Top Dessert Franchise Opportunities of 2022

Who doesn’t dream of opening up a dessert business when they are a kid? The endless cookies and ice cream, non-stop fun and Willy Wonka-esque wonderment is enough to make the career appealing to any child, but it’s the potential for a healthy return on investment that keeps people interested as they grow older.

For investors looking to enter a unique and joyful segment of the foodservice industry, dessert brands offer a lucrative opportunity to satisfy post-date-night customers and families in search of a weekend treat. Plus, since dessert establishments offer customers a much-needed reprieve from counting calories and worrying about what they are eating, business owners benefit from an offering that markets itself — when it's time to indulge, customers know where to go.

Best of all, many dessert franchise concepts feature incredibly simple operations, minimal equipment and staffing requirements, low start-up costs and universally beloved brand names.

These are 1851 Franchise’s favorite dessert franchises for 2022.

• Start-up costs: $551,918-$715,161

• Start-up costs: $611,500-$1,009,000

• Start-up costs: $316,285-$409,935

• Start-up costs: $2,300,000-$5,400,000

• Start-up costs: $84,350-$361,500

• Start-up costs: $641,000-$2,100,000

• Start-up costs: $124,000-$559,000

• Start-up costs: $1,100,000-$1,900,000

• Start-up costs: $301,400-$469,150

• Start-up costs: $528,270-$1,638,554