Summertime isn't the only time to enjoy a sweet frosty treat. Whether you prefer shaved ice, ice cream, frozen yogurt, smoothies or a combination, there are lots of places to enjoy a sweet frosty treat in our area from spring through fall.
Most seasonal locations will open in March for the 2024 sweet treat season! What's your family's favorite frosty treat location?
Here are some local favorites for sweet frosty treats in the Lynchburg area, including some of our family's top choices, listed in alphabetical order. Some are open all year long, while others are open seasonally. Click each link to visit Facebook pages for each location (national restaurant link if no local FB page available).
Ice Cream and Frozen Treats
BC's Creamery - 22716 Timberlake Road, Lynchburg - Serving a variety of Ashby's hard serve and soft ice cream, floats, sundaes, shakes, and specialty treats.
Cold Stone Creamery - 3911 Wards Road, Lynchburg - Serving custom made ice cream creations, shakes, and cakes.
craveABLEs - 2608 Lakeside Drive, Lynchburg - Serving multiple flavors of ice cream, dessert nachos, specialty floats, including diary-free, peanut-free. and sugar-free options. craveABLEs provides job-skills training and supported employment for individuals with intellectual disabilities.
Iceland’s - 180 Old Court House Road, Appomattox - Serving soft serve ice cream, snow storms, sundaes, banana splits, and other treats.
I Scream, You Scream - 11998 Wards Road, Lynchburg (open seasonally in new location) - Serving soft serve ice cream, Hershey's hand scooped ice cream, sundaes, banana splits, milkshakes, smoothies, shaved ice, root beer floats, and snow creams. Free play area on site.
Kline's Dairy Bar - 2101 Wards Road, Lynchburg - Custard style ice cream made fresh every day since 1943! Each location makes their own fresh ice cream each morning for the day’s sales. The first Kline's location was in Harrisonburg. There are now six locations, including Kline's Lynchburg location, which opened in August of 2022.
Liberty Creamery - 1502 Longwood Avenue, Bedford - Serving soft serve ice cream, Hershey's hand scooped ice cream, shaved ice, gelato, milk shakes, sundaes, Liberty's snow blast, and other treats.
MayLynn's Creamery - 4925 Boonsboro Road, Lynchburg (open seasonally) - Serving soft serve and scoop ice cream and other treats.
MayLynn's Downtown - 1016B Jefferson Street Lynchburg (open seasonally) - Serving soft serve and scoop ice cream, shakes, sundaes, and other treats.
Mister Goodies - 21556 Timberlake Road, Lynchburg (opens seasonally) - Serving soft serve ice cream, Dairy Free/Vegan/Gluten Free scoop ice cream, sundaes, hot apple dumplings and other treats.
Monkee Joe's - 1190 Perrowville Road (former Sonic location), Forest - Serving Hershey's Premium ice Cream and six plus flavors of soft serve. Also serving espresso drinks and much more.
Moo Moo's Ice Cream - 7007 Timberlake Road, Lynchburg (open seasonally in Schewel's parking lot) - Serving a variety of premium hand dipped ice cream, many flavors of soft serve, sundaes, floats, Italian ice, Mooshakes, Haystacks, Moo Moo's Mix Ups, Moo Moo's Creations, and more.
Mrs. Mandy’s Frozen Cottage - 2010 Wards Road, Lynchburg (open seasonally in Kroger shopping center) - Serving a variety of shaved Ice flavors, snow shakes, plus sugar-free/Keto/All Natural options.
Nitro Cow - 103 W Edge Way, Lynchburg - Popsicles and ice cream sticks combining flavors of Mexico and the United States. Dairy-free options also available.
Outside the Cone - 1305 Enterprise Drive, Ste. A, Lynchburg (open seasonally in Wyndhurst) - Serving handcrafted ice cream with mix-ins made in house, and Vegan/Dairy-Free, Keto, and Gluten Free options.
Rookie's - Lynchburg area locations: 16145 Forest Road, Forest; River Ridge Mall, Lynchburg; 174 Norfolk Avenue, Lynchburg - Serving handcrafted ice cream sandwiches, cookies and milk.
Sweet Frog - 4018 Wards Road, Lynchburg and 14805 Forest Road, Forest - Frozen yogurt bar custom made by you with a wide variety of flavors and toppings
The Crazy Mason Milkshake Bar - 18013 Forest Road, Ste E06, Forest - The newest on the Lynchburg sweet treat scene, The Crazy Mason Milkshake Bar opened in February 2022 and is your crazy, over the top, dessert destination. Ice cream, milkshakes, desserts of all kinds
The Sweet Spot - 4133 S. Amherst Highway, Madison Heights (open seasonally) - Serves soft serve and hand-dipped ice cream, sundaes, super sundaes, banana splits, milkshakes, arctic blasts, shaved ice and more
Restaurants also selling Ice Cream or Frozen Treats
Cook-Out - 2629 Wards Road, Lynchburg - Serving many flavors of shakes, as well as a variety of fast food
Dairy Freeze - 910 Main Street, Altavista - Serving soft serve ice cream, shakes, and treats, as well as a variety of fast food
Dairy Queen - Timberlake Road, Madison Heights, Bedford, and Appomattox locations - Serving soft serve ice cream, sundaes, Blizzards, and other treats, as well as a variety of fast food
Scoops Ice Cream - 504 Pittsylvania Avenue, Altavista (open seasonally) - Serving Hershey’s hand dipped ice cream!Specialty sundaes and desserts as well as NC Pit Cooked BBQ, homemade Chicken Salad, and a variety of home cooked food
Sonic - 999 Independence Boulevard, Bedford - Serving soft serve ice cream, sundaes, shakes, Blasts, slushes, as well as a variety of fast food
Smoothie King - 2400 Lakeside Drive, Lynchburg - Serving all fruit smoothies, meal replacement smoothies, healthy snacks and supplements
The Amherst Corner Restaurant - 1441 North Amherst Highway, Amherst - Serving a variety of hand scooped ice cream, sundaes, shakes, floats, and other treats, as well as a variety of food pizza, fast food, and traditional lunch and dinner selections
Tropical Smoothie Cafe - 7701 Timberlake Road, Lynchburg - Serving a variety of smoothies with supplements and add-ins, as well as soups, sandwiches, wraps, bowls, and other breakfast and lunch foods
V & T Cafe & Grill - 18013 Forest Road, Forest - Serving a variety of flavors of hand scooped ice cream, sundaes, milk shakes, floats, and other treats, as well as a variety of food
If you're the owner of an ice cream or other sweet frosty treat location we missed or if we missed your favorite sweet treat shop, let us know!
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