Expensive but it's homemade ice cream so you get what you pay for. It was delish and well worth it. The parking is tight and prime for a scrap or two with people nose diving into parking spots. But hey it's darn good ice cream to take the swelling out of a puffy eye. Haha. I didn't grab a coffee but they have great flavors of IC and coffee. read more

Wow! The ice cream is creamy! I don't eat ice cream often but my 6 yr old daughter wanted some and she got Crazy Vanilla. It just looked so appealing, and appetizing, especially in that old style ice cream shop that I remember as a kid. So, yes, I folded dammit! I couldn't resist! I got the Peanut Butter Cup Fudge, and it was breath taking! It was so creamy, and not too rich. I will definitely come back. For sure! read more

HOMEMADE ICE CREAM - That's what the sign outside says. We saw it on the 158. In fact, it's difficult to miss. The shop interior is cool, the outside has GREAT seating areas in gazebos and cute wooden high chairs. The Ice Cream is really good but does not taste "homemade", it doesn't have that something extra, whether is be that sticky sweet consistency or the flakey icy consistency, that thing that makes it different... For $3.50+ a scoop it's pretty pricey for the area. The Homemade Chocolate side of the store looks so yummy and they have FULL SIZED samples of their huge chocolates! It was good but not great. I would definitely go again though, I need to try a few more flavors! read more

We went here twice and I had 2 flavors I had not had before. Both were awesome. I highly recommend the raspberry chocolate chip. All their ice cream is hand made and is much better then the Edy's stuff you fine in the area. Oh and if you think Cold Stone is good.. Give this place a try cause it blows that stuff away. We went there at 9:00 one night and i wasn't int he mood for ice cream so I asked for a decaf coffee. The guy behind the counter went to his espresso machine and brewed it for me in less then a minute. It was really good. SO great service and the Best ice cream in nags head make this a required stop while in the area. read more

Very disappointed in this experience. Ice cream is not creamy, very small portions, and very expensive. (Milkshake $8!) Hot fudge was just chocolate sauce. read more

I can appreciate some good homemade ice cream. This stuff is thick, creamy and delicious. There's a lot of great flavors to choose from - something for everyone. They have a huge selection of ice cream cones - very cute : ) It's definitely a bit pricey. We spent almost $25 for 2 adults and 2 children. There are only a few tables inside but you'll find a lot of chairs outside. The "homemade" chocolate is not at all impressive. It's just them melting down a below average quality chocolate and mixing it with nuts, berries or whatever. I wouldn't recommend it. We'll definitely stop in again for ice cream. read more

Fun place! Distractingly large amounts of favorite, obscure candy if you have a hard time deciding on ice cream. Definitely recommend trying the random flavors you wouldn't normally encounter - let's face it, anybody can do a cherry vanilla - it's the fruit + something else flavors that are great. read more

This place is awesomeeeee! It reminds me of a ice cream shop my dad would take my sisters and I when we were younger. Ice cream tastes homemade and they note that their cakes (I think they are ice cream cakes) are homemade. There are a lot of products there, but I go in for the ice cream. Good amounts of flavors and toppings. Prices are what you would expect for OBX, but quality is definitely better than most. read more

Big Bucks - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Corolla, North Carolina

I thought that the ice cream was good. I have to add that we got there at 8:30 and got our ice cream at 9:00. The service was slow. They only helped one group of people at a time and only had one person at the cash register. Also the ice cream was expensive. Mine was 5 dollars for one single scoop. They did have a big variety of flavors but a bunch of them were unavailable at the time I went. read more

The ice cream is good but this place is NOT KID FRIENDLY!!!! We went in this afternoon and VERY loud music was playing that repeatedly dropped the f-bomb and b*tch. I have little ones and I told the girl working that there were a lot of cuss words and if she could turn it down. The family behind me left before ordering. It was really bad. The boy behind the counter proceeded to sing and rap the lyrics, which would have been impressive if he wasn't loudly singing bitch and fuck around my 3 year old. I don't know where the manager was, it was just young kids working. Don't go if you have small kids. There's plenty of other ice cream places around! read more

Oh man, every night from all the kids it's, "Ooooh, can we pleez go to Big Bucks? Pleeeez Can we? Can we?" My daughter suggested we can get some "good exercise" walking over there. But hey, it's summer vacation, so we go. Walking of course. Located in Timbuck 2 shopping center (building across from the go carts and mini golf), it's not large enough to sit down to enjoy your scoop during prime time, so plan on walking the center. There's a playground in front of the middle building with a dinky slide and climbing wall but kids like it. Figure on $5 for a scoop (more if you opt for fancy cones). Ice cream is homemade, hand scooped, and good (but really soft). Standard flavors, some frozen yogurt, and sorbet. read more

All the anticipation and all the letdown wrapped into a nice little $30 check. Family of 4, 8 scoops of ice cream and a second mortgage later, we were pretty disappointed. The shop itself is pretty chaotic, poorly laid out and with only one door to get in and out of, frustratingly hard to get in and even more annoying to get out of. We ordered a single scoop in a bowl, 2 scoops in a cone, a mini sundae and the PB and hot fudge sundae and it came to $30. I added everything in my head and still can't figure out how it got there, but the girl at the register was of no help, just asked us for payment. She didn't care, just did her job. The ice cream was ok, nothing special, although all the fudge and treats looked amazing. As I said, ice cream was ok, I don't think it was made on the premises. Would have been better or more unique had it been. There's better places to get your fix. I still can't get over the price... read more

Big Bucks - Peanut butter and hot fudge sundae - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Corolla, North Carolina

Best ice cream in the area. Cookie dough is to die for. Also had the caramel cups and cookies and cream. Both great. You can taste the homemade quality. Much better than generic nonsense in the area. read more

This ice cream was so good. I mean SO good. I worked at an ice cream stand for almost 10 years, so I consider myself well versed in the sweet stuff :) The peanut butter chocolate was a perfectly flavored chocolate with huge chunks of peanut butter and the espresso chip was just perfect! The hubby had black raspberry and it looked very tasty as well. I would definitely recommend them and will visit again. And as a side note: if there's a line out the door and down the walkway...well there's one thing I learned when I started coming to OBX almost 20 years ago...get in line because it's the best place around!!! read more

Big Bucks - Peanut butter chocolate and espresso chip waffle cone - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Corolla, North Carolina

Ice cream was mediocre at best. Not cold enough so it started melting almost as soon as it was on a cone. Big chill near Harris teeter has much better ice cream. read more

Awesome creamy black raspberry; coconut chocolate chip was yummy and cookie dough to die for A must! read more

Sweet old school feel candy/ ice cream store. Every kind of candy you can imagine along with glass bottled sodas and even some sparklers! The ice cream was good and while we were there you could watch them making chocolate treats that also looked delicious. I'll be back for sure! read more

This espresso could have been served at any cafè in Italy! Exceptional!! Smooth and delicious! Plan on going back every day during our week here! Rating would be an 11, if allowed! Ask for an affogatto...espresso over vanilla ice cream--delicious! read more

Awesome ice cream! Kids love it, adults love it more!! Will be our go to place every visit.

We ordered 3 icecream cakes to have at our wedding in September on the 4x4 beaches of OBX. The prices were reasonable. The service was great. The cakes...they were phenomenal. Tasted delicious and looked beautiful! We will be making this a regular stop of ours when we hit the OBX for vacation! read more

Big Bucks - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Corolla, North Carolina

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The best place in OBX to get amazing homemade ice creams to the pleasure of the whole family, plus great ice cream cakes, sweets, candies and coffees. Love the doggy mascot who definitely has a taste for awesome desserts! read more

Tasty ice cream and conveniently located near the playground at Timbuk 2. The line can get long, but moves fast. There are a few tables inside, but plan on heading outside. read more

All around a great spot for ice cream! I recommend their sundays, We got a hot fudge Sunday that was one of the best I've ever had. Someone in our party didn't like the peanuts but the worker was very nice about it and gave him better peanuts. I would definitely recommend! read more

Big Bucks - Hot Fudge Sunday with mint chocolate chip ice cream - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Corolla, North Carolina

Homemade deliciousness. It's expensive but worth it. Love this place! The best ice cream outside of The Creamery at Penn State! Great service. Large selection. Friendly staff! read more

I didn't have high expectations for this place to have good coffee, but everywhere else I wanted to go was closed so we gave this place a shot. I got a latte with an extra shot, and it wasn't bad. It wasn't burnt and the espresso flavor was decently strong. My kids loved their ice cream. It was really expensive, but I'd read other reviews so I knew that going into it. read more

Good ice cream, pretty good value for home made ice cream at a resort town. I had the Peanut Butter Fudge with Reese, my son had the Chocolate Marshmallow, daughter had a milkshake and husband had an espresso. It was $20. We JUST beat the lunch crowd by a few minutes! Did not have to wait and watched the people come and go after us. read more

There were a lot of different flavors to choose from, and the ice cream I selected was delicious! The ice cream was not worth its expensive $7 price tag, however. COVID guidelines were not being followed closely which deters me from returning. read more

This place is dirty and the employees look miserable. The employees are also not helpful. I saw a man ask a simple question and was ignored. Chocolate soft serve was either dark chocolate or just bitter which threw me off. read more

They have an order at window option which is great for corona. The workers there were very social! We had a good laugh and sang a song. The ice cream was wonderful and they brought it out very quickly. The name is exquisite! It was a little bit difficult to find, but we got there eventually! That darn google maps read more

This post is a little late but we went here last summer and waited on a line for ice cream. I wondered why there was a line at this place and not any other ice cream places at the same location. I figured there had to be a reason. Ice cream was delish. Soooo many choices. They even have coffees if you don't want ice cream. A few nights later we went to a different ice cream place to forego the line and it was just not the same experience. Go for it. Stand in line with someone you like!!!!! read more

Cute ice cream parlor with a throwback ambience. I thought the ice cream was good. Nothing out of this world. But better than some flavors you'll get on the island read more

The ice cream is excellent, but they don't have alot of flavors. The cone selection is also good. Have not tried the coffee. But if they take the same amount of effort to make the ice cream delectable, then I'm sure the coffee is also excellent. They also sell candy for the sweet tooth and Coke in a glass bottle. The only way to drink it. I will come again when I vacation in OBX in the future. read more

I was craving ice cream, and this was the first place I came across (we had eaten dinner at Timbuck 2 as well). There was a line (almost out the door), but it moved pretty quickly. I got banana ice cream and one other flavor (I can't remember what it was), and they were both good. This place was so packed, it was hard to see what all they offer. I think Breyer's ice cream is better, but this fed my craving. read more

I was thinking of giving 3 stars but that would be generous. I've been coming to the Big Bucks for years, yet after this past visit I'm sorely dissapointed. I'm giving the place credit for its atmosphere and the taste of the ice cream is fantastic yet it is a RIP OFF. The ice cream is absurdly over-priced. I payed $8 for a sundae (turtle) expecting a hefty amount of ice cream but I was barely able to share it with my girlfriend. The amount in the sundae was less than 2 scoops of ice cream you would get in a cone. Don't be fooled by the whipped cream covering up the empty space where a lot more ice cream should have been. Never been swindled that badly...what a shame. read more

Big Bucks - This photo is for scale. The $8 turtle sundae is in the middle... what a rip off ! - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Corolla, North Carolina

Stopped in for a sweet treat after lunch and got a single scoop of cookies and peanut butter. The flavor was good, kind of like the peanut butter swirl Turkey Hill flavor but not as overwhelmingly sweet ;). I opted for the smallest single scoop cup, which they managed to somehow fit with a scoop if ice cream that was much larger than I had expected (but I'm not complaining). It was a bit expensive being over $4 for just a scoop (which is prob the only reason why I'm not giving 5 stars) but I def did leave satisfied! I also tried some of my boyfriend's iced vanilla chai, which was also very good. Would highly recommend stopping in to try some of the delicious ice cream as long as you don't mind paying a bit more than you would at other places :). read more

Do not be intimidated by the line out the door; it's a testament to the greatness of this homemade ice cream! The employees keep the line moving much more quickly than expected. read more

This is good ice cream. Raspberry chocolate chip and espresso chocolate chip were yummy. Daughters like the mint Oreo and caramel cup and vanilla cappuccino. However their mint chocolate chip is way too minty. Waffle cone is right amount of crispness. But you have to get 2 scoops in the waffle cone- which I guess is fine but I really only wanted one. People behind the counter were helpful but it was clear they wanted to ring us up even though there was no line. read more

The ice cream was good. Not the best I ever ate. Extremely expensive for ice cream. But then again it's a tourist trap in the outer banks. Maybe the coffee is better. But at 91 degrees and it feels like 107 with humidity ice cream is a better fit. I had the mint chocolate and coffee Carmel cookie. read more

Great ice cream selection/taste and there's something there for everyone, including candies and chocolate covered everything.

It was ok. We ordered 3 ice creams and one brownie sundae. The brownie was served cold and not homemade. The ice cream was served melting yet freezer burnt with ice chips. Meh. Not the best I've had. read more