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NYC Treats
Imperial Woodpecker Sno-Balls is one of NYC Treats.

1. Imperial Woodpecker Sno-Balls

55 Gansevoort St (btwn Greenwich and Washington), New York, NY
Ice Cream Parlor · Meatpacking District · 26 tips and reviews

7th.List7th.List: Reopening with over 45 flavors. New Orleans Style Snowballs in the West Village - Fluffier than snow cones, doused with sweet syrups and sipped through a straw Read more.

Milk Bar is one of NYC Treats.

2. Milk Bar

8.3
251 E 13th St (at 2nd Ave), New York, NY
Dessert Shop · East Village · 711 tips and reviews

The New York TimesThe New York Times: Recommended: Cereal-milk soft-serve ice cream, chocolate-chocolate cookie, candy-bar pie, chocolate cake with yellow-cake icing, banana cake with hazelnut crunch, Chinese-sausage focaccia. Read more.

People's Pops is one of NYC Treats.

3. People's Pops

425 W 15th St (Chelsea Market), New York, NY
Ice Cream Parlor · Chelsea · 26 tips and reviews

Amy C.Amy Cao: Try the Bartlett Pear Shaved Ice - They'll be selling ice pops & shaved ice on the @highlinenyc this summer!

Dessert Club, ChikaLicious is one of NYC Treats.

4. Dessert Club, ChikaLicious

204 E 10th St (btwn 1st & 2nd Ave), New York, NY
Dessert Shop · East Village · 124 tips and reviews

Anna F.Anna Frenkel: Get your Dough'Ssant fix here, kids. Anyone who refers to them as imitation cronuts probably just stood on line for 2 hours for a doughnut / croissant hybrid in Soho.

El Palacio De Los Cholados is one of NYC Treats.

5. El Palacio De Los Cholados

8.3
83-18 Northern Blvd (Btwn 83rd and 84th sts), Jackson Heights, NY
Dessert Shop · 10 tips and reviews

DariaDaria: if you have a sweet tooth and you like condensed milk, get a cholado!

Motorboat & The Big Banana is one of NYC Treats.

6. Motorboat & The Big Banana

7.0
155 Beach 97th St, Queens, NY
Fast Food Restaurant · Seaside · 8 tips and reviews

Karin R.Karin Rendelman: Frozen bananas are yummy and the dark chocolate coated with pretzels is where it's at!

7. Dominique Ansel Bakery

8.8
189 Spring St (btwn Sullivan & Thompson St), New York, NY
Bakery · SoHo · 744 tips and reviews

Cooper S.Cooper Smith: Forget the Cronut. The frozen s'more is off the chain.

Breads Bakery is one of NYC Treats.

8. Breads Bakery

9.3
18 E 16th St (btwn Union Sq W & 5th Ave), New York, NY
Bakery · Union Square · 336 tips and reviews

Serious EatsSerious Eats: An Israeli import with serious rye bread and especially buttery chocolate babka.

Villabate Alba is one of NYC Treats.

9. Villabate Alba

9.3
7001 18th Ave (at 70th St), Brooklyn, NY
Bakery · Bensonhurst · 53 tips and reviews

Simon & SchusterSimon & Schuster: The greatest cannoli you can imagine is at Villabate Alba, which has been around for over 80 years and is located a block from where I used to live, says Suzanne Corso, author of Brooklyn Story. Read more.

Lady M Cake Boutique is one of NYC Treats.

10. Lady M Cake Boutique

1 W 59th St, New York, NY
Bakery · Midtown East · 67 tips and reviews

Mingster C.Mingster C: Get the green tea crepes cake. It's the only cake you will ever need...in your life. I would love to try all the other cakes they have but can't miss each opportunity to get the GT crepes cake.

Sullivan Street Bakery is one of NYC Treats.

11. Sullivan Street Bakery

8.9
533 W 47th St (btwn 10th & 11th Ave), New York, NY
Bakery · Hell's Kitchen · 122 tips and reviews

Serious EatsSerious Eats: Best Bomboloni: The one filled with vanilla pastry cream is our favorite, but the chunky caramelized apple and raspberry are excellent as well. Read more.

Amé Amé is one of NYC Treats.

12. Amé Amé

8.3
17 W 29th St (btwn Broadway & 5th Ave.), New York, NY
Candy Store · NoMad · 8 tips and reviews

Erik M.Erik Michielsen: Try the chocolate covered gummi bears :)

Euro Market is one of NYC Treats.

13. Euro Market

8.7
3042 31st St (at 30th Dr), Astoria, NY
Grocery Store · 30 tips and reviews

Kazumi T.Kazumi Terada: Wide selection of honey from Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Austria, Germany, Portugal, Italy, Bulgaria, New Zealand, etc. in almost every row. Probably the biggest selection of feta cheese, condiments.

Aji Ichiban 優の良品 is one of NYC Treats.

14. Aji Ichiban 優の良品

37 Mott St, New York, NY
Candy Store · Chinatown · 19 tips and reviews

Ava L.Ava Lu: they have chocolate, candies, dried fruits, beef and pork jerky, packaged snacks, what more can you ask for?!

The Sweet Shop NYC is one of NYC Treats.

15. The Sweet Shop NYC

8.6
404 E 73rd St (at 1st Ave), New York, NY
Dessert Shop · Upper East Side · 34 tips and reviews

Jøsh S.Jøsh Saitz: Kelly is the owner if this charming and unique candy and ice cream shop. They have a lot of hard to find candy bars.

Shi Eurasian Market is one of NYC Treats.

16. Shi Eurasian Market

166 Allen St (at Stanton St.), New York, NY
Gourmet Store · Lower East Side · 13 tips and reviews

Josh B.Josh Burgess: I don't mind dropping $6-7 for a few packs of my favo(u)rite British crisps and sweets! Twiglets, Aero, Scampi Fries and Pickled Onion Monster Munch, not to mention Irn Bru!