Today we are going to fill you in on the best places to buy ice cream, cakes, and cookies in Boise. There are plenty of great dessert shops selling sweets around town and this guide will try to focus on the best of the best.
There is no better way to get the ball rolling than with a list of the best ice cream shops near you. Frozen yogurt, gelato, malts, and ice cream cakes are found with ease here.
Once the frozen delights are out of the way it will be time to pivot to bakeries where you can buy cakes, cookies, pastries, and all kinds of sweet treats. Then we will get into some specific things like donut shops, where to buy cupcakes, candy stores, and chocolate and fudge shops too.
Healthy dessert options in Boise like gluten free bakeries and smoothie shops are easy to find as well. And our final topic will be all about restaurants that are known for must have desserts in your area.
Stick around for our local dessert map that has all these spots that we are mentioning throughout the post pinned on it. Our other posts on this region are available by clicking here if you want to check them out.
Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
When you are craving the best ice cream in Boise or want some healthier frozen yogurt try:
The Stil produces vegan ice creams in your area with no artificial flavors, colors, nor preservatives from 12pm to 10pm Sunday through Thursday and until 11pm on Friday and Saturday.
Delsa’s is an ice cream shop serving handcrafted scoops, burgers, and other classic bites every day from 12pm to 6pm.
C4 Creamery is known for its homemade ice cream rolls and other traditional desserts.
Made from scratch handcrafted local ice creams, cookies, brownies, floats, and cookies are some of the items that you can get from 12pm to 10pm Sunday through Thursday and until 11pm on Friday and Saturday at Stella’s.
Negranti Creamery offers healthy sheep’s milk ice cream scoops, milkshakes, floats, pints, and ice cream sandwiches six days a week.
Over 12 rotating frozen yogurts, soft serves, delights, boba teas, and baked goods with gluten free options are provided at Blue Cow.
More than 20 varieties of gluten free and sugar free frozen yogurts are featured at La Crème as well as non dairy sorbets with over 40 toppings and syrups for you to choose from.
You can order chocolate dipped ice cream in Caldwell at Arctic Circle where black Angus burgers, halibut sandwiches, fries, milkshakes, and lime squeezes are also provided.
Cold Stone Creamery makes some of the tastiest and freshest ice creams, cakes, smoothies, frappes and shakes using their trademark technique of producing treats on frozen granite stones.
A wide range of frozen yogurt flavors with sugar free, lowfat, and nonfat options are provided every day from 12pm to 9pm at Big Chill.
A wide range of flavorful farm fresh local ice creams and other dairy products are sold at Reed’s Dairy Meridian.
A fine selection of frozen yogurts with vegan, gluten free, sugar free, nonfat, and low carb options are available at Menchie’s. They add fresh fruits, sprinkles, cookies, sweets, and chocolate fudge to elevate your treats.
Yogurtz Grill serves organic frozen yogurt, sorbet, and ice cream in Meridian with 20 delectable varieties with over 100 toppings.
You can also head to places from some different lists like Small Cakes, Flour Child, Cravin’s Candy Emporium, Goody’s Soda Fountain, and Truffles for more tasty ice cream around Boise.
Bakeries In Your Area
Expect to find great cakes, cookies, pastries, and more at the best bakeries near you:
Janjou Pâtisserie is an artisan boutique bakery specializing in natural and organic handcrafted pastries, cookies, and savory treats using Belgian chocolates, vanilla beans, and seasonal fresh fruits.
Gaston’s Bakery is a solid option for freshly baked hearty breads, traditional French boules, and delightful pastries.
Wildflour has high quality handcrafted small batch cookies, muffins, scones, breads, coffee cakes, and other great sweets near you every day from 7am to 10pm.
A great display of pies, cookies, cupcakes, pastries, custom cakes, cinnamon buns, fruit pies, lasagna, and made from scratch quiches are available at The Sweet Spot Bakery Café from 7am to 3pm Tuesday through Saturday.
You can find more delicious baked local sweets at places from our other lists including Figgy, Artisan Bakes, Flour Child, Emmeli’s, Nothing Bundt, and Amaru Confections.
Local Donut Shops
These donut shops are a great way to start your morning:
Hundreds of cupcakes, ice creams, brownies, cookies, and other sweet treats are available at the Small Cakes near you.
Figgy Artisan Bakes offers handcrafted pastries nd creative cakes and even provides catering.
Flour Child provides birthday cakes, shaped macarons, customized cupcakes, customized ice cream sandwiches, tarts, biscuits, and ice cream bars from 12pm to 4:30pm Tuesday through Saturday.
You can have up to six layers of cake and five levels of mousse filling in a variety of flavors at Emmeli’s.
A wide variety of baked goods, sweets, and cakes are available at Pastry Perfection from 6am to 6pm Monday through Saturday.
Bite sized and tiered bundt cakes in Meridian are offered every day from 11am to 6pm Monday through Saturday and until 4pm on Sunday at Nothing Bundt where they also sell platters, candles, and greeting cards.
Cinnaholic is a local bakery specializing in custom gourmet cinnamon rolls, fresh cookie dough, brownies, and cookies with over 40 different frostings and toppings. Their products are completely vegan and free of dairy, lactose, egg, and cholesterol.
The Sweet Spot Bakery Café from our best bakeries list sell cupcakes too.
Candy Stores Near You
Local candy stores should have a wide variety of sugary treats to choose from:
See’s Candies at Boise Towne Square, 350 N Milwaukee St
Cravin’s Candy Emporium is open from 11am to 9pm Monday through Saturday and until 8pm on Sunday selling traditional brands as well as hard to find favorites including nostalgic candies, hand made chocolates, Italian ice cream, and plenty more.
Sweet Zola’s is a non profit candy shop in your area that employs and trains people with developmental difficulties and impairments. They feature gourmet and nostalgic sweets six days a week from 11am to 6pm.
Over 50 different types of Jelly Belly’s, chocolate concoctions, and ice cream are provided at Goody’s where they also feature a 1930’s soda fountain from 10am to 10pm Sunday through Thursday and from 10:30am on Friday and Saturday.
Chocolates, lollipops, mints, and gummy bears as well as candy inspired fashion wear, accessories, and novelty gift items are sold at It’sugar Meridian every day.
Bluebird Confections creates small batch candies, caramels, and chocolates near you that are blended with locally sourced spirits and other ingredients Tuesday through Saturday.
Many people have been buying candies and chocolates at See’s Sweets since 1921.
Don’t forget about Nothing Bundt’s candies from our best cupcakes list.
Chocolate & Fudge Shops
Great homemade chocolate and fudge can be found at these shops:
Since 2004 The Chocolat Bar has been specializing in premium handcrafted artisan sweets from caramels and toffees to hand painted truffles, barks, drops, and clusters in a variety of delectable flavor combinations.
Oh Fudge Bakery’s fresh handcrafted fudge in your area is available in a variety of flavors.
Truffles excels at providing handcrafted truffles, caramels, chocolates, ice creams, and fresh roasted espresso Tuesday through Friday.
Gluten Free Bakeries
For a healthier alternative try one of these gluten free bakeries:
We wish we had more to share but for now that is all we’ve got. 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 finding your next sweet indulgence shouldn’t be too hard.
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 Boise.
