Yummies dessert shop set to open in Market Place, Cockermouth

31-year-old Saskia Wilson from Maryport will open Yummies, a new dessert shop, on Market Place in Cockermouth alongside her husband Ashley Wilson.

The shop is set to open in the next few weeks, after previously operating as a business in Maryport.

Saskia says the new shop will be 'something different' for the town, with plans to serve homemade waffles, cookie dough, milkshakes and ice creams.

She said: "We moved to Cockermouth three years ago and were trying to get a shop in Cockermouth. We just kept an eye out and we eventually got this place in Market Place not so long ago, so we've just decided we would take Yummies to Cockermouth!

Some of the milkshakes and waffles on offer. (Image: Supplied) "We have had loads of people asking us: 'Are you not opening the shop back up? We miss it'. So it sort of pulled on us a little bit, and that's why we wanted to do it again."

It is hoped that the shop will open in the next few weeks, with Saskia and her husband currently working to re-fit the shop to get it ready for the new business.

Saskia said: "I am excited about it because I loved doing it at Maryport. It was always really busy, everybody used to say 'there's nothing like it round here' - there were queues right down the street at Maryport.

Tasty treats are the order of the day at Yummies. (Image: Supplied) "Cockermouth is always busy. It brings a lot of tourists and stuff so it's a really busy town. Whether it's winter or summer there is always people, there's nothing really in Cockermouth either that does the desserts, so I am hoping that it will do well."

All waffles are homemade and will come with a selection of toppings and ice cream on request. There will also be cookie doughs available to order, and 'luxury milkshakes' which will allow people to choose their own chocolate bar flavours to add to their drink.

To find out more about Yummies you can visit their page on social media.