The best of the best come to New York to seek fame and success, and it's no different with chocolatiers and candy men. Check out our collection of the best places to satiate your sweet tooth!
La Bergamote's new and expanded Chelsea location represents a truly authentic French patisserie, featuring breakfasts of fresh croissants and steaming bowls of café au lait served in a tranquil European atmosphere. Oversized glass display cases are packed with fresh breads and ro...
177 9th Ave (West 20th St.)Fine Swiss chocolates imported weekly. Made using freshest ingredients. Chocolate lovers know this is the real deal. Or at least those that can afford it.
620 5th Ave (Rockefeller Center)An amazing temple of candy, Dylan's is New York City's most exciting and extraordinary candy store. On two levels connected by a staircase filled with dazzling gummy candy (see photo), Dylan's has literally everything you can imagine in its 10,000-square foot store. From penny ca...
1011 3rd Ave (East 60th Street)SoHo's Vosges Chocolate, a Chicago-based company founded by Katrina Markoff, offers an array of designer chocolates spiced with an array of exotic flavors ranging from allspice to ginger to hemp see to wasabi. Most bon-bon style chocolates are available in small gift boxes. Some ...
132 Spring Street (Greene & Wooster Streets)After more than 80 years on Christopher Street, Li-Lac moved to lower Eighth Avenue near West 4th Street. With a stunning selection of traditional American dipped chocolates, the new store is bright and airy, and the selection and service remains impeccable.
40 Eighth AvenueThis incredible kingdom of chocolate is unsurpassed in New York, a divine empire of boxed chocolates, hot chocolates, luxurious gifts, exotic sweets, and fine teas and coffees. You won't believe your eyes when you visit MarieBelle!
484 Broome St (West Broadway)Founded by Kee Ling Tong in 2002, a graduate of the French Culinary Institute, you'll find some of New York's finest hand-made chocolates here, much more impressive and certainly fresher than those flown over from France, Belgium and Switzerland.
80 Thompson St.Chocolate Bar features some of the most intriguing chocolates in New York, whether square pralines of various exotic flavors or large bars with various fruits and nuts. But it's so much more than that, from chocolate croissants at breakfast to hot chocolate and various hot drinks...
19 8th AveA visit to Jacques Torres Chocolate feels like stepping into a small European specialty store. Many customers compare the experience to the movie "Chocolat." Jacques created every aspect of the store from cutting the marble and designing the chocolate case to designing ...
66 Water StreetWorld-class chocolatiers unleash their mastery of the art of Swiss chocolates upon the eager New York masses.
665 5th Ave (East 55th Street)Self-styled "chocolate artists," La Maison du Chocolat features signature chocolates and pastries in the inimitable French style.
30 Rockefeller PlzJoan Coukos' unique story of coming to be a confectioner via Wall Street is as wonderful as her custom recipes for her sweets. The handmade chocolates of Chocolat Moderne are full of the craft and flavor of her own invention, informed by years of studying the fine art of confecti...
27 W 20th StSerendipity 3 is a perennial favorite, and it's easy to see why. It seems concocted out of a child's dream, with an entrance chockablock of toys and candy. The waitstaff puts on a hilarious show, and the menu is laden with fantasy dishes, including the scrumptuous frozen hot choc...
225 East 60th StreetChocolate goes wild in this lavish emporium with the magic available in nearly every form imaginable. Take away your favorities or sit in this 150-seat temple of cocoa. The scene can appear a bit hectic at times, when shoppers go mad in the emporium section as well as at the tabl...
841 Broadway (East 13th Street)In a city dominated by cupcakes overflowing with sugar, flour and butter cream, it’s easy for those with persnickety diets to feel left out. BabyCakes offers all-natural, organic and delicious alternatives free from the common allergens: wheat, gluten, dairy, casein and eggs. Res...
248 Broome Street (bet. Orchard and Ludlow Streets)A welcome rest from the chain stores and corporate concerns, L'atelier du Chocolat prides itself on its delicious and masterful selection of chocolates, as well as the personal, friendly atmosphere of the store itself.
59 West 22 Street (Fifth and Sixth Avenues)Nunu Chocolates are totally natural and individually handmade with the finest ingredients. We use a single origin Cocoa bean derived from a Trintario and Criollo hybrid which we get from a family run farm in Eastern Colombia. The plantation practices sustainable farming and has r...
529 Atlantic Ave. (Third & Fourth Avenues)It says a lot about a company's confidence when they open a store that only operates on the weekend. As New York's "only bean to bar chocolate maker," the Mast Brothers have every right to their high self-esteem: with chocolates made from only the best, most deliberated...
111 North 3rd StBurdick's famous handmade chocolates, pasties, and more in SoHo. One of the best cups of hot chocolate in town, perfect break from extreme shopping when in SoHo!
156 Prince Street (Thompson and West Broadway)Arguably the world's most influential maker of chocolates and candies—and certainly one of the juggernauts of the industry—Hershey's has pulled no stops in their Times Square store. Every imaginable candy is houses inside, from Reese's to Twizzlers and PayDays, and the store even...
1593 BroadwayYear after year we are astounded to see so many tourists (and some natives) standing in line—often a long line—waiting for cupcakes. You can even see the cupcake froster in the window, a job which seems to have a lot of turnover. (How many cupcakes can you frost before you yell, ...
401 Bleecker StreetThese Belgian chocolatiers have been tantalizing taste buds since 1857.
569 Lexington AveOne the Lower East Side's favorite spots, this little bakery from Peg & Deb (former Magnolia and Buttercup employees) has cupcakes out the wazoo with an accent on flavor that seems almost F. L. Wright in nature.
126 Rivington StreetBrought to you by a defector from the (in)famous Magnolia Bakery, here you will find a dizzying array of gaudily-frosted cakes and cupcakes and enough sugar to achieve nirvana. Lovely wallpaper and jaunty tables make the eat-in experience even more dizzyingly cute. For those chro...
184 Ninth Ave (West 21st Street)