I was on my way to another shop when I passed by Bantam Bagels. What first caught my eye was the sign out front that noted they were one of Oprah’s Favorite Things, then I remembered that I was going to get these for Mark and Bekka for the holidays (before I came up with something else). These mini stuffed bagels are taking the world by storm – with Oprah in 2014 and then they appeared on Shark Tank this year! The shop is tiny, maybe 3 or 4 people can fit in comfortably at a time.

Starting at the top left and moving clockwise:

The Everybody’s Favorite: Everything bagel stuffed with freshly chopped vegetable cream cheese.

The Hot Pretzel: Pretzel salt bagel stuffed with cheddar dijon cream cheese.

The Hangover: Cheddar cheese and egg bagel stuffed with bacon cheddar cream cheese. (available in-store only)

Check out the full menu online here.

Can’t make it to New York? You can order them online and have them delivered to you! And they are coming out with a new line called “stuffin muffins” which I can’t wait to test out!!

Bantam Bagels

283 Bleeker Street, New York, NY

https://www.bantambagels.com

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They have so many great flavors, it’s hard to choose. Some are infused with spirits: Bully Boy Boston Rum Raisin, Tequila Caramel Sea Salt, Moonshine Strawberry, Johnny Walker Blue Bacon Brittle, and Jefferson’s Bourbon and Bing Cherry. Don’t worry, they have classic flavors as well: like peanut butter, superchunk, caramel pecan, and the original. When asked about the flavors, Derek said chocolate has natural inherent flavor profiles, so they try to play off of them with the use of ingredients like Bourbon & Cherries, Amber Rum & Raisins, Spices and Citrus. Goo news, they also offer gluten free brownies!!

The brownies are 100% preservative free and  they utilize locally sourced organic ingredients from New England. The brownies are made with Tcho chocolate, the best chocolate you can buy, that is 100% fair trade organic. Ok, that’s all good, but how do they TASTE??!? One word. Amazing. I tried the tequila caramel and the peanut butter flavors. The brownies are super fresh, moist, fudge-y, and oh so rich. After trying a Broma brownie, you’ll never look at another brownie in quite the same way.

Broma Brownie Company

Buy online: http://www.shop.eatmorebrownies.com

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Even though it wasn’t my birthday, I went with the birthday assortment tin ($45). Cute packaging, the box plays happy birthday when you open the tin!

All the cookies come individually wrapped for freshness.

The buttercream frosted strawberry sugar cookie-the cookie was soft and the frosting was SUPER sweet, like cotton candy or something similar. I love sweets but this frosting made me wince a little bit. The same goes for the orange buttercream frosted seen two pictures below.

All the cookies were super soft-the vanilla frosted buttercream was tasty. The chocolate chocolate chip cookie (bottom left) was really tasty, probably my favorite out of the bunch. They also had brownies, chocolate covered pretzels and pretzel nuggets in the assortment. The pretzel was ok, but I am biased because my friend makes THE best chocolate covered pretzels that nothing I have had after can even come close.

All the cookies were fresh, the pretzels were crunchy and sweet. The brownies were really moist. The cookies overall were good, they would make for a cute gift. Were they my favorite? Not by a long shot. Glad I tried them? Sure.

Cheryl’s Cookies

http://www.cheryls.com/

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