NOTE: This is an update to our ranking in June 2024. Also, we were joined by our visiting friends, Greg and Alex, so you’ll see their commentary here too.
We’ve probably gone to Molly Moon’s more than any other ice cream shop in Seattle. The variety of flavors, service, quality, and convenience are hard to beat. If you care about this sort of thing, there’s a great founder story and some excellent business practices.
For only $16.95 (as of June 2026), you can try all of their flavors. It’s best to split this one with a friend because the portions are pretty generous. I have to imagine this is a loss leader for the brand. If so, it’s pretty effective. I ended up trying new flavors that will keep me coming back for sure. It gets even cheaper if you get a Molly Moon’s gift card from Costco. Be sure to get their stamp card too.
On a scale of 0-5 (in 0.5 increments), here’s how Leah and I ranked all the flavors at Molly Moon’s. Four of the flavors are seasonal.
1 = really disliked this, I don’t want to taste this again
2 = if it was offered for free at a party, I guess I’d taste it
3 = not a favorite, but I would pay for it again.
4 = really liked this
5 = very impressed with this
Scoring for May 2026
Cookies and cream
Raja: 4.5 - “good chunky cookies”
Leah: 4.0 - “solid flavor. Tastes like cookie dough tho. Lots of cookie.”
Alex: 4.0 - “fresh and milky. My bite didn’t have any cookie in it, all cream (maybe Greg’s fault)”
Greg: 3.0 - “solid but I don’t love cookies and cream, so might be a harsh score.”
Strawberry - organic strawberries from Viva Farms (farm incubator in Skagit Valley), swirls and chunks plus vanilla extract
Raja: 5.0 - “a perfect strawberry”
Leah: 4.0 - “light strawberry flavor. Subtle. Very sweet. Don’t know if I’d want a whole cone because it’s so sweet.”
Alex: 2.0 - “too sweet and tastes like strawberry syrup. But dece!”
Greg: 4.5 - “really subtle and rich flavor, not too sweet”
Melted chocolate - instead of cocoa powder, they use 70% dark, organic, direct trade K'UL chocolate; melted using a hot mix of cream, milk and sugar to get a dense, extra fudgy chocolate
Raja: 3.5 - “very good chocolate flavor if you’re a chocolate ice cream lover”
Leah: 3.0 - “kinda basic chocolate ice cream. reminds me of kids bday party grocery store carton ice cream. ”
Alex: 2.0 - “Eh. Tastes like a normal plain chocolate ice cream to me.”
Greg: 4.0 - “not a chocolate ice cream lover but this is really solid version”
Sweet cream
Raja: 4.0 - “a clean cream flavor that’ll pair well with anything”
Leah: 2.0 - “doesn’t taste like anything really. Taste buds don’t know what is happening if anything”
Alex: 4.5 - “cereal milk. Not too sweet”
Greg: 4.5 - “simple, not too sweet, excellent”
Cookie dough - based on Hillary Clinton's cookie recipe, notes of cinnamon, nutmeg and brown sugar; filled with cookie dough chunks made w/ rolled oats and chocolate pieces
Raja: 3.0 - “too strong on the cinnamon. Super textured. I remember liking this more before.”
Leah: 2.0 - “too much cinnamon and nutmeg. Spices coming on strong. Would be good if you like that.”
Alex: 3.5 - “tastes like a snickerdoodle”
Greg: 3.5 - “like cookies and cream, I don’t typically like cookie dough but this is a great version”
Honey lavender - locally harvested wild honey, bits of organic lavender from Sequim
Raja: 5.0 - “this tastes expensive af”
Leah: 5.0 - “really lovely and unique. Refreshing.”
Alex: 3.0 - “lavendery london fog (which I love) but too sweet.”
Greg: 4.5 - “excellent. Subtle not too sweet.”
Salted caramel - saltier than you’d expect
Raja: 2.5 - “yea this is too salty. Saltier with every bite”
Leah: 1.0 - “way too salty.”
Alex: 2.5 - “shockingly salty. But kinda good in a sick way?”
Greg: 2.0 - “too salty.”
Yeti - made with sweet cream ice cream swirled w/ vanilla bean caramel, granola (pepitas, pepitas butter, flax seeds, oats, honey, salt), and Theo chocolate.
Raja: 4.0 - “a very good use of sweet cream. Super chunky”
Leah: 3.0 - “good if you like chunks in ur ice cream and caramel but not my thing.”
Alex: 3.5 - “love the chunks of stuff. The caramel is too sweet though”
Greg: 2.0 - “too much going on. I prefer simpler and purer flavors, not a kitchen sink”
Iced latte - made with an extra strong batch of Olympia Coffee, cream & milk, and infused with vanilla.
Raja: 5.0 - “so good. Can have this for breakfast”
Leah: 5.0 - “very nice coffee flavor. On the Lighter side. Could be stronger but still love.”
Alex: 5.0 - “oh yeah, this is the best one (so far). Nicely deep and roasted, not too sweet”
Greg: 2.0 - “don’t like the coffee flavor, which like isn’t their fault”
Coconut chunk, vegan - speckled with toasted shredded coconut, chunks of bitter-sweet K'UL dark chocolate
Raja:2.0 - “glad I’m not vegan”
Leah: 1.0 - “it just doesn’t taste good.”
Alex: 3.0 - “It’s fine”
Greg: 3.0 - “great coconut flavor but too rich for me.”
Scout mint - chocolate gluten-free brownies cut into bite-sized chunks, then folded into minty ice cream
Raja: 1.0 - “I really tried to enjoy this. Could not wait to ge the taste out of my mouth.”
Leah: 3.0 “solid mint ice cream but does have a mouthwash undertone. Brownie chunks spice it up a bit for some excitement.”
Alex: 4.0 - “I love mint and chocolate so this had a leg up. Kind of like a junior mint.”
Greg: 2.0 - “tastes chemically…”
SEASONAL FLAVORS
Triple chocolate cake [SEASONAL May 2026] - chocolate cake morsels and cocoa cream cheese rosting in their melted chocolate ice cream.
Raja: 5.0 - “a superb execution”
Leah: 5.0 - “love this flavor”
Alex: 4.0 - “waaaay better than the melted chocolate (which is a kinda lame plain chocolate milk not very rich). This has more depth and ooey gooey chocolateyness.”
Greg: 3.5 - “too sweet for me but delicious and decadent”
Birthday cake batter [SEASONAL May 2026] - sprinkles folded into buttery vanilla ice cream
Raja: 1.5 - “how’d this pass? Has a decent enough buttery aftertaste but not a fan”
Leah: 1.0 - “really gross. Tastes artificial.”
Alex: 2.5 - “nice and vanilla-y. Do I taste almond extract? It’s dece.”
Greg: 2.0 - “too much like candy”
Blueberry pie, vegan [SEASONAL May 2026] - swirls of blueberry pie filling (Viva Farms), buttery pie crust in the vegan coconut ice cream
Raja: 2.0 - “I think I just don’t like the coconut ice cream. Very not creamy. Ice crystals with each bite”
Leah: 2.0 - “real blueberries are a nice touch but don’t like the pie filling. ”
Alex: 2.5 - “I bet people will love this. The blueberries are nice and taste real. Tastes like classic blueberry crumble. Too sugary for me.”
Greg: 3.0 - “enjoy the flavor and the chunky blueberries but texture was off.”
Strawberry shortcake [SEASONAL May 2026] - homemade scones and strawberry jam mixed with their strawberry ice cream.
Raja: 4.0 - “delicious. Tastes like a proper dessert”
Leah: 3.0 - “really does taste just like strawberry shortcake.”
Alex: 2.0 - “not sure this one had a fair shot, it was melted into everything. But tasted a bit fake to me.”
Greg: 3.0 - “I love strawberry ice cream but this was too sugary“
Observations
If you averaged our scores, the highest to lowest scoring flavors were
Honey lavender: 4.375
Triple chocolate cake: 4.375
Iced latte: 4.25
Cookies and cream: 3.875
Strawberry: 3.875
Sweet cream: 3.75
Melted chocolate: 3.125
Yeti: 3.125
Cookie dough: 3.0
Strawberry shortcake: 3.0
Scout mint: 2.5
Blueberry pie, vegan: 2.375
Coconut chunk, vegan: 2.25
Salted caramel: 2.0
Birthday cake batter: 1.75
Average ratings and top flavors for each person were:
Raja (3.5): Honey lavender, Triple chocolate cake, Iced latte, Cookies and cream
I gave out the most 5/5 ratings.
Leah (2.9): Honey lavender, Triple chocolate cake, Iced latte
Leah was the most critical, but we had a lot of overlap in our favorites fortunately.
Alex (3.2): Iced latte, Sweet cream
Alex had a high floor in her rankings. For everyone’s least favorite flavors (birthday cake, salted caramel, vegan ones), she would also give a low score but it’d be more generous.
Greg (3.1): Sweet cream, Honey lavender, Strawberry
Greg is more of a purist and penalized busy flavors. He never gave a 5/5 and never gave a 1/5.
This was a lot of fun. I’d love to do this test with another ice cream shop like Salt & Straw or a retailer like Van Leeuwen, but it’d be really expensive unless I could get a group of like-minded enthusiasts for that.