Anyone that wants to learn about the best places to buy ice cream, cakes, and cookies in Tacoma has found the right post. There are plenty of great dessert 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 Tacoma 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 post on the Pacific Northwest at that link if you want.
Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
When you want to eat the best ice cream in Tacoma or some healthier frozen yogurt try:
Ice Cream Social serves handcrafted all-natural ice cream made right there.
Dreamer Ice Cream has over 31 different flavors available.
Bliss Small Batch Creamery produces small batches of excellent ice cream near you along with cups, waffle cones, ice cream sandwiches, milkshakes, and ice cream cakes.
Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt is a self-serve frozen yogurt shop with nonfat, gluten-free, vegan, no-sugar-added, and low-carb choices available.
Premium self-serve frozen yogurt, French press coffee, self-serve smoothies, pastries, and paninis are all available at Black Bear.
Bakeries In Your Area
These bakeries near you should have great cakes, cookies, pastries, and more:
Corina is a local bakery that specializes in sweet and savory foods ranging from cookies to quiche in addition to espresso drinks and custom cakes.
Pasteles Finos del Angel serves wedding cakes and others for special occasions along with a large variety of vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free cake options.
Pies, cookies, bread pudding, cakes, tarts, moon pies, ding dongs, snowballs, brownies, whoopie pies, and more are some of Spilled Butter Desserts’ specialties.
Franz Bakery Outlet is a family-owned bakery that has been offering bread, bagels, and pastries since 1906.
Local Donut Shops
Start your morning off right at one of these donut shops:
See’s Candies Tacoma has a great assortment of gourmet chocolates, sweets, nuts, chews, seasonal specials and gift baskets.
Lolli & Pops offers a variety of products including international sweets and handmade truffles in addition to a bulk bar with dozens of unusual gummies and chocolates.
Brown & Haley is a chocolate and candy shop in your area that sells the well-known Roca brand along with factory seconds and new-product samples.
Amy’s Decadent Chocolates is an old-fashioned candy shop providing homemade confections, cappuccino, gift baskets, gourmet caramel apples, truffles, homemade fudge, strawberries, and more.
Gluten Free Bakeries
Viva at 2620 N Proctor Street serves desserts like brownie a la mode, pumpkin muffins, cookies, and cheesecakes.
Some of the bakeries from our initial list like Corina Bakery and Pasteles Finos Del Angel also offer gluten-free options.
Smoothies
Smoothies are a good combination of tasty and healthy:
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 Tacoma.
