Dessert and Ice Cream Shops in Asheville, NC

Desserts and ice cream in Asheville at a glance

• Desserts and ice cream is the 9th largest food category in Asheville, after bars and coffee shops and cafes.
• Its 3.6% share compares with 3.8% across the 506 cities in this guide, close to the national pattern.
• Of the 40 listed below, 22 are independent and 18 belong to chains; 36 list a website.

Dessert and Ice Cream Shops in Asheville

• Ben & Jerry's
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 19 Haywood St
• Crave Dessert Bar
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 41 N Lexington Ave Suite# 100
• Insomnia Cookies
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 8 College St
• Jeremiah's Italian Ice
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 705 Merrimon Ave
• Kilwins Ice Cream - Chocolate - Fudge
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 26 Battery Park Ave
• Rocket Fizz Asheville
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 21 Battery Park Ave
• Sunshine Sammies
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 99 S Lexington Ave
• The Hop Ice Creamery
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 167 Haywood Rd #20
• The Hop West
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 721 Haywood Rd
• The Sweet Escape
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 27 Schenck Pkwy Ste 130
• Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 30 Town Square Blvd
• Cold Stone Creamery
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 30 Town Square Blvd.
• The Hop Ice Cream Cafe
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 640 Merrimon Ave #103
• Whit's Frozen Custard (Gerber Village)
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 1840 Hendersonville Rd
• Two Spoons Ice Creams
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 721 Haywood Rd
• Whit's Frozen Custard (North Asheville)
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 565 Merrimon Ave
• Crumbl - Asheville
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 1816 Hendersonville Rd Ste 10
• Yolo Frozen Yogurt
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 505 Merrimon Ave
• Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 5 Regent Park Blvd Ste 108
• Annie B's Homemade Ice Cream
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 64 Long Shoals Rd
• Apalachcream
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 1 Page Ave
• Cold Stone Creamery
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 129 Bleachery Blvd, Ste S
• Dairy Queen
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 26 Tunnel Rd
• Laughing Mask Candies
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 84 N Lexington Ave
• Marble Slab Creamery
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 14 Biltmore Ave
• Marble Slab Creamery
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 1840 Hendersonville Rd
• Soda Pop & Candy Shop
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 21 Battery Park Ave
• Sweet Frog Premium Frozen Yogurt
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 1636 Hendersonville Rd #120
• TCBY
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 5 Westgate Pkwy
• TCBY
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 1800 Hendersonville Rd
• The Freeze of Asheville
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 1091 Patton Ave
• The Hop Ice Cream
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 56 Patton Ave
• Ultimate Ice Cream Company
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 195 Charlotte St
• Ultimate Ice Cream Company
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 1070 Tunnel Rd
• Crumbl - Westgate
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 5 Westgate Pkwy Ste 130
• Chocolate Gems
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 25 Broadway St
• Nothing Bundt Cakes
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 275 Smokey Park Highway Ste 261
• Sugar And Snow Gelato
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 99 Riverside Dr
• French Broad Chocolate Cookies & Creamery
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 21 Buxton Ave
• Yobie's Frozen Yogurt
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 5 Westgate Pkwy Ste 130

Desserts and ice cream elsewhere in North Carolina

Among the North Carolina cities in this guide, the most desserts and ice cream listings are in Charlotte (164), Raleigh (98), Durham (54), Greensboro (51), Winston-Salem (40) and Cary (39).

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