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New Cupcake ATMs In Manhattan Will Make Sugary Indulgences Hard to Resist

Helen Morgan — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:35:09 +0000

Cupcake lovers in Manhattan will be happy to hear that their sugar cravings can soon be satisfied 24 hours a day with new cupcake ATMs by Sprinkles Cupcakes. Set to be installed around Manhattan by this summer, the ATMs will dispense the irresistible treats all wrapped up in boxes and bags made from recycled materials. While their green attempt gets a thumbs up, we’re still left wondering if encouraging sugary snacking is a good idea. These delicious icing-topped cakes are a fun indulgence now and again, but not so much at one’s beck and call. With obesity levels and dietary illnesses as severe as they are today, it would be better to see ATMs like these stocked with healthier alternatives instead.

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Mast Brothers Chocolate

Jessica Dailey — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:48:19 +0000

Mast Brothers Chocolates operates in a 3,000 square-foot bean-to-bar factory in Williamsburg. Run by three brothers, the company crafts rich, single origin chocolate treats that are at least 70 percent cacao and reflect the brothers’ tastes. The chocolate bars come in beautifully designed paper wrappers, and there are about 10 flavors ranging from chocolate with almonds and sea salt to dried cranberries to salt and pepper. An in-house pastry chef constantly whips up new sweet treats for guests to try. All of their cacao comes from small farms in Ecuador, Madagascar, Venezuela, and the Dominican Republic. Recently, the brothers sailed to the DR to learn more about their farmers and form a deeper relationship.

You can find Mast Brothers Chocolate at various locations throughout the city or you can purchase treats directly from their website.

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Fine & Raw Chocolate

Jessica Dailey — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:11:13 +0000

Fine & Raw chocolate was founded by a former financier, Daniel, who was searching for delicious gourmet, yet healthful, chocolate treats. After studying in the Arizona desert, he perfected the art of raw chocolate in his Brooklyn loft. With “a mission to save the world through silliness and chocolate,” Fine & Raw crafts artisanal chocolates using conscious ingredients and innovative low heat techniques to maintain the chocolate’s vitality and flavor. The company does everything they can to be as sustainable and earth-friendly as possible. They use fair trade, organic ingredients, and all of the packaging is recycled and printed with non-toxic and vegetable based inks. Fine & Raw’s vegan dark chocolate bonbons and creamy sea salt chocolate bars are just a few of their irresistible treats. You can order their chocolates online or find them at one of these stores.

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Dun-Well Doughnuts

Jessica Dailey — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 03:14:56 +0000

Dun-Well Doughnuts is a premier vegan donut shop, complete with gourmet flavors, fresh coffee, bowtied workers, and jazz music. A step into the Dun-Well Shop is a step back in time. The walls are clad in vintage baking advertisements, recipes and sheet music. Edison lightbulb fixtures hang from the vintage textured tin ceiling, old seltzer bottles and baking tins decorate the back wall, and 1920s-jazz croons over the speakers. You can enjoy their coffee and donuts in-store, while checking your email with the free wifi.

Dun-Well’s donuts are not just for breakfast, but instead a gourmet dessert. Flavors like French toast, almond coco joy, green tea & ginger, chocolate candy cane, and s’mores cozy up with traditional flavors like Boston cream, jelly-filled, and classic glaze. The cast of flavors change daily, for new and exciting offerings to try. Any of the sweet flavors can be topped with a scoop of Lula’s vegan ice cream, for a decadent donut sundae.

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Dun-Well Doughnuts Brings Its Old Fashioned Charm & Vegan Sweets to Brooklyn

Lori Zimmer — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:40:41 +0000

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La Newyorkina

Jessica Dailey — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:41:11 +0000

Born at the Hester Street Fair in 2010, La Newyorkina serves up delicious all-natural Mexican flavored ice pops call paletas, a traditional sweet sold at Mexican ice cream shops. Using the best fruit summer has to offer, La Newyorkina creates unique flavors like mango-chile, avocado, hibiscus, tamarind, corn, and coconut. All of the ingredients are 100% natural and artisanal, with no added sweeteners or artificial coloring. Plus, they make small pops for kids and big pops for adults! In summer 2011, they expanded their treats to include aguas frescas, and in the fall, they began making pan de muerto, sweet tamales, hot chocolate and Mexican fruit punch for the cooler weather. You can find them every week at the Hester Street Fair and daily on the High Line. Follow them on Twitter to find out where they are.

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People’s Pops

Jessica Dailey — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:31:32 +0000

People’s Pops makes Greenmarket fruit popsicles and shaved ice, using locally grown fruits and herbs from city markets. They make classic favorites like strawberry and peach, while also mixing it up with interesting combination pops like blackberry honey and yogurt. The small company doesn’t have a brick and mortar location, but you can find them serving up tasty treat every Saturday at the Hester Street Fair and daily on the High Line near 16th Street.

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Kelvin Natural Slush Co.

Angel and Sebastien — Wed, 04 May 2011 19:21:23 +0000

Kelvin Natural Slush Co. serves up amazing, all natural slushies that are the grownup version of a slurpee! They are one of the most amazing nostalgic treats around. The truck is sleekly designed and flavors such as Spicy Ginger, Tangy Citrus or Green & Black Tea are combined with your choice of real puréed fruit, fresh chopped mint and basil, pomegranate seeds and other natural mix-ins, creating endless combinations for a super cold, super refreshing slush. Follow them on Twitter or call the truck phone to find out where the truck is today!

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Blue Marble Ice Cream

apants — Wed, 04 May 2011 18:56:27 +0000

Blue Marble‘s two locations feature many special elements beyond their award-winning organic ice cream. The stores have a waste-not-want-not policy and try to use as many biodegradable, compostable and recycled materials as possible. The stores run on 75 percent hydro and 25 percent wind energy and rely heavily on reclaimed and non-toxic building materials. Then of course, there’s the product: considered to be one of the best ice creams in New York, Blue Marble Ice Cream is made on a nearby farm with local, grass-fed dairy, and you can taste it! If you’re going to have to feel bad about calories, you may as well not have to worry about your carbon footprint. If the taste and quality of the cream hasn’t sold you, check out the owners’ nonprofit, Blue Marble Dreams, a sustainable, community-oriented ice cream shop in Butare, Rwanda. That’s right, Rwanda’s first ice cream shop! Come for the ice cream, stay for the love.

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Lula’s Sweet Apothecary

Jill Fehrenbacher — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 03:55:23 +0000

Lula’s Sweet Apothecary is a dream-come-true, old-fashioned vegan ice cream parlor in the East Village. For those vegans and lactose-intolerant New Yorkers who had been longing for delectable non-dairy ice cream destination in NYC, you have met your match! With a daily rotating roster of amazing concoctions like blueberry pie, pistachio and mint-chip, as well as classic 1950′s ice cream parlor options like banana splits and root beer floats, no ice cream lover will walk away from this place empty handed. Lula’s ice creams are all made on the premises using coconut milk, soy milk and other nut milks. There are gluten-free & organic selections, as well compostable napkins and compostable to-go containers, so you can feel good about saving the planet while also being kind to animals and your waistline. The ambiance of this tiny parlor is charming as well – there is always Hank Williams playing on the jukebox, benches outside, and a beautiful community garden next door for ice cream savoring.

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The Sweet Life NY

Jill Fehrenbacher — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 03:44:44 +0000

The Sweet Life NY is an amazing gourmet candy, chocolate & sweet-things family owned shop which has been a landmark on the historic lower east side since 1982. The owners continuously search the world to bring their customers the highest quality, most delicious dried fruit and nuts, gourmet chocolates, coffees, teas, candies, and everything imaginable dipped in chocolate. The stores motto is “anything can be dipped in chocolate!” With their in-house chocolate dipping machines, The Sweet Life offers exclusive and fresh handmade products daily; including chocolate-dipped sandwiches, softy pops and pretzels. Inhabitat editor-in-chief Jill frequents this shop several times a week for their unbelievable marzipan and teas.

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Stogo Gourmet Dairy-Free Ice Cream

David Brodeur — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:10:15 +0000

Stogo uses only the finest ingredients to make their delicious dairy-free desserts. Every flavor in the shop is made from scratch without refined sugars, animal products, gluten, preservatives, or any artificial flavors. They only use sustainable and biodegradable materials for cups and utensils. Stogo also features vegan and raw desserts from local artisans like Babycakes, Cocoa V, ChocAlive, Conscious Nosh, Fine & Raw, and Nimbor.

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Cocoa V

Jessica Dailey — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 20:33:25 +0000

Brought to you by the same people who run Blossom, Cocoa V is a vegan chocolate boutique in Chelsea that sells 100 percent vegan, organic, and fair trade treats. They have a deliciously sweet selection of truffles, bon bons, baked goods, and special items like “milk” chocolate truffles, almond toffee, and cookies and cream bark. They use cocoa beans grown in the Dominican Republic and processed in Switzerland, and they make all of their chocolate in house, something you rarely see these days.

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Tu-Lu’s Gluten-Free Bakery

David Brodeur — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 15:58:18 +0000

Cupcakes, cookies, cakes, brownies, muffins — all gluten-free! If you can’t have gluten in your diet, never fear, you can still find sweet treats in New York. Tu-Lu’s has made it easy for anyone who’s on a gluten-free diet to enjoy a delicious dessert or baked good. Created by a gluten-intolerant gal, Tu-Lu’s baked treats taste just like their wheat-containing counterparts. All of the products are free of preservatives and hydrogenated oils. Stop by the East Village shop to satisfy your sweet tooth.

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Kyotofu

Adam Schwartz — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 22:28:48 +0000

Kyotofu is a sleek & chic Japanese bakery and desert bar that creates enchanting deserts made with all natural, healthful ingredients, including artisanal tofu – made fresh daily on the premises. Kyotofu also has a great seasonal menu of small plates and entrees that include Atatakai Cha Soba Noodles with warm green tea buckwheat noodles, mushroom daishi broth, shitake “bacon”, abura-age tofu.

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Babycakes

David Brodeur — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:14:34 +0000

BabyCakes offers all-natural, organic and delicious alternatives free from the common allergens: wheat, gluten, dairy, casein and eggs. Rest assured, all sweeteners have been chosen responsibly and used sparingly; most products are sweetened with agave nectar—a natural syrup from a cactus. BabyCakes makes a wide assortment of baked goods including cupcakes, cookies, muffins, and much more.

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Van Leeuwan Artisinal Ice Cream and Coffee

jennsmith — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 20:11:46 +0000

Thanks to the owners’ pure and uncompromising love of their product, Van Leeuwen is the best ice cream in the city (and quite possibly the entire country). In February 2010, the company opened its flagship brick-and-mortar location in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, and they opened a second storefront in Boerum Hill a year later. They make their ice cream upstate at Mercer’s Dairy, which is where they get all of their dairy products. Each batch is made from a classic cream, sugar cane, and egg yolk base, with absolutely no hormones, preservatives, or additives. They source their flavors from sustainable producers located all over the world: Sicilian pistachios, red currants from the Hudson Valley, and peppermint from Oregon, just to name a few. They also sell fair trade Intelligentsia coffee and local home-made baked goods. We should thank our lucky stars that the Van Leeuwens are now accessible year round!

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