Bowling Green, Kentucky · Published by Emberlight Studios
Updated October 2026 · 9 places · Bowling Green
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Our top picks are Meltdown Ice Cream & Soda Fountain, Chaney’s Dairy Barn and Bruster’s Real Ice Cream.
These nine Bowling Green listings cover ice cream, frozen yogurt, milkshakes and other desserts. Addresses and descriptions are based on the cited business or local tourism pages; Jackson’s Orchard and Smiths Grove’s Flavor Isle are excluded because they are outside the requested scope or town.
900 State St, Bowling Green, KY 42101
Meltdown is a downtown ice cream shop and soda fountain that makes small-batch ice creams and sorbets, homemade sodas and other made-from-scratch treats. It says its flavors use locally grown, real-food ingredients.
Best for: handcrafted ice cream and soda fountain treats
9191 Nashville Road, Bowling Green, KY 42101
Chaney’s Dairy Barn is a dairy farm and ice cream shop making ice cream with milk and cream from its Jersey cows. The local tourism page notes that it offers more than 40 flavors and a self-guided tour that includes a robotic milker.
Best for: farm-made ice cream
2712 Scottsville Rd, Bowling Green, KY 42104
Bruster’s is an ice cream shop whose Bowling Green location serves ice cream made in small batches daily. The local tourism page also lists scoops such as Moose Tracks and Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough among Bowling Green’s ice cream options.
Best for: ice cream and frozen treats
2800 Scottsville Road, Suite 8, Bowling Green, KY 42104
BG Shakery is a dessert shop known for its milkshakes. The local tourism page also says customers can order scoops of ice cream, including Moose Tracks and Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough.
Best for: milkshakes
312 Old Morgantown Rd, Bowling Green, KY 42101
Que Pasa Michoacana is a dessert and Mexican food shop in Bowling Green. Its website lists fruit tarts, milkshakes, crepes and popsicles among the items it is known for.
Best for: Mexican-style desserts and frozen treats
1945 Scottsville Rd, Bowling Green, KY 42104
Stakz is a self-serve frozen yogurt shop in Thoroughbred Square on Scottsville Road. Its site describes frozen yogurt flavors and a toppings selection for customizing a serving.
Best for: custom frozen yogurt
432 East Main Avenue, Bowling Green, KY 42101
Mary Jane’s Chocolates is a Bowling Green chocolate shop. The business describes its work as handcrafted confections.
Best for: chocolate confections
819 US 31W Bypass, Bowling Green, KY 42101
Riley’s Bakery is a long-running Bowling Green bakery with a location on the US 31W Bypass. It is listed among the city’s bakeries and ice cream and frozen-dessert businesses.
Best for: bakery desserts
300 East Main Avenue, Bowling Green, KY 42101
Awaken Bakery is a bakery in downtown Bowling Green that focuses on gluten-free baked goods. A local report gives its address as 300 East Main Avenue and describes its opening there.
Best for: gluten-free baked desserts