When the weather starts to heat up, the first thing I start craving is some great ice cream. (Okay, to be honest, I’d eat it at any time, but that’s not the point…) Anyway, luckily for me, and my fellow Illinoisians, Illinois is home to some of the best ice cream around. Here are my top twenty favorite ice cream shops that are my go-to places to grab a cone in Illinois:

1. Original Rainbow Cone (Evergreen Park)
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2. Bobtail (Wilmette, Chicago)
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3. Oberweis (Multiple Locations)
Oberweis Ice Cream and Dairy/Facebook
4. Black Dog Gelato (Chicago)
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5. The Spotted Cow (Peoria)
The Spotted Cow/Facebook
6. Plush Horse (Tinley Park)
Plush Horse/Facebook
7. Dari Ripple (Pittsfield)
Dari Ripple/Facebook
8. Gene's Ice Cream (Bloomington)
Gene's Ice Cream/Facebook
9. Dairy Mart (Salem)
Dairy Mart/Facebook
10. The Custard Stand (Sesser)
The Custard Stand/Facebook

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11. Andy's Frozen Custard (multiple locations)
Andy's Frozen Custard/Facebook
12. Jarling's (Champaign)
Jarling's Custard Cup/Facebook
13. Batavia Creamery (Batavia)
Batavia Creamery/Facebook
14. Christie's Dairy Delights (Palatine)
Christie's Dairy Delights/Facebook
15. Colonial Cafe and Ice Cream (multiple locations)
Colonial Cafe and Ice Cream/Facebook
16. Dairyhäus (Rockton)
Dairyhäus/Facebook
17. Eckert's Country Store and Farms (Belleville)
Eckert's Country Store and Farms/Facebook
18. ICream Cafe (Wicker Park)
ICream Cafe/Facebook
19. Whitey's Ice Cream (multiple locations)
Whitey's Ice Cream/Facebook
20. Julie Ann's Frozen Custard (Crystal Lake)
Julie Ann's Frozen Custard/Facebook

Did I miss any of your favorites? Be sure to tell me in the comments!

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