Best Desserts in Grand Rapids

There’s something to be said about ordering dessert when you are out at a restaurant— perhaps dinner was lackluster, you have a large appetite, or the dessert has a scrumptious reputation!

Or… you could be a forward-thinker like me and get a take-home box to treat yourself to dessert later, especially if you’re in Grand Rapids. Dessert in Grand Rapids is almost like getting a deep-dish pizza in Chicago or clam chowder in Boston—it’s destined to be memorable!

Here are ten places to indulge in when your sweet tooth beckons. Some also have online shopping and e-gift cards available on their websites!

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Nantucket Baking Company & Lyon Street Café

615 and 617 Lyon Street NE

A neighborhood cafe in the Grand Rapids’ historic Heritage Hill-Midtown neighborhood, their specialty menu of pastries and cakes are made from the freshest and finest-quality ingredients. Their carrot cake is the epitome of all that’s good with three layers of moist cake saturated in carrots, nuts, and spices. Of course, it isn’t complete without the best cream cheese icing and walnuts on the sides!

Amway Grand’s MDRD

187 Monroe Ave NW 27th Floor

This AAA designated 4-Diamond restaurant offers panoramic views of downtown Grand Rapids while you savor modern Spanish cuisine including expressive entrées, tantalizing shareables, along with decadent desserts and lavish libations. Renowned for their EL LIMÓN made of yuzu white chocolate mousse, meyer lemon marmalade, lime caviar, and meringue.

Pump House Frozen Yogurt

2090 Celebration Dr NE 120 and 121 Ionia St SW – Suite 135

A modern-day soda shop—if the soda shop had artisanal yogurt, gelato, sorbet, custard, and a mountain of crazy toppings. Step inside and you’ll get enough flavors to make your tongue dance and the kind of atmosphere you’ll never want to leave. Their toppings bar is astronomically diverse.

Furniture City Creamery

958 Cherry Street Grand Rapids

Each ice cream flavor has its own mix recipe, developed on site, by an in-house chemical engineer. They all start on the stovetop with sugar, milk, cream, and eggs before adding all the flavors that make you say, “Mhmmmm!” Not to mention that they’ve been voted best in Grand Rapids!

Salted Cupcake

2481 32^nd Street SE, Kentwood

Known as “the” place to get your unusual treat—you won’t want to miss out! From pupcakes for your pooch to fortune cookies containing a coupon for future use, you’ll be eager to return again and again—with OR without the coupon!

Mokaya

638 Wealthy SE

Are you ready for this artisan chocolate and confections boutique where all products are produced in-house, by hand, and in small batches with fresh ingredients? I thought so… Using absolutely no preservatives or artificial flavors, they truly stand out among their peers. As if that wasn’t enough, they select couverture from around the United States and European companies that source cacao ethically and sustainably.

Cakabakery

919 Fulton St. E, Grand Rapids & 48 E. Lakewood Blvd.

The team at Cakabakery creates every dessert from real, fresh, local ingredients to make their specialty Lemon Blackberry Cake—sure to be the best you’ve ever had! The place is so popular that they have opened a second location in Holland! A custom dessert bakery means that they can make up anything you like, in all flavors, fillings, shapes and sizes.

Max’s South Seas Hideaway

58 Ionia Ave SW

Max’s urban oasis features an immersive two-story dining and drinking experience designed to transport guests to a distant, tropical paradise bathed in perpetual twilight, so take the tour!

Their specialty dessert, Island Bread Pudding, is a dream concoction of pina colada bread, coconut pineapple pudding, rum caramel, chantilly cream, and toasted coconut. Can you say, “Yum!”

Rise Baking Company

1220 Fulton St.

Vegan, gluten-free desserts are their specialty, but you’d never know to taste them. This entirely gluten free, vegan, and soy-free bakery is also free from all artificial flavors and colors. They make an honest product using real ingredients and provide a wide variety of pastries, cakes, and tarts. That’s not all, though! They also feature a savory menu of sandwiches, smoothies, and more for in the shop or on the go. Go for the Buckeye Cake, a peanut butter pie with chocolate buttercream, peanut butter drip, topped with buckeyes, and worthy of Michigander attention.

Le Bon Macaron

951 Cherry St. SE

When nothing but a light, airy macron will do—look no further! The French macaron is the most beautiful and delicious of all French desserts.  The elegance of Paris awaits in these uniquely crafted macarons, and there are also fresh scones made fresh daily. Rinse them all down with a la mode soda, garnished with whipped cream and a macaron, or specialty lattes, coffee, and espresso drinks.

So, there you go—short and sweet! You’re bound to find one of these great bakeries right around the corner, wherever you happen to be in Grand Rapids.

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