Sweet Treats: Ice Cream, Bakeries, Candy Shops, and Chocolatiers

Some Lake Geneva plans begin with dinner. Others begin with somebody saying, “We should get ice cream,” and suddenly the whole evening has direction.

This guide to sweet treats around Lake Geneva covers the places I’d actually check for hand-dipped ice cream, frozen custard, bakery cases, pie, old-fashioned candy, fudge, and handmade chocolate. It reaches beyond downtown Lake Geneva into every community covered by Lake Geneva Weekend.

For more ways to build the day, pair this page with the Lake Geneva Events Calendar, the best restaurants around Lake Geneva, and the Lake Geneva coffee shop guide.

Hours move with the season, especially at ice cream windows and orchard bakeries. Check the linked business page before making a special drive.

Quick picks for sweet treats around Lake Geneva

Best classic downtown cone: Scoops Ice Cream & Deli at 101 Broad Street. It’s close to the lake and easy to work into a downtown walk.

Best candy-shop browse: Something Sweet on Broad Street. The shop has hand-dipped ice cream, fudge, nostalgic candy, and enough small treats to derail a quick stop.

Best fudge-and-chocolate stop: Kilwins Lake Geneva on Main Street. You can watch the candy-making action, then leave with fudge, caramel apples, or ice cream.

Best Lake Geneva bakery case: Lorelei Bittner’s Bakery. Go early when you have a particular doughnut, pastry, cookie, or coffee cake in mind.

Best pie stop: Lake Geneva Pie Company. Whole pies and slices make it useful for a weekend rental, a gathering, or an entirely reasonable pie-for-lunch decision.

Best Williams Bay ice cream stop: Frosty Moose. It has hand-dipped ice cream, a deep soft-serve flavor list, and frozen options for several dietary needs.

Best Fontana double stop: Blue Heaven Ice Cream and Four Brothers Chocolates at 105 W. Main Street. Ice cream is on one side of the building, chocolate and fudge are on the other.

Best true chocolatier: Anderson’s Candy Shop in Richmond. The shop has made caramels, fudge, toffee, truffles, and boxed chocolates for more than 100 years.

Best old-fashioned soda fountain: J. Lauber’s Ice Cream Parlor in East Troy. The 1920s setting, soda fountain, candy counter, and jukebox are the whole point.

Best sweet treats around Lake Geneva

Scoops Ice Cream & Deli

Scoops is the easy downtown Lake Geneva ice cream answer. It sits at the corner of Broad Street and Wrigley Drive, directly across from the lakefront activity.

This is the cone you get after the beach, a boat ride, or dinner downtown. The location does a lot of the work, and the line on a warm evening tells you everybody else had the same idea.

Address: 101 Broad St., Lake Geneva Best for: Lakefront walks and after-dinner cones Website: Scoops listing through Downtown Lake Geneva

Something Sweet

Something Sweet is the downtown stop when you want more than ice cream. The shop has hand-dipped ice cream, a long fudge list, old-fashioned candy, popcorn, gift baskets, and seasonal sweets.

It moved to 235 Broad Street, a few blocks north of the lake. That gives you a little more room to browse, which is good because this isn’t a grab-one-thing kind of shop.

Address: 235 Broad St., Lake Geneva Best for: Candy browsing and build-your-own treat bags Website: Something Sweet

Kilwins Lake Geneva

Kilwins is part ice cream shop and part candy kitchen. The Lake Geneva store has fudge, caramel apples, brittle, chocolates, and hand-dipped ice cream.

The smell usually makes the decision before you reach the counter. I think the best move is one thing to eat now and one box for later, even though “later” may mean the ride back to the hotel.

Address: 772 W. Main St., Lake Geneva Best for: Fudge gifts and chocolate-dipped treats Website: Kilwins Lake Geneva

Malini Bikini

Malini Bikini brings real Hawaiian shave ice to the Lake Geneva waterfront. The stand serves finely shaved ice with bright syrups, plus coconut-milk ice cream and other tropical add-ons.

It’s seasonal and built for hot weather. Find it near the Riviera and eat fast, because shave ice has no respect for a slow walker.

Address: 112 Wrigley Dr., Lake Geneva Best for: Hot lakefront afternoons and dairy-free frozen treats Website: Malini Bikini

The Original Rainbow Cone

The Original Rainbow Cone brings its Chicago-style stacked cone to Lake Geneva. The signature order layers several flavors instead of putting separate scoops on top of one another.

The Edwards Boulevard location is away from the busiest downtown blocks and has ice cream cakes, sundaes, and mini doughnuts too. It’s a practical stop when you’re coming into town from Highway 12.

Address: 393 N. Edwards Blvd., Lake Geneva Best for: Stacked flavor cones and ice cream cakes Website: The Original Rainbow Cone Lake Geneva

Cold Stone Creamery

Cold Stone Creamery is the downtown chain option for mix-ins folded into ice cream on the cold stone. It also handles ice cream cakes, shakes, and take-home treats.

I’d pick one of the local shops first when you’re visiting, but Cold Stone earns its place because it stays open later than several bakery stops and gives groups a very wide menu.

Address: 859 W. Main St., Lake Geneva Best for: Custom mix-ins and late dessert runs Website: Cold Stone Creamery Lake Geneva

The Porch

The Porch is a small Lake Geneva coffee and gelato stop on Geneva Street. Gelato, affogato, espresso, and baked treats make it a better fit when half the group wants dessert and the other half wants coffee.

The room is quieter than the main ice cream strip. That can be exactly right after a busy downtown afternoon.

Address: 832 Geneva St., Lake Geneva Best for: Gelato and affogato Website: The Porch on Instagram

Lorelei Bittner’s Bakery

Lorelei Bittner’s Bakery is one of the longtime Lake Geneva bakery names. The cases hold doughnuts, muffins, cookies, turnovers, petit fours, coffee cakes, and decorated cakes.

The bakery keeps a shorter weekly schedule than the ice cream shops. Check the posted hours, then go early. Bakery cases are less forgiving than freezers.

Address: 495 Interchange N., Lake Geneva Best for: Doughnut mornings and bakery boxes Website: Lorelei Bittner’s Bakery

Simple Bakery & Market

Simple Bakery & Market is a made-from-scratch artisan bakery 3 blocks north of the lake. It uses locally sourced ingredients when possible and bakes breads, pastries, cookies, cakes, and seasonal items.

This is my pick when the sweet stop also needs good bread or something for breakfast tomorrow. The pastry case feels grown-up without becoming fussy.

Address: 525 Broad St., Lake Geneva Best for: Artisan pastries and take-home bread Website: Simple Bakery & Market

Lake Geneva Pie Company

Lake Geneva Pie Company does exactly what the name promises. You can buy old-fashioned pies whole or by the slice, plus cookies, brownies, muffins, breads, and other baked goods.

Pie travels better than an ice cream cone. Keep that in mind when you need a dessert for the rental, the boat crew, or the drive home.

Address: 150 E. Geneva Square, Lake Geneva Best for: Whole pies and take-home dessert Website: Lake Geneva Pie Company

Williams Bay, Fontana, and Abbey Springs sweet treats

Dip in the Bay

Dip in the Bay is a small hand-dipped ice cream shop in downtown Williams Bay. The location works well after the beach, a meal in the village, or a walk near the lake.

The shop is seasonal. Check its current schedule before you build the evening around a cone.

Address: 105 Walworth Ave., Williams Bay Best for: Village walks and simple hand-dipped cones Website: Dip in the Bay

Frosty Moose

Frosty Moose has served Williams Bay since 1980. It carries premium hand-dipped ice cream, thousands of possible soft-serve flavor combinations, sundaes, shakes, malts, and slushies.

The menu also includes dairy-free and gluten-free frozen choices. Ask the staff about ingredients and handling when an allergy is part of the decision.

Address: 35 W. Geneva St., Williams Bay Best for: Big flavor choices and soft-serve combinations Website: Frosty Moose

Blue Heaven Ice Cream and Four Brothers Chocolates

Blue Heaven sits just off the lake in Fontana, across from The Abbey Resort. It serves 24 rotating flavors of Wisconsin-made, hand-dipped ice cream with specialty cones and ice cream sandwiches.

Four Brothers Chocolates is on the west side of the same building. The chocolate counter has fudge, toffee, boxed chocolates, and small gifts.

Address: 105 W. Main St., Fontana Best for: Fontana ice cream and handmade chocolate Website: Blue Heaven and Four Brothers Chocolates

Abbey Springs is a private community and doesn’t have a dedicated public sweets shop I could confirm. Blue Heaven is the closest clear public choice, and it’s only a short drive into Fontana.

Walworth, Delavan, and Elkhorn sweet treats

Meggy Moo’s Dairy Ripple

Meggy Moo’s Dairy Ripple is an old-school drive-up ice cream shop in Walworth. The menu covers cones, sundaes, shakes, and casual food, so it works when dessert somehow turns into dinner.

This is a warm-weather stop with a loyal local following. Check its Facebook page for opening dates and seasonal hours.

Address: 600 Kenosha St., Walworth Best for: Drive-up ice cream and casual summer stops Website: Meggy Moo’s Dairy Ripple on Facebook

Dulceria & Nevería Acapulco

Dulceria & Nevería Acapulco gives downtown Delavan a different kind of sweet stop. The shop carries Mexican candy, ice cream, raspados, shakes, mangonadas, and fruit-based frozen treats.

This is the place to order something with mango, lime, tamarind, or chamoy instead of another vanilla cone. The candy shelves are worth a slow lap too.

Address: 235 E. Walworth Ave., Delavan Best for: Mangonadas and Mexican candy Website: Dulceria & Nevería Acapulco on Facebook

Boxed and Burlap

Boxed and Burlap is a Delavan coffeehouse with pastries at both its flagship and downtown locations. It’s less of a dessert shop than the ice cream stops, but it belongs here when you want coffee, a pastry, and a place to sit.

The flagship on Highway 67 has the bigger campus. The downtown location on Walworth Avenue works better when you’re already walking Delavan’s main blocks.

Addresses: 2935 State Road 67 and 230 E. Walworth Ave., Delavan Best for: Coffee-and-pastry stops and breakfast sweets Website: Boxed and Burlap

Pastries by Chad

Pastries by Chad is the main dedicated bakery in downtown Elkhorn. The shop handles pastries, cookies, cupcakes, cakes, doughnuts, and special orders.

It’s a strong morning stop before errands, a fairgrounds event, or a drive toward Lauderdale Lakes. Go early when the pastry case is the reason for the trip.

Address: 29 N. Wisconsin St., Elkhorn Best for: Pastry cases and special-order cakes Website: Pastries by Chad

Apple Barn Orchard & Winery

Apple Barn is an orchard, country store, winery, and seasonal bakery outside Elkhorn. The sweet side includes cider doughnuts, caramel apples, strawberry doughnuts, fruit pies, shortcake, cookies, and bake-at-home apple pies.

The selection follows the crop calendar. Strawberry season tastes different from apple season, and fall weekends can get busy in a hurry.

Address: W6384 Sugar Creek Rd., Elkhorn Best for: Cider doughnuts and orchard bakery treats Website: Apple Barn Country Store and Bakery

Use the Lake Geneva Events Calendar for current food festivals, market days, and seasonal events in Walworth, Delavan, and Elkhorn.

Twin Lakes, Powers Lake, Genoa City, and Richmond sweet treats

Bodi’s Bake Shop

Bodi’s Bake Shop gives Twin Lakes a full bakery with breads, pastries, cookies, cakes, doughnuts, and espresso drinks for the ride.

The bakery opens early, which makes it useful before a lake day or a drive toward Wilmot. Custom cakes need more planning than a doughnut box.

Address: 306 E. Main St., Twin Lakes Best for: Early doughnut runs and full bakery orders Website: Bodi’s Bake Shop

Hafs Road Orchard

Hafs Road Orchard is a seasonal Genoa City stop for locally grown apples, fresh cider, and hand-dipped caramel apples. It’s an orchard-side store with fruit ready to buy.

The Honeycrisp caramel apples are the reason it belongs in a sweet-treat guide. Check the harvest page before going because the orchard runs on fruit, not wishful thinking.

Address: W632 Hafs Rd., Genoa City Best for: Caramel apples and fresh cider Website: Hafs Road Orchard

Anderson’s Candy Shop

Anderson’s Candy Shop in Richmond is the strongest chocolatier in the wider Lake Geneva region. The family has made candy for more than 100 years, with caramels, fudge, English toffee, truffles, candy bars, and boxed chocolates.

This is worth a dedicated drive when chocolate is the assignment. A box from Anderson’s also survives the ride home better than a soft-serve cone.

Address: 10301 N. Main St., Richmond, Illinois Best for: Handmade chocolates and candy gifts Website: Anderson’s Candy Shop

Powers Lake doesn’t have a dedicated public ice cream, bakery, candy, or chocolate shop I could confirm. Twin Lakes is the nearest full bakery stop, and Richmond is the better direction for handmade candy.

Burlington, Darien, and Sharon sweet treats

Adrian’s Frozen Custard

Adrian’s Frozen Custard has been part of Burlington since 1974. The shop is known for fresh frozen custard, changing flavors, sundaes, shakes, and warm-weather lines that move faster than they look.

The Bridge Street location sits near the Fox River and downtown Burlington. Grab the custard, then walk a little before deciding whether a second one was necessary.

Address: 572 Bridge St., Burlington Best for: Frozen custard and flavor-of-the-day stops Website: Adrian’s Frozen Custard on Facebook

Darien Ice Cream Shoppe

Darien Ice Cream Shoppe is a seasonal small-town ice cream stop on Beloit Street. It reopened for the 2026 season and posts its current schedule through Facebook.

Darien doesn’t need a complicated dessert plan. Pull in, order at the counter, and sit for a few minutes before getting back on Highway 14.

Address: 305 E. Beloit St., Darien Best for: Seasonal cones and small-town stops Website: Darien Ice Cream Shoppe on Facebook

Myrt’s Ice Cream Shoppe

Myrt’s Ice Cream Shoppe gives Sharon its own true ice cream parlor. The shop serves more than 35 Cedar Crest flavors, plus sundaes and seasonal specials.

It’s right in the village, close to Sharon’s old brick storefronts. Check the page for spring, summer, and fall hours because the schedule changes with the season.

Address: 215 Baldwin St., Sharon Best for: Cedar Crest flavors and downtown Sharon walks Website: Myrt’s Ice Cream Shoppe on Facebook

East Troy, Whitewater, and Lauderdale Lakes sweet treats

J. Lauber’s Ice Cream Parlor

J. Lauber’s is an authentic old-fashioned ice cream parlor in East Troy. The room has a 1920s soda fountain, booth seating, a penny-candy counter, and a 78 RPM jukebox.

The menu stays classic: Cedar Crest ice cream, sundaes, shakes, malts, floats, ice cream sodas, and Green River. Summer is the main season, so call or check the page before driving over in spring or fall.

Address: 2010 Church St., East Troy Best for: Soda-fountain sundaes and East Troy Railroad days Website: J. Lauber’s Ice Cream Parlor

The Cafe by The Sweet Spot

The Cafe by The Sweet Spot remains open in downtown Whitewater with pastries, specialty coffee, breakfast, and lunch. The separate Bakehouse location closed in 2025, so use the Whitewater Street cafe address.

This is the right stop when you want a pastry and coffee near Cravath Lakefront Park. The cafe’s own page is the best check for current summer hours.

Address: 226 W. Whitewater St., Whitewater Best for: Pastries and coffee near Cravath Lake Website: The Cafe by The Sweet Spot

Lauderdale Lakes doesn’t have a dedicated public sweets shop I could verify. Pastries by Chad in Elkhorn is the closest bakery choice, while J. Lauber’s is the more memorable ice cream drive.

Sweet treats around Lake Geneva by community

The Lake Geneva Weekend community guides cover Lake Geneva, Williams Bay, Fontana, Abbey Springs, Walworth, Geneva National, Delavan, Elkhorn, Twin Lakes, Powers Lake, Genoa City, and Richmond, Burlington, Darien, Sharon, East Troy, and Whitewater.

Here’s the quick local read.

Lake Geneva

Lake Geneva has the deepest sweet-treat lineup. Scoops, Something Sweet, Kilwins, Malini Bikini, Rainbow Cone, Cold Stone, The Porch, Lorelei Bittner’s, Simple Bakery, and Lake Geneva Pie Company cover nearly every craving.

Geneva National

Geneva National has resort dining and coffee options, but no dedicated public sweets shop I’d send you to over the Lake Geneva or Williams Bay choices. Frosty Moose and Lake Geneva’s bakery group are both practical drives.

Williams Bay

Williams Bay has 2 strong ice cream shops: Dip in the Bay for a simple downtown cone and Frosty Moose for a much larger frozen menu.

Fontana

Fontana has one of the cleanest 2-for-1 sweet stops in the region. Blue Heaven handles the ice cream, and Four Brothers handles the chocolate in the same building.

Abbey Springs

Abbey Springs is private and doesn’t have a dedicated public sweets shop I could confirm. Blue Heaven in Fontana is the nearest clear answer.

Walworth

Meggy Moo’s Dairy Ripple is Walworth’s seasonal ice cream anchor. For bakery goods, head toward Elkhorn or Lake Geneva.

Delavan

Dulceria & Nevería Acapulco is Delavan’s most interesting frozen-treat stop. Boxed and Burlap covers pastries and coffee at 2 locations.

Elkhorn

Pastries by Chad is the year-round bakery choice. Apple Barn adds seasonal doughnuts, caramel apples, fruit pies, and orchard sweets.

Twin Lakes, Powers Lake, Genoa City, and Richmond

Bodi’s Bake Shop covers Twin Lakes. Hafs Road Orchard brings caramel apples to Genoa City, and Anderson’s Candy Shop makes Richmond the chocolate destination.

Burlington

Adrian’s Frozen Custard is the Burlington answer. It’s been around since 1974 and still feels like the right reward after walking downtown or along the river.

Darien

Darien Ice Cream Shoppe gives the village a seasonal cone stop. Use its Facebook page for the current open days.

Sharon

Myrt’s Ice Cream Shoppe is Sharon’s confirmed sweet stop, with more than 35 Cedar Crest flavors in the village center.

East Troy

J. Lauber’s is the East Troy pick. Pair it with the railroad museum or a walk around the village square.

Whitewater

The Cafe by The Sweet Spot has pastries and coffee downtown. The old Bakehouse address is closed, so go to the cafe on Whitewater Street.

What should I pick based on the craving?

Ice cream after dinner

Stay in downtown Lake Geneva for Scoops, Something Sweet, Kilwins, or Cold Stone. In Williams Bay, choose Dip in the Bay or Frosty Moose. Fontana has Blue Heaven.

A bakery box for morning

Lorelei Bittner’s and Simple Bakery are the main Lake Geneva choices. Bodi’s is the Twin Lakes bakery, Pastries by Chad covers Elkhorn, and Sweet Spot works in Whitewater.

Handmade chocolate or candy gifts

Anderson’s Candy Shop is the strongest dedicated chocolatier. Four Brothers Chocolates is the Fontana choice, while Kilwins and Something Sweet cover downtown Lake Geneva.

A seasonal farm sweet

Apple Barn has cider doughnuts, caramel apples, fruit pies, and crop-season bakery items. Hafs Road Orchard is the quieter stop for apples, cider, and Honeycrisp caramel apples.

For more orchard plans, use the activity farms, apple orchards, and petting zoos around Lake Geneva guide and the farm stands around Lake Geneva guide.

Frequently asked questions about sweet treats around Lake Geneva

Plan the rest of your Lake Geneva day

A sweet stop works best when it lands between 2 real plans. Walk part of the Geneva Lake Shore Path, spend a few hours at one of the beaches around Geneva Lake, or check the free things to do around Lake Geneva guide.

Then use the Lake Geneva Events Calendar to see what’s happening that day. Seasonal markets, holiday weekends, and town festivals can change traffic, parking, and business hours.