New East Village Desserts

This past weekend, I journeyed into the East Village for Momofuku Milk Bar & Bakery's newest additions to their menu. My dining companions and I sampled their Confetti Cookie, Birthday Cake Truffles and Banana Cake Truffles.

The Confetti Cookie was another hit (that bakery can do no wrong!) and a great spin on something as simple as the sugar cookie. Like all of their desserts, the cookie had a nice mix of sweet and salty flavors.

The truffles were like cake bites and are the perfect little dessert, especially if all you want is just a taste. The birthday cake truffles were super delicious and made me want to try their limited edition birthday cake.

Tuesday Top 5 - Favorite Dessert Spots in Manhattan

Nothing makes me happier than finding a new dessert or a delicious bakery. Living in NYC there’s no shortage of delicious pastries just waiting to be sampled! Here are my Top 5 favorite desserts in Manhattan:

5. Jacques Torres – a chocolate connoisseur’s heaven. Try the hot chocolate or any piece of chocolate you can get your hands on.

4. Rickshaw Dumpling Bar – this dumpling haven makes the most unbelievable chocolate dumplings. Hot liquid chocolate comes pouring out of delicious dough covered in poppy seeds.

3. Levain Bakery– a tiny bakery with the biggest, perfectly baked chocolate chip cookies.

2. Doughnut Plant – a doughnut shop on the Lower East Side with imaginative flavors that uses high end ingredients

1. Momofuku Milk Bar & Bakery – compost cookie, blueberry cream cookie, candy bar pie, cereal milk. Pastry Chef Christina Tosi is an endless fountain of creative and addictive sweets!

The candy bar pie at Momofuku Milk Bar.