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39 flavors, made on-site

Have You Had ABig LickToday?

Super-premium ice cream made on-site every day in Old Orchard Beach, Maine. Huge portions, 39 rotating flavors, and hand-dipped specialty waffle cones.

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Made Fresh
Daily

Triple-scoop waffle cone with caramel, berry, and chocolate ice cream

Our flavors

Almond Joy®Banana Cream PieBare Naked Sweet CreamBiscoff® Cookie ButterBlack RaspberryBrownie Batter ChunkBubble GumCake BatterCarrot CakeCheesecakeCherry VanillaChocolateChocolate Almond ChipChocolate ChipCookie DoughChocolate Reese’s® Peanut Butter CupCoffee Espresso BeanCoffee Heath Bar®Coffee Oreo®Cookie MonsterM&M®Maine Maple WalnutMint Chocolate ChipOrange PineapplePistachioPumpkin PieRaspberry Chocolate ChipReese’s® Peanut Butter CupSalted Caramel CashewS’MoresSnickers®StrawberryCoffee Kahlua® BrownieMaine BlueberryMango SorbetStrawberry Guava Sorbet
Almond Joy®Banana Cream PieBare Naked Sweet CreamBiscoff® Cookie ButterBlack RaspberryBrownie Batter ChunkBubble GumCake BatterCarrot CakeCheesecakeCherry VanillaChocolateChocolate Almond ChipChocolate ChipCookie DoughChocolate Reese’s® Peanut Butter CupCoffee Espresso BeanCoffee Heath Bar®Coffee Oreo®Cookie MonsterM&M®Maine Maple WalnutMint Chocolate ChipOrange PineapplePistachioPumpkin PieRaspberry Chocolate ChipReese’s® Peanut Butter CupSalted Caramel CashewS’MoresSnickers®StrawberryCoffee Kahlua® BrownieMaine BlueberryMango SorbetStrawberry Guava Sorbet

Featured Flavors

All 39 of our flavors rotate, so the menu changes constantly.
These are the ones people ask for — what’s your pick?

See all 39 flavors

One, two or three scoops

How big is aBig Lick?

Bigger than you think. Visitors keep warning each other about it in reviews, which we take as a compliment.

“This place has the largest scoops of ice cream I have ever seen.”

Grace, Brockton, Massachusetts — on TripAdvisor

  • Little Lick

    One scoop. Still bigger than you expect.

  • Regular Lick

    Two scoops. The one most people order.

  • Big Lick

    Three scoops. The one the reviews are about.

Round blue sticker that reads I Had A Big Lick Today

Anyone who dares to order a Big Lick deserves a free sticker. Ask the staff for yours.

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WhyBig Licks?

Super-premium ice cream, made fresh on-site every day.
Here’s what makes Big Licks different.

  • Made On-Site, Daily

    Every batch is churned in our own kitchen, fresh — nothing is trucked in from a factory.

  • Over 100 Flavors

    Ice cream, specialty, sorbet — over a hundred in all, with 39 on the menu on any given day.

  • Hand-Dipped Waffle Cones

    Dipped by hand in the shop, plain or specialty. The single best upgrade on the menu.

  • Sundaes, Frappes, Floats & Freezes

    Sundaes, specialty sundaes, banana splits, and a freeze made with fresh chilled coffee.

  • Huge Portions

    Visitors keep warning each other in reviews that a large is really large. They’re not wrong.

More than ice cream. It’s joy in every scoop.

Made on-site

Nobody trucks it inWe make it here

We’re a traditional American homemade ice cream shop. Every batch is made in our own kitchen, in Old Orchard Beach.

  1. The freshest ingredients

    We use only the freshest ingredients to create all of our traditional and unique flavors — and we keep it local whenever we can.

  2. Churned in our own kitchen

    A state of the art modern kitchen facility produces fresh super-premium ice cream every week, on-site, right here.

  3. In the case that morning

    39 flavors are on the menu each day.

Sourced from

  • Local Maine farms and companies

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Ice cream being made in the Big Licks kitchen

Scoops of approval

Fan Favorites& Reviews

Real people, real ice cream, real portions. Every word below is a review someone actually left on TripAdvisor — typos and all.

  • Yummy!

    This place is great! The kids wanted ice cream and we kept seeing people coming from the direction of big licks so we decided to check it out. Well worth it. There are a ton of choices and all of us had just 1 scoop and the kids and I could not finish it.

    rnmperryOrleans, Vermont

  • Awesome Ice Cream

    We enjoyed a visit to Big Licks ice cream on vacation. Wow - the sundaes and cones were huge!!! My husband, myself and the kids all thought this place was pretty great. Would definitely be a return visit during our next vacation.

    DoSee 

  • Make sure you get your Big Lick

    The ice cream here was phenomenal. They have some interesting flavors including brownie batter and chocolate cake batter. The servings are large and the prices aren’t too bad either

    newjackedwardsMassachusetts

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Seasonal spotlight

Limited time

Flavor ofthe Week

Every week we make something that’s not on the list — and usually only a couple of batches of it. We post it on Facebook the day it goes in the case.

Once it’s gone, it’s gone.

See what’s on todayAll our specials

Ask the staff what just went in — they always know before we’ve posted it.

A Big Licks specialty sundae with whipped cream and a cherry

  • Prices vary

    Specialty Sundae

    Ask our staff about the specialty sundae we’re making right now.

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  • When available

    Unicorn Freak Shake

    Cotton candy ice cream, unicorn candies, white chocolate. Three scoops, and genuinely enormous. Only when we have everything for it.

    What’s in it
  • Made fresh on-site, every day
  • Real ingredients, real Maine suppliers
  • New every week — and then gone
  • Huge portions , as the reviews warn
A busy afternoon inside Big Licks in Old Orchard Beach, customers crowded up to the counter

Our Story

It’s all aboutthe experience

We want every customer to have a great dessert and feel better and happier than when they walked in. That’s the whole job, and it’s the part we’re strictest about.

Courteous, outgoing, friendly and engaging — every customer gets a smile and a “Welcome to Big Licks”.

  • A Real Welcome

    Every customer gets a smile and a hello.

  • Courteous and Engaging

    What we expect of every team member, every shift.

  • Better Than You Came In

    A great dessert, and you leave happier than you arrived.

Our story

Community moments

Made formomentsshared with Big Licks

Wear your Big Licks shirt, take a picture, and send it over — we might just post it.

Send us yours

And wear it on a Tuesday for a free upgrade.

  • Inside the Big Licks shop on West Grand Avenue
  • A Big Licks specialty sundae on the counter
  • Big Licks staff behind the counter
  • A freshly baked Cookie Monster ice cream sandwich
  • The hand-dipped waffle cone case, full of chocolate and sprinkle-dipped cones
  • A busy evening at the shop

Visit Us

Come find us onWest Grand Avenue.

We’re in the middle of downtown Old Orchard Beach, a short walk from the pier and the beach. Follow the people carrying cones.

Big Licks Scoop Shop

8 West Grand Avenue
Old Orchard Beach, ME 04064

Right in the heart of Old Orchard Beach.

Opening Hours

We open with the season and our hours move with it, so we post the day’s hours on Facebook rather than printing hours we’d have to break.

Check Facebook before you make the trip.

What’s Nearby

The pier, the beach and the amusement park are all a short walk away.

The last stop of a good day at the beach.

The Big Licks shopfront at 8 West Grand Avenue, Old Orchard Beach
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Chandler Langlois

In memory

The Chandler Langlois Scholarship Fund

Chandler Langlois was tragically taken too soon at the young age of 20, due to an extremely rare cancer.

We help support the scholarship fund set up in his name. We also donate ice cream to local schools, and raise money for youth groups working in education and athletics around Old Orchard Beach.

How to helpDonate on GoFundMe

Franchises now available

Would you like to owna Big Licks?

We take great pride in watching people achieve the American Dream — owning their very own business. We’re registered in 36 states, with many territories still available.

Net worth required
$200,000
Square feet
800–2,400
Months to open
6–12
Get your own shop

Strong brand recognition · Protected territory · All the ice cream you can eat