Baked by Melissa Cupcakes

Last time I was in Soho, I decided to pick up a few cupcakes from Baked by Melissa to eat for dessert. I had heard a lot of good things about these cupcakes so I was excited to finally try them.


The flavors I ordered were Cookie Dough, Tie Dye, and Peanut Butter Cup.


The cupcakes were good but not as delicious as I had expected. I really liked the size of them, they were the size of a quarter and perfect for people like me who are concerned about calories. My favorite was the Tie Dye flavor. Peanut Butter Cup had an intense peanut butter flavor. I thought the cupcakes were very cute looking.


Even though I wasn't as impressed as I thought I would be, I will probably give these cupcakes another chance as the size is perfect.

Broadway & Spring Street
New York, NY
http://www.bakedbymelissa.com/

Chipotle

Chipotle is probably my favorite fast food. Their vegetarian burrito bowl is one of my favorite foods and I would eat it all the time if it weren’t so fattening. I love ordering a bowl from the 14th Street location and walking over to Union Square to eat in the park.

Vegetarian Burrito Bowl

Lime-cilantro rice, black beans, corn salsa, guacamole

Normally when I get Chipotle for dinner, I bring some tofu from home to make the meal filling.

Vegetarian Burrito Bowl with Tofu

My only problem with Chipotle (besides them offering meat) is their lack of vegetarian protein options. I know some locations offer fake chicken but I find fake meat repulsive. I think they should reconsider and offer vegetarians tofu or tempeh.

www.chipotle.com

JP Licks Ice Cream & Yogurt

I was recently in MA so I stopped by JP Licks Ice Cream & Yogurt for dessert. As I walked in, I was instantly impressed by this ice cream shop. They had a lot of seating and the space was so big compared to the ice cream/frozen yogurt shops I go to in the city.

I walked up to the counter and there were about 3 people working just to give customers sampled. I sampled some frozen yogurt, my favorite. I tried chocolate chip cookie, peanut butter, oreo, and cinnamon latte soft yogurts. I also tried coffee chip hard yogurt. My favorite was by far chocolate chip cookie soft yogurt. I ordered a small which was an oversized small.

Small Chocolate Chip Cookie Frozen Yogurt, $3.73


Wow, the frozen yogurt was seriously to die for! It tasted just like smashed chocolate chip cookies. The taste was so close to cookies, I don't know how they had matched it so well, it was unbelievably amazing!


As I was eating my yogurt I noticed they had a Snickers flavor of the month ice cream. Yum that sounds amazing. I will have to try it next week when I'm in Boston.

The first location I went to was in Dedham, MA but they have locations all over Boston.

On my next visit to MA, I stopped the Newbury Street Boston location. The girl who was giving me sample had a serious attitude and this one was not as nice looking as the Dedham location, but their product was just as delicious.

I ordered a medium cup of hard and soft yogurts.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Hard Yogurt and Mint Oreo Soft Yogurt, $4.79 & Peanut Butter Sorbet for Dogs, $1.50

Wow, these yogurts were to die for! I especially loved the chocolate chip cookie hard yogurt. The portion was pretty big too.

They offered a dairy free ice cream for dogs, peanut butter sorbet. I ordered it for my dog and he absolutely loved it!

I wish they would open JP Licks in NYC! We could use an amazing ice cream and yogurt shop like it in the city. I was very impressed by JP Licks. The concept, taste, atmosphere, and everything was top notch. I will definitely stop by everytime in in MA.

http://www.jplicks.com/.

Screme Gelato

The best gelato I have ever eaten is from Screme Gelato, a little shop on the Upper West Side. Their flavors are the most creative I have ever seen. They have lots of candy, chocolate, and other cool flavors including Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, Snickers, Ferrero Rocher, Chips Ahoy, Malt Ball, Hershey's Milk Chocolate, and more.


Small Ferrero Rocher Gelato, $5

My only issue with Screme is the prices. A small is $5, and the portion is pretty small for the price.

Their gelato is by far the best I have eaten in NYC. You must try it.

Screme Gelato
Broadway between 69th and 70th
New York, NY