Fifty Licks

Fifty licks was recommended by our Portland tour guide. After two weeks in the area, we've tried several ice cream shops. Fifty Licks seems to have a nicer texture than some of the other shops, like a higher fat content dairy. We preferred the selection and taste of the flavors at Handel's or Salt and Straw over Fifty though. We had the Mango Sticky Rice, Oregon Strawberry, Brownie vs Blondie, Strawberry Cheesecake, vegan Chocolate and Mocha Chip. The Oregon Strawberry is special, the rest are good.

Really exotic flavors like black sesame and mango sticky rice. There's all the options avaliable and accomodates vegan and gluten free folk--and the staff was kind. They offer gluten free cones even. Not too sweet which was nice. The prices a little high so I just go with the basic scoop (quite small) ~ $5.50 but really satisfying

We tried the mango sticky rice, strawberry cheesecake, cornbread honey butter, and toasted milk. If I had to rank them, it would be in that order. The mango sticky rice was amazing! So thick and creamy, I can’t believe it’s vegan. The strawberry cheese cake was probably the best strawberry cheesecake I’ve ever found! The cornbread honey butter and the toasted milk were just good.

After having a slice of pizza nearby, ice cream sounded like the perfect dessert. My Gen Z daughter suggested we go to one of her favorite ice cream spots in SE., Fifty Licks. We pulled up to a cute little shop and parked on the street. We got a total of three scoops of ice cream, mine a single scoop of strawberry shortcake. The total cost was $20; so it is on the expensive side, ($6 per scoop). My ice cream was pretty good. It was decadent, rich and highly caloric, as ice cream should be. It was not the best ice cream I’ve ever had but it was pretty good. My daughter has the bananas foster ice cream and a scoop of chocolate. The banana ice cream seem to taste a bit like frozen baby food, and the chocolate af was extremely chocolatey. If you like chocolate, you will definitely like this ice cream was like a frozen brownie melting in your mouth. They’ve got a simple menu that’s easy to order from, friendly service, there was no line and we got our order within a few minutes. I give it a 4 and my daughter rated it a 4.4