What began as a small ice cream shop in Cavendish in 1983 has quickly turned into a brand as identifiable to Prince Edward Island as Anne of Green Gables. From their delectable dairy creations to their extensive line of witty merch, experience the joy and excitement COWS brings to both locals and visitors of all ages!

Taste the difference quality makes at COWS, where the finest all-natural ingredients, an old secret recipe and time-honoured techniques are used to create the ice cream named Canada’s Best by Reader’s Digest. Nowadays, COWS produces more than 32 innovative flavours sold in stores across Canada but it hasn’t forgotten its humble roots, its commitment to quality or altered its decades-old secret recipe.

COWS began making cheese under the COWS Creamery brand in 2006 with the launch of their Avonlea Clothbound cheddar. They then began making COWS Creamery Extra Old Cheddar shortly, thereafter, followed by the addition of the Appletree Smoked Cheddar in 2011. In 2018, the COWS Creamery cheddar line was expanded to add 1-year-old, 2-year-old, and 3-year-old cheddars. COWS Creamery cheddars have been highly acclaimed around the world and have received numerous awards over the years. Most recently, our Avonlea Clothbound Cheddar was named Grand Champion Overall at the 2022 SIAL International Cheese Competition! In addition to the cheddars, COWS Creamery also has 3 butters that contain 84% butter fat, their blue cheese, Blue Moo, and Moo Crisps which are 100% oven-baked COWS Creamery cheddar cheese. Like COWS Ice Cream, all COWS Creamery cheddars and butters are made using 100% Prince Edward Island milk.

Want to get the Inside Scoop on how your favourite products are made? Make sure to include a stop at the COWS Creamery Facility on your next PEI visit for a free, self-guided tour! Learn all about this local business’ humble beginnings, watch their expert ice cream makers combine the highest quality ingredients by hand, see their iconic COWS Ts being printed, and feast your eyes at the famed Cheese Cave, where their prize-winning cheddar is aged for at least a year.

Every visit to a COWS location is an experience in itself. Delight in that nostalgic and delicious scent of freshly made waffle cones that hits you before you even see the counter! Browse the extensive line of COWS T-shirts and merchandise, online or in-store, featuring pop culture cow puns that make hugely popular PEI souvenirs! Be sure to grab one (or three) containers of COW Chips on your way to the counter, where you’ll find their wide selection of handcrafted ice cream with drool-worthy flavours like “Wowie Cowie” and “Island Strawberry” to choose from!

Can’t visit in person any time soon? COWS makes it easy to ship your favourite creamery products and merchandise right to your door!