There’s no shortage of bakeries in New Haven, but if you’re a smart cookie who wants only the finest cakes, cookies and pastries, you’ve come to the right place; this list highlights the most recent winners of the Best of New Haven readers’ poll’s “best bakery” category. Your favorite bakery in New Haven depends on your taste; are you an Italian bakery fan who fawns over classic pastries, or are you a cupcake connoisseur who lives for the icing on the cake? No matter your preference, these New Haven bakeries “knead” to be on your must-try list!
Cherie’s Sweet Treats
Cherie’s Sweet Treats is a cottage food operator and bakery in East Haven offering various confections. This local bakery is great for customized sweet treats, including cake pops, chocolate-covered items, cupcakes and cakes. Cherie’s Sweet Treats has special offerings for holidays, like various Thanksgiving pies, cakes, cake balls and cookie platters in seasonal flavors like pecan shortbread, pumpkin, maple walnut, carrot cake and apple crisp. Follow Cherie’s Sweet Treats on Facebook and Instagram to view previous custom treats like baseball, birthday and holiday-themed cupcakes, and stay abreast of upcoming seasonal offerings.
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Cookie Brew
If you’re a cookie-lover looking for the best bakery near New Haven, you might have a new favorite in Cookie Brew. Led by baker Celeste Caldwell, this small business bakes various cookie varieties, from classic chocolate chip to Biscoff cookie butter, red velvet, banana pudding, pumpkin cake and more. You can often find Celeste selling her cookies at local events like farmer’s markets and Black Wall Street Bridgeport. Be sure to follow Cookie Brew on Instagram to stay updated on available items, flavors and cookie stand locations.
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Amy Cakes, LLC
Couples searching for wedding cakes near New Haven will want to check out Amy Cakes; this top bakery specializes in wedding cakes and is a preferred vendor with various local wedding venues, including Anthony’s Ocean View and Tyde at Walnut Beach. Customize your cake or cupcakes to your liking by choosing from Amy Cakes’ many cake flavors, fillings and icings; Options run the gamut, from lemon-blueberry to death by chocolate, and Amy Cakes makes plenty of other sweet treats to accompany your cake or cupcakes, like chocolate dipped treats, mini dessert cups and other baked goods.
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Kouign Bakery
Fans of laminated dough pastries flock to Kouign Bakery for its artisanally crafted baked goods. This bakery has pastries fit for a queen — picture individual cakes topped with edible flowers, brightly flavored blood orange buns and plenty of croissant flavors to choose from. This bakery doesn’t make cupcakes, but you won’t miss them; its selection of cookie cakes, cinnamon buns and brownies is tantalizing. You can order custom cakes from Kouign Bakery, including wedding cakes. Note that this bakery is only open Fridays through Sundays from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. or until they’re sold out.
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Sweet Seidner’s Bake Shop
If you miss your mom’s hamantaschen, Sweet Seidner’s Bake Shop might be the best New Haven-area bakery for you. Specializing in cookie care packages for college and boarding school students, this Kosher-certified bakery makes various classic cookies. It takes inspiration from owner and baker Jodi Seidner’s great-grandmother’s Eastern European Jewish bakery. Sweet Seidner’s uses no peanuts or tree nuts, but it cannot guarantee all ingredients are from nut-free facilities; proceed with caution if you have nut allergies. For gluten-free cookie lovers, this local bakery has a line of flour-free coconut macaroons, but note that it is not a flour-free facility.
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