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Find the best desserts in Jacksonville

Visit these spots with the best desserts in Jacksonville for a sweet treat any time of day!

The Sweet Spot

The Sweet Spot is the ultimate spot to satisfy your sweet tooth! They offer insane frozen treats, like their tasty milkshakes stacked high with desserts. From cupcakes to brownies, you’ll find mouthwatering bites on top of your delicious shake! Or, you can keep things lowkey with a delicious ice cream cone. These picturesque scoops look unreal and totally Insta-worthy!

While enjoying your sweet treats, be sure to browse through the shop, which is full of crazy candies, adorable toys, and more! Visit this vibrant and colorful shop for a delicious sugar rush!

📍41 Pga Tour Blvd #3081, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082

Amaretti Desserts

Enjoy delicious desserts and homemade goodies at Jacksonville’s “made-from-scratch bakery.” Amaretti is known for its beautiful baked goods, pastries, and desserts created with fresh, natural ingredients and a spoonful of love! From cookies, cakes, and pies to eclairs and Tiramisu, you can find all your favorite desserts here.

📍14965 Old St Augustine Rd, Jacksonville, FL 32258

Cookies and Creme

This local, family, and veteran-owned dessert shop has been “baking our beach a better place” with its incredible made-from-scratch cookies and ice cream! We can’t think of a better combo than freshly baked cookies and delicious ice cream. As you can imagine, the ice cream sandwiches are insanely good! With creative flavors and incredible taste, Cookes and Creme is the perfect spot when you’re craving something sweet or want a late-night treat!

Pro-Tip: Be sure to visit on Wednesdays for milkshake night!

📍241 13th Ave N, Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250

Wicked Batter Cafe

Known for its yummy keto-friendly desserts, Wicked Batter Cafe has tasty goodies for everyone! A majority of the menu items are created in-house with only the highest quality ingredients and those that don’t come from Florida vendors that share the same philosophy.

This family-owned bakery offers a variety of baked goods, from cakes and cookies to brownies and cinnamon rolls, we can guarantee that everything on the menu is absolutely delicious! If you’d like to take your sweet treats to go, they also have a light lunch menu and savory breakfast items, too!

Pro-Tip: Don’t leave without something for your four-legged friends! Grab a doggie dessert, while you’re there!

📍6000 Lake Gray Blvd suite 20, Jacksonville, FL 32244

Flo's Ice Cream

Go with the flow and sweeten your day with a scoop or two from Flo’s Premium Ice Cream! This Ponte Vedra ice cream shop serves 24 house-made custom flavors. As a cherry on top, their list of flavorings will fill your tastebuds with tasty fresh and fruity, chocolate-rich, and super sweet tastes! Pair your creamy scoop of frozen dessert with one of their fresh waffle cones, or stay drip-free with their adorable cups.

📍880 A1A N Ste. 11, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082

Mayday Ice Cream

Mayday Icecream has such a wide variety of ice cream flavors to choose from that you are going to want to sample them all. Our favorite is the coffee & donuts flavor and it even has chunks of donuts in it!

Even though their delicious ice cream speaks for itself, the story behind the name makes them stand out even more! We recently learned that Mayday Icecream is named in honor of some innovative fellow Americans who served our country in World War II. Be sure to stop into a Mayday, they have tons of locations all over town, and try one of our favorite dessert places in our beautiful city!

📍Visit the link below for all the locations around town.

Dreamette

Dreamette is a sweet tooth’s DREAM! There is never a slow night at this walk-up ice cream stand! Their menu ranges from sundaes to dipped cones and so much more! Our favorite is the Reeses Cup Sundae or the chocolate-dipped cone… be right back, on our way there now.?

Quick Tip: Make sure to bring cash if you are going to the Murray Hill location because it is cash only!

📍Visit the link below for all the locations around town.

Kilwins

Kilwins is located in the St. Johns Town Center as well as St. Augustine! Kilwins was originally founded in 1947 by Don & Katy Kilwin in Petoskey, Michigan. This is another ice cream place where you are going to want to sample everything.

Our favorite desserts at Kilwins are their ice creams, and our flavor of choice is cookie dough! It doesn’t just stop at ice cream, they also have chocolate, fudge, caramel corn and so much more so make sure to check out their shop in the link below and enjoy one of the best dessert places in the 904!

📍Visit the link below for all the locations around town.

Whit's Frozen Custard

It is hard to talk about Whit’s Frozen Custard without immediately craving it, which is why it is definitely one of our favorite desserts. Every flavor of the day is delicious!

One of their fun features is you can make your own unique flavor, it’s called “The Whitster.” You choose your flavor and whatever topping you want! Their toppings include customer favorites, candies, fruit, nuts, etc. making it one of the best dessert places in Jacksonville!

If you want something to-go, they also offer take-home freezer items. We saved the best fact for last… they also offer Doggie Sundaes for your furry friends!?

📍Visit the link below for all the locations around town.

Sweet Theory Baking

If you have ever been to Sweet Theory on a Saturday morning, you know the line is usually out the door! Our theory is that people wake up craving Sweet Theory.

What makes this one of the best dessert places in Jacksonville is that they bake all of their items fresh daily in small batches using all natural and organic ingredients! Daily offerings include cinnamon rolls, doughnuts, and biscuit sandwiches! They also have gluten free items including coffee cakes, cupcakes, brownies, cookies, loaf cakes, and more!

Quick Tip: Before visiting, feel free to contact them to see how their product is holding out! They say that coming in early is the safest way to ensure you’ll have plenty to choose from! It’s just so good that they sell out so fast!

📍1243 King St, Jacksonville, FL 32204

More of the best desserts in Jacksonville 🎂

Visit these spots for delightful drinks and treats around the 904!

Tsaocaa Tea

Tsaocaa Tea was founded on great taste - their menu features fruit, milk, & other boba tea!

Biscottis

Discover delicious baked goods and sweet treats at this fan-favorite eatery in Avondale!

Le Macaron

Enjoy French pastries, authentic gelato, & delightful baked goods at this adorable bakery.

Community Loaves

This neighborhood bakery served delightful breads, muffins, and other yummy baked goods!

Cinotti’s Bakery

This Jax Beach location is known for their mouthwatering baked goods, cookies, and more!

Crumbl

If you’re looking for a decadent & delicious cookie, Crumbl is obviously the place to go!

The Peach Cobbler Factory

The Peach Cobbler Factory is a delightful dessert destination bursting with sweet treats. Offering an irresistible array of warm cobblers, puddings, and cookies, this spot promises a mouthwatering experience. Dessert lovers can indulge in a tempting flight of flavors that’s sure to satisfy any sweet tooth.

SmallCakes Cupcakery & Creamery

Keep calm and eat a cupcake from SmallCakes Cupcakery & Creamery. With a passion for creating special memories through desserts, they create artisan-made, gourmet treats. “Whether you are looking for a celebration treat to commemorate birthdays, milestones, and achievements or maybe looking for a quick pick-me-up, SmallCakes has the sweet treats to make life sweeter.”

SmallCakes features over 17 freshly baked cupcake flavors and 10 ice cream flavors, with their flavors rotating seasonally. And, they deliver, that’s right…sweet treats right to your front door. It’s one of the top-rated family bakeries in Jacksonville, try it ASAP!

📍Visit the link below for all the locations around town!

Arble Baking Company

At Arble Baking Company you can find delicious cookies handcrafted with love by a family recipe that has been perfected over 40 years! The company was founded in 2020 by four siblings, Lamar, Alonza, Monica, and Whitney, and they opened a storefront in the Northside in 2023! Their father, who served on the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue department for over 32 years, was known as the cookie man. Whenever you saw him, you saw cookies, so this business is an ode to him! Bite into sweet and delicious homemade cookies that will remind you of home at Arble Baking Company!

📍6765 Dunn Ave #327, Jacksonville, FL 32219

First Coast Cookies

Enjoy delicious homemade cookies and sweet boba tea at First Coast Cookies! This bakery offers delicious fan-favorite flavors like snickerdoodle and chocolate chip. Be sure to pair your sweet treat with a refreshing cup of boba tea! This sweet shop also creates amazing cookie cakes, so be sure to order one for your next special occasion.

📍4610 San Juan Ave, Jacksonville, FL, United States, Florida

Little Red Cottage Cookies

Not only can you order delicious homemade cookies from Little Red Cottage, but you can also take cookie-making classes, too! Indulge in delicious made-to-order goodies decorated to perfection, and partake in a workshop so you can try your hand at cookie creation! You can also book your own private cookie party, perfect for a bridal party, team-building event, or any other occasion!

Insomnia Cookies

The title of this place could not be more accurate because this delicious cookie place is open until 3 AM! We have even better news and that is you can get warm delicious Insomnia cookies DELIVERED. We want to take this moment to thank whoever came up with late-night cookies.

📍Visit the link below for all the locations around Jax!

Tough Guy's Cookies

From roaming the streets of Orange Park in their food truck, Tough Guys may look too macho for most, but their cookies are nothing but the sweetest! They are just a couple guys baking up a tasty assortment of cookies, shakes, and other decadent concoctions. They have a ton of unique flavors, so don’t be too intimidated to try your next favorite cookie!

📍 518 Hollyberry Ln Suite 104, Orange Park, FL 32065

Pie Heaven Bakery Cafe

Calling all pie lovers! We have found the ultimate haven for dessert… Pie Heaven Bakery Café! This Atlantic Beach café offers all things related to pie. Their menu includes both classic and unique pie flavors ranging from apple pie to lemon meringue pie! Not only do they have sweet fillings, but they also have a special sweet crust!

Each pie gets created with care, talent, and one’s love for baking. From the flavorful fillings to the lattice crust designs, Pie Heaven’s pies come to life at the hands of pie-ssionate people wanting to share their love of pies with others!

📍1980 Mayport Road, Atlantic Beach, FL 32233

Light on the Sugar

Light on the Sugar is a family-owned bakery and cafe that started out in Winter Park, Florida! We are so excited to have them, and their amazing creations, at our very own St. Johns Town Center here in Jax! From tasty crepe cakes and cheesecakes to yummy tarts and crème puffs, their desserts are to die for! Their French-style pastries have delicious twists with Asian-inspired flavors like Ube, Lychee, and Matcha! Everything is presented so beautifully, too. You can’t go wrong with anything on their tea and coffee menu, as well! Next time you’re trying to satisfy your sweet tooth, stop in at Light on the Sugar!

📍4860 Big Island Dr Ste 2, Jacksonville, FL

Make your own sweet treat! 🍬

Check out these candy making classes at Sweet Pete's!

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