The Best Dessert Shops in Gilbert
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The best dessert shops in Gilbert, according to the experts: Phoenix New Times has weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Cream of the Crop comes out on top.
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Rank 1. Cream of the Crop
Ice Cream Shop
A small-batch ice cream shop inside a converted Quonset hut in Gilbert's Barnone complex, with a rotating handful of flavors that leans toward combinations like date and orange blossom or strawberry and rose water. The menu is short by design, and classics like mint chip share the case with vegan sorbets. You won't find thirty tubs here, which turns out to be beside the point when each one is this carefully made.
The awards
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2025 · Best Ice Cream · Best of Phoenix
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Rank 2. Dulce Churro Café
Dessert
Churros come in loops, bites, or sticks here, all fried to order, so you wait a minute and they arrive properly hot. Dulce is a dessert café in a Gilbert strip mall where the menu is essentially a build-your-own operation: pick a shape, choose a dip or glaze, add toppings if you like. The plain cinnamon sugar version makes the strongest case that the rest of the menu is just fun extras.
The awards
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2023 · Best Churros · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times Phoenix New Times: 2024 · Best Churros · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Churros · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Churros · Best of Phoenix