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# Scoop shock
- URL: https://www.redeyebr.com/scoop-shock/
- Published: 2026-06-22T22:58:09.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-22T22:58:09.000Z
- Description: Even ice cream isn't cheap anymore. Now is not the time for this.
- Author: JR Ball
- Tags: Food, Last Call

The price for one of Baton Rouge's favorite ways to beat the oppressive, sticky summer heat is rising as fast as the temperature.

**Why it matters:** Those who can't escape the heat along the beaches of 30-A or the mountains of Cashiers, North Carolina, have yet another reason to be cranky this summer.

**Melting math:** Scoop shop prices are up 35% nationally since 2019, driven by surging costs for cocoa, eggs, dairy and energy.

**Local reality:** Baton Rouge isn't insulated from any of that, and locals are feeling it at the counter.

- **Gail's Fine Ice Cream** near the Perkins Road Overpass—small-batch, seasonal flavors, waffle cone included—runs $5 to $6.50 for a single scoop and around $9 for a double. A family of three walks out for around $16.
- **Andy's Frozen Custard** on West Lee Drive, in the heart of LSU's off-campus corridor, starts around $4 to $5 for a basic cup or cone, with concretes and specialty treats hitting $6 to $8.
- **The LSU AgCenter Dairy Store**—a parishwide institution that draws well beyond campus—prices by weight at roughly $4 a cup. A half-gallon to take home runs $7.15.
- **Popaletas Michoacan** offers handmade Mexican paletas from $3.50 and hand-dipped scoops from $4, making it one of the better values left standing.
- **La Divina Italian Cafe** on Perkins Road serves 24 flavors of scratch-made gelato and sorbet at $3.50 a scoop.

**The bottom line:** We may scream, but we still want our ice cream.