Ice cream on Long Island

May 1, 2013 1:47 PM

What makes ice cream worth going out for is the use of real vanilla, fine cocoa and fresh fruit. Most important, it takes an ice-cream chef with a burning passion for frozen desserts. Here are more than two dozen shops that consistently deliver sweet, creamy goodness in the face of summer swelter. They are worth the trip. --ERICA MARCUS

GUIDE: Check out our complete list of great ice cream parlors.