In search for the best soft serve in Phoenix

[jayj]

I know you can get great soft serve from TOPO in Gilbert, but is there anywhere closer to the central Phoenix area where the soft serve just slaps?

[exit2lef]

Still not in central Phoenix, but a bit closer in the Mesa Asian District is Snowtime in the H Mart food court. One of the specialties there is taiyaki, soft serve with fillings like red bean inside a fish-shaped cone.

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[exit2lef]

And how I could I forget all the Dole Whip vendors at the state fair? I just enjoyed some with Tajin, chamoy, and a tamarind straw. Unfortunately, tonight’s the last night, but there’s always next year.

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[honartvandelay]

Not Phoenix but Shakes and Cones in Old Town Scottsdale is great and they are on Door Dash.

[BillBuitenhuys]

And how I could I forget all the Dole Whip vendors at the state fair? I just enjoyed some with Tajin, chamoy, and a tamarind straw.
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We always take a small container of Tajin to Disney parks to dose the Dole Whip. So good!

[jayj]

And how I could I forget all the Dole Whip vendors at the state fair? I just enjoyed some with Tajin, chamoy, and a tamarind straw. Unfortunately, tonight’s the last night, but there’s always next year.

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I'll have to remember this for next year. Now this looks like a reason for me to hit up the fair!

[Skillet Doux]

And how I could I forget all the Dole Whip vendors at the state fair? I just enjoyed some with Tajin, chamoy, and a tamarind straw. Unfortunately, tonight’s the last night, but there’s always next year.

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I'll have to remember this for next year. Now this looks like a reason for me to hit up the fair!

Pro Tip:

Full credit to JesterOfXanadu for the find, but whether or not they call it Dole Whip (they didn't a few years ago but might have started doing so), the pineapple froyo at Menchie's is absolutely 100% Dole Whip. Or at least it's completely indistinguishable from the same, which is good enough for me.

Sorrynotsorry.

[Nightbloom]

Not Phoenix but Shakes and Cones in Old Town Scottsdale is great and they are on Door Dash.

I so want to love this place. I live around the corner and have gone at least a few times a year since they opened. It's fine. Just, fine . I like supporting local. I like their seasonal flavors. I like so much about theor menu. I just keep wondering why it isn't just a little bit colder. No matter the weather, it melts instantaneously and the texture is a little loose and could be creamier. I know nothing about making soft serve ice cream, so maybe the solution is much more complicated than temperature, but as is, their soft serve makes for a great shake, but turns into a soupy mess with all other applications.