Best SWEETS in your neck of the woods! Or places you've tried elsewhere?

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GUARDiAN_GUiLD
GUARDiAN_GUiLD Posts: 163 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Porto's in Southern California! Cuban pastries and Cuban coffee and all kinds of great and wonderful sweet heavenly stuff!



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  • GUARDiAN_GUiLD
    GUARDiAN_GUiLD Posts: 163 Member
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  • amyk0202
    amyk0202 Posts: 667 Member
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    Fanny May Trinidads http://www.fanniemay.com/trinidads®--1lb-hearts-a-flutter-wrap-fmc-128892?categoryId=400005581 . I used to get these all the time when we lived in the Chicago suburbs. My husband went for his 20th high school reunion a couple years ago & I had him bring me some back--I am too cheap to pay overnight shipping for them.

    Here I like Kohr Bros frozen custard. It's delicious & only 140 calories for a small serving.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
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    That looks tasty!

    There are a bunch of places in the area here (central NJ). There's an Italian pastry shop (only had a couple things there but it was very good), a cheesecake shop (very tasty and reasonable serving size too!), a cupcake shop (they have special treats every day and make the best bread pudding I've ever had and their cupcakes are fantastic), a very good bakery with fantastic croissants, scones, and cupcakes, and a fantastic donut shop. Then a few mediocre bakeries I no longer go to.

    Then there's Princeton with some more delicious bakeries/pastry shops, and the Whole Foods here actually has a very good bakery section too.

    So, having grown up in France, eating a croissant or two pretty much every day, I'm pretty happy where I live.
  • pinggolfer96
    pinggolfer96 Posts: 2,248 Member
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    Sprinkles cupcakes in LA!!(:
  • AngryViking1970
    AngryViking1970 Posts: 2,847 Member
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    Harrison Bakery in Syracuse, NY. The best.
  • sheermomentum
    sheermomentum Posts: 827 Member
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    Do they put a boat-load of sweetened condensed milk in the cafe con leche? Cuz if not, it doesn't count. :)
  • scastor27
    scastor27 Posts: 204 Member
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    Oakmont Bakery! YUM
    Do yourself a favor and if you're ever in the Pittsburgh area pay them a visit.
  • pinggolfer96
    pinggolfer96 Posts: 2,248 Member
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    Or the Sd donut bar!(:
  • GUARDiAN_GUiLD
    GUARDiAN_GUiLD Posts: 163 Member
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    pinggolfer96 wrote: »
    Sprinkles cupcakes in LA!!(:

    Ehhh
  • GUARDiAN_GUiLD
    GUARDiAN_GUiLD Posts: 163 Member
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    Francl27 wrote: »
    That looks tasty!

    There are a bunch of places in the area here (central NJ). There's an Italian pastry shop (only had a couple things there but it was very good), a cheesecake shop (very tasty and reasonable serving size too!), a cupcake shop (they have special treats every day and make the best bread pudding I've ever had and their cupcakes are fantastic), a very good bakery with fantastic croissants, scones, and cupcakes, and a fantastic donut shop. Then a few mediocre bakeries I no longer go to.

    Then there's Princeton with some more delicious bakeries/pastry shops, and the Whole Foods here actually has a very good bakery section too.

    So, having grown up in France, eating a croissant or two pretty much every day, I'm pretty happy where I live.

    Princeton is by Hamilton, right? There's this spot I've been to right after a baptism and I don't remember the name or anything but they had really, really good chocolate-covered croissants. The only thing I remember is that it was close to a train track. Lol.
  • ForeverSunshine09
    ForeverSunshine09 Posts: 966 Member
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    Finger Hut Bakery Knox, IN. The best butter cookies and chocolate cake donuts!
  • GUARDiAN_GUiLD
    GUARDiAN_GUiLD Posts: 163 Member
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    sheermomentum wrote: »
    Do they put a boat-load of sweetened condensed milk in the cafe con leche? Cuz if not, it doesn't count. :)

    You know it. Those cheese roles have 'em too.
  • pinggolfer96
    pinggolfer96 Posts: 2,248 Member
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    GUARDiAN_GUiLD wrote: »
    pinggolfer96 wrote: »
    Sprinkles cupcakes in LA!!(:

    Ehhh

    You're right haha I just didn't know what else to write, that's why I put SD donut bar. Sprinkles is a little overrated

  • GUARDiAN_GUiLD
    GUARDiAN_GUiLD Posts: 163 Member
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    amyk0202 wrote: »
    Fanny May Trinidads http://www.fanniemay.com/trinidads®--1lb-hearts-a-flutter-wrap-fmc-128892?categoryId=400005581 . I used to get these all the time when we lived in the Chicago suburbs. My husband went for his 20th high school reunion a couple years ago & I had him bring me some back--I am too cheap to pay overnight shipping for them.

    Here I like Kohr Bros frozen custard. It's delicious & only 140 calories for a small serving.


    LOL those look really good. I might have them shipped. Are they all like that or can they have assorted ones in each box?
  • time2cutnow
    time2cutnow Posts: 150 Member
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    We have these things called "Beavertails" back home and OMFG is all I can say. Google it.
  • stealthq
    stealthq Posts: 4,298 Member
    edited January 2016
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    There's not much in the way of standouts in Dallas. There's Sprinkles, and Top Pot, and the usual run-of-the-mill places. We have Neuhaus for chocolate if anyone's into Belgian chocolates.

    There are a couple, though:
    • Boulangerie by The Village Baking Co. for French breads and pastries,
    • Henry's for ice cream though it's definitely hit or miss - the quality is always there but there are so many flavors and it's obvious they're trying to cater to every preference under the sun
    • Empire Bakery used to make the best chocolate layer cake anywhere - but they quit selling cakes at their retail store *sigh*
    • Kate Weiser chocolates - really fun (a chocolate snowman filled with cocoa and marshmallows that you melt in a pot of hot milk for hot cocoa for 4? What?), beautiful, and they taste good. And they're expensive. Oh, yes they are.
  • amyk0202
    amyk0202 Posts: 667 Member
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    GUARDiAN_GUiLD wrote: »
    amyk0202 wrote: »
    Fanny May Trinidads http://www.fanniemay.com/trinidads®--1lb-hearts-a-flutter-wrap-fmc-128892?categoryId=400005581 . I used to get these all the time when we lived in the Chicago suburbs. My husband went for his 20th high school reunion a couple years ago & I had him bring me some back--I am too cheap to pay overnight shipping for them.

    Here I like Kohr Bros frozen custard. It's delicious & only 140 calories for a small serving.


    LOL those look really good. I might have them shipped. Are they all like that or can they have assorted ones in each box?

    You can have assorted ones: http://www.fanniemay.com/create-your-own-chocolates-gift . The Trinidads are my favorite, but I like the Truffles too. I just looked & shipping is cheaper now that it's cold outside.
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
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    time2cutnow wrote: »
    We have these things called "Beavertails" back home and OMFG is all I can say. Google it.

    Love beavertails. I'm originally from Ottawa and had them at the canal every winter
  • time2cutnow
    time2cutnow Posts: 150 Member
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    singingflutelady wrote: »
    time2cutnow wrote: »
    We have these things called "Beavertails" back home and OMFG is all I can say. Google it.

    Love beavertails. I'm originally from Ottawa and had them at the canal every winter

    I'm from Halifax so get them every time I fly home for a visit.
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
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    time2cutnow wrote: »
    singingflutelady wrote: »
    time2cutnow wrote: »
    We have these things called "Beavertails" back home and OMFG is all I can say. Google it.

    Love beavertails. I'm originally from Ottawa and had them at the canal every winter

    I'm from Halifax so get them every time I fly home for a visit.

    I live in Sydney now :)

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