The Best Places to Find Desserts in Columbia, TN

Sometimes you just need something sweet. Whether it’s a slice of pie, a cool and creamy ice cream, a big slice of cake, or just some cookies, in and around Columbia, Tennessee, there are plenty of places where you can go to satisfy your sweet tooth. Check out the best cafes, bakeries, and ice cream shops in Columbia to go for dessert.

Hattie Jane’s Creamery

Fresh strawberry ice cream by Joy is licensed with CC BY 2.0

16 Public Square

Hattie Jane’s Creamery is the go-to spot for ice cream lovers in Columbia. This shop produces small-batch ice cream and puts a unique spin on some of the classic flavors. They make the ice cream base with milk from local Tennessee cows, resulting in smooth, creamy, and delicious ice cream.

The menu features a wide variety of flavors, with some seasonal ones that you’ll want to get while they last. The current seasonal flavors include Strawberries and Cream, made with local strawberries and cream cheese. These are swirled together for a delicious blend of flavors in every bite. You can also get Lavender and Wildflower Honey, Candyland, and there’s also a wonderful Strawberry Jam Coconut.

If you like to stick with the classics, the menu also features Chocoholic, Hattie’s vanilla, and Minty Chip. The Cookie Jar Supreme is always a hit. This has homemade cookies, brownies, and Oreos all swirled into the homemade ice cream. It is the perfect sweet treat.

Square Market and Cafe

36 Public Square

Head to Square Market Cafe for lunch and then grab dessert while you are there. If you forget to leave room for dessert, just grab some to go because you don’t want to miss it.

The Double Chocolate Brownie Delight is large enough for two and comes with a double chocolate brownie topped with ice cream, fudge sauce, slivered almonds, whipped cream, and a cherry. The blackberry cobbler is also a great choice, or you can get the decadent New York-style cheesecake.

The list of desserts doesn’t end there, though. The menu also features Jack Daniels chocolate pecan pie, Square Market’s key lime pie, and chocolate decadent cake.

The Overflowing Cup

1028 Nashville Highway

The Overflowing Cup is a local coffee shop where you can satisfy your sweet tooth with a hot or cold coffee drink along with a pastry. The menu has a variety of refreshing cold drinks, including iced mochas, hot chocolates, and lattes that you can get with an extra flavor shot.

Pastry items include delicious cinnamon buns that pair perfectly with coffee, or you can munch on a cookie or scone while you sit and sip. The Overflowing Cup also has a selection of muffins available, and you can choose from regular or gluten-free.

KoKo’s Ice Cream

206 Depot Street

There’s no place better to get plant-based ice cream near Columbia than at Koko’s. The menu items are all dairy-free, and the ice cream’s texture is somewhere between classic American ice cream and gelato. The menu features a variety of flavors, including Green Mint Chip, Caramel Latte, and Cookies ‘n Cream.

The Pink Butterfly is worth a try too. It comes with lots of strawberry flavor and swirls of strawberry jam. If you like cherries, the Cherry Cordial should be your choice. It has a combination of chocolate ice cream, cherry flavor, and cherry bits all mixed together.

And don’t forget the cones. Choose from a Dutch sugar cone, a gluten-free sugar cone, or a gluten-free cake cone. This is a top choice with the kids. It has a flat bottom, making it easy to hold.

B’s Salty and Sweet

101 North James M. Campbell Boulevard

At B’s Salty and Sweet, they create small-batch baked goods fresh every day. The breads are all made with organic flour, salt, and sourdough starter. There are no commercial yeasts, dairy, or dough conditioners. But the bread is just one part of this bakery. The pastries are homemade, fresh, and delicious.

You can start with the sweet braided bread loaves, known as babka. The selection of fillings for these treats changes daily, so make sure you stop by often to try the different flavors. The homemade pop tarts are also a must. The outside is pie dough, made from scratch, and the inside is a sweet and delicious fruit filling.

B’s Salty and Sweet also has a selection of cookies, cupcakes, croissants muffins, and more. Their signature chocolate chip cookies will bring a smile to your face, and you can also get lemon sugar, rainbow sprinkle, snickerdoodle, peanut butter and more. Each month features at least one seasonal cookie selection.

The muffins, sweet rolls, cupcakes and pop tart flavors are all on a weekly schedule, which is updated on B’s website every Sunday afternoon under the “Bakery Menu” tab.

If you are in the mood for more than just sweets they offer breakfast and lunch every day, with a standard lunch menu on weekdays and Saturdays, featuring sandwiches, salads, and soups – all made in-house. Weekday breakfasts showcase egg sandwiches, avocado toast and oatmeal, while the weekends feature a rotating schedule of bagel sandwiches, pancakes, quiche and more.

Pie Sensations

26 Public Square

Stop by Pie Sensations for award-winning pies and much more. The pie menu features every flavor you can imagine, including traditional apple, banana cream, and blueberry. If you want a sweet dessert other than pie, you can also get cheesecake, cupcakes, homemade candies, and even truffles. If you have a special occasion, order a custom coconut cake. It will be a hit with all your family and friends.

You’ll find Pie Sensations right in downtown Columbia. With over 100 different pies on the menu, you never run out of options, no matter how many times you stop by. If you choose the turtle pie, you’ll be in for a real treat. It’s made with chocolate, caramel, and pecans.

Stop by and grab a slice to eat on the spot, and then get a whole pie to take home for later.

When you need a sweet treat, these are some of the best places to go in the Columbia, Tennessee, area. We’ve made this list from our favorites, but if you know of a place we missed, stop by Stan McNabb Chevrolet of Columbia and tell us about it. While you’re here, we can show you our selection of new and used Chevy models to get you around Columbia on your next hunt for the best dessert in town.