Ice cream and desserts in Brookhaven: Dresden Drive and Town

Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Refreshed every three months.

Brookhaven’s dessert shops cluster in two places: Parkside on Dresden, at 1350 Dresden Drive, with a gelato shop and a sweets shop, and Town Brookhaven, with a chocolate and ice cream shop and a cookie bakery. Southern Custard is on Durden Drive, a cupcake shop is on Briarcliff Road and a paleta shop is on Buford Highway.

How we made this list. The places come from OpenStreetMap records inside Brookhaven’s city limits, the same data behind our local directory, checked against each place’s own website on Oct. 6, 2026. We added places from the Explore Brookhaven dining listings and the Town Brookhaven directory and kept them only where the place’s own site gave a Brookhaven address, confirmed against the U.S. Census Bureau’s city boundary. Places whose sites would not load for us are left off until we can check them. The list is alphabetical. It is not a ranking or a recommendation, and nobody paid to be on it. Run one of these places? Write to us to correct your entry.

The list

The places

Crumbl Cookies at Town Brookhaven bakes cookies for pickup and delivery and stays open late on Friday and Saturday, its page says.

Greene’s Fine Foods in Parkside on Dresden makes its own fudge, nuts and candies, sells chocolate-covered treats and scoops ice cream, with beer and wine available, its site says.

Honeysuckle Gelato has a shop in Parkside on Dresden. Its Brookhaven page lists Italian gelato and ice cream, and outdoor seating.

Kilwins at Town Brookhaven is the chocolate, fudge and ice cream chain’s local store. It also sells ice cream cakes.

PanPaleta on Buford Highway makes paletas and nieves by hand from fresh fruit, and sometimes vegetables, using traditional Mexican recipes. Its menu includes chopped mango with chile and chopped coconut.

Smallcakes on Briarcliff Road is a cupcakery that bakes made-from-scratch cupcakes every day and takes orders for specialty and birthday cakes.

Southern Custard on Durden Drive makes frozen custard fresh every day and also serves espresso. The hours on its site are labeled summer hours, and it posts the flavor of the day on social media, so check before a late visit.

Sucre on Peachtree Road is the Brookhaven shop of a sweet boutique with stores in New Orleans, Atlanta and Houston, selling handcrafted macarons, cakes, pastries and confections.

See also our bakeries list.

Related lists: wings, pizza, Mexican and Tex-Mex, breakfast and coffee, burgers, sushi and Asian, patios and outdoor dining and every list by category. Also: brunch, date night and the business directory.

Frequently asked questions

Where can I get ice cream in Brookhaven?

Honeysuckle Gelato and Greene’s Fine Foods on Dresden Drive, Kilwins at Town Brookhaven, Southern Custard on Durden Drive and PanPaleta on Buford Highway all sell ice cream, gelato, frozen custard or paletas inside the city limits.

Which Brookhaven dessert shops are open late?

Crumbl Cookies at 804 Town Blvd. lists hours to midnight on Friday and Saturday. Southern Custard’s posted summer hours run to 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.

Where can I get paletas in Brookhaven?

PanPaleta at 3307 Buford Highway, Suite 450, makes paletas by hand from fresh fruit using traditional Mexican recipes. It is open 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.

Where can I eat gelato outside in Brookhaven?

Honeysuckle Gelato at 1350 Dresden Drive, Suite 1014, lists outdoor seating on its Brookhaven page.