Sweet Treats · Sarasota & Manatee
Sweet Treats in Sarasota
Every locally owned scoop shop, candy wall, doughnut counter and chocolate case we could verify within about 30 miles of downtown. No out-of-state chains. Pick a craving, find the nearest pin, tell no one how many you bought.
Find my sugar →Sweet Treat of the Week
Great Heights Creamery
Small-batch ice cream made in-house, Rosemary District. Read The Sweet Spot: The Ice Cream Menu That Keeps Telling You to Sit Down
What are you craving?
The sugar map 18 local spots
The list
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ScandyCandy Sweet Spot #1
Swedish pick-and-mix, 260-plus varieties, sold by weight. Ground level at UTC.
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Five-O Donut Co.
Downtown original on Ringling Blvd. Open mornings until 1 p.m.
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Great Heights Creamery Sweet Spot #2
Small-batch ice cream made in-house, Rosemary District.
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Olaf's Siesta Village
Family owned since 1982. Cones, fudge and shakes in Siesta Village.
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Richey's Chocolates
Bradenton chocolate shop since 1949, 130-plus handmade varieties.
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Turner Donuts
A Village of the Arts fixture for 50-plus years. Yeast, cake, breakfast sandwiches.
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1 Hot Cookie and Ice Cream
Warm cookies, brownies and ice cream on the Trail in Osprey.
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Yummies Donuts & BBQ
Doughnuts in the morning, barbecue later. Venice has range.
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Gabriella Chocolates & Confections
Husband-and-wife chocolatiers in North Venice.
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American Honey Creamery & Coffee Co.
Homemade ice cream, coffee and baked favorites in Palmetto.
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Build your pick-and-mix
Tap to fill the bag. Watch the sugar rush meter. This is the same math our friend did before eating the marathon fuel on the couch.
Sugar rush: calm. Suspiciously calm.
The Sweet Spot shelf
One new place every week from Marina's column. No repeats, no regrets.
Addresses from each shop's own website or official listing, checked Oct. 22, 2026; map pins from OpenStreetMap. Hours change, so check before you drive. Own a local sweets shop we missed? List it on Gigly.