a double scoop, but despite its creaminess, it wasn't too heavy or difficult to eat. I sat by a front window and enjoyed my ice cream! It's a family friendly place, as not only students come but families with young kids were there, too.

Legendary place on the University of Wisconsin campus. Next level ice cream and a pretty good cheese selection too.

I stopped by on a Saturday monrning for ice cream. I went for a large, which can have 4 scoops. Orange custard chocolate chip was my favorite flavor here. Chocolate peanut butter, blueberry basil and lemon bar were my other flavors. They were all good. The place has some nice food items and coffee, which I should try next.

We had a coupon for free ice cream but we could only redeem it at the Babcock store on campus versus any other of their outlets. Given parking is a pain on campus even in summer we stopped in on a bike ride. So what if it was 9:30 in the morning. The store opens early so we had ice cream for breakfast - nice!The store itself is a bit barren with a sandwich counter, ice cream counter, some fairly empty food cases with a small selection of Babcock cheeses and Bucky meats. Service was fast and friendly and the serving big.