10 Best Sweets And Dessert Spots In Houston, Texas

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Charisse
Charisse 
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Who doesn’t love sweets? Especially after a sumptuous meal or just a random craving in the middle of the day, which everybody encounters, your taste buds are definitely seeking for something sweet to satisfy your sweet tooth. Houston, Texas, offers a number of these dessert spots that offers hearty, delicious and award-winning sweets and desserts that everyone loves. Whether you are craving for a moist and gooey chocolate cupcake, a tangy and zesty lemon cake, a sweet but all-natural pop, heavenly tasty ice cream or be experimental and unique with a snowflake ice cream that melts in your mouth, you can never go wrong with these desserts. Definitely, life is better and sweeter with desserts and for once, don’t mind gaining those extra calories! Read on to know more about the best sweets and dessert spots in Houston, Texas.

1. Red Dessert Dive

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Posted by Red Dessert Dive on Thursday, 28 February 2019

Red Dessert Dive is a funky restaurant that is driven by passion from the owner’s parents. With that burning passion, came about this eclectic dessert shop that takes pride in using the highest quality of ingredients and baking the pastries hot and fresh, every day. Their menu offers a limited number of offerings of each item so if you want a box or more of their sumptuous Salted Caramel Brownie, you have to order online. They also offer hot Cappuccino, Flat White or the good old Hot Chocolate to complement your Butter Croissant or Muffin. Don’t forget their local craft beer and fine wine during their happy hours, Monday to Friday, from 4 pm to 7 pm. They also have a gluten-free/vegan-friendly menu!

Red Dessert Dive

Address: 1045 Studewood, Houston, Texas 77008

Website: Red Dessert Dive

Opening hours: Tues - Thurs: 7am- 8pm; Fri: 7am-10pm; Sat: 8am -10pm; Sun: 8am-6pm (closed on Mondays)

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2. Common Bond Café & Bakery

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Posted by Common Bond Cafe and Bakery on Sunday, 30 September 2018

Common Bond Café & Bakery believes that the common bond that people have whether of a different race, age or beliefs, is over good food, hence their cafe name. This cafe offers more than just freshly baked Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookie, they also offer full breakfast meals like the favorite French Toast and Bacon or their Brunch menu like their signature Common Bond Burger packed with farm beef, gruyère, lettuce, tomato, dijonnaise and Parmesan fries. Make sure to try their Almond Croissant and Vanilla Scones, too! They also offer custom cakes for any events and parties.

Common Bond Café & Bakery

Address: 1706 Westheimer Rd. Houston, Texas 77098

Website: Common Bond Café & Bakery

Opening hours: Mon- Thurs: 7am - 9pm; Fri - Sat: 7am - 10pm; Sun: 7am - 8pm

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3. Fat Cat Creamery

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Posted by Fat Cat Creamery on Saturday, 12 January 2019

Fat Cat Creamery is ice cream heaven for the sweet tooth and ice cream lovers! In their cute and welcoming store, they offer impeccable, fresh ingredients of home-made ice cream, scooped into their home-made waffle cones. Customers love their big scoops of delicious ice cream on top of the other, drizzled with their chocolate syrup or blueberry syrup with whipped cream and cherry on top. They also love their ice cream scoop on top of their freshly baked cookies, perfect for a sweet treat. This creamery really is a local favorite in the city.

Fat Cat Creamery

Address: 1901 N Shepherd Dr, Houston, Texas

Website: Fat Cat Creamery

Opening hours: Sun - Wed: 11am- 10pm; Thurs: 11am - 11pm; Fri - Sat: 11am - 12am

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4. Crave Cupcakes Uptown

Posted by Crave Cupcakes on Thursday, 4 January 2018

Crave Cupcakes Uptown Park will surely have you craving for their freshly baked cupcakes the moment you try them. Every bite is a really delicious experience with their dark-chocolate cupcakes and Red Velvet cupcakes. They also make it fun for you by letting you do your own customized cupcakes with over 50 sugar toppers perfect for gifts on birthday’s, Valentine’s, Christmas and other special events. There is more to crave with their seasonal flavors like the Irish Creme for adults who love that kick of Irish Whisky in their buttercream frosting or the Lemon Elderberry for that zesty and light lemon cake. Of course, they also offer freshly brewed coffee to pair with their sumptuous pastries. Definitely worth those extra pounds!

Crave Cupcakes Uptown

Address: 1151-06 Uptown Park Blvd. Houston, TX 77056

Website: Crave Cupcakes Uptown

Opening hours: Mon - Fri: 8 am - 8pm; Sat: 9am - 8pm; Sun: 10am - 7pm

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5. Fluff Bake Bar

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Posted by Fluff Bake Bar on Thursday, 14 March 2019

Fluff Bake Bar definitely satisfies the sweet tooth in you. The owner of the bakery which the town fondly calls as the “The Sugar Fairy”, is an award-winning pastry chef and bakes the most exquisite sugar treats that their valued customers love. They specialize in French pastry which becomes their own signature style as the chef incorporates its own magic and twist into it. From the classic Chocolate cookies, Apple Pie bars, Carrot cupcakes, Black Velvet cakes to Lemon tarts and Chocolate Cream pies, they have perfected their menu over time, in their simple yet fun and humble bakeshop.

Fluff Bake Bar

Address: 314 Gray St. Houston, TX 77002

Website: Fluff Bake Bar

Opening hours: Tues - Thurs:10am - 9pm; Fri - Sat: 10am - 11pm; Sun:12pm - 9pm (closed on Mon)

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6. Nu Café

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Posted by Nu Cafe on Monday, 24 October 2011

Nu Café specializes in Taiwanese snacks and delicious desserts that customers love to come back to. They are famous for their snowflake ice; it’s not just plain ice, it has a rich taste of ice cream that melts in your mouth, plus it has no preservatives, all 100% natural, perfect to beat the summer heat. For the healthy option, don’t forget to try their Fresh Fruit Combination Ice. You can also choose from their variety of fresh fruits and toppings to your own liking. Their Chocolate Decadent Snowflake Ice is a crowd-favorite!

Nu Café

Address: 9889 Bellaire Blvd, Ste 112A | Houston, TX 77036

Website: Nu Café

Opening hours: Sun-Thurs: 11:30am - 10:30pm; Fri - Sat: 11:30am - 11:30pm

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7. Dessert Gallery

Posted by Dessert Gallery Bakery & Cafe on Sunday, 24 February 2019

Dessert Gallery holds pride in how they value their customers. They see their bakery more than just a shop but a place for people to celebrate, to talk about what they love, their passion, and for the community to come as a whole. This passion that they exude makes Dessert Gallery a family more than just co-workers. Their dainty and cute shop offers exquisite Mousse cakes and Cheesecakes and their top-selling desserts like the Mom’s Chocolate Cake, that’s moist on the inside, everyone’s raving about it! They also customize desserts with no flour, vegan-friendly, no nuts or sugar-free.

Dessert Gallery

Address: 3600 Kirby Dr., Houston, TX 77098

Website: Dessert Gallery

Opening hours: Mon - Thurs: 11am - 10pm; Fri - Sat: 11am - 12am; Sun: 12pm - 10pm

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8. Steel City Pops

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Posted by Steel City Pops on Wednesday, 27 February 2019

Steel City Pops is famous for its gourmet, brightly colored, pop. All of their pops are fresh, locally produced, made with organic ingredients, uses cane sugar or honey and is gluten-free. They have four types of pops, the Fruity pop that is made of fresh fruits and non-dairy, the Creamy pop that has an ice-cream-like smoothness, the Paleo pop made with all-natural ingredients and sweetened with honey and the Cookie pop, that is dairy-based, with a house-made cookie inside. All their pops are perfect for the health conscious because they are calorie counted. You can check out their website for the calorie count of each dessert or ask their friendly staff in their shop. It’s really a pop like you’ve never tasted before!

Steel City Pops

Address: 420 East 20th Street, Houston, TX 77008

Website: Steel City Pops

Opening hours: Sun - Thur: 12pm - 10pm; Fri - Sat: 12pm - 11pm

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9. Ooh La La Dessert Boutique

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Posted by Ooh La La Dessert Boutique on Monday, 27 August 2018

Ooh La La Dessert Boutique would really make you say “Ohh la la” with its delicious, fresh and award-winning cupcakes, cakes, pies, cookies and bars! Enjoy their various dessert offerings like their daily cupcakes menu on Mondays, the Salted Caramel Apple cupcakes on Tuesdays, the Peanut Butter Cup cupcakes and the list goes on for the next days. Don’t forget to also try their specialties menu like their Tiramisu, Pumpkin Pies, and the all-time favorite French Macarons with different flavors to choose from. There’s also nothing better than ordering a cup of warm Cafe Mocha or Macchiato for a perfect sweet experience.

Ooh La La Dessert Boutique

Address: 770 West Sam Houston Parkway North, Suite 500, Houston TX 77024

Website: Ooh La La Dessert Boutique

Opening hours: Mon - Thurs: 8am - 9pm; Fri - Sat: 8am - 10pm; Sun: 12pm - 6pm

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10. Hanks Ice Cream

Chocolate covered Strawberry and Rose Petal ????!!

Posted by Hanks Ice Cream Parlor on Friday, 14 February 2014

Hanks Ice Cream offers outstanding ice cream flavors that everyone loves! It’s a small shop but definitely big in flavors and customer service. Their employees are very welcoming and friendly and they offer suggestions on what’s best on the menu. Bestsellers are the Banana Pudding Ice cream, Butter Pecan Ice cream. You can also mix and match flavors like the Lemon and Very Strawberry Ice cream for that zesty but sweet and creamy flavor. Everyone who enters and buys a scoop instantly wishes to have more scoops of their tasty ice cream or even better, a gallon of it!

Hanks Ice Cream

Address: 9291 S Main St, Houston, Texas

Website: Hanks Ice Cream

Opening hours: Mon - Sat: 12pm- 8pm; Sun: 3pm- 7pm

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Sweets for the sweet tooth

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Reading about these dessert shops and seeing a preview of their menu definitely leaves you wanting for more. Experience them personally by visiting these shops and try their delicious, sweet and creamy desserts, perfect for all ages. After all, there’s always room for dessert.

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Charisse, hailing from the Philippines, spent four years living by the beach, where she found profound happiness and developed an appreciation for the simple joys of island life. She learned to...Read more

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