Where To Buy Ice Cream, Cakes, & Cookies In Boulder
Today we will be filling you in on the best places to buy ice cream, cakes, and cookies in Boulder. 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 Boulder 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 the Midwest are available at that link if you want to check them out.
Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
When you are craving the best ice cream in Boulder or want some healthier frozen yogurt try:
Every day Sweet Cow’s large flavor board features nine daily favorites which include vanilla, Dutch chocolate, mint chocolate chip, butter pecan, strawberry, cookies and cream, ozo coffee, chocolate chip cookie dough, and oatmeal cookie. There are always two sorbets on hand and they rotate in 11 additional varieties from their 200+ variety menu on a daily and seasonal basis.
Glacier Homemade Ice Cream is a destination for 80+ flavors of custom ice cream and gelato near you. They have created over 1,000 flavors and release a new one every two weeks in addition to their great milkshakes, malts, and hot fudge sundaes. Amante Coffee & Espresso, Pekoe teas, and Chocolove chocolate bars are also available at several of their locations.
Gelato Boy is a modern counter-serve specializing in homemade Italian gelato in classic and innovative flavors. They also have dairy-free varieties made from a combination of coconut and whole oats to provide the creamiest dairy-free and vegan flavors possible.
Ben & Jerry’s offers more than 30 delicious ice cream flavors. Smooth, chunky, swirly, dairy-free, gluten-free, and even vegan options are all available plus they even do catering. Ripple is a good place to find self-serve ice yogurt, a toppings station, and natural-ingredient baked goods. Soft serve gelato and sorbet are also available.
Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt is a joyful self-serve frozen yogurt chain that sells frozen yogurt by the pound.
Bakeries In Your Area
Expect to find great cakes, cookies, pastries, and more at the best bakeries near you:
Boulder Baked has a wide range of delectable baked goodies to choose from including gluten-free and vegan options. Cookies, cakes, cupcakes, ice cream desserts, grilled sandwiches, mac n cheese, and soups are among their specialties.
Shamane’s Bakery is a local bakery that specializes in pastries and custom cakes as well as coffee and savory items such as quiches. In a comfortable coffeehouse setting Spruce Confections serves home-baked pastries, cupcakes, scones, and cookies as well as soups and sandwiches.
Lucky’s Bakehouse and Creamery is a counter-order cafe and bakery that excels at unique pastries, cakes, and ice cream flavors. From delicious cream puffs to sugar-free paleo cakes the shop provides a wide range of exquisite, handcrafted delicacies.
Local Donut Shops
These donut shops are a great way to start your morning:
Flatiron Coffee features vegan donuts as well as a broad menu of foods and pastries that appeal to dietary constraints. LaMar’s Donuts and Coffee offers more than 70 rotating flavors as well as donut holes, fritters, and coffee beverages.
Where To Buy Cupcakes
Button Rock Bakery at 400 West South Boulder Rd #2200 is a specialty bakery that is a good option for breakfast pastries, bread, individual desserts, salads, sandwiches, and take-and-bake meals which include gluten-free and vegan options. Cookies, cakes, cupcakes, muffins, scones, brownies, pop cakes, and cinnamon rolls are among the delectable treats available.
They have a big assortment of cakes, as well as beautiful artistic custom cakes and wedding cakes. Many of the best bakeries from our other list are known to sell great cupcakes in your area including like Boulder Baked, Shamane’s Bakery, and Spruce Confections.
Candy Stores Near You
Local candy stores should have a wide variety of sugary treats to choose from:
Assorted Goods & Confectionery is a candy shop in Boulder that offers both classic favorites and some unexpected treats. Rocket Fizz is a candy store with a large assortment of bottled sodas in flavors like s’mores and mud pie.
Chocolate & Fudge Shops
Great homemade chocolate and fudge can be found at these shops:
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory is a chocolate and confectionery store that also sells cocoa and gift baskets. Piece, Love & Chocolate offers a variety of homemade specialty chocolates, truffles, sliced ganache, bonbons, and bars as well as a variety of handpicked items from a wide variety of chocolatiers and professional chocolate artists.
Petite pastries, tortes, tarts, bombes, chocolate bark, marshmallows, brownies, biscuits, French macarons, chocolate-covered fruits and nuts, and dragees are just a few of the desserts and confections they’re known for.
Moksha Chocolate is a farm-to-bar chocolate company that produces artisan delights while providing private and public tastings, tailored corporate gifts, and online sales. Single-origin dark chocolate, vegan milk chocolate, organic raspberry, and limited-editions like Colorado Pueblo Chile are among the company’s specialties.
Gluten Free Bakeries
For a healthier alternative try one of these gluten free bakeries:
Many of the best bakeries from our initial list also have many gluten free options like Boulder Baked, Button Rock Bakery, and Flatiron Coffee.
Aime’s Love is a gluten-free bakery that specializes in high-quality pastries, sweets, and cakes for all occasions. They also have breakfasts, lunches, breads, frozen take-and-bake pot pies, quiches, pies, cinnamon buns, and other baked goods.
Kim and Jake’s Cakes is a gluten-free bakery that specializes in custom-made cakes, cupcakes, and seasonal pies near you.
Flagstaff House is a classy American dining experience with views from atop Flagstaff Mountain from a window-encased setting. Candied apple dacquoise, bartlett Colorado pear, hazelnut chocolate cake, delicious pumpkin cream, freshly made ice cream or sorbets, and more are among the desserts available.
Charcuterie, burgers, steaks, and hand-cut Kennebec fries are served at Blackbelly, a farmhouse-chic cafe and butcher shop. Creme brulee, Evelyn’s buckwheat carrot cake, ricotta cake, homemade ice cream, and a variety of other great local desserts are available.
In a relaxing sophisticated atmosphere Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar serves exquisite seafood dishes and inventive beverages. They are also known to serve some of the best desserts in your area which includes lime cake, mint sundae, creme brulee, and hot chocolate cake, to name a few.
Frasca Food and Wine serves elegant Northern Italian meals made with high quality ingredients and complemented with top-shelf wines. Frasca offers a wide range of desserts like formaggi, cicoria, cioccolato, pera e rosmarino, dolce verde, topinambur e cioccolato, and more.
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 Boulder.
