Scoop stops in the North Carolina Sandhills
Ice cream shops in Moore County, North Carolina, that we confirmed were operating, for visitors and locals from Pinehurst to Robbins.
This page is for visitors and locals in the North Carolina Sandhills who want a scoop of ice cream, a cup of frozen custard or frozen yogurt, or a stop at a farm stand. It covers ice cream shops in Moore County, in Southern Pines, Carthage, Aberdeen and Robbins.
We started from OpenStreetMap, the volunteer-built map, then added the visitor bureau's directory and local news. On October 27, 2026, we checked every place against its own website or its company's store page.
We list only places whose own pages, or a dated local news report, showed them operating when we checked on October 27, 2026, so other shops in the area that we could not confirm are not here. If you know of a correction or a missing place, please send it to us. We do not list hours, so check each place's own page before you go. Send a correction.
The list was seeded from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and checked against each place's own pages on October 27, 2026.
Robbins
1 stop
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Robbins Creamery
305 Branson Circle, Robbins, NC
A family-owned ice cream shop, according to the visitor bureau's directory, with its own website and a Facebook page for updates.
Carthage
2 stops
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Mulligans Creamery
439 Capital Drive, Carthage, NC
Small-batch, super-premium hard ice cream, sundaes and shakes, with dairy-free and vegan options by its own account; a regional business paper reported 32 flavors and seating for about 30.
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Highlanders Farm & Ice Cream Stand
5784 NC Highway 22, Carthage, NC
A sixth-generation family farm with a seasonal ice cream stand and homemade flavors, plus strawberries, greenhouse tomatoes, peaches and blueberries; the farm says it opens in the spring.
Southern Pines
5 stops
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The Ice Cream Parlor Restaurant
176 NW Broad Street, Southern Pines, NC
A restaurant serving lunch and dinner, with a counter for 24 flavors of homemade, hand-dipped ice cream; the visitor bureau says it has served the area since 1976.
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Handel's Homemade Ice Cream
1784 Old Morganton Road, Southern Pines, NC
A franchise location of a homemade ice cream chain that, by the company's own account, began in Youngstown, Ohio, in 1945; local news announced its opening for January 2025.
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Goodberry's Frozen Custard
231 Carolina Green Parkway, Southern Pines, NC
A frozen custard shop from a North Carolina-based chain that says it has made its custard fresh every hour since 1988.
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Purple Penguin Premium Frozen Yogurt
150 Brucewood Road, Southern Pines, NC
Self-serve frozen yogurt with unlimited flavor combinations; by its own account, it has been locally owned and operated since 2013.
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Dairy Queen
1035 S Knoll Road, Southern Pines, NC
A franchise location that the company's store page lists as Treat Only, meaning soft serve and treats with no grill menu, plus a drive-through.
Aberdeen
1 stop
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Cold Stone Creamery
11088 US Highway 15/501, Aberdeen, NC
A franchise location of a chain known for mixing toppings into ice cream on a cold slab, set on the highway toward Southern Pines.
Questions people ask
How did you choose the places on this list?
We started from OpenStreetMap, the visitor bureau's directory and local news. Then we kept only the nine places whose own pages, or a dated local news report, showed them operating when we checked on October 27, 2026.
Why is a shop I know missing from this list?
Most likely we could not confirm it was operating when we checked, or we missed it. Email us a correction or a missing place through the contact page, and we will check it against the place's own page.
Where can I get ice cream near Pinehurst, NC?
This list has no stop in Pinehurst itself. Mulligans Creamery sits near the Moore County airport, between Pinehurst and Southern Pines, and its postal address is Carthage. Southern Pines has five more stops on the list.
Why doesn't the page list opening hours?
Hours change with the season and differ between sources, so we leave them off. Check each place's own page before you go, especially the farm stand, which says it opens in the spring.
Sources
- OpenStreetMap data for the area (Overpass snapshot, October 27, 2026) OpenStreetMap contributors
- OpenStreetMap copyright and license (ODbL) OpenStreetMap contributors
- Directory entry: Robbins Creamery Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen Area Convention and Visitors Bureau
- Mulligan's Creamery serves up locally made, premium ice cream in Moore County (October 27, 2026) Greater Fayetteville Business Journal (BizFayetteville)
- Mulligans Creamery to Putt Down Roots (June 2, 2026) The Sway (a Moore County, NC lifestyle site)
- Directory entry: Highlanders Farm & Ice Cream Stand Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen Area Convention and Visitors Bureau
- Directory entry: The Ice Cream Parlor Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen Area Convention and Visitors Bureau
- Handel's Homemade Ice Cream opens in Southern Pines (December 16, 2024) Sandhills Sentinel
- Directory entry: Handel's Homemade Ice Cream Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen Area Convention and Visitors Bureau
- Ice cream shops in Moore County, NC (updated May 2025) The Sway (a Moore County, NC lifestyle site)
- Directory entry: Purple Penguin Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen Area Convention and Visitors Bureau
- Directory entry: Dairy Queen Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen Area Convention and Visitors Bureau
- Directory entry: Cold Stone Creamery Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen Area Convention and Visitors Bureau
Every data source the site uses is on the Sources page.