French macarons are exceedingly popular in Toronto
SWEET TREATS
• Melt-in-your-mouth French macarons from Nadège Patisserie make a great companion for a walk or picnic in nearby Trinity-Bellwoods Park. $2.10 each, $23 for 12.
• Although the wedding cakes take center stage at Bobbette & Belle, the whoopie pies and shortbread cookies have also drawn ample praise. $2.15.
• The Valrhona sipping chocolate from MoRoCo Chocolat is a refined indulgence. It’s proffered in petite porcelain cups with a side of whipped cream and your choice of truffle. $12 to $19.
• Colborne Lane offers a bit of theatricality at the end of your meal. It’s liquid nitrogen ice cream—white chocolate crème fraîche with ginger, pumpkin, cranberry and spiced orange—is frozen and served tableside for your pleasure. $17.
• Enjoy a summer specialty year-round, courtesy of the triple chocolate ice cream sandwich—with hot fudge and crème Anglaise for dipping—at Marben. $7.
• Soft and sugar-dusted, the Parisian beignets made fresh at Thobors are filled to bursting with house-made apple preserves. $1 for mini beignets, $4 for large.
• Nevermind your waistline. The coconut cream pie at Scaramouche, with white chocolate shavings and chocolate sauce, is arguably the city’s best-known dessert. $13.
• Regardless of the weather, Torontonians have few qualms about standing in line to score a scoop of the roasted marshmallow flavour at Greg’s Ice Cream. $2.89 to $6.50.
• Specialty coffees and gelato are popular at Xococava, but an even bigger draw are the inventive truffles such as Szechuan peppercorn, chorizo and cedar. $2 each.
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