We’re always on the lookout for the best things to eat in Houston, and we’ve compiled quite the list of cakes, cookies, ice creams and decadent delights. Go ahead and indulge. Life is short; eat dessert first.
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When the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo’s World Championship Bar-B-Que hosted its annual Dutch Oven Desserts competition, we were there, front and center. -
During our first look at Marais in Dickinson, we stumbled upon this gloriously decadent creme brulee. -
Our trip down food memory lane in June revealed the best dessert you will eat in Houston right now, these figs with goat cheese ice cream at Underbelly. -
The way to a man’s (or woman’s) heart is through the stomach, which led us to explore the best desserts to eat for Valentine’s Day. Which is where we found these two new flavors at SweetCup: Rose Milk and Dark Chocolate Truffle Vino -
Our mission for July? To find the five best apple pies in Houston. The State Fair Caramel Apple is topped with a buttery crumble and housemade caramel. -
When Girl Scout cookie time comes around, Houston chefs get creative. All locations of Ooh La La Dessert Boutique were offering up the Caramel Delight Cupcake in February — chocolate cake filled with caramel mascarpone and topped with caramel buttercream. -
Step aside, Stepford Wives. Our food writer Lorretta Ruggiero makes a mean coconut Peeps cake. -
Unicorn food madness took hold in April, and that’s when we came across the mystical and elusive Unicorn Concha at El Bolillo Bakery. -
The way to a man’s (or woman’s) heart is through the stomach, which led us to explore the best desserts to eat for Valentine’s Day. Killen’s STQ made this amazing chocolate cake smoked under a cloche. -
The way to a man’s (or woman’s) heart is through the stomach, which led us to explore the best desserts to eat for Valentine’s Day. Our quest brought us to Niko Niko’s and these special-edition truffles. -
Our June camera dump of best things we ate reminded us of the Instagrammable macaron ice cream sandwich at Stacked in Katy. -
Our mission for July? To find the five best apple pies in Houston. The apple pie à la mode at Barnaby’s is a worthy option. -
The way to a man’s (or woman’s) heart is through the stomach, which led us to explore the best desserts to eat for Valentine’s Day. Sweet at CityCentre was offering red velvet macarons and heart-shaped Rice Krispie treats. -
Our mission for July? To find the five best apple pies in Houston. We found this towering concoction at Kenny & Ziggy’s. -
The way to a man’s (or woman’s) heart is through the stomach, which led us to explore the best desserts to eat for Valentine’s Day. We found these chocolate ganache-filled cherry vanilla lovebird macarons at Monchou Sweets. -
The way to a man’s (or woman’s) heart is through the stomach, which led us to explore the best desserts to eat for Valentine’s Day. Seabrook Waffle Company was serving up a mean strawberry shortcake waffle. -
Our mission for July? To find the five best apple pies in Houston. Ooh La La Dessert Boutique made the list. -
As we reflected back upon the best things we ate in April, we couldn’t leave out the churros with housemade vanilla ice cream, dulce de leche and caramelized pineapple at Fusion Taco. -
Our trip down food memory lane in June turned up this decadent slice of Bayou Goo from House of Pies. -
As we pushed back from the table to think about everything we ate in March, we couldn’t resist the pancakes topped with cafe sua da (Vietnamese coffee) flavor ice cream, dubbed The Nguyen-er (“Winner”), at Bosta Kitchen. -
Our April camera dump of best things we ate turned up Chef Carrie Knight’s banoffee pie from a special dinner pop-up at Peli Peli Galleria. -
Our May camera dump of best things we ate brought us back to this key lime tart from Starfish in the Heights. -
Our June camera dump of best things we ate reminded us that we are totally in love with the cajeta (goat’s milk caramel) flavored ice cream at Tarasco’s. -
Our March camera dump of best things we ate reminded us of this vegan strawberry cupcake at Green Seed Vegan. -
When we reviewed Kitchen 713 in July we fought over this tres leches pancake spread with dulche de leche. -
Our review of Killen’s STQ yielded happiness in the form of this maple bacon croissant tres leches bread pudding. -
When we reviewed Rise No. 2 in February we found the bananas Foster soufflé incredible. -
During our first look at Beaver’s West in January, we declared the Slow Dough croissant bread pudding a can’t-miss item on the menu. -
The way to a man’s (or woman’s) heart is through the stomach, which led us to explore the best desserts to eat for Valentine’s Day. Crave Cupcakes placed fondant emojis and frosting rosettes on their cupcakes. -
Our mission for July? To find the five best apple pies in Houston. Revival Market’s apple pie features a classic latticed top; we’re also fans of their buttermilk pie shown here. -
As we pushed back from the table to think about everything we ate in March, we had fond memories about this chocolate cake at Eloise Nichols. -
The way to a man’s (or woman’s) heart is through the stomach, which led us to explore the best desserts to eat for Valentine’s Day. That’s when we found these gluten-free and vegan cookie cakes made with beans from Awesome Bites Co. -
The way to a man’s (or woman’s) heart is through the stomach, which led us to explore the best desserts to eat for Valentine’s Day. Fat Cat Creamery had just released a new flavor: Catentine’s Day, shown here topped with rum-soaked strawberries and milk chocolate chips. -
The way to a man’s (or woman’s) heart is through the stomach, which led us to explore the best desserts to eat for Valentine’s Day. The talented bakers at Niko Niko’s were making customizable Valentine’s Day cakes. -
When we went looking for the top Mexican cookies in Houston, our search took us to Arandas, El Bolillo, Panaderia Tierra Caliente, La Reynera Bakery, La Guadalupana, Rustika Bakery and the El Tiempo Market.
