Japanese soft serve and froyo places may be proliferating, but the big ice cream winners are clearly homegrown brands. They've managed to capture the heart and soul of locally-inspired flavours from durian and pineapple tart, to muah chee and kaya, without sacrificing on quality and taste. That's not to say they've overlooked the classics too. Here, we list down all the cool ice cream places that have satiated our sweet tooth on this sunny island.

Apiary

With a name like that, you know you're gonna have a sweet time here. Expect more straightforward flavours at this centrally-located haunt, like Milk Chocolate & Cookies, Black Sesame and Salted Caramel done supremely well, as well as unique yet elegant creations like Black Summer Truffle and Speculoos Cheesecake. Alcoholics, go for the chewy Baileyes & Brownie, or the punchy I Am Not Drunk, made using whisky and homemade cereal cumble. 84 Neil Rd.
 

Birds of Paradise

Singapore’s new gelato maker has won hearts with delicate, unusual flavors like the white chrysanthemum with cacao nibs, spiced pear and strawberry basil. Their environmentally-conscious, brick-and-mortar café in Katong is equally great—painted in pastel colors and plastered with floral and birds motifs. #01-05 63 East Coast Rd.
 

Creamier

The Gillman Barracks outlet of this homegrown ice cream brand is packed on the weekends, thanks to its rotating selection of 18 handcrafted ice-cream flavors that are made from scratch daily. Try premium flavors like the roasted pistachio or local flavors like the sea salt gula Melaka. There are waffles, too. 5A Lock Rd.
 

The Daily Scoop

This veteran egg-free ice-cream chain offers made-fresh-daily, all-natural ice creams. Fans of local flavors will appreciate their seasonal Mao Shan Wang flavor and the OkayLah, with kaya flavors. Don’t miss their boozy offerings either, like the lychee martini and the cherry brandy. #01-04 Clementi Arcade, 41 Sunset Way.
 

Fat Cat Ice Cream Bar

This hipster ice cream bar located in the heart of Bedok central manages to draw crowds with their unique ice cream flavours sold at affordable prices. Made in-house from scratch, pair ice cream such as butterbeer, hay & honey and all-time favourite earl grey lavender with their raved charcoal waffle and salted egg yolk sauce. Don’t forget their gourmet plated desserts as well, which you can choose to pair with dessert wines. #01-25 Blk 416, Bedok North Ave. 2
 

Holy Cow Creamery

Heartland favourite Holy Cow has been satisfying Yishun residents for years now, offering both classic and crowd-pleasing ice cream flavours like Root Beer Float (all in one scoop without the drink), Muah Chee (the taste, not the texture), and Chocolate OD (where the power of four Valhorna chocolates combine). Have it with waffles too, if you want. Who knows what they'll come up with next. #01-291, 292 Yishun St. 22

Island Creamery

After moving out of its iconic location in Bukit Timah's Serene Centre, this well-loved creamery is now in Holland Village. They’ve still got local palates in mind with flavors including pineapple tart, kopi, teh tarik and pulut hitam. Be sure to shake on heaps of Horlicks and Milo powder for an extra sugar hit. For boozehounds, there’s even Tiger beer sorbet and Kahlua latte. 19 Lor Liput.
 

Merely Ice Cream

This cozy shop situated conveniently at Sunshine Plaza is a hit with their handcrafted ice cream made from only the best quality ingredients together with painstaking effort taken to mix-in and swirl their ice cream. The result is an ultra smooth texture across their original flavours such as Grape Yakult, Ondeh Ondeh and Horlicks Panda. Look out for crazy limited edition flavours they regularly put out such as Seaweed Shoyu Caramel, Pineapple Tart and Popcorn and Potato Chips. #01-13 Sunshine Plaza, 91 Bencoolen St.
 

Sunday Folks

Chip Bee Gardens’ beloved ice-cream shop has grown: homemade premium ice-creams such as roasted pistachio aside, they do everything from waffle cones, cheesecakes, delicate sundaes and, most recently, chocolates and chocolate truffles too. #01-52 44 Jalan Merah Saga
 

Tom’s Palette

This modest little place in Shaw Leisure Gallery has been making fresh ice cream daily since 2005, and still has some of the most interesting flavors around: lychee and white wine, oolong tea and chrysanthemum saffron and vanilla, and dozens more. Look out especially for their seasonal specials. They also do ice cream making classes. #01-25 Shaw Leisure Gallery, 100 Beach Rd.
 

Udders

With five branches around the city, including Siglap and Upper Thomson, this homegrown ice cream parlor is all about all-natural ingredients, ice cream batches and a focus on locally inspired and boozy flavours. Try the gula Melaka option with nuggets of chewy attap chee, the spiked orange chocolate bitters and the Baileys and bourbon. 155 Thomson Rd.