Today we will be filling you in on the best places to buy ice cream, cakes, and cookies in St Petersburg. 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 St. Petersburg 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 this link if you want to check them out.
Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
When you are craving the best ice cream in St. Petersburg or want some healthier frozen yogurt try:
- Popio Icecream at Liteyniy Ave, 51
- Vkusnyye Shtuchki at Ulitsa Krasnogo Kursanta, 1
- Icecream196 at Ligovsky Ave, 74
- Vayo in the Passage at Nevsky Prospekt 48
Vayo offers high quality frozen yogurt in your area along with Belgian waffles, aromatic coffees, smoothies, milkshakes, fresh juices, teas, and mulled wines. You can also find some of the best ice cream near you at Karamel’naya Fabrika from our candy stores list.
Bakeries In Your Area
Expect to find great cakes, cookies, pastries, and more at the best bakeries near you:
- Bakery F. Volcheka №15 at Kuznechnyy Pereulok, 8
- Korzhov at Ulitsa Vosstaniya, 19
- Tsekh 85 at Ulitsa Zhukovskogo, 28
- British Bakery at Malaya Konyushennaya Ulitsa, 16/26
- Bushe at Ulitsa Vosstaniya, 10
You can order breakfast and lunch dishes, freshly baked breads, butter buns, and some of the best handcrafted local desserts as well as Arabica coffee at Korzhov. A fine selection of freshly baked artisan bread, pastries, flavorful cakes, chef’s specialties, aromatic coffees, and classic English teas are available at British Bakery.
Local Donut Shops
These donut shops are a great way to start your morning:
- Pyshechnaya at Bolshaya Konyushennaya St, 25
- Fan of Donuts at Rubinstein St, 26
- Roni’s Donuts at Sablinskaya Ulitsa, 12
Pyshechnaya is a popular donut shop in your area that also serves coffees and teas. A wide range of fillings and toppings that are free of artificial ingredients, colors, and flavors are available at Fan of Donuts.
Where To Buy Cupcakes
If you know of any good cupcake shops in town please tell us in the comments, for now our best advice is to head to one of those bakeries we just listed.
Candy Stores Near You
Local candy stores should have a wide variety of sugary treats to choose from:
- Karamel’naya Fabrika at Nevsky Ave, 77
- Zhar-Ptitsa at Ul. Marata, 26
More than 70 various kinds of caramel, 120 types of marmalade, exotic ice creams, and some of the best coffees can be found at Karamel’naya Fabrika.
Chocolate & Fudge Shops
Great homemade chocolate and fudge can be found at these shops:
- Golden Candies at Ulitsa Vosstaniya, 15
- Muzey Shokolada at Nevsky Ave, 17
Golden Candies is a cozy shop selling a variety of chocolates in St Petersburg as well as other sweet delights. You can choose from a wide range of quality handcrafted chocolate sweets with nuts, marzipans, jams, liqueurs, pralines, and plenty more at Muzey Shokolada.
Gluten Free Bakeries
Funt Izyuma at Gorokhovaya St, 52 i is a coffee shop serving gluten free delights, decaf coffee with no caffeine, lactose free milkshakes, marshmallow cocoa, and aromatic teas.
Smoothies
Yesh’ Fresh at Ligovsky Ave, 30А is a great option for smoothies and juices plus Vayo from our best frozen yogurts near you list makes really good smoothies too.
Local Restaurants With Great Desserts
It would be great if you could mention any restaurants with great desserts in St Petersburg in the comments, thanks. By the way we have also written about:
- The Best Desserts in Moscow
- The Best Desserts in Helsinki
- The Best Desserts in Minsk
- The Best Desserts in Kiev
Enjoy Ice Cream, Cookies, & Cakes In St Petersburg
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 St Petersburg.