Take A Road Trip To Mouthwatering Bakeries, Ice Cream Parlors, And Candy Shops Along This Magical Connecticut Dessert Trail
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Lisa Sammons
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Fans of sweets should be pretty pleased with any trip through the Nutmeg State. A drive through our borders will take you to all kinds of amazing shops filled with candy, cookies, cupcakes, and ice cream. It’s enough to make you feel like a kid in a candy store! Next time you’re chasing that sweet feeling, we’ve got just the treat for you: a dessert road trip in Connecticut to some of our best sugary-sweet shops.
Your first stop will be Grassroots Ice Cream in Granby. It's a part of Deep Roots Street Food, so if you want to eat a meal before indulging in all these desserts, this is the perfect place.
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Grassroots Ice Cream, On the Town Green, 4 Park Pl, Granby, CT 06035, USA
You'll find homemade ice cream here in the yummiest and most inventive of flavors. Sure, you can get "normal" options like chocolate chip or vanilla, but you can also indulge in Samoa, coffee chocolate peanut butter cup, goat cheese and blackberry, and more. The flavors are constantly rotating, so you never know what sort of creative choices you'll find.
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After enjoying that ice cream, it's time to head to Glastonbury for Dee's One Smart Cookie . This is a unique bakery in that it's gluten-free, dairy-free, and peanut/soy/tree-nut free.
Dee's One Smart Cookie Bakery, 103 New London Turnpike, Glastonbury, CT 06033, USA
Don't feel like you have to have a specialized diet to eat here - this place has some phenomenal sweet treats that are delicious whether you typically eat gluten or not. There are plenty of sugar-free and vegan offerings available, too!
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For your next stop, you'll head to Sweet Mia's, a boutique bakery in Plantsville owned by a mother-daughter team who love sweets.
Sweet Mia's Gourmet Cupcakes, 859 Marion Ave, Plantsville, CT 06479, USA
You'll find just about everything here. There's cupcakes (of course), cake pops, cookies, brownies, macarons, crumb cakes, cannoli: if it's a dessert, it's probably available at Sweet Mia's.
The next stop on this dessert road trip is the delicious Scratch Baking in Milford. This is one of our favorite bakeries in Connecticut.
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Scratch Baking, 84 Broad St, Milford, CT 06460, USA
Not only will you find amazing desserts here, like cookies, brownies, and cakes, but you can also pick up from a small selection of more health-conscious items, like sandwiches made from their homemade breads.
Last but certainly not least, your trip will take you to Lucibello's Italian Pastry Shop. This amazing spot is one of the oldest bakeries in Connecticut, having opened up way back in 1929.
Lucibello's Italian Pastry Shop, 935 Grand Ave, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
Obviously, that type of longevity speaks to amazing quality, and that's certainly what you'll find here. Everything is baked fresh daily and will make you feel like you were transported straight to Italy!
What an incredible (and tasty) trip! Did we miss your favorite bakery or sweet shop in Connecticut? Share your thoughts in the comments!
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