The first week of school is exciting and sometimes stress-producing. One way to make the week less stressful is to go for an after-school sweet treat! We visited several great places around the Augusta River Region where kids and parents can celebrate going back to school with an ice cream, rock candy, gourmet chocolates or French-style macarons. Whatever your option, we’ve got you covered! The list below has all the information you need.
SWEET TREATS AFTER SCHOOL
LOCATION |
PLACE |
HOURS |
WEBSITE |
TREATS |
North Augusta |
Vampire Penguin |
12-9pm |
www.vampirepenguin.com |
Kid’s Favorite: cotton candy, peanut butter, cheesecake flavors (GF) |
North Augusta |
Sno-Cap Drive-in |
10:30am-9:00pm |
www.snocapdrivein.com |
Kid’s Favorite: ice cream cone with sprinkles or root beer floats |
North Augusta |
Pink Dipper |
11am-9pm (9:30 Fridays and Saturdays) |
www.pinkdipper.com |
Banana splits, ice cream floats, milkshakes
Kid’s Favorites: Superman with sprinkles or gummy bears
|
North Augusta |
Peachy Rolls Ice Cream |
12-9pm (10pm on weekends) |
www.facebook.com/PeachyRolls/ |
Rolled ice cream, frozen yogurt, smoothies |
Augusta |
Holy Shakes |
1-9pm |
www.facebook.com/holyshakesllc |
Milkshakes, ice cream, crazy bowls |
Augusta |
Dippin’ Dots |
12-9pm |
www.dippindots.com/loc/ll/US/GA/Augusta/3328-Washington-Road |
Dippin’ Dots ice cream, sherbert, frozen yogurt |
Martinez |
Frosty Rolls Ice Cream |
12-8pm (9pm on Fridays) |
www.facebook.com/FrostyRollsUSA/ |
Shaved snow, rolled ice cream |
Martinez |
Rita’s Italian Ice & Custard |
11am-11pm |
www.ritasice.com |
Frozen custard, Italian ices, Gelati (GF) |
Evans |
Small Cakes |
Mon-Thurs 10am-8pm Fri-Sat 10am-9pm Sun 12-5pm
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Every cupcake flavor under the sun including specialty flavors like hot fudge, wedding cake, cookies and cream, and lemon blueberry! (GF) |
|
Evans |
Wild Sugar |
12-10pm |
www.thewildsugar.com |
Ice cream, shakes, Italian ice, smoothies, frozen yogurt, fudge Kid’s Favorites: Birthday Cake Shake |
Aiken |
Flanigan’s Ice Cream |
12-9pm |
www.flanigansicecream.com |
Milkshakes, sundaes, and homemade waffle cones |
Aiken |
Cyndi’s Sweet Shoppe |
10am-5:30pm |
www.cyndissweetshoppe.com |
Chocolates, candies, fudge Kid’s Favorites: bins and bins of Swedish fish, gumballs, rock candy and nonpareils |
Aiken |
Vampire Penguin |
12-9pm |
www.vampirepenguin.com |
Shaved snow in delicate and creamy flavors with topping options |
Aiken |
La Parisienne |
7am-5pm |
www.laparisienne.site |
Croissants, waffles, and crepes Kid’s Favorites: the rainbow-colored rows of macarons under the counter (GF) |
(GF): Gluten-free options available
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