Came to look at the lit up boats on the river, and decided to stop into Sweeties for a hot cocoa because we saw they had a sign out. The hot cocoa was pretty good, and the temperature definitely kept us warm! What i thought was pretty unique, is that they had options to customize your hot cocoa. Overall it was a small but nice shop. read more

Sweeties on the Creek - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Frederick, Maryland

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I got the watermelon cucumber sorbet twice now. first time - AMAZING ! second time was still very good but it was kinda chunky and i'm not sure what the chunks were. Still recommend this place either way. It's hard to find a good place that sells dairy free options. read more

Sweeties on the Creek - watermelon cucumber sorbet - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Frederick, Maryland

Our friends and I were in downtown Frederick on a hot Sunday when I came across this place. We could not help but check it out. The store itself is a little small and cramped. There were only two tables to sit down at a few chairs. I would recommend taking it outside and eating it on the steps or wherever you find comfortable. We ultimately decided to try the honey lavender ice cream, and the Cap'n Crunch cereal ice cream. The honey lavender was one of their best sellers so we had to try it! The honey lavender ice cream had pretty strong notes of lavender, but I couldn't really taste a honey. I appreciated that the ice cream is pure, but I would have liked to have a little stronger honey taste to it. The Captain crunch ice cream was a little more underwhelming. It was basically vanilla ice cream with soggy pieces of Cap'n Crunch berry cereal inside. I was really hoping for more of that Captain crunch cereal flavor (kind of like the milk you get after eating the cereal) so that was a bit of a letdown. Overall, this is not the best ice cream I've ever had, but it is acceptable. It is not the creamiest ice cream in the world nor is it the worst. If you're looking for a quick bite of ice cream, you can come here to check it out, but just adjust your expectations. read more

Sweeties on the Creek - Honey lavender on the left, Captain crunch cereal on the right - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Frederick, Maryland

A small group of us decided to check out the boats on the creek. It was pretty cold, so I stopped into Sweeties to grab some coffee. They had a lot of cute toys and stuffed animals for kids, and treats as well. They had a few ice cream options, which is what I assume is what they are most known for. They were pretty busy and had about 4 staff working. At first things seemed to be running smoothly, but then it started to slow down a lot, while the line was getting longer. I had ordered a vanilla latte for my daughter and myself. Mine wasn't bad, but my daughter's tasted like regular coffee, not espresso and barely any vanilla. I did ask for 2 more pumps, which they did. Then, it appeared that their coffee machine stopped working. My friend was also waiting on her hot chocolate for several minutes, and was then told that the machine was down. Overall, wasn't a great experience, but I understand things happen. Maybe I'll give them another shot during warmer months. read more

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Stopped here while down on the river looking at the lit up boats. We had dinner nearby and were in need of dessert - so this happened to be conveniently right there. Wasn't busy - and with only one person working - it was a good thing. I will say the staff - younger person with red hair? was really knowledgeable and approachable and gave information and explained different items we had questions with. Really nice - appreciated it. I ordered the cookie sundae - asked for the cookie hot and added derby ice cream on top. I liked the ice cream itself - I liked the service - but the cookie was rock hard. Part of a sundae with a cookie needs to be warm and breakable without needing a jackhammer. Would get something else next time but would return. read more

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New to the area and I love ice cream so I tried out sweeties, me and my boyfriend fell in love and it became our goto sweets spot. After a few times we started noticing the lack of keeping to store hours. I would come on days and times that the downtown area was booming with foot traffic and even during a Saturday afternoon when they had an event in front of the shop, but the shop remained closed even when online it said it was open. We called to understand the reason and each time workers would say reasons that were opposite of what other workers had said. It's a great ice cream shop I'd love to recommend it but now I find myself walking to the other side of the creek for ice cream that I know will be open and available. read more

Great spot for after dinner desserts with a waterfront view. The service was friendly, the shoppe was clean and they had lots of good stuff from ice cream to cookies to many other in-house baked goods. The apple pie ice cream with the waffle cone hit the spot read more

Sweeties on the Creek - Oatmeal cookies, caramel almonds, chocolate covered s'mores, dark chocolate peanut butter cups, toffee pretzel, & confetti cookies. - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Frederick, Maryland

It was terrible. Everything. Terrible. Where do I begin? Ice cream. How do you mess up ice cream? It's ice cream? Somehow managed to mess it up. Terrible customer service, terrible taste, terrible cost. Jean/Gene was the worst part of my day. He was hooting and hollering at these visually young looking employees for breathing on this earth! Any time Jean/Gene is around is the time where I LEAVE. Been there once to try it out. Went a second time with the wife and kids and old Genie the Meanie was there acting up and being a complete fool. I'd rather endure 2 hours of Chinese water torture than here that fool yap for 10 minutes. Horrible experiences all around. Someone needs to come in and knock some sense into these people because goodness gracious. It's ice cream. People are there for a good time. Not there to overhear old Jean/Gene talking down to his (what looked like teenage) employees. Get a grip, man. read more

We ended our road trip in Frederick. After having a great dinner, we decided to save a spot for the ice cream. Sweeties is always our spot to go after a long trip of sightseeing and supporting local stores. All of their sweets ice cream is locally made. Great flavors for all tastes. I highly recommend it if you happened to be in the area. read more

Came here because the creamery was closed. Saw the sign advertising homemade ice cream and though I would give it a try. Always up for helping a local business. However, they could help themselves by producing some decent ice cream. My son and I purchased two small cones of ice cream. I expected the $11.50 for two small scoops sticker shock. That is just the price of things now. But, what I didn't expect was the complete lack of flavor and grainy texture of the "homemade" ice cream. The butter pecan had exactly 2 pecans in it. The ice cream itself was simply flavorless. I couldn't even bring myself to finish it after spending that kind of money. My son got the pear/honey. The pear fruit flavor strong but on the side tasting artificial. Overall, I can see why there was no one here on a sunny August afternoon. The prices are in range for downtown Frederick, but I wouldn't have finished it if I paid $2, I just would have resented the waste slightly less. Would recommend avoiding and just waiting for the real thing. read more

Was craving ice cream really bad . Walked to sweeties, they had a lot of flavors . I was in the mood for chocolate , but I was disappointed. The ice cream was very bland , no flavor . My husband got coconut and his was ok .this place is more of a very light yogurt like ice cream . read more

Sweeties on the Creek - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Frederick, Maryland

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Great variety of flavors & friendly, quick staff! Plus they offer a nice selection of sweets. All at very fair prices. read more

Great place to stop and get ice cream on the creek. Great service, great ice cream, and overall a really fun experience. This shop has really improved in the last few months, and everything is updated! It is a really good invironment for kids, families, and a good spot for date night. There is something for everyone here, you cant go wrong! read more

Sweeties on the Creek - This was the brownie Sunday I got. They are now served with Waffles bowls, but It was too much for me to handle!! SOO good. I Love it! - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Frederick, Maryland

Pretty good ice cream place but gets busy at Alive @ Five and there is only one server. Their dairy free flavors aren't that good.

Not so sweet. We usually hit The Pop Shop for ice cream but thought we would give this shop on Carroll Creek a try. Disappointing! The ice cream, which claims to be made in house is mediocre at best. Not creamy, ice crystals, not exceptional flavor wise. In addition to being so so ice cream a small in a regular sugar cone was over $4. This small was more of a kiddy cone size which would have been ok if it were less than $2 but at twice that it was a total RIP off. We will be walking up Market to our regular shop from now on. read more

Amazing location right on the river path. But more importantly, awesome ice cream. I prefer coming here more than Frederick Fudge. My biggest complaint may have to be that the staff seems to not be able to handle rush pressure on busy nights, and several times service got really slow, not being able to keep up. But I'm here for the ice cream, and they excel in that. Both your generic flavors and combinations, all are good. And the place doubles as a confectionery, so you can get all sorts of candy and chocolates as well, although none of it I'd call artesian. My rating, 4/5 read more

I was not impressed. They have a huge contraption with all kinds of candy on it right in the middle of the store. That "thing" combined with the tables, makes it difficult to move around in the line. read more

Sweeties on the Creek - Exterior of Sweeties! - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Frederick, Maryland

Best ice cream I've had in Frederick recently. They're along the creek, so you'll have to take a short/nice walk along Frederick's Carroll Creek to build up an afternoon or after dinner appetite! read more

Awful ice cream. How is that even possible? I've never had awful ice cream, until now. 40 years on the planet and here I am. Awful.

I went here for the first time in five years and it was delicious! The employees were really kind and respectful! I would recommend the coffee flavor read more

All I know is my ice cream had big chunks of cookie dough and chocolate chips and m&m's and swirls of fudge. It was delicious and the girls in the shop were so sweet too! read more

Not the place to come if you have dietary restrictions. At first, I was excited to see pumpkin on the menu and asked if it contained any crust or gluten, as I have Celiac. The clerk asked his "manager in the back," and returned to say, "he doesn't know. He just uses the mix." Ha! Wow! If the company is just using a mix (or even if they are making an actual homemade product), it would be incredibly easy to label top allergens, save copies of the ingredients, or anything to not make a customer feel like the a-hole for wanting to enjoy their product. I've been going through the "is it gluten free" routine every single time I eat outside of my house for 10 years, and this response is in my top 3 for apathy and ridiculousness. Great location is no excuse to not know what your only product is made with. read more

Don't waste calories here. Great location, mediocre ice cream, tasteless cookies, and poor service. Went in to a sweet treat with my extended family and was met by a place run by pushy kids who didn't appear to have guidance or adult management. We were going to share a couple items, but before I could say anything, a sample of cotton candy ice cream was in my two year old's hands, and the girl was starting to scoop him a small cup of it. I immediately declined and walked on, so she grabbed a two pack of cookies and handed it to him saying he should have it because it was only $1. No. Please stop. read more

Dont waste your time here...go to Frederick Fudge. No vanilla for shakes or sundaes. After ordering a $6 shake to take out, they advise they have no tops. Maybe instead of all the other stuff in there they can stock up on favorites and supplies. read more

I didn't think it was possible for ice cream to be this bland. I wish I would have just gone straight to Frederick Fudge & Ice Cream.

This place was a gem to find. The ice cream was soooo good! We sampled several different favors and it was hard to choose. Our favorites were Blueberry Pancake, Monkey Butter, Main Black Bear and Muddy Boots. read more

This place is great! I thought the prices were a little high when I walked in, but the portion size and quality of the product more than made up for it. There is also a huge selection of candy as well as ice cream and for the candy there are a lot of buy one get one sales going on all the time. It was great to see that the shop sells a few South Mountain Creamery flavors and the old school Gifford's flavors are great too! The service is great too, the kids really work as a team there and they seem to have fun doing it. I would definitely recommend to anyone in the area and I'm happy to see a quality sweets shop back on Carroll Creek! read more

If I could give this place 0 stars I would. Terribly over priced, very small scoops and very little variety of ice cream. I will def not be back here, what a rip off!!! read more

My fave place to get ice cream in downtown Frederick since they have so many choices.

Delicious ice cream on the creek! When in Frederick, I hope you will stop by and enjoy some of their homemade flavors.

Great ice cream, great location, great people. Ice cream was awesome, I usually just get mint chocolate chip but I tried the Maine black bear and it was delicious. Workers were friendly and helpful read more

After eating at a local restaurant, I found this place. I had a cup of pumpkin ice cream. The ice cream was good, better than the commercial or grocery store brands. The shop was clean and the employee was friendly. read more

I took one bite of my "cookies and Creme" and threw it away. This is the worst ice cream I ever had. I watched people go in and out all day while I was eating next door, and thought it must be really good. I couldn't have been more wrong. A ragged man, who can only assume was homeless, asked for the rest of my ice cream before I threw it away. He asked where it was from and when I told him shrieked "eeek" and shuffled away as quick as his duct-taped shoes could take him. If you think this was the best ice cream,.... you need to get out and try somewhere else, anywhere else. Hell, just make it yourself, without prior experience and it will still come out better. This place has made me scared of ice cream and I've never had any ever since that day in the off chance, no, near impossible chance that it's as bad as the ice cream here. The only reason I rated this as high as 1 star is because I had to do so to post this and share the truth, which everyone deserves to hear. read more

I had never had Sweeties ice cream. I went there for dessert after a meal down town Frederick and eww'd and ahhh'd over my Gram Slam ice cream in a chocolate dipped waffle cone. I asked for two scoops but when I saw the FIRST one go inside the cone I quickly changed it to a single scoop! It was OUT OF THIS WORLD!!! Each bite captured a mixture of delicious flavors from caramel, to graham crackers and chocolate, to little bits of marshmellows....I was in heaven! I have never tasted ice cream so creamy delicious! I will now make it a habit to get a cone each time I am at the Carrol Creek area. I intend to journey through every flavor....Oh my gosh!! YUMMY DELIGHT! read more

Delicious ice cream! The owner was very nice too. He took the time letting us try the different flavors and didn't make us feel rushed. There was a variety of classic flavors and a few off the wall ones. You have to try Muddy Boots, so good! read more

I came to Sweeties today during the art festival and everything was fantastic. The people were kind and very personable. Though there were a lot of people in there at the time, they were quite efficient and made sure everyone was helped relatively quickly. It is right on the creek so I sat outside to enjoy my ice cream; it is a very nice location. The inside of the shop was also very nice; it was clean and warm as opposed to some ice cream shops. I highly recommend this shop and I will be going back there frequently. read more

I will even forgive them for the blandness of the ice cream. But the meager scoopes they hand out is appalling. I have never seen any other ice cream shops give servings this small. This store is on a prime location along the beautiful carroll creek park. It has so much potential, but they choose to rip off customers. What a pity! read more