Made with organic coconut cream, Kate’s Ice Cream is as rich and creamy as dairy-based varieties. Count on classics like vanilla and cookies and cream, but where Kate’s shines is in its seasonal flavors like lemon blueberry cheesecake made with blueberry jam and house-made graham cracker crust. Choose from cones (sugar, cake, waffle), warm brownie sundaes, and ice cream sandwiches — all entirely vegan and gluten-free — at the dreamy pastel-hued scoop shop on Mississippi. Kate’s is also the place to score a vegan ice cream cake for special celebrations or a Klondike style Choco Taco special.

A nostalgic nod to the Indian frozen dessert, Kulfi’s all-natural, fruity popsicles — which include refreshing vegan flavors like jackfruit coconut lime and blueberry basil ginger lemonade — have garnered a massive following around town. Portlanders can still catch the popsicle cart with a rainbow umbrella at farmers markets and events, like Beaverton Farmers Market and Montavilla Farmers Market, but the faloodas — a textural South Asian dessert float layered with mango puree, rice vermicelli, basil seeds, and coconut cream — are only available at the Williams and Alberta shops.

While the main attraction at Doe Donuts is the impressive lineup of vegan doughnuts, the floral wallpapered Hollywood shop also serves silky soft serve and oat milk ice cream that come in flavors like maple coffee and strawberry milk. Some doughnuts, like the birthday cake with vanilla bean glaze and colorful sprinkles, even have an ice cream equivalent. Customers can enjoy frozen treats in waffle cones topped with scratch-made chocolate cake crumbles, whipped cream, and hot fudge. Doe also offers ice cream sandwiches at the shop and local retailers.

At downtown Portland’s Courier Coffee, Japanese shaved ice pop-up Soen draws a crowd with its fluffy ice mountains drizzled with house-made syrups. It’s worth getting there early to snack on inari and nori-maki before moving on to dessert. The vegan-friendly kakigori arrives in flavor combinations like the traditional matcha with sweetened adzuki beans and tofu mochi or the summery strawberry mango with coconut condensed milk. Keep an eye on Soen’s Instagram for operating hours and seasonal specials.

Tucked inside Union Way, this Hawaiian-style shave ice shop serves photogenic fluffy ice spheres topped with fresh fruit and haupia (coconut milk) foam. Vegans can have their pick of creations, from the vivid violet ube topped with toasted coconut to the tropical pineapple-meets-strawberry Lava Flow. Customers can order online in advance through the website — just be sure to arrive at Wailua on time so your shave ice isn’t left sitting and melting at the service window.

A favorite among the vegan community, this frozen dessert shop adorned with playful bubble lettering is Portland’s go-to spot for a whole variety of vegan treats — from the oat milk horchata paletas that initially put Ice Queen on the map to the decadent thiccflurries offering a vegan twist on the iconic McFlurry. Although the paletas are available at many retailers, it’s worth visiting the sunlit shop in Southeast Portland to pick out a paleta from the display case, then have it dipped in the chocolate well. The shop also offers soft serve and chocolate-dipped bananas, as well as an impressive fully vegan toppings bar of sour patch candies, chamoy, caramel sauce, and more.

Now parked at Books with Pictures on Division, Ramblin’ Rose serves vegan treats out of a bright red truck, decked out with colorful stickers, Beanie Babies, and Troll dolls. Flavors and specials are announced regularly on Instagram; the lineup includes soft serve swirls and coconut-based scoops, in flavors like date cardamom, raspberry sherbet, and chocolate chip cookie dough. However, to fully experience the magic of the cart, the move for first timers is to order a soft serve rose soda float dusted with flowers.

In addition to Italian gelato, Pinolo also offers refreshing, silken sorbettos that are best enjoyed when two complementary flavors, like mouthwatering Hood strawberry elderflower and herbaceous lemon basil, meet in the middle of a cone or cup. Customers will always find several fruity, dairy-free options at the Division Street gelateria, but many of the most memorable flavors appear during the spring and summer thanks to Oregon’s bounty.

At this family-run dessert shop, the star attraction is the self-serve frozen yogurt machines. There are four soy-based, not-too-sweet vegan flavors — matcha, taro, mango sunrise, and strawberry pineapple Dole Whip — that can be embellished with toppings, like coconut pandan jelly, berries, and shredded coconut. A cup with airy swirls of all the dairy-free flavors makes an excellent treat after dining at HK Cafe or shopping at the Asian grocery stores along Southeast 82nd Avenue.