< Guide to Athens

Cookie dough specially formulated to be safe to eat raw, available in many flavors. Jittery Joe’s coffee, milkshakes (with cookie dough), ice cream sundaes and toppings. Some vegan, gluten-free and keto choices. Find the dough for sale around town.

Prince Avenue, Epps Bridge Parkway, Highway 29, Jefferson Road (Oak Grove) and Atlanta Highway (under construction) locations are Dunkin' only.

Swanky coffee chain in a new apartment building also offers a selection of gelatos and affogatos, cold brew by the growler, baked goods and prepackaged snacks. Elaborate drinks.

Old-fashioned drug store with soda fountain counter. Dollar scoops of Edy’s ice cream in a cup or cone. Malts, shakes and floats, too. Sit on the hill outside for the best experience.

Drugstore soda fountain does milkshakes to order plus sells some prepackaged snacks.

Fudge, caramel apples, ice cream and candies at this long-time chain.

Hundreds of flavors of popsicles and ice cream in this shop attached to La Jalisco grocery store and taqueria. Also: street-food snacks like a grilled ear of corn encrusted with Hot Cheetos, agua fresca with ice cream, sliced mango with chile powder and a fruit cup topped with spicy gummy worms.

Astonishingly good Mexican ice cream shop that makes flavors fresh in-store daily (including queso, tequila, eggnog and more), as well as gorgeous paletas full of fruit, smoothies, aguas frescas and street-food snacks like Dorilocos and loaded potato chips. Its food truck shows up at the J&J on weekends with ice cream and savory stuff.

Dip in for the rice-flour donuts and Korean corndogs. Stay for Chef V's delicious Indonesian dishes that are unique to this location. Good boba, rolled ice cream, matcha drinks.

Small Georgia ice cream chain with other locations in Madison and Monroe has lots of kid-friendly ice cream flavors, plus an excellent selection of candy, including vintage and obscure items. Located in Wire Park.

Ice cream shop with its original location in Jefferson offers unlimited toppings at no extra charge and frozen treats from a couple different Midwestern makers. Order ice cream nachos if you're feeling extravagant.

Indian kulfi/ice cream shop next to Achachi serves up eight or so tasty flavors at a time: rose, pistachio, cardamom, butterscotch and more. Add chocolate syrup if you want to get fancy. Popsicles, ice cream bars and other Indian sweets await in the coolers.

Athens' magical toy store Treehouse Kid and Craft also has an ice cream and candy shop, with vegan soft-serve (vanilla or a rotating fruit flavor) served in super-cool cones in unusual flavors, plus popsicles and both old-timey and imported candies. Think it's crazy to put salsa matcha on your ice cream? Don't knock it 'til you've tried it.