Dessert Places at Hudson Yards

LADURÉE CAFÉ locate on Level 1 and is something entirely special: it is the very first café concept of Ladurée in New York. If you like prime pastries and perfectly prepared espresso, this is your place. The menu offers everything, fresh breakfasts, professionally done coffee and, naturally, the whole range of macarons together with their fancy Eugénie collection. It is that kind of place where you feel that you treat yourselves, especially after a walk through The High Line or the area. The known pastel boxes of macarons are available in various sizes, and they regularly alter the tastes according to the season. Except the pastries, the store sells also scented candles of Ladurée, teas and other accessories that are perfect gifts.

French artisanal chocolate is the speciality at La Maison du Chocolat, that occupies a central place on Level 1. Stop for a cup of authentic French warm chocolate, it is so good that you want to slow your step and genuinely enjoy it. Look at the flow of chocolate bars as it is almost hypnotic. Everything here is done with big attention: their truffles filled with ganache, pralines and elegant gift boxes are all done by hand in Paris. The seasonal collection adjusts during the year, which urges clients to return to see what is new. If you require something quickly between the purchases, they have chocolate bars, pastilles and little pastries ready to take.

When you enter NEUHAUS BELGIAN CHOCOLATE on Level 1, you walk in more than 160 years of chocolate mastery. The brand, founded in 1857, is known as the authority on fancy Belgian chocolates, and this store operates as their main representative in United States. Dessert Places at Hudson Yards became a perfect home for them, surrounded by other prime brands with alike passion for quality and range. For marking the opening, they even brought a superb chocolatier from Belgium to create a chocolate sculpture. Each single chocolate and truffle yet are done in an atelier near Brussels and sent freshly to United States. The store offers its known ballotin boxes, individual pralines and seasonal collections.

MAGNOLIA BAKERY locates on Level 4 and brought its legendary banana pudding and cupcakes. The space of 600 square feet is dedicated to the sweets that made this bakery an institution in New York. What identifies this place is the Banana Pudding Bar, where you can choose from four different combinations of fresh pudding. The cupcakes are decorated with that known creamy swirl, and beside them you will find thick slices of cake and other rich treats, all presented so that you can eat them easily while you stroll. If you want the best value for your money, choose the Best of Magnolia Bakery Bundle, that combines big banana pudding with two classic cupcakes. This is their eighth place in the city, positioned near the Edge skydeck for maximum convenience.

DYLAN’S CANDY BAR involves big space on Level 4 and it is exactly what it promises, a vivid wonderland of candies. The place is playful and energetic, full of impressive variety of candies and decorations that seizes the energy of a sugar paradise. The brand is known because of its skill to choose the best products, and that shows. Although this is not their main store (so you will not find three terrific floors), the assortment does not fail. The staff finds the perfect balance (they help without being intrusive), and the whole space is pure and modern, matching with the aesthetics of Dessert Places at Hudson Yards. Whether you search for a gift or want to please your internal child, here is a lot to satisfy any appetite.

LI LAC CHOCOLATES found a home on Level 4, maintaining a heritage that started already in 1923. This store represents one from the oldest chocolate makers of New York, where everything is done in little batches using recipes that barely altered all along. The moulded chocolates, chocolate covered nuts and truffles are all produced correctly in their workshop in Manhattan. Seasonal new tastes appear during the year. If you search for a souvenir, the range of gift boxes, of little mixes to bigger collections, are locally produced and feel special.

VIVE LA CRÊPE bring authentic Parisian taste to Level 4. The menu offers both aspects of the crêpe tradition: sweet and salty versions, prepared freshly according to your order. You maybe hesitate between the combination of banana-Nutella, strawberries with whipped cream, or the simple elegance of lemon-sugar. They also do classic buckwheat galettes, and everything is cooked on traditional French billig plates correctly before your eyes. These are those details that make it feel genuinely French, instead of being only a store with “crêpes” in the name.

Van Leeuwen Ice Cream started in 2008 as a simple ice cream truck in Brooklyn. Now it has a store on Level 2 at Dessert Places at Hudson Yards, serving a full range of tastes. Except the regular ice cream, they offer vegan versions, home-made vegan chocolate cakes, sundaes and milkshakes. The tastes adjust every six weeks with new seasonal bids, so there is always a reason to return. Currently they have more than 32 tastes and four specialities, with vegan options done from cashew milk and coconut cream instead of dairy. The taste of black cherry deserves a special trip.

XING FU TANG locates on Level 2 and does one thing very well: manually done brown sugar boba, prepared freshly. High quality ingredients imported from Taiwan, fresh local products and organic milk create a drink that stands out. Because the bobas are done in the store itself, you receive the real quality. Their creative drinks, as the Mango Smoothie with Panna Cotta, are delicious and perfect for photographs on Instagram. The known Brown Sugar Boba is the most popular choice, and with good reason. The store won a big reputation on deliveryplatforms with hundreds of positive reviews, being one from the best tea places in the mall.