Treat Beat

You Need This Giant Cookie Cake in Your Life

At Lowrider Baking Company, the homey dessert reaches new heights.

08/08/2019 By Jaime Archer

Summer Swirls

Escape the Heat: Where to Find Dole Whip Around Seattle

Between scratch soft serve and boozy slushies, there are more iterations of the elusive Disney treat than you might think.

08/05/2019 By Anna Coumou

Blessed Unions

Li'l Woody's Bestows a Whole Month of Desserts on Seattle

Four promising pastry chefs. Four culinary confections. A month of sugary sweets.

07/31/2019 By Lily Hansen

Culture Fix

What to Do After Work July 29–August 1

An exhibition honors a Seattle civil rights leader, an author turns Obama and Biden into crime-solving sleuths, and an Appalachian folk band plays the Crocodile.

07/29/2019 By Lily Hansen and Jonathan Olsen-Koziol

Sweet Treats

30 Places to Get Your Sugar Fix in Seattle

A miniature guide to Seattle's dessert scene. All-star cakes, cookies, pies, ice cream, and doughnuts abound.

03/25/2019 By Nosh Pit Staff

Happy Birthday To You

Newcomer Icebox Makes Ice Cream Cake for Grown-Ups

Made with Molly Moon's ice cream, this Insta-worthy ice cream cake comes in classic flavors, layered with nostalgia and a little food science.

02/19/2019 By Anne Dennon

Sweet Spots

The Best Baked Treats in Seattle

From towering cakes to ethereal croissants, these are the newcomers and classics to crave.

11/20/2018 By Rebekah Denn Photography by Paul Kooiman

Turkey Time 2018

Where to Carry Out Your Thanksgiving Dinner and Dessert

Because let’s be honest, ain’t nobody got time for that.

11/13/2018 By Christina Ausley

You've Been Soft Served

The Tropical Magic of Dole Whip Inside a Tom Douglas Food Hall

As of this summer, Assembly Hall is dishing up the famous pineapple soft serve—somewhat of a rarity in these parts. I went to find out what the fuss was about.

08/27/2018 By Mac Hubbard

S'mores Galore

5 Sweet Spots for National S'mores Day

It's getting toasty in here.

08/10/2018 By Christina Ausley

Treat Beat

A New Dessert Bar Is Coming to Capitol Hill

Have your cake and eat it soon at this new Pike/Pine cafe come early October.

09/28/2017 By Rosin Saez

Food & Drink

Nosh Pit Weekly Planner: August 16–22

The week in which: Pike Place Market wines and dines locals, Ballard proves that the burrito is king, and Rick Bayless has fun with the michelada.

08/16/2017 By Jaime Archer

Trend

Seattle’s Mini Boom of Filipino Desserts

This city has never exactly been a stronghold of Filipino food. Cheesecake and ice cream might change that.

07/12/2017 By Rosin Saez

Seattle Summer

Flavor Hunters: Salt and Straw’s Seattle Ice Cream Takeover

Can Portland’s favorite frozen treat purveyor translate its mix of geekery and wide-roaming creativity to Seattle?

06/09/2017 By Allecia Vermillion Photography by Stuart Mullenberg

Dessert Dispatch

Seattle Pops Will Open a Wallingford Shop This Summer

The popsicle purveyor expands from a farmers market stall to a brick-and-mortar spot on 45th Street.

03/29/2017 By Rosin Saez

Critic's Notebook

This Dessert Confection Is Suddenly Everywhere

Dang, meringue.

11/07/2016 By Kathryn Robinson

Dessert Alert

Two New Dessert Spots Open in International District

Time for fresh coconut juice, taro smoothies, and Thai iced tea shaved ice.

05/19/2016 By Rosin Saez

Icons

The Space Needle Has a New Official Ice Cream

And that's not Full Tilt's only big move this year.

03/23/2016 By Grace Qian

Critic's Notebook

Can We Talk About the Cookies at Mollusk?

Because Beet-Almond Meringue. Rosemary-Blue Cheese Shortbread.

01/07/2016 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

Desserts at Cafe Juanita and Canlis

Say what you will about our special occasion warhorses: They do know how to finish a meal.

12/10/2015 By Kathryn Robinson