Anyone that wants to learn about the best places to buy ice cream, cakes, and cookies in Kansas City has found the right post. There are plenty of great dessert shops selling sweets around town and we will do our best to point you in the right direction.
We will start off with the best ice cream shops in your area. Anyone that is searching for vanilla, chocolate, gelato, frozen yogurt, malts, ice cream cakes, and other frozen delights has plenty of options to choose from.
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Up next we will get into bakeries where you can buy cakes, cookies, pastries, and all kinds of sweet treats. Then we will niche down and get into donut shops, where to buy cupcakes, candy stores, and chocolate and fudge shops near you.
Following that we will discuss some healthy dessert options in Kansas City like gluten free bakeries and smoothie shops. Our last section will be about restaurants known for must have desserts around the metro.
Towards the end you will find a local dessert map that has all the various venues we are mentioning throughout the post pinned on it. And all of you are welcome to look through our other posts on the Midwest at this link if you want.
Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
When you want to eat the best ice cream in Kansas City or some healthier frozen yogurt try:
- Betty Rae’s Ice Cream at 412 Delaware St #D
- Miami Ice at 1624 W 39th St
- Foo’s Fabulous Frozen Custard at 6235 Brookside Plaza
- Martin City Ice Cream Company at 411 E 135th St
- Sheridan’s Frozen Custard at 2450 Grand Blvd #119
- Yogurtini at 4853 Main St
- Andy’s Frozen Custard with numerous locations
- Frutopia Paleteria & Ice cream at 3737 Independence Ave
- Freezing Moo at 11885 W 95th St, Overland Park
- Twisters Frozen Custard at 8675 W 135th St, Overland Park
- Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt at 11524 W 135th St, Overland Park
- Sub Zero Nitrogen Ice Cream at 6917 W 135th St b35, Overland Park
- Clinton’s Soda Fountain at 100 W Maple Ave, Independence
- Sweet Thang & Café at 1088 W Santa Fe St, Olathe
- Sylas & Maddy’s Homemade Ice Cream at 11925 S Strang Line Rd, Olathe
- Poppy’s Ice Cream & Coffee House at 307 SE Douglas St, Lee’s Summit
If you are from here you may have noticed that Andy’s Frozen Custard shops are popping up all over the place and we can’t recommend them enough. They have a great frozen custard and a ton of mix ins to choose from, generally we aren’t big on talking up chains but when a chain does something right they deserve to be mentioned with the local shops and that is definitely the case here.
There are too many locations to fill up our map with, but if you Google Andy’s Frozen Custard they will get you to the nearest location.
You can combine various fruits and other toppings for delicious Thai fired ice cream rolls in your area at Freezing Moo which also offers vegan and dairy free options.
There are more than 65 toppings and 10 to 16 popular frozen yogurt varieties at Yogurtini who provides distinctive flavors which are both tangy and sweet in addition to well known favorites along with gluten free, dairy, and sugar free options.
All of your favorite toppings, flavors, and mix ins are available at Twisters who also offers great frozen custard, shakes, malts, sundaes, cups and cones, and plenty more.
In addition to standard flavors Orange Leaf also offers no sugar added, gluten free, dairy free, and vegan frozen yogurts in Overland Park with many customizable toppings.
Clinton’s in Independence serves traditional soda phosphates with flavored syrups, ice cream, and other sweet delicacies.
Over 44 varieties of premium ice cream in Olathe including sherbet, sorbet, non dairy, and sugar free options are provided at Sweet Thang and Café where they also offer warm sandwiches, baked pastries, sweets, and other delights.
Sweet Caroline’s and Russell Stover from our best candy stores in Kansas City list are other solid options for high quality ice cream.
Bakeries In Your Area
These bakeries near you should have great cakes, cookies, pastries, and more:
- McLain’s Bakery at 201 E Gregory Blvd
- Banksia at 105 W 9th St
- Messenger Coffee Co + Ibis Bakery at 1624 Grand Blvd
- Heirloom Bakery & Hearth at 401 E 63rd St
- Black Hole Bakery at 5531 Troost Ave
- Tous les Jours at 10348 Metcalf Ave, Overland Park
- Best Regards Bakery & Café at 6759 W 119th St, Overland Park
- Park Street Pastry at 103 E Park St, Olathe
- Cookie Jar Bakery at 120 SW 3rd St, Lee’s Summit
Many people have been buying cakes, cookies, and pastries at McLain’s Bakery since 1945. Their traditional chocolate cupcookie, butter roll, and coffee cake are highly recommended.
Banksia is a traditional European café and bakery offering tarts, muffins, cookies, cakes, and sweet pastries with gluten free options near you.
Donuts and classic French pastries are what Black Hole Bakery excels at the most.
If you are looking for some of the best sugar cookies in the KC metro Best Regards in Overland Park comes highly recommended and they have a wide variety of creative designs to choose from.
The chef at Park Street Pastry has been baking for over three decades and you can certainly taste it in every bite.
Local Donut Shops
Start your morning off right at one of these donut shops:
- LaMar’s Donuts & Coffee at 3395 Main St
- Fluffy Fresh Donuts at 10123 State Line Rd
- Ridgewood Donuts at 4309 Blue Ridge Blvd
- Johnny’s Donuts at 4424 Prospect Ave
- DOP Donuts at 7512 W 80th St, Overland Park
- Jack’s Donuts at 2400 S Lee’s Summit Rd #110, Independence
- Poppy’s Famous Donuts And Bakery at 318 W US Hwy 24, Independence
- KC Donut Co at 2014 E Santa Fe St, Olathe
- Daylight Donuts at 204 N Parker St, Olathe
Don’t forget that you can also get some great donuts in KC at Black Hole Bakery who we linked you to earlier, and their unique Mochi donuts might just be your favorite new sweet treat.
Where To Buy Cupcakes
There are some really good cupcake shops around town:
- Smallcakes Cupcakery at 6127 NW 63rd Terr
- Cupcake A La Mode at 4639 Wornall Rd
- Cake-A-Boo at 809 W 39th St #160
- Cupcakin Bakery at 2311 E 12th St
Smallcakes offers 12 mouth watering signature varieties and three special flavors are available on particular days of the week throughout the month.
In addition to a selection of distinctively blended coffees and teas Cupcake A La Mode provides fresh baked gourmet cupcakes in your area in 21 different flavors.
Candy Stores Near You
These local candy stores should have a wide variety of sugary treats to choose from:
- It’Sugar at 445 W 47th St
- The Candy Wizard at 400 Grand Blvd #4
- Lolli & Pops at Oak Park Mall, 11413 W 95th Terrace, Overland Park
- Sweet Caroline’s at 7723 W 151st St, Overland Park
- Kansas City Caramels
It’Sugar specializes in sweets including chocolates, lollipops, mints, and gummy bears plus they also sell trendy apparel, accessories, and candy themed novelty gifts.
Since 2015 The Candy Wizard has been providing 85 distinct chocolate bars, 96 types of salt water taffy, 15 flavors of rock candy, and hundreds of traditional, imported, and sugar free candies near you.
Lolli and Pops sources some of the best candies from all around the world including handmade truffles and a bulk bar with hundreds of unique gummies and chocolates.
Ice cream, handcrafted fudge, chocolate, and novelty candies are some of the treats that you can get at Sweet Caroline’s.
Kansas City Caramels makes small batch handcrafted treats and mixes salted sweet caramelized sugar, butter, and cream with a smidgen of Madagascar vanilla.
Many of the chocolate shops from our next list sell bulk gourmet candies and other treats too.
Chocolate & Fudge Shops
Buy homemade chocolate and fudge at these shops:
- Russell Stover at 1300 Village West Pkwy
- Chip’s Chocolate Factory at 2450 Grand Blvd #125
- Christopher Elbow Chocolates at 1819 McGee St
- Annedore’s Fine Chocolates at 5000 State Line Rd
- André’s Chocolates Overland Park at 4929 W 119th St, Overland Park
- The Chocolate Store at 11500 W 90th St, Overland Park
Russell Stover is a local KC chocolate legend and they have all kinds of awesome treats we are sure you will love.
Over 200 handcrafted chocolate treats, 40 types of delectable fudge, cinnamon roasted nuts, cotton candy, sugar free sweets, bulk gourmet candies, and a wide variety of baked items are all featured at Chip’s Chocolate Factory.
Handmade European style truffles, barks, brittles, caramels, chocolate covered patties, turtles, and more chocolates in your area are available at Annedore’s.
The Chocolate Store provides mousse mixes, tart shells, and chocolate cups in addition to a fine selection of chocolates and decorations.
Of course many of the best candy shops we just mentioned will sell tasty chocolates too.
Gluten Free Bakeries
Gluten free bakeries are a good healthier alternative:
- The Littlest Bake Shop at 645 E 59th St
- Emily Kate’s Bakery at 3008 S 44th St
- Morgana’s Gluten Free Bakery at 9711 E 63rd St, Raytown
- Mud Pie Bakery & Coffee at 7319 W 95th St, Overland Park
- Mama Resch’s
- Safe Bakes
The Littlest Bake Shop has locally and seasonally inspired menu of freshly created small batch baked goodies plus they also serve organic fair trade coffee and tea with homemade syrups.
The specialty items at Morgana’s Gluten Free Bakery in Rayton include pies, cakes, cookies, and desserts.
Mud Pie Bakery is a great place to try all kinds of gluten free desserts in Overland Park.
Secure delectable delights that are free of dairy, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, soy, gluten, and animal products are available at Safe Bakes.
Smoothies
- Unbakery and Juicery at 634 E 63rd St
- Nekter Juice Bar at 4800 Main St # 104
- Ruby Jean’s Kitchen & Juicery at 3000 Troost Ave
- Robeks Fresh Juices & Smoothies at 8154 W 135th St, Overland Park
- On the Square Nutrition at 101 N Main St, Independence
- WFM Coffee & Juice Bar at 14615 W 119th St, Olathe
- Tropical Smoothie Café at 910B NW Blue Pkwy, Lee’s Summit
Smoothies are a good combination of tasty and healthy:
Local Restaurants With Great Desserts
Lastly, these restaurants are known for their must have desserts:
- Tannin Wine Bar & Kitchen at 1526 Walnut St
- Cafe Europa at 4928 Main St
- Red Door Woodfired Grill at 8001 W 159th St, Overland Park
- Rye Leawood at 10551 Mission Rd, Leawood
- K-Macho’s Mexican Grill & Cantina at 1229 E Santa Fe St, Olathe
Chocolate mint panna cotta, berry rhubarb cobbler, and fudge stuffed peanut butter cookies are some of the best desserts in Kansas City offered at Tannin Wine Bar and Kitchen.
In addition to American dishes and drinks The Red Door Woodfire Grill serves delectable local desserts including skillet bourbon pecan pie, double chocolate cake, and biscuit beignets.
Some of Cafe Europa’s suggested sweets are cheesecake and lemon cake.
Every day of the week Rye is open for lunch and dinner as well as brunch on weekends while their lemon meringue pie and MoKan pie are their top delicacies.
K Mexican Macho’s Grill and Cantina is a great Mexican restaurant in Olathe serving delicious desserts near you like chocolate cake or flan as well as fried ice cream and sopapillas.
We have also discussed:
- Where To Eat Great Desserts in STL
- Where To Eat Great Desserts in Omaha
- Where To Eat Great Desserts in Wichita
- Where To Eat Great Desserts in OKC
Enjoy Ice Cream, Cookies, & Cakes In Kansas City
For now that is all we have to share but check back in because we plan to update this post often. After reading about all these local shops to buy ice cream, frozen yogurt, cookies, cakes, pastries, other bakery items, cupcakes, donuts, chocolate, fudge, candy, gluten free baked goods, smoothies, and even restaurants with can’t miss desserts in your area you should be ready to find your next sweet indulgence.
Please use the comments to let us know if any shops have closed down, or if we posted anything that is incorrect. Now have fun eating your ice cream, cookies, and cakes in Kansas City.