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If it's something Brooklyn does amazingly well, it's create the most incredible desserts. Here's some of our favorites, assembled by The Nielsen Sadownick Team from our Brooklyn Heights office.
Ice Cream Parlor · Boerum Hill · 131 tips and reviews
The Corcoran Group: This artisan ice cream shop uses fresh hormone and antibiotic free milk and cream from local farms, cane sugar and egg yolks. And it's also delicious. Try the Earl Grey Tea in their organic cone.
196 Court St (btwn Congress & Wyckoff St.), Brooklyn, NY
Ice Cream Parlor · Boerum Hill · 49 tips and reviews
The Corcoran Group: Their "Elemental" flavors are certified organic and described as classic and straightforward. Best flavor is their Maple ice cream but we suggest you go back many times to try them all.
The Corcoran Group: Whoopie pies are a favorite at this beautifully designed bakery. Add a Stumptown iced coffee filled with coffee ice cubes and you'll really have yourself something to scream, "Whoopeeee" about!
The Corcoran Group: Go for breakfast and then go again for after dinner dessert. This bakery is designed with their savvy sweets loving customers in mind. If you haven't already, try their whoopie pies.
Donut Shop · East Williamsburg · 182 tips and reviews
The Corcoran Group: There are new flavors every day in this vegan doughnut shop. Go there early to make sure you get your pick of flavors. Of course by "pick of flavors", we mean pick one of each!
The Corcoran Group: Visit here for their egg creams, soda floats or ice cream sundaes but stay for the decor. The refurbished shop has some of the original pharmacy features and decorated as a cute soda fountain shop!
The Corcoran Group: You won't know what you've been missing until you've tried one of their salted pie slices. Salty Honey or Salted Caramel Apple Pie -- can't go wrong either way. Your stomach will thank you.
The Corcoran Group: Warm yourself up with a cup of spiced hot chocolate during the winter or cool down with a chocolate brownie sundae during the summer. Remember to save room for the flourless chocolate cake!
The Corcoran Group: This is a place that Willy Wonka would be jealous of. State of the art machines produce perfect morsels of chocolates to eat or buy as gifts for that special someone.
Donut Shop · Bedford-Stuyvesant · 376 tips and reviews
The Corcoran Group: An array of gooey glazed doughnuts line the displays for your to drool over in this donut shop. Try the hibiscus, blood orange, dulce de leche, cafe au lait. Then go back tomorrow and repeat.
The Corcoran Group: Locally grown organic fruits and herbs are chosen to mix into these deliciously refreshing frozen pops. Our favorite is the strawberry rhubarb.
The Corcoran Group: Here's a place you can go to get creative with your desserts! Cover your fro-yo swirl with your favorite toppings for a colorful kaleidoscope that's pretty to look at and edible.
415 Graham Ave (btwn Withers and Frost St), Brooklyn, NY
Bakery · Williamsburg · 128 tips and reviews
The Corcoran Group: Sweet or savory? Pie or cake? This choose your own adventure bakery will lead you to a happy ending no matter which dessert you choose to complete your meal with!
The Corcoran Group: The scent of baked sugar wafts out of Almondine Bakery every morning and before you know it, your nose will lead you into the bakery. Order an assortment of French macaroons or an almond croissant!
The Corcoran Group: Plaque on the door commemorates this as the first Häagen-Dazs in the world opened on November 16, 1976. Use this fact as an excuse to visit this historically relevant site to buy a cone or two.
335 Union Ave (btwn Maujer St & Borinquen Pl), Brooklyn, NY
Cupcake Shop · East Williamsburg · 57 tips and reviews
The Corcoran Group: Try the Coquito cupcake! Did you know that the proper way to eat a cupcake is to twist off the cake bottom and sandwich the icing? Don't say we never taught you anything.
Cupcake Shop · Central Slope · 19 tips and reviews
The Corcoran Group: Buy cupcakes a la carte or sign up for one of their classes to learn the secrets. Either choice is a win-win because you'll go home with some very delectable cupcakes.
The Corcoran Group: You'll feel like you landed on the board of Candyland when you walk into this shop. Fill a bag with sweet goodies. Don't miss the incredible lollipop ceiling display on your way to the finish line!
Frozen Yogurt Shop · Central Slope · 96 tips and reviews
The Corcoran Group: Make sure you get the key lime special (when they have it) OR the balsamic sauce in the classic original yogurt. Just not together at the same time.