Lickity Split Frozen Custard

A lovely local ice cream spot with a great atmosphere and the best dessert for miles. Even though this place gets super crowded I’ve never had a hard time finding a spot to sit and chat while having my cone. Nice selection of candy and bakery treats as well.

Maple frozen custard!
The most perfect flavor in the best form possible.
Please serve this forever and ever and ever.

My rating for Lickity Split is 100% based on two things:
1) Its über adorable atmosphere.
2) Its Crazy Cake concrete.
The Atmosphere: The wall is lined with cute glass jars filled with chocolates for sale, nostalgia-​heavy candy on display in the front corner and the glass cases are filled with delicious delights such as cupcakes and seasonally themed frosted sugar cookies. The entire place has an old timey vibe that is sure to bring a smile to your face.
The Crazy Cake!: I’m crazy about the Crazy Cake! You choose your custard flavor (I’m a vanilla gal) and then choose one of the cupcakes in the glass case (when available the oreo cupcake is a solid choice). Now, here’s the kicker: They take the ENTIRE cupcake and mix it up into the custard to create the most amazing concrete you’ll ever have.

I really haven’t had enough from here to give a balanced review. Stopped in for cupcakes. The vibe is good! The cookie dough cupcakes ganache icing with dollop of cookie dough was genius. The red velvet tastes straight from the south with the essence of cornbread in the cake. Haven’t had a real one like that since I was a kid. The salted caramel wasn’t my fav. Felt like it was missing a ribbon of caramel in the cupcake itself. Lots of candy options that are SUPER COOL! I’ll be back for the custard and to edit this review. Folks that work there are nice too!

Possibly the best ice cream dessert I’ve had in my life. I did a «crazy cake» concrete in which they MIX AN ENTIRE CUPCAKE INTO YOUR FROZEN CUSTARD. Yes, you can have cake in your ice cream. I had a chocolate custard base, cookie dough cupcake, and peanut butter mixed in for extra deliciousness. It was phenomenal — the cupcake was really well integrated so I had the flavor in ever bite while still getting some cupcake texture. Mix of flavors was awesome. Definitely go for the junior size — I couldn’t have handled any more in one sitting. But seriously there are so many options I can’t wait to go back (there may be a brownie/​cheesecake/​chocolate concrete in my future soon).

I love the vibe of this place! I would recommend not coming here during their busy hours (weekends and in the evening), because you’ll be in line for awhile.
They don’t have a huge selections of flavors, usually 3 to choose from and to our understanding, 1 out of their flavors changes periodically which the last was peanut butter (delicious), but then again, it’s nothing special. I could definitely find me a better tasting peanut butter ice cream at the grocery store. The other 2 flavors is your typical vanilla and chocolate, again nothing special.
I do, however, think their lemon bars are extraordinary. I love it. I’d usually past on lemon bars, but seeing theirs on display made me want to try it, and so I did. Now, I’m a fan of lemon bars and it makes me wanna explore the city to see if there’s a better one.

Lickety Split is what I imagine entering into a Willy Wonka store would feel like but with lots of frozen custard. The daily special was peanut butter frozen custard — delicious, and I got it mixed up with an Oreo cupcake and hot fudge. So good. So rich. Could not finish my junior-​sized Crazy Cake even though it tasted delicious.

I am not exactly sure what took me so long to check this place out seeing as how I am a big sweets girl.
Needless to say, I am glad that I finally had the opportunity to try this custardy goodness!
My first visit, I decided to try a My Way concrete with chocolate custard and cheesecake bites.
I love having something to munch on with my ice cream and I love cheesecake so why not?
Let me tell you.. this custard is the moat creamiest custard I’ve ever had! The chocolate and cheesecake bites were just amazing and I immediately knew I had to come back ASAP.
After a week (I know) I came back and had a My Way Sundae with, again, chocolate custard, cheesecake bites, crushed peanuts, whipped cream and a cherry. .
Again, the same experience from my first visit repeated itself and I found myself in custard heaven once again. .
Overall, if you have not tried this place out yet and want to find a cute place for your sweet cravings, this is most definitely the place to go to!!!

Great setup for a corner shop. Plenty of toppings and candy options. Parking is limited to non-​existent. Most likely an option if you live in the area or are walking by.
In terms of taste, nothing spectacular, we get about the same at Culver’s closer to home.

Best custard ever! A notch better than Culver’s. We got two scoops of vanilla in a waffle cone with cheesecake bites toppings and the Scarlette’s Last Tale (i.e. red velvet sundae w/​raspberries).
This reminded us of the little soda shop down in Galena, Il. This place has the magical ability to wisk you away to a charming small town. Everyone was nice and friendly — I mean the place has an American flag on the wall and Judy Garland sipping a soda-​pop. It’s worth a special trip. Enjoy!!!

Great place for ice cream (frozen custard) treats in Edgewater. Great place for kids. Great place if you like old-​timey candy.
Be aware that they only offer 3 flavors: Vanilla, Chocolate, and something else. The stuff is really good if you like frozen custard. I happen to like it a lot. You can ask my feet if you can help me find them, I haven’t seen them in a while.
In the summer there can be a large line some times but the staff is nice and the place is bright and clean. Totally accessible by Red Line and you need to walk a little and climb a few stairs after these delicious treats.

Sunday/​Sundae evening, 6 pm. Port of call: custard corner. Heavy traffic, about 1,000 sweet teeth in front of me (30+ mouths x 32 teeth each, minus wisdom [I’m talking about teeth, kids – calm down!] for the young’uns), stretching from one end of the store to the other.
I’d loved their second store, on Western, on a cold, rainy spring day; so I was excited that I happened to be in the neighborhood & had this location bookmarked.
The line moved quickly, and I loved the wholesomeness of the family fun (truly – not even a «sprinkle» of sarcasm here). Almost all of the kids were well-​behaved. In fact, I wished that there was a service where I could rent a couple kids for the experience. Maybe it could be like Über – You rate the kid and the kid rates you. Only you could always «buy» five stars by giving the right, large treat.
The friendly, smiling, upbeat staff is efficient. I probably waited only 10, maybe 15 minutes in line, and during the last third, I was by all the packaged and homemade candies; which I might have missed with no line at all. I can see why the staff is smiling – what a great job to have, where everyone is happy to see you and loves your work!
After ordering, it took only 2 — 3 minutes for the bubbly scooper to bring my hot fudge sundae with vanilla custard, whipped cream and a cherry on top. I hadn’t even asked for nuts, and there was a ring of peanuts as well. Awesome! The custard itself didn’t wow me as much as Kopp’s, but still… wow. When I asked for a small, the question was, «A kid’s size? We have three sizes now.» I went for the medium size, which was healthy (in quantity, at least). I could have done with the kid’s size, but I’m not complaining.
They have three wide, comfy benches out front to eat on (as well as the tables inside). Today was one of the nicest days of the year; so I sat down, relaxed, and let that sweet butterfat soothe my soul.

Did you know they have a kids cone?
Well they do and we love it!
Also love the raspberry concrete.
It’s not Ted Drew’s, but it’s also not 6 hour drive!

This was a step back in time to my days spent at the ice cream parlor when I was a kid. The atmosphere was a time warp, with old time candy here and there and service that was to match what used to be done — when caring about customers was what you did because they were your neighbors and friends. AND the custard was great! Hubby got old time sodas from when he was a kid — that was back around the dinosaurs — they had soda back then you know. This is a must stop for any kid, old ones, and new ones.

I went here with the wife and her 16 y/​o nephew and a friend of his. I was not impressed, but the custard was okay. I ordered a chocolate shake and made the mistake of having coconut put in it. The menu encourages people to order a shake with one topping added at no additional cost. The problem is that the topping I got did not break down very well. I shouldn’t have ordered coconut with the shake as every mouthful required me to chew pieces of coconut.
The nephew ordered a root beer float that was truly delicious. I recommend it to anyone.
The wife had a chocolate malt that she said was good. Overall this place is good, but not outstanding. If I have 16 year old kids in my charge again, I might return.

This has to be my favourite dessert location so far. I love the frozen custard! The location is perfect and it has an old style kind of feel which is very comfortable. Not to mention, the actual ice cream is delicious!

After eating a giant meal at the BBQ joint a few doors down. My pregnant self couldn’t help but to stop in for a «small» dessert. Best decision EVER! My husband grew up in this area and he was telling me how Lickity Split used to be his local Baskin Robbins where he would walk to. That old Baskin Robbins died and reimurged into a beautiful creation which is Lickity Split.
The place is has an old fashioned ice cream parlor décor with some modern twists. There is a wall along the counter with specialty sodas flavored in the regular and bizarre flavors. My bizarre I mean: bacon, buffalo wing, red hot, etc. They use custard as the base which makes for an extra rich treat. Not for the faint of heart. I got myself the nutella and chocolate custard. They used the vanilla base with mixins to make other flavors too like my husband’s favorite, birthday cupcake. The people who work there are great at helping you create a flavor that would work best for you and lots of custard creations they can do are also on the menu board.
They also sell candy to add to the old retro look. Very clean and with seating for 15 or so. Prices weren’t bad. A perfect treat for the summer heat! Can’t wait to get back here.

This place is awesome! It’s always so tempting after working out at the LA Fitness next door to just cross the street and grab some frozen custard!
Their custard is delicious. They have a huge number of toppings you can add into a concrete, so many that you’ll probably have a tough time deciding. Today I got their PB Brownies which was amazing. I downed my concrete in less than five minutes, it was just so good! They have a bunch of sweets in their display case as well along with different drinks in a cooler. The inside is super cute and there are benches for you to eat outside the store as well. You know a place is good when there’s a line out the door most nights of the summer. If you live in Rogers Park/​Edgewater, or are just passing by on Broadway, you should stop in and grab some frozen custard at Lickity Split!

Really enjoyed visiting this candy store — the variety, the space, the candy!
The custard itself wasn’t my favorite but the candy I got was amazing! They also had gluten free options marked, so made me even happier!

After years of friends telling me about how good Lickety Split is, I finally got my sweet treat on. And let me tell you something, Lickety Split is amazing. Hands down the best concrete I have had in Chicago, and in the top three I have had in my life. The damn custard is round in the mouth, not too sweet, so smooth, I was not able to stop eating despite being in real physical danger of exploding.
My girlfriend got cheesecake ground up into concrete, Jimmy Hoffa-​style. It had semi sweet cream cheese custard, berries and crumble, very refreshing. My big male friend got a petit looking red velvet cake sundae, with raspberries and vanilla custard, the quality of the red velvet cake brought it all together. I bought 2 peanut butter cookies (rich, salty, soft) for a midnight snack as well as a corn cob and black rooster sugar cookie for the next day. Excellent, excellent (rubbing hands together, Mr. Burns-​style).
For my sweet treat, I got the Peanut Butter Blowout. I was in a custard trance for the first 3 quarters of eating it, and then I realized I was about to blow out. I continued to nibble all the way until I had one or two little bites left, and then I had to stop (all this after an epic feast of Chicago-​style thin crust pizza) and let the sweats take over. Let me just say this: if I was Mr. Lickety Split (and I’m not) I would not put Butterfingers in the Peanut Butter Blowout.
Butterfingers is not peanut butter, but that’s just like my opinion, man.