About Us

We specialize in hand-crafting traditional and unique flavors for every type of ice cream lover. Providing the Black Hills with happy hearts and tastebuds is our game.

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We're passionate about ice cream!

In fact, we may just be a bit obsessed. That’s not codename for something else. When we say ice cream, we mean that beautiful, cold, wondrous, frozen concoction. We’re head-over-heels, and we strive to make this love affair apparent in every scrumptious lick and delicious chomp you take of our handcrafted ice cream.

Nestled in downtown Spearfish, South Dakota, Leones’ Creamery was founded in 2014 by sisters, Rebecca and Hannah. From our storefront to our flavors, Leones’ Creamery has been a wildly collaborative venture-- we’re crazy about our community, and love calling the Black Hills home, so we have heaps of fun collaborating with local producers and businesses. From Crow Peak Brewing Co.’s malty porter to Cycle Farm’s punchy rhubarb and swirls of sweet Sunrise Hives honey, you’re bound to find some eau de Black Hills in many of our scoops.

Leones' Creamery's 8 everchanging ice cream flavors

Craving some of the best? Stop in to see us at either our Spearfish or Rapid City locations! Our ice cream boards offer eight ever-changing flavors (with a vegan option always available!). Additionally, we’re cranking out fresh waffle cones all day long. Made in-house with a GMO-free custom flour blend, our best-selling cones just so happen to be GLUTEN-FREE! So, whatever your food preferences may be, you’re guaranteed to find something you love at our shops!

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2014

The beginning

We opened our doors November 7th, 2014 in downtown Spearfish. Our storefront in Old City Hall was originally the city’s ambulance barn! For the first few months, we were only open Friday-Sunday. We hired our first employee in March of 2015 and expanded our hours from there!

2015

Lemon Poppyseed

Our first Spearfish Seed Swap collaboration. We churned up our Lemon Poppy Seed, and it ended up being one of our customers’ favorite staples! We continue to look forward to the Seed Swap every year to make a new seed-inspired flavor.

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2016

Ice cream bike

Our first summer serving at the Canyon Acoustic Series in Spearfish City Park. We continue to scoop down there from our ice cream bike Wednesday nights throughout the summers!

2018

Italy

We attended Gelato University in Modena, Italy, and honed some of techniques…plus, we found plenty of inspiration for future flavors!

The first rendition of our website came out, and customers could *finally* check to see which flavors we were scooping online!

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2020-2021

Covid year(s)

Covid hit, and we converted to window service through mid-2021. We took this time to work on a kitchen expansion, and increased our ice cream production capacity (like…a lot)!

2024

Milkshakes, baby

After many years, we added milkshakes to our lineup for our 10th birthday! They’ve since become a beloved cold and creamy staple. We often change out our featured milkshake flavor, so keep your eyes peeled.

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2025

The start of some big changes...

Broke ground on our Rapid City scoop shop location! Started picking out wall colors, tile colors, floor finishes, seating options, lighting, and the list goes on and on…

Went back to Italy to taste all the tiramisu to, ahem, make you guys the best tiramisu ice cream EVER!

2026

Shop number 2 opens!!

Opened at 412 St. Joe Street in downtown Rapid City in June 2026!! Stay tuned for a wicked courtyard and our neighbors at Four Tracks Taphouse.

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Here's the scoop

You have questions. We have answers!

Sure, sure, sugarplums are great and all, but our noggins have visions of ice cream sandwiches jigging about instead.

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