Ice Cream of the Crop: Morris County Staple Ranked Among Best Scoops in America

The flavor list reads like a candy shop’s inventory, with something for everyone, if not more.

Just the name, “Cliff’s,” sparks an immediate trigger for Morris County-area ice cream lovers.

The Route 46 roadside stop that offers 60 hard ice cream flavors and 11 soft-serve options has been named to Thrillist’s top 33 ice cream shops in all of America, and for good reason.

The homemade ice cream server has been in Ledgewood since 1975, and just celebrated its 40th anniversary in March.

Accolades aren’t new to Cliff’s, though, after winning national competitions for its vanilla and strawberry flavors in 2003, second place for its sticky bun ice cream in 2004, and first and second for its desert silk and graham central station, respectively, in 2005.

Cliff’s was the only New Jersey ice cream business to make the website’s list. See the full rankings here.

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