Try the luminous blood-orange doughnut: stretchy, yeasty dough, slathered with a tart citrus glaze and crowned with a candied slice of the fruit. It’s one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Read more.
Ooey Gooey Goodness abounds at this upscale doughnut shop. Try a nutella filled, a dulce de leche or a hibiscus, paired with a hot cup of stumptown coffee.
This West village spot offers some of our favorite soft serve ice cream in NYC, made with goat's milk. Ask if they have Turkish ice cream, Dondurma, as well
Cupcakes and alcohol? Unusual yet proving to be the perfect pairing. A cozy place to come after a date – we recommend the Sweet Revenge cupcake.
The chorizo caramel is to die for! Though the choco chunk, sprinkles, cornbread... They're all delish!
Sam Mason’s new Wonka-like Williamsburg creamery features 8-10 flavors. Be sure to check out some of the wonderfully weirder ones – and wash them down with homemade soda!
Black Sesame and Salted Caramel are excellent. The Grumpy coffee is great - I get it at least once a day.
Cronuts!! Best hybrid of 2013: croissant meets bagel meets filling and frosting <3 (Excuse the bite in the photo).
Beautiful, spacious cafe with great Korean doughnuts (ho-dduk) best topped with ice cream.
"classic flavors like pistachio and straciatella, but also less conventional spins like goat cheese-orange-and-anise or white chocolate-bergamot."
Prohibition Bakery ...Dangerously Delicious. LOVE the Pretzels and Beer: pale ale, Nutella, pretzel, truffle
Don't miss the Salted Crack Caramel, an intense and just salty enough butter caramel ice cream that gets even better with "crack cookies," buttery chocolate-covered Saltines.
If you have some extra time, and you like cupcakes, don't go to Magnolia. Go to Lily O'Brien's on 40th btw 5th & 6th for the best cupcakes in NYC (made by the Robicellis). It's worth the (short) hike.
Inventive cupcakes and brownies from a husband and wife team of lifelong Bay Ridge residents.
David Yoo quit his job as a graphic designer, took Penn State's ice-cream short course, and decided to open up his own parlor!
