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NYC's Best Desserts & Sweets

NYC's Best Desserts & Sweets

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Created by Sam Edelman • Updated On: September 3, 2013
Milk Bar is one of NYC's Best Desserts & Sweets.

1. Milk Bar

8.4
251 E 13th St (at 2nd Ave), New York, NY
Dessert Shop · East Village · 711 tips and reviews
Big Gay Ice Cream Shop is one of NYC's Best Desserts & Sweets.

2. Big Gay Ice Cream Shop

125 E 7th St (btwn 1st Ave & Ave A), New York, NY
Ice Cream Parlor · East Village · 416 tips and reviews
Sundaes and Cones is one of NYC's Best Desserts & Sweets.

3. Sundaes and Cones

8.8
95 E 10th St (btwn 3rd & 4th Ave), New York, NY
Ice Cream Parlor · East Village · 291 tips and reviews

Food & WineFood & Wine: The ice cream flavors here range from classic (vanilla, chocolate) to Asian-inspired (red bean, black sesame and lychee).

Rice to Riches is one of NYC's Best Desserts & Sweets.

4. Rice to Riches

8.5
37 Spring St (btwn Mott & Mulberry St), New York, NY
Dessert Shop · NoLita · 395 tips and reviews
Baked by Melissa is one of NYC's Best Desserts & Sweets.

5. Baked by Melissa

529 Broadway (btwn Spring & Mercer St), New York, NY
Cupcake Shop · SoHo · 56 tips and reviews
Chloe's Soft Serve Fruit Co. is one of NYC's Best Desserts & Sweets.

6. Chloe's Soft Serve Fruit Co.

8.3
25 E 17th St (at Broadway), New York, NY
Dessert Shop · Union Square · 96 tips and reviews
Wafels & Dinges Cafe is one of NYC's Best Desserts & Sweets.

7. Wafels & Dinges Cafe

15 Avenue B (at E 2nd St), New York, NY
Dessert Shop · Alphabet City · 109 tips and reviews