Daily Scoop

This place is conveniently located in union south food court. After lunch, I felt like having an ice cream. There were 6 flavors from Chocolate Shoppe and 6 flavors from Babcock. I went for 3 scoops from Babcock - Chocolate peanut butter, Caramel creek and Mocha macchiato. The were all good flavors. Chocolate Peanut Butter was my favorite though. From Babcock flavors, orange chocolate is the best flavor.

I was really excited to try ice cream from UW dairy school. The workers were nice, and there are two counters with exactly the same ice cream. Line goes fast, I feel like the price for one scoop ($2.75) is standard. I got the "exhausted parent" bourbon infused ice cream which gave me some coffee/toffee with chocolate chip vibes - but it was gooood. I got a cake cone to top it off at the end!

Some local people told me the ice-cream in daily scoop is pretty nice! I tried several times, but I think many kinds of ice cream there are too sweet for me, like blue moon and mint chocolate, neither of them reach my expectation. Orange crash chocolate chips taste good, that's the best one I think!

Though its a UW entity located in Union South (Main flr, next to Wiscard/Box Office), one gripe I gotta make right away is there is No student discount*. Also, I wish they had more fruit and less sugar-caramel-candy flavors at a given time. Though "Bo's Special" (or something like that; Vanilla w/ Raspberries) is ok. Daily Scoop is kinda pricey, ~3bucks+ per scoop, but at least there's a decent scoop size.- : Its Ice cream, well sometimes a sorbet flavor too. I prefer Gelato or good froYo, both of which are hard to come by here. Yes I know its not a fair comparison, but for an Innovation-focused dairy-based entity, it either better be Mind-blowing Great Ice cream (Imho ice cream has too much air/water to have great flavor, best case: grainy texture/frostbite is minimal) or they should diversify to other, more yummy options. Make it extra credit for FoodSci or something. The hours could be longer, but I say that about everything, and with the Walker 'all shall be dust and ash' UW budget gutting (anyone notice how his old town got a new NBA stadium costing about the same at the same time?) its a wonder anything there stays open.+: Service is fast, friendly. Flavours usually rotate. If you like Ice cream, it's really worth a try. And the money stays local, so that's something. Really my gripes are minor, and largely the product of my own sense of overentitlement. Try it, it is good. *Student discount: sorta; although you need to PAY with your Id/Wiscard. If you live offcampus with no $ on the ID, you don't get a discount for being a student with a valid ID. Also, I think Union Members, and probably Regents get some discount, but not certain.

Whether you are first time visiting the UW-Madison or repeated visitors, enjoy scoops of the UW-Madison home-made ice cream is a must. There are three locations: Memorial Union, Union South, and Babcock Dairy Store at 1605 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706. Each place has different hours, so be sure you double check before heading over. All three locations carry popular flavors. At times they also offer "pilot" flavors. All flavors are decent with detailed description, pick what you like. Orange Custard Chocolate Chip is a unique flavor that you won't find elsewhere and has been around for more than 30 years. Good portion with reasonable price. Great quality ice cream. For example, someone I knew had three large scoops all at once one time, did not feel any discomfort from lactose intolerance. The staff were courteous and efficient. The store well organized. The Union South store is located on the first floor of Union South near the Information Desk and next to the Wisconsin Credit Union.Unlike some specialty ice cream stores, you are not able to get one scoop with 2-3 different flavors.

Yo so this dude taylor that works here spit in my food. His coworker Daniel was pretty dope tho. Good ice cream

Great place to get ice cream and lots of good flavors! But for some reason they only make smoothies whenever the workers are in the mood to do it. I have gone multiple times and have been told "we aren't making smoothies today" or "we stopped making smoothies an hour ago," so if you are looking for a smoothie go elsewhere.