Babycakes

Is your diet refined sugar, gluten, wheat, soy, dairy or egg free?  Are you vegan or kosher?  If you answered yes to any of the previously mentioned allergies, you will LOVE Babycakes NYC.  This bakery is all of the above, and more.  They don't use any peanuts or nuts except coconut, so based off the food and drug administration stating that coconut is now a tree nut, they are not able to mention that they are nut free.  But if you are allergic to nuts, and not allergic to coconut, then you are in luck!  This place is definitely for you! 

*Note - In the non gluten free items, Babycakes uses a flour called spelt which contains gluten. It is NOT recommended for those following a gluten/wheat free diet. Also, an individual with a wheat related condition (i.e. celiac sprue, gluten sensitive enteropathies, etc...) should not consume spelt flour.

Allergy Info: 

Refined sugar free

Gluten Free Friendly 

Wheat free

Soy free

Dairy free 

Egg free

Vegan 

Kosher 

Foodie Rundown: 

Sugar Cinnamon Doughnut (See Pictured) 

Chocolate Mint Cupcake  (See Pictured) 

Locations: 

NYC - 248 Broome Street (Btwn Orchard & Ludlow)

Orlando - Lake Buena Vista

LA  - Hollywood, Larchmont

Mini Cupcakes!

Ok, so if you had a quarter and a cupcake, which one would you eat? Personally, I’d eat the cupcake, but if it was the SIZE of a quarter, I’d eat at least TWO!

At Baked By Melissa, a boutique cupcake shop popping up all over New York City, you can be sure that you will be popping these little guys into your mouth all day long if you had a box of them.

These bite size pieces of heaven come in a variety of flavors. Please see picture below! There is a disclaimer on the website mentioning that they only use peanut butter in their peanut butter cupcakes. So if you have a peanut allergy, there are no peanut flavorings, or almond flavorings in any of the other cupcakes. But please note, that all the cupcakes are made in the same facility and in the same kitchen, so if your peanut allergy is severe, it may be best to find some other yummy cupcakes!

Allergy Info:
Peanut Butter products are ONLY in peanut butter cupcakes, all others are peanut free!
All sealed Baked by Melissa products and packages are certified Kosher

Foodie Rundown:
Cinnamon – seriously melts in your mouth, tastes like a cinnamon coffee cake, with frosting and yummy cinnamon filling
Peanut Butter & Jelly – If my mom made me peanut butter and jelly sandwiches like this for lunch when I was in middle school, I would have eaten 1,000 of them a day!
Cupcake of the Month – Snow Covered Pretzel – You know those days when you’re craving something salty, and then sweet, and you take pretzels and dunk them into melted chocolate, THIS cupcake, is sweet and salty and captures the best of both worlds. Wish this could be a standard cupcake because it was delicious!

Locations:
Soho
Union Square
Grand central
Fashion District
Upper West Side
Times Square
Columbus Circle
Gramercy
Financial District
Don’t live in NYC? Baked by Melissa SHIPS NATIONWIDE!

http://www.bakedbymelissa.com/ 

The RITE choice!

I scream, you scream, we all scream (for healthy alternatives) to ice cream!!!

At The Lite Choice, you will be able to eat flavorful frozen yogurt, guilt free and allergy free! The flavors and toppings make this frozen yogurt hot spot a great treat for anyone, any age with any allergy (nut allergy be careful, but allergy friendly). At The Lite Choice, they use farm fresh dairy that has no rBST hormones. Great for cakes, special occasions, smoothies cups or cones. In addition to that all the flavors, The Lite Choice has NO:
* artificial additives
* preservatives
* corn syrup

In addition to that, if it couldn’t get any better, The Lite Choice is:
* gluten free
* low fat
* kosher
* lower calorie
* all natural
* organic

Chose from over 80 different flavors at any point in time! Top with your favorite toppings and enjoy!

Allergy info:
* no artificial additives
* no preservatives
* no corn syrup
* gluten free
* low fat
* kosher
* lower calorie
* all natural
* organic flavors
* no rBST hormones
* farm fresh ingredients

Foodie Rundown:
Caramel Frozen Yogurt with Rainbow Sprinkles and Peanut Butter Chips (pictured) - So yummy!

Locations:
NYC Locations:
146 West 72nd Street - (btw. B'way & Columbus)
436 6th Avenue - (btw. 9th & 10th)
1318 1st Avenue - (btw. 70th & 71st)
2542 Broadway - (btw. 95th and 96th)
116 7th Avenue South (Sheridan Square)
2245 Broadway (Zabar’s Café)
84 7th Avenue- (btw. 15th and 16th)

Long Island
Queens
NJ
Montreal, Canada
PA – Coming Soon

http://www.thelitechoice.com/index.html

Hebrews and She-brews - A Kosher Cupcake!

On this Shabbat evening, let us take a moment to honor thy cupcake. Let’s break it down. Analyze this beautiful work of art from Crumbs Bake Shop. Let’s start with the flavors: (take a deep breath now):
Red Velvet
Cookies and Cream
Devil’s Food
Peanut Butter Cup
Squiggle
Cookie Dough
S’mores
Black and White
Artie Lange
Chocoloco
Fudge Chocolate Chip
Chocoalate Coconut
Caramel Apple
Chocolate Sundae
Chocolate Covered Strawberry
Carrot
Butter Pecan
Brownie
Blueberry Swirl
(take breath)
Cotton Candy
Key Lime
Dulce de Leche
And
Milkshake…

Just to name a few!

Ok so Crumbs (as you most likely know) has locations all over NYC and many other cities as well, but did you know that their cupcakes were kosher? Bring them to a Shabbat dinner for dessert, as I’m sure these colorful, tasty treats will go a long way (as long as you don’t eat them before you get there!).

Allergy Info:
Kosher! - http://www.crumbs.com/orderinfo/kosher
Nut Allergy Beware! Crumbs suggests if you have a nut allergy to not eat any of their products. See the link for more information.

Foodie Rundown:
You seriously can't go wrong with any of these flavors! Can't decide? Get the box of minis with a tasting of flavors!

Address:
Various - So here’s the location finder! - http://www.crumbs.com/locations/

http://www.crumbs.com/

Yo-Way or No way!?

Check out what I just found! Yo-Way Yogurt truck!

A gluten-free, low cal, fat free, kosher and no preservative yogurt and smoothie truck! Follow them on twitter @yowaynyc and look for them around the city!

'till we eat again...