Where To Buy Ice Cream, Cakes, & Cookies In Cincinnati
If you are trying to figure out the best places to buy ice cream, cakes, and cookies in Cincinnati this post will surely help you out. There are plenty of great 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.
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 Cincinnati like gluten free bakeries and smoothie shops. Our last section will be about restaurants known for must have desserts in your area.
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 region at that link if you want.
Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
When you want to eat the best ice cream in Cincinnati or some healthier frozen yogurt try:
Aglamesis Bro’s is a family-run spot in a turn-of-the-century parlor serving handmade ice cream, candy, and sandwiches. For well over a century people have been delighted by Aglamesis Brothers’ rich super premium ice creams and deliciously decadent chocolates.
Graeter’s Ice Cream is a long-running ice cream parlor chain that offers small-batch scoops as well as baked goods in some locations. Graeter’s has been making small-batch French pot ice cream that fans adore since 1870.
Simply Rolled is Ohio’s first attempt at serving Thai-inspired ice cream rolls with custom, homemade recipes and an unlimited number of toppings. The ice cream is made fresh all the time and features vanilla and matcha green tea which can be combined to create a variety of flavors by selecting from over 20 mix-ins and toppings to suit your preferences.
Yagööt’s yogurt is sourced from farmer-owned co-ops and hormone-free dairies in the Midwest and their delicious signature tart flavor comes from active cultures and healthy probiotics. Their toppings are always fresh, and all-natural ingredients are used in their smoothies and acai bowls.
Rhino’s Frozen Yogurt & Soft Serve is a local family-owned and operated self-service frozen yogurt shop that serves 23 flavors of delicious creamy frozen yogurt, ice cream, gelato, and sorbet including nondairy and sugar-free options. Over 100 different toppings are available for the most creative combinations. Real dairy, fresh milk, real fruit purees, and high counts of beneficial live yogurt cultures, including probiotics, are used in their yogurt.
Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt is a bright self-serve chain that offers dozens of frozen yogurt flavors and toppings by the pound. Schneider’s Homemade Candies is another place we will tell you about later that makes wonderful homemade ice cream.
Bakeries In Your Area
These bakeries near you should have great cakes, cookies, pastries, and more:
North College Hill Bakery is a mom-and-pop establishment that serves homemade breads, pastries, desserts, and treats in an old-fashioned setting. They sell a variety of pastries, cookies, and breads as well as custom wedding and special occasion cakes.
Busken Bakery is a full-service retail bakery dedicated to bringing fresh-baked joy to all of life’s occasions. Busken Bakery is well-known in town for its delectable donuts, danishes, and muffins.
The BonBonerie is a teapot-adorned bakery that serves high tea, sweets ranging from cupcakes to cookies, and a light cafe menu. Over 20 awards have been bestowed upon the famous bakery including Best of Wedding from The Knot and CityBeat Best, Best Bakery from Cincinnati Magazine, and Best of City Search.
The Cheesecakery is a bakery, cafe, food truck, and catering service dedicated to providing delicious treats to all who visit. They handcraft over 100 different delicious and fun fresh cheesecake flavors.
A wide variety of donuts, cinnamon rolls, fritters, danishes, muffins, cookies, and more are available at Kelly’s Bakery who also offers milk, juice, cola, coffee, and cappuccino.
In addition to its well-known custom cakes for weddings, birthdays, and other occasions Central Pastry Shop offers the best freshly baked delicacies available including breads, Danish pastries, éclairs, coffee cakes, doughnuts, rolls, buns, pies, cookies, and much more.
Servatii Pastry Shop has been providing freshly baked pastries, pretzels, adorned cakes, and a variety of deli goods to the greater Cincinnati area for more than 60 years.
Ferrari’s bakery produces pastries, muffins, breads, and cookies.
Local Donut Shops
Start your morning off right at one of these donut shops:
Holtman’s Donuts are made from scratch from the highest quality ingredients in the old-fashioned way. Along with the doughs they make their own icings, glazes, custard, and white cream.
Peace, Love, and Little Donuts specializes in groovy fresh little donuts that area made to order plus they cater for all types of events.
Where To Buy Cupcakes
There are some really good cupcake shops around town:
Tres Belle Cakes is a delightful bakery that specializes in wedding cakes, dessert buffets, cupcakes, donuts, pastries, and other custom desserts. It is also a small cafe with a fully stocked espresso bar.
3 Sweet Girls Cakery alternates between over 100 different cupcake flavors that are available in several sizes, including mini, regular, and jumbo. They make cupcakes for almost any occasion including bridal showers, baby showers, weddings, birthdays, corporate events, and others.
The BonBonerie from our best bakeries near you list also has a wide selection of cupcakes.
Candy Stores Near You
These local candy stores should have a wide variety of sugary treats to choose from:
Schneider’s Sweet Shop makes all of its own chocolates and cream candies on-site. They have a large selection of chocolates, fudges, caramels, and other treats, but their specialty is Opera Creams, a delicious white creamy center made with pure cream, milk, and sugar that is coated in milk or dark chocolate.
They even have delicious homemade ice cream and ice balls. Fawn Candies are always fresh because they make small batches in their candy kitchen on a daily basis.
Maverick Chocolate is a bean-to-bar craft chocolate company that is run by a family. They sell chocolate bars and confections made by hand as well as hot chocolate, frozen hot chocolate, and a variety of snacks.
Esther Price products are made with premium chocolate, milk and butter from the region, high-quality almonds, pecans, cashews, and juicy cherries.
Tickled Sweet sells delicious hand-crafted cookies and macaroons, 30+ varieties of house-made fudge, and artisan chocolates.
Gluten Free Bakeries
Gluten free bakeries are a good healthier alternative:
Happy Chicks Bakery is a fun vegan bakery that serves organic pastries, personalized cakes, sandwiches, and salads. A rotating collection of cakes, cupcakes, cookies, brownies, and pastries are always available with gluten-free friendly options for most.
Cherbourg Bakery specializes in gluten-free and nut-free products. In their kitchens, there has never been any wheat, peanut or tree nut, or gluten ingredients.
Smoothies
Smoothies are a good combination of tasty and healthy:
Rooted Juicery + Kitchen is a juice and smoothie bar as well as plant-based market that strives to provide only the highest quality and most nutritious products. When possible all of their smoothies, cold-pressed juices, nut milks, raw desserts, and food products are made in-house from scratch with local and organic ingredients.
Green Farm Juicery focuses on raw cold-pressed juices, health elixirs, custom veggie smoothies, smoothie bowls, homemade nut milks, and cleanses.
Fresh, natural smoothies, fruit bowls, and frozen lemonades are available at BanaSun Smoothie Bar.
Local Restaurants With Great Desserts
Lastly, these restaurants are known for their must have desserts in Cincinnati:
Sotto is an Italian restaurant known for its desserts like Ricotta Doughnuts. Sebastian’s is a classic Greek eatery that has gyros, salads, and other quick bites in a no-frills setting and their Baklava is one of the best desserts near you.
Smoothies and frappes are available at Triple Moon Coffee Company in addition to delicious muffins, croissants, and bagels.
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 Cincinnati.
