Best Desserts in Bend

Gelato made in Bend in small batches. It’s denser than ice cream, with no eggs and more milk than cream. Source readers voted it best dessert in Bend in 2025.

Tip: Summer lines can stretch down the alley. The Galveston and Wilson Ave shops are usually quicker.

Shops: 920 NW Bond St downtown, 631 NW Federal St (Galveston Terrace), 924 SE Wilson Ave, Redmond and the Hayden Homes Amphitheater.

📍 920 NW Bond St, Suite 108, Bend, OR 97703

A modern downtown pie shop with a European feel. Slices or whole pies, baked in small batches. It’s right next door to Bonta, so you can do both.

Tip: Whole pies sell out. Pre-order online to hold one. Pies are local pickup only.

Hours: Tue to Sat 1 to 9, closed Sun and Mon

📍 920 NW Bond St, Suite 106, Bend, OR 97703

Ice cream made fresh in the store, with a long list of flavors from a walk-up window. Source readers voted it second for best dessert in 2025.

Hours: Daily 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

📍 61165 S Hwy 97, Bend, OR 97702

A gluten-free bistro whose dessert case has a cult following. Bend Magazine says the flourless chocolate cake tastes like the real thing. Canelés, Tuscan almond cookies and seasonal cakes rotate through.

Hours: Bistro Thu to Sun 9 to 2:30

Award-winning dark chocolate roasted in Bend from just cacao and cane sugar. The one-hour tour covers bean to bar and ends with you pouring your own chocolate bar to take home.

Tip: Tours are $79 a person and make a great date or rainy-day plan. Book online.

A Central Oregon tradition since 1984. Fresh waffle cones, handmade chocolates and gourmet popcorn made with the same recipes for 40 years.

Two shops: 957 NW Wall St downtown and The Village at Sunriver (57100 Beaver Dr).

📍 957 NW Wall St, Bend, OR

A Bend bakery famous for its cardamom-sugar Ocean Rolls. Pastries, breakfast and lunch at the NorthWest Crossing shop, plus next-day home delivery in Bend.

📍 2748 NW Crossing Dr, Suite 110, Bend, OR

Pick your cake, frosting and toppings at the in-store cupcake bar. Gluten-free cupcakes are baked separately, and there are vegan options, butter bars and cake pops too.

Two shops: 1155 SW Division St in Bend and 445 SW 6th St in Redmond.

Hours: Bend: Mon to Sat 10 to 6, Sun 10 to 4

📍 1155 SW Division St, Bend, OR 97702

Organic Pacific Northwest berries spun to order into local ice cream, New Zealand style. Vegan and gluten-free options. A cute trailer at the Podski food cart pod.

Tip: Seasonal. Check Instagram or Google for current hours before you go.

📍 536 NW Arizona Ave, Bend, OR 97703

Homemade cheesecakes from Sunriver, sold by the slice or whole. It used to be called Little Slice of Heaven. There’s even a cheesecake vending machine inside Midtown Yacht Club.

Tip: Fall and winter: Podski cart Thu, Fri and Sun 5:30 to 8:30. The Midtown Yacht Club machine runs until 9 or 10.

📍 536 NW Arizona Ave, Bend, OR 97703

Portland’s chocolatier runs a pop-up shop in the Box Factory breezeway with handmade truffles, bars, premium hot cocoa and holiday treats.

Tip: It’s a pop-up, so check hours before a special trip.

Hours: Thu to Sun 11:30 to 4

📍 550 SW Industrial Way, Bend, OR 97702

Bundt cakes in every size, from bite-size Bundtinis to tiered cakes. Gluten-free flavors and local delivery are available.

📍 2680 NE Hwy 20, Suite 380, Bend, OR 97701

The cookie chain with a menu that changes every week, plus dirty sodas. Pickup, delivery and catering.

📍 63455 N Hwy 97, Suite 62, Bend, OR 97703

Hand-decorated, made-from-scratch sugar cookies with no preservatives, designed for birthdays, weddings and every holiday.

📍 1155 SE Division St, Suite B-12, Bend, OR

Woman-owned and local. Jumbo cookies that are crunchy outside and underbaked in the middle, made fresh to order. Cookie bars for weddings and events too.

A boutique bakery making desserts from scratch with local, seasonal ingredients. Now booking weddings, with cake tasters available.

A dedicated gluten-free, nut-free and soy-free bakery in Bend, milling its own organic whole grains. Breads, bagels and seasonal pies.

Tip: Bagels are local pickup on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Thanksgiving pie pre-orders open in the fall.

📍 107 SE 9th St, Suite C1, Bend, OR 97702

Self-serve frozen yogurt that started in Bend. Fill a cup, add toppings and pay by weight. There’s even froyo for dogs.

Hours: Daily noon to 10

📍 937 NW Newport Ave, Suite 110, Bend, OR 97703

A cozy westside cafe near Newport Market with homemade pastries, savory pastry pockets and a dog-friendly garden patio.

Hours: Thu to Tue 7 to 2, closed Wed

📍 1054 NW Milwaukee Ave, Bend, OR 97703

Bonta’s Redmond shop pours Backporch Coffee next to the gelato, with lots of seating, natural light and Cascade views from the rooftop.

📍 3750 SW Badger Ave, Redmond, OR 97756

From the former owners of Dreams Rolled Ice Cream. Creamy fruit pops colored only by real fruit, with local rhubarb, coffee and dairy.

Tip: Look for them at the Redmond Farmers Market in summer, or book them for an event.

A Redmond home bakery run by Nanette Madsen. Thumbprints, sweet breads, blondies and cookie boxes.

Tip: Not open to the public. Order at least 3 days ahead; deliveries run Wednesday to Saturday.

Baked goods, coffee and ice cream on Cascade Avenue. The stop for a sundae after a Sisters walk.

📍 170 W Cascade Ave, Sisters, OR 97759

Goody’s original shop, in the Village since 1984. In summer the line winds through the Village and smells like fresh waffle cones.

Hours: Summer: daily 10 to 10

📍 57100 Beaver Dr, Sunriver, OR 97707