Sweet Treats: Toronto's Premier Dessert Makers
From delicate pastries and handcrafted chocolates to signature cakes, discover the independent makers perfecting the art of the sweet indulgence.
Ed’s Real Scoop
This small-batch ice cream shop is a favourite destination for Torontonians.
Enjoy homemade premium gelato, ice cream cakes, waffles and frozen yogurt, served at 4 locations, made with wholesome Ontario milk and cream, premium fruit purees, nut paste and natural ingredients churned at a slow speed for a noticeably creamy texture and taste.
Ed Francis grew up in Boston with a Mom who was an excellent cook and insisted on fresh, in-season ingredients. When he moved to the Beach, he couldn’t find an ice cream store like the one around the corner from his childhood. After lots of study, experimentation and testing on neighbours, Ed'd Real Scoop opened in 2000.
Dufflet Pastries
Petite Café & Local Baker of sweet confections and custom cakes, available for events and catering.
In addition to retail shops, they supply over 500 restaurants and cafes, specialty food shops, supermarkets, hotels and caterers with over 100 unique products. Order for delivery and take out - Bundts, Coffee Cakes, Cheesecakes, layer Cakes and Pies.
Dufflet Rosenberg started baking from her home in 1975, quickly gained a reputation as Toronto’s source for creative desserts, made from scratch, with no hydrogenated fats or oils, artificial flavours, colours or preservatives added.
Jules Café Patisserie
Pastries, Breads, Cakes & Tarts at 3 Locations in Toronto.
Opened by Marc Tournayre in 2005, this small family-run business offers an exceptional selection of buttery croissants, pastries and baked goods, using only the finest ingredients.
Crown Pastries
Fine Middle Eastern Pastries and sweets, mostly sold by weight and catering servicein the Scarborough & Mississauga area.
Growing up in Aleppo, Syria, Rasoul and Ismail Salha learned the art of baklava at their grandfather’s sweets store. Now these exquisite syrupy treats right here.
The menu includes Baklavas - a layered filo pastry dessert, filled with chopped nuts, and sweetened with syrup or honey; Pastries with Ashta and Cheese, Ma’amoul cookies stuffed with pistachios, walnut or dates; Barazek and Ghraybeh.
Le Dolci Culinary Classroom & Studio
Bakeshop for delivery and classes
Order a cake for delivery, book a class, host a team building event or rent the studio space. Shop Cakes & Cupcakes, Classes & Camps, Cookie Kits & Sweet Treats and Gift Packages or place pre-orders for pick up or delivery across the GTA.
Mary Macleod’s Shortbread
Housemade shortbread cookies and treats using only local creamery butter, custom-blended Canadian flours & rich Belgian chocolate.
In 1955, Mary arrived from Scotland, bringing her generations-old, pure all-butter shortbread cookie family recipe with her. Daughter-in-law Sharon traded in her banking career to follow Mary’s mission to bake it the best.
Shop for Classic shortbread, Chocolate, Maple, Butterscotch, Truffles and Gluten-free options. Wholesale orders, corporate gift packages and seasonal orders are packaged in giftable clear containers, tins, boxes and cookie jars.
Mary’s Brigadeiro
Boutique bakery creating chocolate treats Handrolled in small batches, using fair trade chocolate, pure cocoa powder, natural spices, dried fruits and nuts.
Flavours include Raspberry Cheesecake, White Chocolate Cinnamon, White Coconut, Almond, Passion Fruit, Pumpkin Spice, Candy Cane, gluten-free and nut-free options.
Mary brought her love of chocolate from her native Brazil and introduced us to a whole Brazilian-style chocolate experience - The Brigadeiro, a composition of sweetened condensed milk, real butter, pure Cocoa Powder and up to 50% cacao.
M Thompson Chocolates
Gourmet chocolates and confections using time-honoured traditional techniques.
Custom orders available for corporate or special events, at select locations in Ontario, or shop online for delivery - Sea Salt Caramel, Chocolates & Peanut Butter Smoothies, Mint, Orange & Blueberry Melodies, Almond Bark & Crunch & Seasonal Favourites.
Marni Thompson and partner Alex Bolkovic honour the craft and culture of chocolate-making by using copper kettle cooking and fresh, natural ingredients.
Rahier Patisserie
A Leaside neighbourhood mainstay since 1996, recognized for its’ exceptional taste, craftsmanship and flavours.
Enjoy a selection of Baguettes, Brioche, Focaccia, fresh-made Sandwiches, Quiches, Croquembouche, Croissants (the best in town), Viennoiseries, Cookies, Chocolates, Eclairs, Shortbread Tarts & Seasonal Cakes.
Francois Rahier and his esteemed colleague, Souvannaraj Keopraseuth, both apprenticed at Debailleul, one of the top pastry shops in Brussels, before establishing the Toronto shop and training new bakers in the craft.
Soma chocolatemaker
A tasteful collection of microbatch chocolates, truffles, toffees, fruit bars, spreads and custom gift chocolates.
Chocolate lovers, David Castellan and Cynthia Leung started off roasting and winnowing cacao beans, refining and conching their own chocolate, spinning gelato, baking cookies, making hot chocolates, and producing small batch truffles.
They offer Gelato, Cookies, chocolate drinks, personalized options for special occasions, care packages, Corporate gifts, tasting events and projects with Chefs.
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