Ice cream and desserts in Lakeland: downtown, Florida Avenue, U.S. 98

Last checked Oct. 10, 2026. Refreshed every three months.

Lakeland’s ice cream and dessert shops cluster downtown, around Lake Mirror, Munn Park and the library on Lake Morton, and along South Florida Avenue from Dixieland south. A second group sits on U.S. Highway 98 North and in Lakeside Village. Ice cream shops with Lakeland mailing addresses north of the city line and on County Road 540A are outside the limits and are not on this list.

How we made this list. We started with OpenStreetMap records inside Lakeland’s city limits, the same data behind our local directory, and added ice cream and dessert shops from the state’s restaurant inspection records, the chains’ own store pages and the shops’ own sites, keeping only addresses inside the limits. We checked each place against its own website on Oct. 10, 2026. Shops with no website, or whose site did not load, are here because the state’s licensing records list them, with inspections between October 2025 and October 2026. We left out food trucks and cookie and cake chains whose store pages we could not load. The list is alphabetical. It is not a ranking or a recommendation, and nobody paid to be on it. Run one of these places? Write to us to add or correct your entry.

The list

The places

Andy’s Frozen Custard on South Florida Avenue is a frozen custard chain’s Lakeland shop. Its store page did not load; the state inspected it in September 2026.

Baskin-Robbins has two Lakeland shops. The one on South Florida Avenue in Dixieland stands alone; the one on U.S. 98 North shares its space with a Dunkin’ and opens at 5 a.m.

Bright Ice on South Florida Avenue has no website we could find; the address it once used now belongs to someone else. The state’s licensing records list the shop, last inspected in October 2025.

Cold Stone Creamery in Lakeside Village is the chain’s Lakeland shop. We found no store page for it; the state inspected it in October 2026.

Dairy Queen has two shops inside the city, on South Florida Avenue and U.S. 98 North. Neither store page loaded when we checked; the state’s licensing records list both.

Ice Cream Crossing is inside The Depot at Bonnet Springs Park and scoops eight hand-dipped flavors in cake cones, sugar cones or cups, the park’s site says. The park is cashless.

Kelly’s Homemade Ice Cream has a counter inside Foxtail Coffee at the Shops at Lake Wire. The cafe’s page says it scoops handcrafted ice cream with dairy and nondairy choices.

Lakeland Ice Cream Company has two stores in the state’s records: the one on Lakeland Highlands Road is inside the city, and the one on Duff Road is north of the city line. Its site does not post hours.

Mayday Ice Cream is the handcrafted ice cream counter in The Joinery food hall on Lake Mirror. Orders go through the food hall’s site.

Mootown Scoops on East Palmetto Street is near the Lakeland Public Library on Lake Morton. Its site does not post hours.

Twistee Treat on U.S. 98 North has no website we could find; the state inspected it in November 2025.

Vampire Penguin on East Pine Street downtown is a shaved snow dessert shop. The chain’s site says each shop is independently owned, and we found no page for this one; the state inspected it in December 2025.

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Frequently asked questions

Where can I get ice cream in Lakeland?

Ice cream shops inside the city limits include Mootown Scoops, Mayday Ice Cream in The Joinery and the Kelly’s counter in Foxtail Coffee near downtown, Lakeland Ice Cream Company on Lakeland Highlands Road, Bright Ice, Baskin-Robbins and Cold Stone Creamery.

Where can I get ice cream in downtown Lakeland?

Mootown Scoops is on East Palmetto Street across from the library, Mayday Ice Cream is in The Joinery food hall on Lake Mirror, and Vampire Penguin serves shaved snow on East Pine Street.

Where is there frozen custard in Lakeland?

Andy’s Frozen Custard is at 4046 S. Florida Ave., and Culver’s on U.S. Highway 98 North serves frozen custard with its burgers.

Which Lakeland ice cream shops are open late?

Baskin-Robbins on South Florida Avenue lists 11 p.m. closings on Friday and Saturday, and the food hall where Mayday Ice Cream sits is open until 11 p.m. on those nights.