• Ben & Bill's Chocolate Emporium

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Offers several options of vegan ice cream including coconut, mint chocolate chip, very vanilla, and coffee. Open Mon-Sat 9:00am-10:00pm, Sun 10:00am-10:00pm.


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17 Reviews

First Review by lizwillow

csailor

Points +877

Vegan
10 Aug 2024

Just not that good

The mint chip was way too minty, and the blueberry had a fake aftertaste. Not creamy at all - and with all the good vegan ice creams we can get nowadays, they can do WAY better!!!!

cooni

Points +26

Vegan
13 Jun 2024

Multiple Vegan Options

Delicious vegan ice creams and shakes w/ oat or almond milk. Blueberry ice cream was excellent. Often seems like these places just have sorbet for vegan options but they had 5 actual ice creams when we were there.

ErinH

Points +457

Vegan
07 Jun 2024

Vegan waffle cones !

I have been looking for a vegan waffle cone forever. The cone and ice cream were both great BUT it is pricey! 13.50 for a one scoop waffle cone. The pricing is all over the wall but so much to look at that you don’t even see it . So definitely wish I would have read the reviews to know it was going to cost that much. Ask for samples bc the mint chip is way too strong so I would have been so upset to pay that much for something I hated. But again, chocolate and vanilla were great.

Updated from previous review on 2024-06-07

Pros: Vegan waffle cone , Allows samples ! , Very nice employees

Cons: Too expensive for size , Tight space for ordering

katherineq4

Points +24

Vegan
07 Jun 2024

6 vegan flavors and vegan cones

6 vegan ice creams and vegan cones! The blueberry and caribbean/coconut were our favorites. They also had signs up advertising vegan milkshakes and vegan cookies. We walked into two other ice cream shops in Bar Harbor and one only had sorbet and the other didn’t haven’t anything vegan, so we stuck with Ben&Bills which seemed the most vegan friendly by far.

BeethiKarmakar

Points +36

Vegan
20 May 2024

A most horrible experience

Had the most horrible experience of my vegan life. This shop has non-English speaking servers who dont understand “vegan”. When I asked for their vegan options, i was given a spoon of their lobster icecream to taste! And this was not even the worst part! Instead of being apologetic, I was even charged for a bottle of water. DON’T GO IN HERE IF YOU’RE VEGAN.

Cons: Servers who don’t understand English or vegan, Pathetic customer service

Tray-C

Points +539

Vegan
16 May 2024

Great place for vegan ice cream!

At least 6 vegan ice cream flavors and a vegan waffle cone! We tried the vegan blueberry in the vegan waffle cone and were amazed - made with a ton of real blueberries not fake food coloring. It’s the real deal. So delicious and worth every outrageous penny of the cost ($13.50 for a single in the waffle cone). We had visited once before two years ago and were happy to see they are now offering more flavors. The place is mostly a candy store walk through with the vegan ice cream options at the very end so when you go in look to your right in the freezer and you’ll see the vegan choices before going all the way around. Vegan vanilla is amazing too! Staff is very nice and accommodating.

Updated from previous review on 2024-05-14

Pros: 6 Vegan ice cream options , Vegan waffle cone (just do it),

Cons: Expensive but worth it

farthereaches

Points +434

Vegan
21 Jul 2023

a couple vegan options

I didn’t try the blueberry which seemed to be there best flavor. I ended up ordering the arctic mint chip which I thought would be something other than blue dyed mint chip but I was disappointed to find out it was just that. While alright I think if you come here, head for the matcha or the blueberry flavors.

autumndandelion

Points +151

Vegan
23 May 2023

Six vegan ice cream flavors!

Ben and Bill’s has six vegan ice cream flavors and vegan cookies too. We got Arctic mint, which was tasty and a deep mint flavor.

BramDesmet

Points +86

Vegan
29 Sep 2022

Get the waffle cone with vanilla

The vegan vanilla ice cream with vegan waffle cone was exceptionally good. The vanilla tasted almost a bit like maple and may be some of the best vanilla ice cream we’ve had. We liked the vanilla better than the mint, perhaps too minty for such a large ice cream serving. On the pricey side, but portions are very generous and we’ll worth the expense.

Pros: Amazing vanilla ice cream, Waffle cone good enough too eat by itself

Cons: On the pricey side, $50 for 4 ice cream cones.

ChristyKat

Points +145

Vegan
28 Aug 2022

Underwhelming

The texture is a bit off, in between sorbet and ice cream. The matcha and mint didn’t really work, the matcha flavour was muted and the mint was overpowering. Chocolate was passing, the best of the 3. The mint colour was synthetic turquoise and the chips were also mint flavoured.

Wouldn’t really recommend.

Pros: A few vegan flavours

Cons: Odd texture, Flavouring needs work

sarahdavis89

Points +1211

Vegan
28 Jul 2022

Vegan options!

We got the artic mint chip and very vanilla vegan ice cream (one with a vegan waffle cone). The ice cream was pretty good! The waffle cone was okay, not worth the price in my opinion.

Updated from previous review on 2022-07-11

Pros: Vegan options, Tastes good!

Cons: Pricey

dontkalemyvibe

Points +128

Vegan
02 Oct 2021

Lots of yummy vegan flavors

I got the “coffee coffee” and it’s super good! Almost like Ben and Jerry’s!! Really good to be home made

njeanbaz

Points +151

Vegetarian
07 Sep 2021

Good vanilla ice cream!

I had a vanilla vegan ice cream here with Oreos, the ice cream wasn’t super creamy it I was glad they had an option there!

KathyT-WFPB

Points +929

Vegan
13 Jul 2021

Many vegan flavors but not very creamy for ice cream

Long line out the door but excellent friendly staff keeps the line moving fast. Our group of 4 tried 6 different flavors of non dairy ice cream here. I completely agree with previous reviewers…the Arctic mint was like eating toothpaste flavored ice cream, although toothpaste is creamier. Not a good mint chip. We love mint chip, so I was tempted to try it despite other reviews but regretted my decision after the first bite. The chocolate and vanilla is okay, as is the mud brew flavor (like a chocolate coffee but not too strong on the coffee). None of the ice creams had a creamy enough mouth feel, but for a tourist spot and wanting to treat the kids on vacation, I am grateful for their many non dairy flavors. So, we will return, but there is better vegan ice cream out there, especially at these prices. See my other reviews to see how the local competition compares in Bar Harbor.

Updated from previous review on 2021-07-13

Pros: Many vegan flavors, More than just sorbets, Fast friendly service

Cons: High prices, Icy texture; not creamy enough

tranquility2000

Points +46

Vegan
22 Jun 2021

Arctic mint fizzled

Got the toothpaste blue arctic freeze mint chip. Very disappointing. The mint tasted like toothpaste and had a weird texture. Two bites later I had to throw it away.

Pros: Lots of choices

Cons: Weird texture., Bad flavor, Artificial colors

plantbasedwitch

Points +68

Vegan
10 Jun 2021

Just ok

I got two flavors at two different times. I got the arctic freeze flavor first, which is supposed to be a mint chip, but it was too minty and tasted like toothpaste. The second flavor i got was the castaway chocolate, which kinda tasted like a frosty, but the texture was a little frosty and not that creamy.

Pros: decent selection, quick service times

Cons: weird texture, a little expensive compared to other shops

lizwillow

Points +324

Vegan
15 May 2021

Very yummy chocolate vegan ice cream

I think the flavor was called mud slide or something but it was very good. Very vanilla was good too. The coconut was okay but not as good as the other two.




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