Today we will be filling you in on the best places to buy ice cream, cakes, and cookies in Palermo. 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.
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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 Palermo 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 at that link if you want to check them out.
Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
When you are craving the best ice cream in Palermo or want some healthier frozen yogurt try:
- Al Gelatone di Peppe Cuti at Via dell’Autonomia Siciliana, 96
- Cappadonia Gelati at Piazzetta Bagnasco, 29
- Gelateria La Kala at Piazza Fonderia, 8
- Il Signor Di Carbognano at Via Emanuele Notarbartolo, 2/L
- Gelateria Ciccio Adelfio at Corso dei Mille, 73
- Gelateria Al Cassaro at Via Vittorio Emanuele, 214
- Yogurtlandia at Via Vann’ Antò, 6
- Gelateria Yogurteria Ciuri Ciuri at Via Vittorio Emanuele, 331
Al Gelatone offers a wide selection of traditional, sugar free, and lactose free ice creams in your area.
You can order homemade authentic artisan ice cream with fresh seasonal fruits as well as fruit cakes, ice cream cakes, Sicilian granita, and delectable brioche at Gelateria La Kala.
You can also get tasty ice cream at Zero Gluten Life from our gluten free bakeries list and Cannoli and Co from the bakeries list.
Yogurtlandia serves soft ice cream that is made with real fresh yogurt with chocolate, fruit, and grain toppings.
Bakeries In Your Area
Expect to find great cakes, cookies, pastries, and more at the best bakeries near you:
- Cagliostro Bakery at Via Vittorio Emanuele, 162
- Spinnato at P.za Castelnuovo, 12
- Panificio Graziano at Via del Granatiere, 11/13
- Cannoli & Co. at Via Maqueda, 268
Some of the items that you can get at Spinnato include pastries, bread and brioches, pies, stuffed doughnuts, and baked almond biscuits as well as salads, assorted pizzas, fast food dishes, and plenty more.
Cannoli and Co makes high quality Sicilian sweets, cassata, cannolo, homemade ice creams, and granitas.
Local Donut Shops
Snack Away at Piazzetta Francesco Bagnasco, 24 serves original American donuts, cupcakes, muffins, cheesecakes, frozen yogurts, crepes, waffles, krapfens, pancakes, croissants, and milkshakes.
Don’t forget about the stuffed donuts at Spinnato from our best bakeries in Palermo list either.
Where To Buy Cupcakes
There are some really good cupcake shops in your area:
- 2Hearts Bakery at Piazza Verdi, 33
Gourmet cakes and cupcakes as well as other vegan sweets in Palermo are available at 2Hearts Bakery.
Candy Stores Near You
Local candy stores should have a wide variety of sugary treats to choose from:
- La Caramella at Via Maqueda, 335
- Faia at Via Gaet Filangeri, 4
Faia is a nut and candy store near you selling dried fruit, seeds, chocolates, nougats, and all types of sweets including classic and gummy, lollipops, and so much more.
Chocolate & Fudge Shops
Cioccolateria Lorenzo at Via del Quattro Aprile, 7 is a great place to buy chocolates here and you can also find high quality gluten free chocolates at Zero Gluten Life from an upcoming list.
Gluten Free Bakeries
For a healthier alternative try one of these gluten free bakeries:
- No Gluten Bakery at Via Simone Cuccia, 40
- Panificio Delizie at Via Goethe, 21
- Zero Glutine Life at Via Trinacria, 40/42
Panificio Delizie makes delicious gluten free pastries, cakes, pizzas, and pastas.
A large selection of gluten free items including bread, Sicilian pastries, desserts, artisan coffee, chocolates, cannoli, cassata, ice cream, deli, pizzas, arancini, calzoni, rotisserie, and plenty more are offered at Zero Gluten Life.
2Hearts Bakery from our cupcakes list also serves gluten-free baked sweets near you too.
Smoothies
SpremiAmO at Via Maqueda, 264 makes some of the best smoothies and juices in your area from 8:30am to 8pm.
Local Restaurants With Great Desserts
If you know about any of the local restaurant that serve some great desserts, please let us know in the comments.
By the way we have also written about:
- Our Favorite Desserts in Naples
- Our Favorite Desserts in Rome
- Our Favorite Desserts in Milan
- Our Favorite Desserts in Barcelona
Enjoy Ice Cream, Cookies & Cakes In Palermo
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 Palermo.
