Five Treats In London Which Taste And Look Great
I always have a list of places in London that I need to visit and more often than not they’re places to eat at because food is life, and I’ve done a lot of the tourist destinations already. While I do love savory food, sweet treats will always be my downfall so I’m always checking out bakeries, ice cream shops, and food halls to find the best of what London has to offer.
Of course, the internet and social media play a part in what I seek out because who doesn’t love a pretty Instagram ready treat, but it has to taste good as well as looking good. Here are some of the best dessert shops in London.
Here are five treats that will look good on your social media but also taste great.
London’s best sweet treats: Blondie’s Kitchen
Blondie’s kitchen was somewhere I discovered through a Facebook video which seemed to be doing the rounds. The main draw was of a large cookie which had alternating Nutella and peanut butter toppings which looked incredible. The brand have a few small standalone stores including one around Carnaby but they also have a stand in the Selfridges Food Hall which is where I visited. You can get a whole range of cookies from traditional chocolate chip and blondies to kinder and mini versions of the Nutella and peanut butter wheel. There’s also cookie dough and sandwiches where you can squish cookie dough between traditional cookies and you can even wash it down with some milk. The cookies themselves were so soft and well baked even the next morning so it’s definitely worth a trip if you’re craving cookies.
London’s best treats: Self Serve Society
I’d seen soft serve society all over Instagram due to their marshmallow topped ice creams so I decided to take a trip to Boxpark in Shoreditch one Sunday afternoon to see what other ice creams they had on offer. I wasn’t there for the marshmallow as yes it looks cool but I’m not a huge fan, but their charcoal coconut ice cream was shouting out to me. The charcoal element gives it a black colour which appealed to my inner goth but the coconut gave it such a nice flavour which wasn’t too heavy. You can choose from different soft serve ice creams, the cones and any toppings but there’s also sundaes and freak-shakes available.
London’s best treats: Milk train
This is another one which I spotted all over Instagram and chances are you’ve seen it too, ice cream with the candy floss ring around it, remember now?! I thought this was going to be the biggest fad of them all but curiosity made me give in so I headed to the Covent Garden store, queued for about 5-10 minutes and then I was greeted with my cookies and cream candy floss surrounded ice cream. Yes, it looked pretty cool but the candy floss also tasted really good too, although it was pretty tricky to eat. I’ve had quite a lot of ice creams and this was definitely a solid effort and not just pure novelty.
London’s best treats: Donut time
I actually spotted this spot in person before realising that it had a social media following, pretty much a first for me. With small pop-ups and stores around London, Donut time do some of the best novelty doughnuts which taste incredible. I went to their Shoreditch store first and was taken by the amazing decorations and quirky names like ‘Notorious P.I.G’ (a doughnut covered in Percy pig sweets) and ‘Love At First Bite’ (a doughnut filled with Nutella). I’ve had a few of these and firstly the decorations are always incredible but they also taste so good, and they’re actually really good value when you consider how big they are.
London’s best treats: Naked Dough
I first discovered Naked Dough after walking around Westfield shopping centre but have since been back to their Camden Market stand a few times. Everything they sell is around edible cookie dough and in itself is a great concept but the flavours are amazing from the basic chocolate chip through to kinder and Nutella flavours. You can choose to have it in a cup which I usually do for ease of eating or in a cone, and you can mix it with ice cream making it feel less heavy. I find one single scoop is more than enough for a treat especially as there are so many topping choices too. If like me you’re a huge fan of eating the leftovers in the bowl after baking then you’ll love Naked Dough.
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Sweet treats will always be my downfall, too! That ice cream looks so yummy. Never tried or heard about the naked dough but I would love to try it.
Oh wow – yes please to all of these! We’re heading to London soon, so I’m going to note these places down, thank you š
Oh I do like a sweet treat now and then. These all look amazing! Kaz
London is one of my favorite places as I keep visiting there and I have many many friends there. I love the milk train. ā¤ā¤
OMG Naked Dough looks amazing! I wonder if they have one in NYC.
Wow! I’ve been to London twice now and I have never went to any of these places. I have a sweet tooth myself and the next time I’m there, I’m definitely paying these places a visit!
Oh my gosh all of these look SO good, I am practically dribbling lol! I have never tried any of these but would love to be able to one day. The raw cookie dough sounds particularly amazing but so do the cookies at the top!
These places look so yummy! I want to come to London for a cheat day haha. I would be really keen to try Naked Dough
That doughnut is so cute with the mini jar all the treats are so pretty I would get over it though nothing is too pretty to eat!
The doughnuts look absolutely delicious! š x
Ohhh my goodness Rhian these look amazing!! Im with you on the sweet tooth thing, thats my thing too!
Oh that Nutella doughnut is making me crave right now! I definitely need to try one of those in my life. Everything looks amazing!
Oh wow these all look so good! Sweet treats are always my downfall too. I would love the Naked Dough and Self Serve Society.
Donut Time is one of my favourite treats to have in London too – they’re amazing! x
The cookies from Blondies Kitchen look amazing, so does naked dough. Yum, I’m looking forward to my next trip to london now!
Ohb my word, you’ve been hanging out at the best places, I’m intrigued by the charcoal coconut ice cream. Mich x
I definitely need to get to London and check these places out. I’m always in awe when on your Insta at all the delicious treats!
I am off to London this coming weekend and excited to be visiting a couple of these places, doughnuts will be the first stop
Those giant cookies – I want one!! I’ll definitely have to check that place out the next time I’m in the city.
Some superb goodies and treats you have found. I think for me the ones I would head straight for would be the donuts (we have something similar in Nottingham) with the fun treats and sweet flavoured and the naked dough, as I love cookie dough!
Oh my goodness these all look absolutely AMAZING! I honestly don’t know which one I would want to try first as I was going through each one nodding my head more and more haha! That cookie looks delicious though!
Ok as a Londoner I feel bad that iāve not heard of these places! Looks like I need to pay a visit to some of them!
Oh my, these all look amazing – think I missed a trick when we visited last week
Oh my word!! I’ve bookmarked all of these to visit next time I’m in london! Those cookies look amazing!
Katie xoxo