Best Peanut Ice Cream in Udo

As soon as we took a bite we knew it was a top contender. Jimmys has an incredible homemade soft serve texture, with a super strong taste of peanut butter. We weren’t sure how different each place would be, but we were shocked at how unique and delicious the ice cream was. The peanuts on top added a great crunch but not a lot of salt, so this ice cream was the sweetest we tried all day. Between the amazing staff, perfect view, and top-tier ice cream, Jimmys is an easy recommendation. 

This ice cream is a total 180 from Jimmys. Instead of being soft serve ice cream, it is gelato. The base does not have a strong peanut flavor, but it is actually pretty mild. Instead, HaHaHoHo relies on a generous coating of crunchy peanut dust and chunks. The texture is absolutely incredible, with the thick chewy texture of a good gelato. Although the ice cream mostly tastes like vanilla, the peanut dust adds the perfect amount of peanut-y goodness, with a nice bit of salt pushing it over the edge. The view isn’t anything special, but we love the vibe of HaHaHoHo, making it a top choice for us.

Our third stop of the day was Dalkomajae (달콤아재), a small cafe next to Hagosudong Beach, Udo’s most popular bathing beach. This cafe is following the recent trend of cartoon cafes, where everything is painted white with black outlines to emulate a hand-drawn comic book. I’m not sure how well they pull it off here, but it’s still a nice vibe with a pretty good view of the beach and blue water. 

When we received the ice cream, we instantly realized their presentation game was on point. The ice cream is soft serve, with an Udo-shaped cracker, rice cake, peanuts, and peanut dust. Definitely the most elaborately decorated ice cream we got that day. Unfortunately, the taste didn’t live up to the look. The ice cream was underwhelming, with little flavor and a bit on the icy side, making it our least favorite texture. Thankfully, the toppings really did pull it back from the brink. If you’re more interested in Instagramable vibes than taste, we can recommend Dalkomajae for that at least.

Close to Dalkomajae is Udo Sand, located directly off the beach. There is another business called Udo Sand on Naver that we accidentally went to first. They also sell peanut ice cream, but they were closed that day, so we were bummed. Thankfully, this place has a very distinct vibe, so as soon as we passed by we knew we had found the right spot. Udo Sand is less of an ice cream store, and more of a bumping beach party with blasting dance music and lots of outdoor seating. The line here was the longest of the day, probably because it’s the closest place to the beach.

Ice cream isn’t actually the main draw here; instead, they sell peanut sandwich cookies, which is what “Udo Sand” means. These tiny cookies are super rich and buttery shortbreads, stuffed with peanut butter and either marshmallow or chocolate. The ice cream is a simple vanilla soft serve, topped with one of the famous sandwiches. At first we were confused why the ice cream was so bland, but when we took a bite of the cookie we understood. These little things are incredibly rich, almost to the point of being inedible on their own.

At this point, we were getting tired of peanut ice cream, so we didn’t really want more. Thankfully we were pleasantly shocked by Blanc Rocher. This is another soft serve, but the texture is quite light in a good way. It holds its shape, but cleanly breaks in a satisfying way. The flavor was on the lighter side, but it complemented the texture of the ice cream very well. There is a peanut topping but it wasn’t too strong, making this a pretty standard but solid ice cream overall.