23 NYC Desserts Your Sweet Tooth Will Thank You For, New York, New York
New Yorkers love food. With all the walking we do, we can indulge in sweet treats now and again, and when I’m exploring the city with my teeen we definitely do! Whether you want ice cream, cake, cookies, tarts or pastries, NYC has some of the best desserts in the world, with flavors and recipes from around the globe.
Here are 24 places I think are worth seeking out if you are visiting NYC with kids; some because they’re classic and represent great New York traditions. Others are here because they reflect the ever-changing city with fresh flavors and innovative spins on desserts we all know.
I start in Lower Manhattan and Iwork my way uptown and then to Brooklyn and Queens. At the end I add a few places you can find at several locations around town.
Put on your walking shoes and try a few of these great NYC desserts the next time you’re in town with the family.
I usually go to Kossars on Grand Street for fresh bialies and bagels, but I rarely leave without a loaf of Babka, a spiraled sweet bread that this Kosher deli gets just right by using slightly darker chocolate than most.
Its rugelach are essentially slightly crunchy mini babka, filled with cinnamon or the same dark chocolate. They selll them by the bagful, the same way they sell their mini black & white cookies. I stop in here whenever I’m on the Lower East Side And I need a morning (or afternoon) nosh. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
Here are 24 places I think are worth seeking out if you are visiting NYC with kids; some because they’re classic and represent great New York traditions. Others are here because they reflect the ever-changing city with fresh flavors and innovative spins on desserts we all know.
I start in Lower Manhattan and Iwork my way uptown and then to Brooklyn and Queens. At the end I add a few places you can find at several locations around town.
Put on your walking shoes and try a few of these great NYC desserts the next time you’re in town with the family.
I usually go to Kossars on Grand Street for fresh bialies and bagels, but I rarely leave without a loaf of Babka, a spiraled sweet bread that this Kosher deli gets just right by using slightly darker chocolate than most.
Its rugelach are essentially slightly crunchy mini babka, filled with cinnamon or the same dark chocolate. They selll them by the bagful, the same way they sell their mini black & white cookies. I stop in here whenever I’m on the Lower East Side And I need a morning (or afternoon) nosh. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
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Guide Name: 23 NYC Desserts Your Sweet Tooth Will Thank You For
Guide Location: USA » New York
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Insider Tips)
Author: Abhinav Aneel
Read it on Author's Website: https://www.familiesgotravel.com/2021/07/nyc-best-dessert-spots-kids/
Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
Guide Location: USA » New York
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Insider Tips)
Author: Abhinav Aneel
Read it on Author's Website: https://www.familiesgotravel.com/2021/07/nyc-best-dessert-spots-kids/
Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
- Kossars
- Sam’s Fried Ice Cream
- Tres Leches Café
- Ferrarra’s
- Caffé Palermo
- Taiyaki
- Chinatown Ice Cream Factory
- Morganstern’s Finest
- Chelsea Market
- Food Gallery
- Wafels & Dinges
- Tim Ho Wan
- Serendipity3
- Amy Ruth’s
- Brooklyn Farmacy
- Junior’s Restaurant
- Steve’s Key Lime Pies
- Lemon Ice King of Corona
- La Newyorkiña
- Red Hook
- Doughnut Plant
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