Dessert and Ice Cream Shops in Dayton, OH

Desserts and ice cream in Dayton at a glance

• Desserts and ice cream is the 8th largest food category in Dayton, after bars and pizza.
• Its 3.0% share compares with 3.8% across the 506 cities in this guide, close to the national pattern.
• Of the 16 listed below, 12 are independent and 4 belong to chains; 13 list a website.

Dessert and Ice Cream Shops in Dayton

• Cold Stone Creamery
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 135 Jasper Street,
• The Sweet Retreat
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 2613 Smithville Rd
• The Candy Shack
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 2320 W Third St
• Dayton Nut and Candy Company
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 919 N Main St
• Rip Rap Shake Shack
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 6010 Rip Rap Rd
• Sweet P's Handcrafted Ice Pops
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 600 E 2nd St
• Esther Price Candies
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 1709 Wayne Ave
• CheezCake Lab
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 32 S Ludlow St
• Dairy Queen
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 2613 S Smithville Rd
• Fronana
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 27 W 1st St
• Peace on Fifth
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 600 E 2nd St
• simply sweet ice cream
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 600 E 2nd St
• Dippin' Dots
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 1061 S Main St
• Moo.
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 200 Wayne Ave
• Sweet Sensations Chocolates and Candy
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 2700 St Rt 725 Suite 210 Dayton Mall
• Kastle's Kreamery
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 320 N Wright Ave

Desserts and ice cream elsewhere in Ohio

Among the Ohio cities in this guide, the most desserts and ice cream listings are in Columbus (118), Cincinnati (51), Cleveland (49), Toledo (28), Akron (21) and Parma (7).

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