What’s Included

The dessert board breaks into four groups, all built on the same vanilla soft serve base except cheesecake, which is served separately from the ice cream machine.

• Floats soft serve plus fountain soda, four flavors, all standard, served in a single cup with the ice cream floating on top of the soda rather than mixed in.
• Cheesecake three cold, pre cut slice flavors, pulled from a refrigerated case rather than made to order.
• Milkshakes 40 plus flavors, the largest part of the dessert menu by far, blended fresh per order and sold separately from the floats and cheesecake.
• Plain Soft Serve a cone or cup with nothing added, availability varies by location and isn’t printed on every menu board.

Unlike chains that build a wide standalone ice cream section with sundaes, twist cones, and multiple flavor options, Cook Out’s frozen dessert lineup stays narrow and combines the base product with something else in almost every case. That’s a deliberate menu structure rather than a gap, and it’s why most searches for “ice cream menu” at this chain are better answered by looking at the float and milkshake sections than by expecting a long list of scoop flavors.

Prices

Every float and cheesecake on the dessert board is priced the same, which makes ordering simple there’s no large versus regular size decision to make.

Prices are estimates collected from publicly available menu information and can vary by location. The plain soft serve cone is the one item here that isn’t guaranteed at every store confirm before ordering.

Most Popular Items

A short list of the items that come up most often when people talk about the dessert side of this menu.

1. Cheerwine Float the most iconic single item on the dessert board, built on a soda that’s hard to find outside the Carolinas.
2. Coke Float the classic version for anyone who wants a familiar cola and cream combination.
3. Strawberry Cheesecake the most ordered cheesecake flavor, fruity rather than purely rich.
4. Chocolate Cheesecake the heavier, more dessert forward cheesecake option.

The exact four sodas can shift slightly by location depending on what’s running through the fountain machine, so the lineup above reflects the most common setup rather than a guaranteed match at every store.

Cheesecake Flavors

Three flavors, all served cold as a pre cut slice rather than baked to order: Classic, Chocolate, and Strawberry. Cheesecake doesn’t use the soft serve base, but it sits on the same part of the menu board and gets ordered the same way, as a quick addon rather than a separate dessert course.

Because cheesecake is pulled cold from a case instead of made fresh per order, it tends to come out faster than a float or milkshake during a busy stretch, which makes it a practical pick if you’re short on time but still want something on the dessert board. It’s also the more delivery friendly half of the menu, since it doesn’t carry carbonation to lose or a frozen texture that melts once it’s sealed in a bag more on that under the FAQ section below.

Floats vs. Milkshakes

Both use the same vanilla soft serve. A float keeps the ice cream and soda separate in the cup, a milkshake blends everything into one thick pour.

Can You Get a Plain Scoop, Cone, or Cup?

Sometimes. A number of locations will serve plain vanilla soft serve on request even though it isn’t printed on the board, since the machine is already running for floats and shakes. Other locations only serve the soft serve as part of a float or milkshake, with no plain version offered at all. If a plain scoop is what you’re after, ask at the window or call ahead rather than assuming, and say “just the vanilla soft serve, no soda” to avoid it being read as a float order, since “ice cream” alone is ambiguous enough to get interpreted either way.

This inconsistency is the single most common point of confusion people run into when looking up this menu online, since several other guides describe the plain cone as either a guaranteed standard item or something that doesn’t exist at all. The more accurate picture sits in between: it exists, but it isn’t universal, and a quick question at the counter settles it faster than any menu board will.

Customizing a Float or Cheesecake Order

Customization options for floats and cheesecake are far more limited than on the milkshake board, and exact policy varies by location. Ask your local Cook Out before assuming a modification, like swapping the soda or adjusting the ice cream ratio, is available.

Ordering Separately or With a Meal

Every item covered on this page floats, cheesecake, milkshakes, and the plain cone where it’s available can be ordered as a standalone purchase without attaching it to a Tray or any other meal. This is the standard way to get a quick dessert on its own, whether that’s a Cheerwine Float after work or a slice of cheesecake picked up on its own trip to the window.

Desserts can also be added directly onto a Tray order as an extra line item rather than a substitution, which is the more common way cheesecake gets ordered since it isn’t eligible for the drink swap described below.

Can Desserts Replace the Tray Drink?

A Cook Out Tray comes with a main, two sides, and a fountain drink. Floats can typically be subbed in for that drink, and milkshakes can usually be subbed too for a small upcharge, often around $1.00-$1.50. Cheesecake is added on top of the Tray rather than swapped in, since it isn’t a drink category item. See the Tray Menu for full pricing.

Calories

Estimated nutrition values based on publicly available menu information, not official Cook Out data. Figures can vary by location and exact pour or scoop size.

Dietary Notes – Dairy, Gluten & Allergens

Not a complete allergen list. Cheesecake crust ingredients vary by supplier. Confirm with your location for any strict dietary need.