Favorite Fort Lauderdale Desserts

All too often, a sweet tooth strikes without warning. When that chocolate or ice cream craving comes on suddenly, it can be hard to think straight. You must make a beeline to the closest sweet shop that serves precisely what you're craving, but where exactly, you might ask, is that? Here's the scoop on the best dessert shops in Fort Lauderdale. 

 1) Croissant Time Fort Lauderdale for pastries and fine desserts

Croissant Time French Bakery Fort Lauderdale serves sandwiches, quiche and freshly baked bread, but it's the brightly colored arrangements of cakes, miniature pastries and flavored croissants that appeal to sweet lovers. The bakery's varied selection includes, but is not limited to, the following: apple turnovers, almond twists, napoleons, eclairs, fruit tartelettes, chocolate mousse and cream puffs. Live music on Sundays. Croissant Time is located in Sunrise Square plaza on Federal Highway. 

2) Pops Corn Fort Lauderdale for a salty sweet mix of popcorn and ice cream

Pops Corn and Yo Mama's Ice Cream serves up salty and sweet treats at its beachfront location! Pops Corn popcorn varieties of kettle, caramel and chocolate caramel flavored popcorn are popped and mixed onsite. Yo Mama's ice cream comes in flavors of strawberry, rocky road, mint chip and birthday party, and all are made on the premises, as are the waffle cones. Pops Corn is located in The Village on Fort Lauderdale Beach, at A1A and Sunrise Boulevard. 

3) Kilwin's Fort Lauderdale for ice cream and chocolate-dipped treats

Kilwin's Fort Lauderdale is an old-fashioned ice cream parlor and sweet shop in Fort Lauderdale's pedestrian shopping district on Las Olas Boulevard. It's a treat for three of the five senses: smell the sweet aroma upon entering the shop, see skilled employees prepare a staggering variety of handmade treats (such as caramel apples, chocolate-covered marshamallows and fudge) and taste, well, whatever suits your fancy. 

4) Maggie Moo's Fort Lauderdale for total ice cream indulgence

Maggie Moo's Fort Lauderdale is part of a national ice cream chain in which each store makes its own ice cream onsite and hand folds toppings such as nuts, fruit and candy chunks into customized treats. Customers can choose from ice cream flavors such as Brownie Batter, Southern Peaches, Carrot Cake and Irish Coffee and toppings such as oreo cookies, almonds and bananas. Maggie Moo's Fort Lauderdale is located in Union Planters Plaza in Fort Lauderdale.

5) Sweeter Days Bake Shop Fort Lauderdale for gourmet cupcakes

Full-sized cakes aren't the only treats receiving special attention these days. In its charming eat-in storefront on Federal Highway, Sweeter Days Bake Shop Fort Lauderdale prepares a wide selection of cupcake flavors, such as Boston cream, Southern red velvet, key lime coconut, cookies & cream, carrot cake and lemon dream. The colorful eat-in shop is separated from the bakery by a glass wall, so you can hang out and watch the bakers at work. Sweeter Days is located in on Federal Highway in Fort Lauderdale.