Sweet and Decadent Unique Treats in the USA for the Holidays

Hello, dessert and sweet lovers. We have something special for you.

The Sweetest Day on Dr. Phil’s Morning On Merit Street national news and information show.

First, THANK YOU, Dr. Phil, for hosting us again on your Merit Street in the Morning National Morning show with our delicious and unique sweet treat destination list.

I love desserts, sweet treats, candies, cakes, cupcakes, and anything sweet. We’ve been traveling the USA coast-to-coast for years and compiled a list of some of the most creative, fresh, decadent, savory, and sweet treats everyone can enjoy.

If you are a true sweets lover, you’ll love this list. The great thing about this list is that you can visit one of the sweet treat locations in person to enjoy the sweet deliciousness or have them shipped. That’s right! Most can be shipped directly to your home, office, or anywhere with an address. It’s easy, and you can enjoy what we’ve been enjoying for years.

What is a sweet treat? A sweet treat is a unique and enjoyable food, such as candy, cookies, pies, pastries, desserts, donuts, chocolate bars, chocolate creations, and so much more. So many sweet treats are available that it’s truly an endless adventure. Sweet treats are good for your soul and can make you happy, pleasurable, and euphoric with every bite you take. 

I’ve been addicted to discovering the best for years. In my travels, I found some fantastic dessert locations, candy shops, cookie makers, confectionery creators, and many others. I wanted to share them with you so we can all enjoy some savory, sweet deliciousness for the holidays.

Buckle up! It’s time to ride the sweet train to Deliciousville: 

 

Uncle Julio’s Pinata

Uncle Julio’s Mexican Restaurants – 10 states 40 Locations

They are a from-scratch kitchen specializing in authentic inspirations from Mexico with a Texas twist and UNIQUE sweet and savory treats. The Chocolate Pinata is truly a unique sweet treat loved and shared by everyone. 

Trey’s Fav: Chocolate Pinata SHAREABLE. DELICIOUS. A one-of-a-kind unique smashable dessert is a hanging piñata of dark chocolate filled with homemade churros and fresh fruit. It can be shared, smashed, and dipped into our decadent sauces.

Website: https://unclejulios.com

 

 

Cheese Cake Factory Restaurants – 41 States 215 locations

The menu has over 250 dishes and sweet treats prepared fresh from scratch and made to order using the finest ingredients.

Dine-in seating, bar seating, take-out, TOGO and delivery offered in most locations.

Trey’s Fav: Riple Berry Bliss, Oreo Cheese Cake Extreme, Adams P.B. Fudge.

Website:https://www.thecheesecakefactory.com

 

Celebirty Chef Marissa at Cookie Society

Cookie Society – 3 Locations Texas

Family owned it is a bakery and dessert brand founded by Jeff and Marissa Allen, a husband and wife duo with a passion for creating unique and delectable treats.They make big, buttery gourmet cookies baked in the homestyle way, served straight from the oven, and shipped fresh. They’ve been featured on Oprah Winfrey esteemed “Favorite Things,” Dallas Morning News, Huffington Post, Bake Magazine, Rachael Ray Magazine, D Magazine and Trey’s Chow Down. They’ve also shone bright on acclaimed shows like Good Morning America, NBA Finals Champion Black Business, and Saturday Morning. 

Walk-in’s, take-out, TOGO, special orders, catering.

Trey’s Fav: Chocolate Chip, Salted Caramel, frosted Oatmeal, Snicker Doodle, Frosted Sugar

Website: https://cookiesociety.com

 

Mr. Apple New Orleans, Louisiana – Ships Nationally

Locally and family-owned offering hand-crafted gourmet candy apples, praline treats, and candies prepared in small batches. Their apples are some of the most DECADENT and UNIQUE SWEET TREATS we’ve discovered in our travels. 

Walk-in’s, take-out, and shipping nationally.

Trey’s FAVS: PRALINE COVERED APPLE

Website: https://www.misterapple.net/shop

 

Willa Jean Milk and Cookies

Willa Jean Southern Bakery and Restaurant – New Orleans, Louisiana

Chef Brian Mottola brings Willa Jean to life with fablous and unique sweet treats. Its a cherished bakery in New Orleans’ heart, known for its comforting southern fare. A favored spot for locals and visitors alike. They been featured on many national TV programs and became famous with their cookies and milk creation.

Restaurant seating, walk-ins and counter pick-ups, and TOGO orders.

Trey’s FAVS: The warm cookies and milk served with the cookie dough on the BEATER.

Website: https://www.willajean.com

 

Aunt Sally’s Creole Pralines and Shops – New Orleans, Louisiana

Made with their original family recipe and local ingredients, some of the most delicious pralines. Family-owned since 1935, you can taste the original family recipe that is unmistakably Aunt Sally’s Pralines with every bite. Offering serval different verisons of tasty pralines. 

Walk-ins, take-out, and custom order pick-ups are available.

Ships Pralines Nationally:  Classic and Creamy Pralines

Trey’s FAVS: Creamy Pralines

Website: https://auntsallys.com

 

Crumble Cookies – 980 USA Locations

Created in 2017 when co-founders Jason McGowan and Sawyer Hemsley teamed up on a quest to bake the perfect chocolate chip cookie, they dreamt of bringing people together over a box of the best cookies in the world.

Walk-ins, take-out, and custom order pick-ups are available.

Freshly Baked & Delivered Unique & Creative COOKIES

Trey’s FAVS: Cookies of the month – LTO’s

Website: https://crumblcookies.com

 

Barton G’s Over The Top Unique Sweet Treats

 

Barton G Restaurants – Miami Beach, and Orlando, FL and Los Angeles, CA

A Restaurant and bar offering famous over the top unique sweet treats that are truly unforgettable. They offer seating and reservations are suggested for all locations.

Trey’s FAVS: Over the Top MASSIVE desserts displayed like artwork.

Trey’s FAVS: Dollar Dollar Bill Y’all – GOLD BRICK JEWEL

Trey’s FAVS: Marie Antoinette – Cotton Candy Statute

Website: //www.bartong.com

 

Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory – USA Locations

Freshly prepared custom candy snacks, truffles, caramels, English toffee, caramel apples, and more

Walk-in’s, take-out, TOGO, and Nation-wide shipping

Trey’s FAVS: Gourmet English Toffee, Caramel Apples and Caramels.

BRYD’S Cookie Co. Showroom

Website: https://www.rmcf.com

 

BYRD’s Cookie Company – Savannah, Georgia

A family owned famous bakery with over 100 Years of delicious hand-crafted cookies and Rice Crispy Treats. 

Walk-ins, take-out, and custom order pick-ups are available.

Trey’s FAVS: Georgia Peach, Lemonade, and Key Line Cooler COOKIES

Website: https://www.byrdcookiecompany.com

 

River Street Sweets – Southern USA Locations.

Walk-ins, take-out, and custom order pick-ups are available.

Savannah, GA; Charleston, SC; Myrtle Beach, ATL; Ashbury Park, NJ; Greenville, SC; and Sarasota, FL.

Hand-crafted sweets, candies, bear claws, chocolates, fudge, and world-famous pralines.

Trey’s Fav: FUDGE and PRALINES

Website: https://www.riverstreetsweets.com/collections/all

 

Sweet Kiss BRIGADEIRO Showroom

Sweet Kiss Brigadeiro – Kansas City, Missouri

Brazil’s most beloved sweets and truffles are hand-crafted. Sweet Treat location and Shipping Nation-wide

Walk-ins, take-out, and custom order pick-ups are available.

Trey’s FAVS: Custom Brigadeiro sweet treat box 4-, 8-, 15-, and 30-piece box sets

Website: https://sweetkissbrigadeiro.com

 

Baked Bread & Pastry Company – Granbury, Texas

Chef-driven hand-crafted sweets, pastries, bread, sandwiches, and more—cozy bakery sitting like a European sidewalk cafe.

Cozy bakery sitting, walk-ins, and take-out are available.

Trey’s FAV: Scones, Cookies, Cinnamon Rolls, Fruit Danish, and Chocolate Croissants

Website: https://bakedgranbury.com/menu

 

Cinful Sweets and Chef Cynthia

Cinful Sweets – Austin, Texas

Chef-driven extraordinary treats are handmade in our Austin, Texas, kitchen using nothing but the finest quality ingredients. So, if you love chocolate, you’ve come to the right place. Truly unforgettable!

Walk-ins, take-out, custom orders, pick-up, and shipping are available.

Trey’s FAVS: Hand-Crafted sweet treats, statutes, artwork, confections, dessert bars, bonbons and more

Website: https://cinfulsweets.com

 

 

Ena’s Secret Bake – Tampa, Florida

Chef-driven unforgettable hand-crafted Cuban sweets and pastries.

Walk-in’s, Dine-in seating and take-out available

Trey’s FAV: Everything we tried was unforgettable and loaded with flavor.

K & J Elegant Pastries and Chef Kristal

Website: https://www.instagram.com/ena.s.secret.bake/?hl=en

 

K & J Elegant Pastries – Birmingham, Alabama

A chef-driven custom cake shop by celebirty chef Kristal Bryant specializing in crazy sweet treats, shakes, cupcakes, pastries, and cookies. The original creator of the KOLLOSAL MILKSHAKES. She’s been featured on Food Network, Travel Chanel, Southern Living, Cosmopolitan Magazine, Trey’s Chow Down and many others. K and J is a place where chef kristal is a true originator of UNIQIE sweet treats. A must visit for your sweet tooth. 

Walk-ins, Dine-in, take-out counters, and custom orders are accepted.

Trey’s FAVS: Hand-crafted Crazy Shakes, Cookies and Cup Cakes.

Website: https://www.kjselegantpastries.com/shakes

 

Delicious Candy Pickles Factory – Desto, Texas

First original hand-crafted candy pickle company. Over 250 flavors of delicious candy pickles that will blow your mind. Ceator and confectionioner Heather Perkins is a true and UNIQUE SWEET creator that believes in making people happy with evry bite they take of her candied pickles. A must visit to enjoy! 

Walk-in’s, TOGO, Pick-up, and Shipping Nation-wide

Trey’s FAVS: Any candy pickles

Website: linktr.ee/deliciouscandypickles

 

The Peach Cobbler Flight

Peach Cobbler Factory – USA Locations

The Peach Cobbler Factory is home to the world’s most unique offering of desserts under one roof! You can enjoy warm, delicious cobblers with ice cream, banana puddings, savory, sweet cinnamon rolls, Pudd-N Shakes, Bigger & Better Cookies, Bigger & Better Brownies, Churro Stix w/Dipping Sauces, Belgian Waffles, and more! Wash it down with our Made-in-House Sweet Peachy Tea or Cold Rush Cold Brew Coffee.

Walk-in’s welcome, take-out, dine-in, custom orders pick-up available

Trey’s Fav: Peach Cobbler Flight

Website: https://www.peachcobblerfactory.com

 

Mason Pickle Restaurant, Cocktails, & French DIP – New York. New York

It’s known for its signature delicious French Dips, but the 24-layer Chocolate Dip is UNFORGETTABLE.

Restaurant, bar seating, walk=in’s and take-out available.

Trey’s FAV: Twenty-Four Layer ONE pound Chocolate Cake that’s so decedent you will have naughty dreams about it.

POMPADOUR of Beverly Hills

Website: https://www.maisonpickle.com

 

POMPADOUR of Beverly Hills – Beverly Hills, California

Located in the most opulent city in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, this is the place to be if you want to schmooze with Hollywood icons and shop with local elites. They offer customized cakes, unique and decadent pastries, macarons, pistachio delight, pistachio eclairs, and so much more. You must visit them for savory, sweet deliciousness.

Walk-ins, seating, and take-out are available.

Trey’s FAVS: Pastry Treats, Custom Cakes, Macarons, Viennoiserie, MONO Tarts, and more.

Website: https://www.pompadourorders.com

 

Bisous Bisous Patisserie – Uptown Dallas, Texas

Chef-driven, award-winning hand-crafted French pastries, cakes, Macarons, and much more.

Walk-ins, sidewalk seating, orders, and take-out.

Hand-crafted pastries, cakes, Macarons and so much more.

Trey’s FAV: Macarons, cakes, cruffins, danishes and croissants

Website: https://bisous-bisous.com/pages/menu

 

Sugar Factory USA Locations

Sugar Factory Restaurants & Candy Shops – USA Locations

With locations in some of the world’s most cosmopolitan cities, including Las Vegas, New York City, Bahrain, Chicago, Miami, Dubai, Orlando and Manila, Sugar Factory is known the world over for its celebrity-endorsed Couture Pops, which have turned sweets into the latest designer accessory. Over the top smokey goblets, sundaes, brunch dishes, and burgers. They’ve received widespread media attention from People Magazine, the Daily Mail, US Weekly, Entertainment Tonight, Extra, Trey’s Chow Down, and more.

Restaurants, walk-ins, and take-out are available.

Trey’s FAVS: The Smokey Giblets, Monster Sundaes, and Monster Burgers.

Website: https://www.sugarfactory.com

 

Fruit Riot Nature’s Candy –  USA Retail Locations

Real Fruit, Unreal Flavor. Frozen grapes, mango, and pineapple splashed with lemon juice and coated in a sour candy-coating. Only 45 calories per serving.

Walk-in’s to over 3000 locations, and Shipping Nation-wide

Trey’s Fav: Sour Grapes, Pineapple, and Mango

fonuts Unique Sweet Donut Treats

Website: https://fruitriot.co

 

fonut donuts – Los Angeles & Studio City, California

Two locations for dine-in, pick up and they ship Nationally for fonuts at home.

The enlightened donut baked NOT fried, Gluten free, and riddled with flavor in every bite.

Trey’s FAV: The fonuts all flavors and cookies

Website: https://www.fonuts.com

 

KILWINS SWEET TREATS – USA Locations

146 locations in twenty-six states and Shipping Nationally.

Since 1947, Kilwins has provided high-quality fresh chocolates, ice cream, and hand-crafted confections.

Walk-ins, Take-out, and TOGO, and some have limited sidewalk seating.

Trey’s FAV: All fresh hand-crafted MACKINAC ISLAND Fudge, confections, and ice cream treats

Website: https://www.kilwins.com

 

Mercantile and Mash Unique Sweets

Mercantile and Mash – Charleston, SC

Located in the historic Cigar Factory, Mercantile is an emporium of gourmet chef-driven culinary experiences. Offerings include a grab-and-go menu, coffee bar, butcher shop, pastry destination, chef’s counter, wine shop, and an elevated grocery program featuring products from local and regional vendors and purveyors.

Walk-in’s, Dine-in, take-out, TOGO and special orders accepted 

Trey’s Fav: The cakes and pastries 

Website: https://www.mercandmash.com

 

LA Sweetz Cupcakes – Miami, Florida 

Maimi’s famous award-winning UNIQUE cupcakes, cakes, and cake jars. Their founder and head chef, Letty Alvarez, has crafted a brand that goes beyond the frosting, rooted in a journey that began with hard work, determination, and a daring dream. From the heart of South Miami’s Sunset Place, Letty’s family-run bakery emerged, becoming a haven for those craving a taste of something extraordinary. LA Sweetz Cupcakes quickly rose to prominence, earning the spotlight on Food Network’s Cupcake Wars, TLC’s Cake Boss & The Next Great Baker, Sugar Showdown, Unique Sweets, and other culinary competitions worldwide. Featured on food network, cupcake wars, Martha Stewart weddings, People, Cooking Channel and more.

Walk-in’s, Dine-in seating, TOGO, take-out, and Shipping Nation-wide 

Trey’s Fav: Flavorful Mini Cupcakes, and Cake jars 

Website:https://lasweetz.com/home

 

Bonnie’s Donuts, MASSIVE Cinnamon Rolls, Apple Fritters, Unique Sweet Treats and More.

 

Bonnie’s Donuts & Cinnamon Rolls – League City, Texas

Walk-ins, take-out, and limited seating are available. (MUST pre-order big cinnamon rolls and donuts)

Hand-crafted regular donuts and Texas size cinnamon rolls and donuts. #3, #5, and #10 pound cinnamon rolls and donuts.

Trey’s FAV:  TEXAS SIZE CINNAMON ROLLS and DONUTS

Website: https://www.facebook.com/BonniesDonuts

 

Brian Freeze Massive Unique Treats

Brian Freeze HTX, Houston, Texas

Cozy dessert shop preparing fresh, colorful, frozen treats & fruit-based drinks in Mason jars. Crazy over the over-the-top creations.

Walk-in’s, Take-out, Limited Seating and parking

Trey’s Favs: Everything they make

Website: https://www.facebook.com/BrainfreezeTexas/?_rdr

 

Thomas Craft Confections – Breham, Texas

After over 20 years of making sweets in celebrated kitchens worldwide, Chef Adam Thomas launched his brand, Thomas Craft Confections, in Brenham, TX. The rest is history, and now they are world famous for their sweet and savory confections.

Walk-in’s, Take-out, TOGO, and Shipping Nation-wide

Trey’s Favs: Butter Toffee, Milk Chocolate Covered Caramelized Pecans

Website: https://thomascraftconfections.com/confections/

 

Spot Dessert Bar Unique Sweet Treats

Spot Dessert Bar 4 Locations New York & Cherry Hill, NJ

Spot brings together decades of restaurant and cooking experience to create a dessert concept that emphasizes tradition and innovation. Think colorful, unique, and flavorful  Western-style desserts influenced by Eastern flavors.

Walk-in’s, Take-out, and Dine- in Seating 

Trey’s Favorite is the Harvest Dessert, served with raspberry sorbet on a bed of Oreo crumbs, homemade raspberry foam, and fresh Earl Grey milk tea. 

Website: https://www.spotdessertbar.com/about-us

 

Rock Island Candy Company – Chickasha OK

A small family-run candy shop with a large selection of fresh candies, custom mixes, box candy, and more. 

In April 2022, they purchased a renovated pop-up trailer and attended any event they were invited to in Chickasha, Oklahoma, and the surrounding areas. They had no idea how well received their little candy shop would be. They have a NEW storefront candy shop in downtown Chickasha, Ok.

Trey’s Fav: Fresh candies, gift boxes, and Snackle Boxes

Website: https://www.rockislandcandy.com/about-us

 

Joy Macarons Unique Sweet Treats

Joy MACARONS – Dallas and Fort Worth, TX

Their hardworking kitchen team strives each day to create exceptional French macarons, Texas-size macarons ice cream, and ice cream sandwiches using high-quality, real ingredients. All JOY Macarons products are gluten-free.

Walkin-in’s, Take-out, some have limited seating, Shipping Nation-wide 

Trey’s Fav: Texas size macarons ice cream sandwiches 

Website: https://www.joymacarons.com/menus/

 

FIREMAN DEREK’S Bake Shop – Locations Miami, FL 

Former Miami firefighter and Division-I football player Derek Kaplan, pie-lover and dessert extraordinaire, everything is baked from their award-winning shops from scratch. Fireman Derek’s Bake Shop focuses on bringing big flavors and smiles to our customers.

Walk-in’s, TOGO, Take-out, and Dine-in seating.

Trey’s Fav: Chocolate Peanut Butter No Bake Pie, Red Velvet Cheesecake Shake, Cheery Cheesecake Shake

Website: https://firemandereks.com/about/

 

Lady Fortunes Unique Sweet Treats

Lady Fortunes – Canoga Park, CA 

Since 2004, Lady Fortunes has been manufacturing UNIQUE gourmet cookie and confection gifts and shipping nation-wide. They have been featured in publications like Entrepreneur Magazine, Macworld, Glamour, InStyle, ellen degeneres show, CNBC, food network, ABC, NBC, and many others. 

Shipping Nation-wide 

Trey’s Favs: GAINT fortune cookies and photo and logo cookies 

Website: https://www.ladyfortunes.com

 

Whiskey Cake Kitchen and Bar – USA Locations 

They’re serving up tasty farm-to-kitchen dishes and cocktails out of their from-scratch-only kitchen and bar. UNIQUE Sweet treats so savory and delicious you will naughty dreams about them. 

Restaurants, dine-in, TOGO, take-out, and special orders

Trey’s Fav: WHISKEY CAKE 

Website: https://www.whiskeycake.com

 

FREEDS BAKERY & DESSERTS – Las Vegas, Nevada

Baking sweet memories since 1959 and family operated. Offering chef-driven, creative, and fresh custom cakes, cupcakes, pastries, cookies, macarons, cheesecakes, and king cakes. They’ve been Voted BEST of Las Vegas for over 40 YEARS. They’ve become one of the most famous bakeries with many television appearances and featured on Food Networks’ “Vegas Cakes” for their unique creations. 

Walk-ins, take-out, special orders, and same-day delivery are available.

Trey’s FAVS: Anything they offer 

Website:https://freedsbakery.com

 

Yonutz Unique Sweet Treats. Smashed Donut, Smashed Shake, and Donuts

 

Yonutz Awesome and Unique Dessert Shops – USA Locations 

A world where the ordinary is smashed! Hand-crafted fresh smashed donuts, smashed milkshakes, custom donuts andmore. They’re truly unique and prepared fresh to order at each location. 

Walk-in’s, dine-in seating, TOGO, take-out, and catering

Trey’s Fav: Smashed Donuts and Smashed Shakes 

Website:https://yonutz.com/about/

 

Sprinkles – USA Locations

Sprinkles makes real celebrations taste better with premium, baked-fresh daily cupcakes, cakes, chocolates, cookies, and more. Since 2005, Sprinkles has innovated its way to an ever-growing, loyal fan base for its unexpected flavors, on-demand Cupcake ATMs, convenient online ordering, and steadily expanding footprint of design-forward bakeries coast to coast.

Walk-in’s, TOGO, Shipping Nation-wide, 24-hour cupcake ATM’s – aka sweet treat machines

Trey’s Fav: ATM Machines, cupcakes, cookies, and cakes

Website: https://sprinkles.com/pages/locations

 

The Yard Milkshake Bar Unique Sweet Treats

The Yard Milkshake Bar – USA Locations

The Yard Milkshake Bar was created by the husband-and-wife team of Logan and Chelsea Green. Chelsea knew she wanted it to be like no other dessert place she had ever been to and decided that crazy specialty milkshakes is just what they were looking for. That’s whenThe Yardwas born.

Walk-in’s, dine-in seating, TOGO, take-out, special orders, Nation-wide shipping

Trey’s Fav’s: Mason Jar Desserts, Icecream Cakes

Website:https://www.the-yard-milkshake-bar.com

 

RINGS DONUTS and COFFEE – Dallas, TX 

Hand-crafted fresh prepared donuts using only the highest quality ingredients. They specialize in baked-from-scratch daily JUMBO DONUTS, donuts, kolaches, croissants, cookies, and chocolate-covered strawberries, and they offer an expresso bar. 

Walk-in’s, Take-out, special orders, jumbo donuts 

Trey’s Fav: Jumbo Donuts and Kolaches 

Pure Milk and Honey Unique Sweet Treats

Website: https://www.ringsdonuts.com

 

Pure Milk and Honey – Dallas, TX 

It all started with a dream for better UNIQUE treats. At Pure Milk & Honey they are passionate about using natural, tasty, and wholesome ingredients. Their soft-serve ice cream is creamy and sweetened with just the right amount of quality honey to illuminate your taste buds and satisfy your sweet tooth. That’s right, HONEY! They use fresh and local Texas milk from a certified organic dairy farm, too.  To abide by their dedication to quality and natural ingredients, they do not add artificial colors or flavors to our ice cream, thus preserving the milk’s purest form. They only use raw honey and honeycombs that are 100% pure and natural.  They come from a local certified bee farm that manages their prized honey with the utmost care.  They love that something as sweet and delicious as pure honey can also have an assortment of positive health benefits. Their treats are so tasty that they are addicting. 

Walk=in’s, Dine-in seating, TOGO, Take-out and Delivery 

Trey’s Fav:  Everything they make! I LOVE this place. LOVE! 

Website:https://www.puremilkandhoney.com/about

 

P.F. Chang’s Asian Restaurants – 40 States 214 locations

America’s number one Asian bistro. They take pride in bringing life to every dish through the ancient art of wok cooking. Grounded in the rich flavors of Asian cuisine and presented with a modern twist, their purposeful ingredients elevate each of our expertly crafted recipes.

Dine-in seating, bar seating, take-out, TOGO and delivery offered in most locations.

Sweet Treat Display #2: Banana Spring Rolls

The DOLLY LAMA Unique Sweet Treats

Website: https://www.pfchangs.com

 

The Dolly Loma Waffle Master – USA Locations

Well… Dolly is a real llama who lives on a beautiful farm in the South of France. She brings joy to everyone she meets and had a particularly positive impact on one of our founders. If you know your llama facts, you know that llamas are social, friendly, and outgoing animals who generally love people! Dolly, the French little llama, is all that and more!

 

Inspired to create a unique dessert concept, the founders agreed that Dolly would be the perfect representation for their ice cream and waffle brand. Dolly brings all that fun llama spirit into creative dessert concoctions, happy customers, and great, fun vibes! They are a genuinely unique, sweet creator and a must-visit.

Dine-in, walk-in’s, TOGO, and special orders

Website: https://thedollyllamaus.com/locations/

 

Black Tap Craft Burgers and Beer – USA Locations 

It was SoHo in the 80’s and 90’s. The ‘hood was one of squeegee men and subway tags. Of working artists in spattered studios. Of boomboxes, blasting Run DMC, Tribe, De La Soul. that was then and this is now. Black Tap is keeping that timeless NYC vibe alive, all over the world. And the food? Well, the food’s just off the hook. They’ve got an A-list of legendary burgers that sweep awards like Meryl Streep. Outrageous CRAZYSHAKE® that nearly breaks the internet regularly. Wings that wow with flavor. Veggie options that raise the game. And, of course, a beer list worthy of our name. It’s truly a UNIQUE sweet destination with the Outrageous CRAZYSHAKE®

Dine-in, walk-in’s, bar-seating, TOGO, take-out and shake bar.

Website:https://blacktap.com

 

 

Peppermint Bark – Willams Sonoma USA 

Their nostalgic peppermint bark is the BEST I’ve ever enjoyed. It is often copied but never matched in quality or flavor. The once-a-year favorite is crafted using the finest ingredients, including custom-blended chocolate and double-distilled peppermint oil, and finished with a snowfall of peppermint candy pieces. The result is an unforgettable holiday confection with a perfect harmony of flavors and textures in every bite. “It is a Williams Sonoma exclusive.”

Trey’s Fav: Peppermint Bark, Salted Peppermint Bark, Dark Chocolate Peppermint. ( Bark Sampler) 

Website: https://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/peppermint-bark/?position=0&sbkey=default

 

 

One of my favorite spots in the USA located in New Orleans. . This is a must-visit if you love to eat in a fun, vibrant, cozy, and historical atmosphere. You will have unforgettable lasting memories until you return.

Arnaud’s Restaurant – New Orleans, LA 
A New Orleans icon steeped in over 100 years of rich history and culinary deliciousness, Arnaud Cazenave, a colorful French wine salesman, opened the grand New Orleans restaurant that bears his name with a commitment to serving quality Creole cuisine. Arnaud believed, quite simply, that the pursuit of the pleasures of the table is as worthy as anything else one chooses to pursue in life. A must-visit for fresh and unique sweet treats.

Walk-in’s, and bar seating but reservations are highly recommended.

Trey’s Favs: Banana Foster and any of their sweet treats because I’ve had all of them!

Website: https:https://www.arnaudsrestaurant.com/about/
 

 

Please enjoy our sweet treats. Save the article and refer back to it when you need something sweet, you want to send someone a gift, or you need something for the holidays. It doesn’t matter the listr will be good anytime to satisfy sweet tooth cravings.

Trey (Chow Down) Chapman

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Have you ever taken a bite of something so delicious that you thought to yourself, “I have to tell someone about this!” I’m sure you have because we all feel that way sometimes. It doesn’t matter if it’s savory, sweet, or both, we just want to tell someone about how perfect a dish was. After traveling around in 2021, eating and visiting with chefs and restaurant folks, I had an idea. I wanted to spread a little deliciousness among my friends; I wanted to share with everyone the BEST DISHES I ATE in 2021.

2021 was our most successful year at locating creative chefs and delicious dishes. We traveled through 10 different states, logging our most miles ever and visiting a record number of chefs and restaurants. I wanted to highlight some of the most unique and delicious dishes you should try in 2022.  These are my top restaurants with dishes, and there’s a big variety so there’s something for everyone!

I enjoyed visiting and eating with some of the best chefs and restaurant folks in the business. Each dish has been carefully chosen and is a chef-driven dish prepared by the best! They only use fresh ingredients, vegetables, and spices to create some bold, modern flavor profiles that everyone will love. Most of the eats are simple dishes that are prepared with passion, love, and creativity.  Remember, a simple dish is sometimes the most difficult to facilitate because all parts must be complete perfection. I believe that in most cases simple is better because it gives each ingredient that culinary jingle to create deliciousness.

The 50 Best Burgers in North Texas 2021

Howdy Burger Lovers!

I’m honored to present this year’s BEST burger winners. Any burger on my list is here because they are fresh and delicious. Please support local and try all of these burgers. Below at the end of the blog we created a full color poster of this years winners. You may screen shot from your phone or print it off and plan your BURGER adventures of 2021. By saving our list you will have instance reference for your barbecue cravings. 

WOW! What a year 2020 was for the restaurant, food, and culinary world. In my five decades in the restaurant business, I’ve seen disasters of all types and nothing comes close to the devastating effect Covid-19 had on our economy. Restaurants, chefs, pitmasters, and restauranteurs had to make big changes if they wanted to survive the pandemic. Nationwide, we lost over 251,000 restaurants forever and 2.5 million restaurant jobs at the latest estimate. The good thing is that NOW we are on the mend and the Texas economy is in full giddy-up mode! This is why it’s so important to support local restaurants to keep us in giddy-up mode.

Even though things were crazy due to Covid-19 we still worked hard reporting on food and hunting down the best burgers we could locate in North Texas. The pandemic allowed us plenty of extra time to chow down on some tasty burgers; it also allowed burger creators time to come up with some new delicious and creative burgers for all of us to enjoy. If you follow me, you know how much I enjoy a great and tasty burger.  This is our seventh year for the BEST BURGER contest in Texas and I’m excited to tell everyone about my delicious burger discoveries.

Did you know that burgers are one of the most sought-after sandwiches in the world? The burger business is crazy in the U.S.A. I don’t have the newly updated numbers of burgers sold in 2020 during the pandemic (and it would be an oddly skewed amount), so we are using the last updated numbers. A national research company states that we sell 6.48 million burgers a day, and around 75 burgers a second! What? Yes, 75 burgers a second! This roughly breaks down as 4,500 burgers every minute, 270,000 every hour, 6.48 million a day, and 2.36 billion burgers a year. A worldwide research study states we sell 50 billion a year worldwide. 50 Billion a year that to me is shocking, but I know how many folks just love a succulent, savory, and delicious burger.

Unique Texas-Size Shareable Dishes

Wow, what a year 2020 was for the restaurant and service industry, and not in a good way. Thank goodness it’s over and we can move on down the road.

If you follow me then you know I’m extremely passionate about food, drink, creative chefs, awesome service folks, and the restaurants and grub pubs that host us. Last July I started pondering on what I could do to help support local restaurants, chefs, and the service industry. Something that was different, exciting and fun!  I wanted to create something special that hadn’t been tried before. After tossing a few ideas around, the big light in the oven came on, and there it was, swirling around in my brain like berries in a blender. A fantastic and outrageous idea!

I created an outrageous, Texas-sized over-the-top menu full of unique, creative, colorful, delicious, and some massive dishes. These dishes would have to be Chef-driven, very large, creative, and delicious. A few are just simply unique but also delicious. True foodies and couples will love these dishes. They can be shared, used as food challenges, or just eaten because you love food. Whatever the reason, this menu sparks your foodie senses and will make you want to take a trip straight to Delicious-Ville. #Deliciousville

I got together with ten North Texas chefs to discuss my ideas, and some of those chefs even created new and special dishes just for the new Trey’s Chow Down Menu. I also located dishes that had already been created but would fit with the new menu. We have everything from breakfast to dinner;  Burgers, BBQ, Seafood, Steaks, and more!

I made trips all over North Texas and tried every single dish myself. I watched the dishes being created and then I chowed down like a pig at the trough. What I ended up with was some unbelievably amazing dishes that are not only delicious and creative, but they are memorable as well. Dishes you can’t and won’t forget!

When you see these dishes, they are visually R.I.D.I.C.U.L.O.U.S! Every single person will say something like, “OMG, WTH Is That!” Believe me – I know because that’s all I’ve heard for the last eight months while working on this new menu.

Forsure “Sum Dang Good Chinese” In Dallas!

Delicious Eats at Trinity Groves in Dallas.

If you follow me on social media, or you’re one of the millions of foodies we reach each year then you’re aware I’m always on the hunt for the next new and creative concept. In the last three months of the pandemic crisis, it’s made it impossible for new restaurants to open. We’ve had a large number of them close, and sadly, more will follow.

When I got an email about a new restaurant opening its doors during the COVID-19 crisis my immediate thought response was, NO WAY... This has to be wrong? A new restaurant with an opening date?

Nope, I stand corrected!

When I found out it was a Phil Romano concept I was truly excited that a restaurant wanted to open and share a new concept with North Texans during a crisis.

Phil Romano is passionate about the restaurant business. If he decides to open a new concept, then you better believe it’s going to be fun and exciting.

It was opening in one of my favorite destination spots in North Texas for dining, drinking, socializing, and sweet treats. Yep, Trinity Groves in Dallas, Texas!