When temperatures reach what feels like 105 degrees across Central Florida, icy-cold snacks and beverages are more of an essential than they are a treat. Ice chips and lemon will only get you so far – in Orlando, you have options!
These 32 cold treats will chill out anyone, at the pool or beach, in line at the theme parks, or at 1 p.m. on a Tuesday break from work. Mouth-watering flavors, unique bites, and too many to choose from.
With dozens of ways to beat the heat, you need to pick up a sweet little treat!
The Pop Parlour
431 East Central Blvd., 4214 East Plaza Drive
The Pop Parlour makes every pop with love, with real and high-quality ingredients, home grown herbs and peppers, and fresh squeezed citrus, putting care and taste into every lick. They come in fruity, creamy, or boozy.
Photo via Instagram/The Pop ParlourJeremiah’s Italian Ice
Multiple Locations
Jeremiah’s Italian Ice serves a cold treat to cure any summer sadness with eccentric flavors including cookie butter, passion fruit, pumpkin pie and more, layered with customers’ choice of vanilla or chocolate soft serve ice cream for a perfect gelati.
Photo via Jeremiah’s Italian IceMike’s Italian Ice
4546 South Semoran Blvd.
Mike’s Italian Ice serves up fresh fruit flavors made with high quality products featuring vanilla chip, guava, nutty fudge and more.
Photo via Instagram/Mike’s Italian IcePopbar
8200 Vineland Ave.
Popbar is a quick save for anyone looking for a cold snack minus the mess, with a multitude of combinations including more than 50 flavors and 15-plus premium toppings.
Photo via Instagram/PopbarThe Soda Fountain
2525 Edgewater Drive
The Soda Fountain serves up a variety of floats including the Dreamsicle with orange soda and vanilla ice cream, the Wake-Up Call with cream soda and coffee ice cream and a fan favorite The Sinatra with cream soda and vanilla ice cream.
Photo via Instagram/The Soda FountainThe Wizarding World of Harry Potter
6000 Universal Blvd.
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is known for their signature butterbeer that can cool off theme park visitors on the hottest days, with cream soda and a powerful butterscotch flavor available chilled on ice or frozen.
Photo via Instagram/UniversalSugar Factory
8371 International Drive
The Sugar Factory crafts a large variety of unique sweet treats including the World Famous King Kong Sundae with 24 scoops of ice cream that feeds up to 12 people. Toppings include unicorn pops, candy necklaces and gummies.
Photo via Instagram/Sugar FactoryInsomnia Cookies
131 N. Orange Ave., 12101 University Blvd.
Insomnia Cookies serves up warm delicious cookies, in-store or delivered hot to any nearby customer’s door. Your choice of ice cream, smooshed between two homemade cookies, makes a cool and delicious mess.
Photo via Instagram/Insomnia CookiesMidnight Sun Ice Cream Sandwich Co.
Location Varies
Midnight Sun Ice Cream scoops frozen goodness to order from inside a yellow 1973 Chevy truck. Try lemon bars with a tangy lemon curd ice cream, enveloped by two delicious shortbread cookies or step outside the box with interesting flavors including a malted vanilla ice cream with bacon-peanut-butter-crunch and chocolate chunks, all inside two coffee-and-potato-chip cookies.
Photo via Instagram/Midnight Sun Ice Cream Sandwich Co.The Toothsome Chocolate Emporium & Savory Feast Kitchen
6000 Universal Blvd.
Indulge in artisanal milkshakes at the Toothsome Chocolate Emporium & Savory Feast Kitchen with flavors like chocolate brownie bark, bacon brittle and salted caramel flan. Never forget the experience because the signature milkshake glass is your souvenir to keep.
Photo via Instagram/Universal Orlando ResortJohnny Rockets
Multiple Locations
Hand-spun real ice cream shakes are a classic staple at Johnny Rockets. These cold treats are available in classic flavors like strawberry, vanilla and chocolate, but also in deluxe flavors including peanut butter banana and orange dreamsicle.
Photo via Instagram/Johnny RocketsMenchie’s Frozen Yogurt
Multiple Locations
Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt is made with custom recipes that use fresh milk no artificial flavors. Visit at different times during the year for limited flavors including fresh-squeezed strawberry lemonade sorbet for the summer, Swiss Miss frozen hot cocoa for the winter, and apple pie and harvest pumpkin for the fall.
Photo via Facebook/Menchie’s Frozen YogurtFoxtail Iced Coffee
Multiple Locations
Founded only two short years ago, Foxtail Coffee Co. has already made quite an impact across Central Florida, with ten locations and counting. For a quick refresher and pick me up try the original Foxtail nitro cold brew or the vanilla caramel nitro cold brew.
Photo via Instagram/Foxtail Coffee Co.Starbucks
Multiple Locations
Known as one of the most popular coffee vendors worldwide, Starbucks serves up specialty drinks including their famous frappuccinos. Flavors like caramel ribbon crunch and matcha green tea creme are served year round while limited time and secret menu items include the TieDye, Cotton Candy, Cookie Dough, Ferrero Rocher and more.
Photo via Instagram/Starbucks CoffeeThe Soda Fountain
2525 Edgewater Drive
The Soda Fountain serves up cold treats for all ages with ice cream sundaes and adult milkshakes. Choose from the blacklist with creations like the Almond Joy, chocolate noir or bananas foster with spiced rum, banana ice cream, caramel sauce, banana and whipped cream.
Photo via Instagram/The Soda FountainThe Sugar Factory
8371 International Drive
The Sugar Factory is known for their enormous goblets, available with and without alcohol, perfect for a relaxing night after work. Goblet flavors include the Watermelon Patch, Fuzzy Peach Penguin Mango, Coconuts Gone Bananas and more. Sugary martinis, cocktails and chocolate martinis are also available for a refreshing sip.
Photo via Instagram/The Sugar FactoryGelato LaCarraia
7600 Dr. Phillips Blvd.
The antique flavors of traditional Florentine gelato are served with milk and fruit bases with no hydrogenated fats. Chocolate Chip Stracciatella, Macaroon, Pistacchio, Strawberry Cheesecake and Tiramisu are only a few of the mouth-watering options that can cool off any patron during the hot summer.
Photo via Instagram/Gelato LaCarraia FloridaVivoli Gelateria
1600 Buena Vista Drive
Experience the hand-crafted goodness of Italian gelato, while enjoying the magic of Disney in Disney Springs. Popular flavors include rice pudding, cookies and cream and Italian coffee cake.
Photo via Instagram/Vivoli GelateriaFreddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers
3200 South Orange Ave., 8107 Vineland Ave.
Frozen custard desserts at Freddy’s are richer, denser and creamier than ice cream or frozen yogurt. The Hawaiian Delight, key lime pie, and Dirt n’ Worms are only a few of the frozen treats.
Photo via Facebook/Freddy’s Frozen Custard & SteakburgersMr. Cool Ice Cream & Boba Tea
6550 International Drive
Thai rolled ice cream at Mr. Cool Ice Cream & Boba Tea is not pulled from frozen buckets but instead poured onto a frozen pan as a liquid base. Chopped, mixed, spread and rolled right in front of you, these rolls are fresh and homemade. Choice of toppings include fruits, candy, syrups and more.
Photo via Instagram/Mr. Cool Ice Cream & Boba TeaFrozen Nitrogen Ice Cream
4498 North Alafaya Trail
Create instant memories and unique experiences while cooling off at Frozen Nitrogen Ice Cream. Inspired by food science, the combination of liquid nitrogen with cream and yogurt-based products creates a tasty treat you won’t soon forget. Flavors include cookies and cream, red velvet, PB&J, s’mores, Nutella and more.
Photo via Instagram/Frozen Nitrogen Ice CreamBahama Bucks
11234 South Orange Blossom Trail, 3238 Margaritaville Blvd.
With irresistibly delicious Sno creations nobody serves up the ultimate tropical indulgence like Bahama Buck’s. With light and airy ice, these shaved ribbons of flavor melt in your mouth with unique sensations like sour patch, tutti frutti, blueberry muffin, “tiger’s blood,” and more.
Photo via Instagram/Frozen Nitrogen Ice CreamThe Greenery Creamery
420 East Church Street
Downtown Orlando’s own little ice cream boutique, the Greenery Creamery has vegan friendly and dairy-free ice cream flavors that rotate daily. Each flavor features locally-sourced and organic ingredients like sunbutter chip, lavender honey, and matcha.
Photo via Instagram/The Greenery CreameryROYALTEA
714 North Mills Ave.
With 130 franchise locations in China, ROYALTEA brings authentic Asian-style tea to the U.S. Freshly brewed tea meets natural and healthy ingredients with new flavors including the Cheese Mousse Tea and bubble tea, as well as a variety of topping choices.
Photo via Instagram/ROYALTEAJuice’d
12 North Summerlin Ave.
Organic smoothie bowls, also known popularly as acai bowls, are a fan favorite at Juice’d. With refreshing fruit, granola, coconut and more, visitors can create their own acai bowl or choose from combinations like the Krunky Munky Bowl that combines acai, banana, strawberry, cacao powder, almond milk, peanut butter, coconut and fresh berries. Perfect for bringing back to the beach or pool.
Photo via Instagram/Juice’dWonderland Cookie Dough Co.
606 Market Street
At Wonderland Cookie Dough Co., cookie dough is not only plentiful, but perfectly normal to eat with a spoon. Egg-free dough and top-quality ingredients combine for specialty items including cookie dough sandwiches and even cookie dough nachos.
Photo via Instagram/Wonderland Cookie Dough Co.The Ravenous Pig
565 West Fairbanks Ave.
The Ravenous Pig crafts cold and delicious cocktail drinks like the No Way Frose with rose wine, cocchi rosa, aperol and passionfruit, and the Hoppy Mango Frozale with 5 Points IPA, mango and lime. A slushie with alcohol … what more could you need?
Photo via Instagram/The Ravenous PigChillers
33 West Church Street
Chillers is a great place to cool off on a warm Orlando night with drink specials, dancing, live music, and more. Chillers is the only frozen-daiquiri party bar of its kind in Orlando.
Photo via Church Street BarsFiveFx
688 North Alafaya Trail
Five Fx Ice Cream, known for their five F’s – fresh, fruits, fun treats, friendly, and franchise – serves up a multitude of delicious, cool treats. For something new, try Taiyaki, a fish-shaped cake stuffed with filling of your choice including cream cheese, custard, jelly, peanut butter, Nutella and more.
Photo via Instagram/Five Fx Waterford LakesZero Degrees
1700 West Sand Lake Road, 5282 West Colonial Drive
Zero Degrees focuses on a quality customer experience and an environment to match at their Asian-Hispanic fusion chain. The chain is known for their Mangonadas, a mango slush with chamoy, tajin, and fresh mango chunks.
Photo via Instagram/Zero DegreesIce & Bites Cafe
3402 Technological Drive
Ice & Bites Cafe serves up a variety of unique treats with anything from tea and sno-cones to small snacks. Try their newest cold treat, the Affogato Cloud, for a new twist on a morning wake up call. It’s your choice of ice cream scoop, topped with a cloud of cotton candy and a double shot of espresso on the side. This sweet will leave you surprisingly satisfied.
Photo via Instagram/Ice & Bites CafeDisney Galaxy’s Edge
351 South Studio Drive
Opening August 29 at Disney, Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge will be serving up blue and green milk coolers for adults. Try these milks crafted with a plant-based blend of coconut and rice, with your choice of rum or tequila to cool off any over heated adult.
Photo via Disney Parks
