Las Vegas-based sweet goods innovator Pinkbox Doughnuts recently introduced a special lineup of doughnuts to celebrate Labor Day. The patriotic lineup included Patriot Swirl, a blue frosted raised shell filled with cherry cheesecake and topped with a red swirl, and Hot Dawg, a glazed raised bar topped with chocolate buttercream and drizzled with yellow and red frosting.

Portland, Oregon's Pine State Biscuits began as a brainchild centered around…what else? The quest for the perfect, buttery, flaky, homemade biscuit. Now one of its favorite dishes is The Reggie, featuring fried chicken, bacon & cheese topped with gravy, and the Reggie Deluxe, The Reggie with an egg.

Celebrations are in store. Your favorite photos, company logos, and monograms right on the surface of the famous Original Iced Cookies from Busken Bakery in Cincinnati. Customers choose the image with the option of a colorful icing border.

In other trend-setting projects, Busken Bakery’s famous Presidential Cookie Poll has predicted the winner of every presidential election since 1984.

At Servatii Pastry Shop, Cincinnati’s Germany-style bakery, they still use many of the same recipes, like Bavarian soft pretzels, created at the family’s original Café Servatii bakery in Muenster, Germany.

“It’s not a proper celebration without Servatii pretzels and our homemade dips,” the owners say.

La Galette French Café and Deli in Wichita, Kansas offers Strawberry Chantilly, a classic French cake with delicate layers of sponge cake.