Comfort food has never seemed more important than in the past year, and that especially goes for desserts. Sweet shops have helped Americans to get through the COVID-19 pandemic. Yelp is now looking to recognize some of those who have stood out in 2020 and 2021.
The review site recently identified businesses in the desserts, cupcakes, cake shop, bakery, donuts, ice cream and shaved snow categories, then ranked those establishments using a number of factors including the total volume and ratings of reviews. The following is a list of each state’s top ranked dessert spot:
- Alabama: The Donut King (Eufaula, AL)
- Alaska: WooHoo! Ice Cream (Anchorage, AK)
- Arizona: Novel Ice Cream (Phoenix, AZ)
- Arkansas: LePops (Little Rock, AR)
- California: Reuschelle’s Cheesecakes (Hayward, CA)
- Colorado: Smith+Canon Ice Cream (Denver, CO)
- Connecticut: Brooklyn Baking (Waterbury, CT)
- Delaware: Vanderwende’s (Bridgeville, DE)
- Florida: Matty’s Gelato Factory (Juno Beach, FL)
- Georgia: Berens Frozen Custard (Grayson, GA)
- Hawaii: Uncle Clay’s House of Pure Aloha (Honolulu, HI)
- Idaho: The STIL (Boise, ID)
- Illinois: Bistro 6050 (Chicago, IL)
- Indiana: TeeJay’s Sweet Tooth (Indianapolis, IN)
- Iowa: Molly’s Cupcakes (Des Moines, IA)
- Kansas: I am Frozen Dessert Cafe (Overland Park, KS)
- Kentucky: Nord’s Bakery (Louisville, KY)
- Louisiana: The Cupcake Collection (New Orleans, LA)
- Maine: The Gelato Fiasco (Brunswick, ME)
- Maryland: Waffle (Baltimore, MD)
- Massachusetts: Colette Bakery (Medford, MA)
- Michigan: Avon Donuts Inc (Pontiac, MI)
- Minnesota: Love Creamery (Duluth, MN)
- Mississippi: Fantasy Donuts (Biloxi, MS)
- Missouri: Nathaniel Reid Bakery (Saint Louis, MO)
- Montana: Wild Crumb (Bozeman, MT)
- Nebraska: Coneflower Creamery (Omaha, NE)
- Nevada: Humboldt Sweets (Henderson, NV)
- New Hampshire: Elephantine Bakery (Portsmouth, NH)
- New Jersey: Uncle Dood’s Donuts (Toms River, NJ)
- New Mexico: Caliche’s Frozen Custard (Las Cruces, NM)
- New York: Spotted Duck (Penn Yan, NY)
- North Carolina: The Peppered Cupcake (Wilmington, NC)
- North Dakota: Nichole’s Fine Pastry & Café (Fargo, ND)
- Ohio: Cherbourg Bakery (Bexley, OH)
- Oklahoma: Pie Junkie (Oklahoma City, OK)
- Oregon: Sea Star Gelato (Seaside, OR)
- Pennsylvania: The Sweet Life Bakeshop (Philadelphia, PA)
- Rhode Island: Pastiche (Providence, RI)
- South Carolina: Off Track Ice Cream (Charleston, SC)
- South Dakota: Stensland Family Farms (Sioux Falls, SD)
- Tennessee: Makedas Homemade Butter Cookies (Memphis, TN)
- Texas: Manolis Ice Cream, Pastries, & Cakes (Austin, TX)
- Utah: Fillings & Emulsions (Salt Lake City, UT)
- Vermont: Shy Guy Gelato (Burlington, VT)
- Virginia: Dunbri’s Dessert Cafe (Haymarket, VA)
- Washington: Macadons (Seattle, WA)
- West Virginia: Ellen’s Homemade Ice Cream (Charleston, WV)
- Wisconsin: Blooming Lotus Bakery (Milwaukee, WI)
- Wyoming: Hand Fire Pizza (Jackson, WY)