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Enjoy National Dessert Day at these Chicago and Suburban locations!

Treat yourself! National Dessert Day is Friday, October 14. From cupcakes to croissants, try these Chicago and suburban locations!

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Enjoy a taste of France, at home! Vanille Patisserie specializes in authentic French pastries, desserts and cakes. The bakery is known for their signature French-style macarons, but also sample their tarts, croissants, and handmade chocolates and candies. Located in Lincoln Park, also find them in the Chicago French Market! Only a 5 minute walk from Catalyst Apartments or a 10 minute walk from 215 West Apartments!

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Fall into a sugar coma with cupcakes and sweets from Sugar Bliss Cake Boutique! Sugar Bliss features over 20 premium cupcake flavors with options such as cinnamon carrot, spice, pumpkin patch and chocolate peppermint. Start your day with a sweet treat and try a breakfast cupcake with flavors such as blueberry vanilla or berry berry. Only a 6 minute walk from 73 East Lake or a 9 minute walk from 215 West Apartments!

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Desserts are a work of art at Alliance Patisserie! The pastry shop combines contemporary twists with classic European pastries to bring unique flavors such as balsamic fig macarons and Kouign Amanns, a specialty Breton butter cake. Come for the desserts but stay for a quick bite from their cafe, offering seasonal salads and sandwiches. Only a short walk north of Grand Plaza or a 7 minute walk from AMLI River North!

 

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Try ice cream with an Irish flare at Cone! Cone offers a variety of ice cream flavors, sundaes, and milkshakes made with European soft serve and hand scooped. Their signatures include the Shamrock soft serve cone sprinkled with Lucky Charms, a Cone O-Flake served with an Irish flake bar, or get their cones O’dipped in Irish chocolate. Try their cookie monster flavor, vanilla ice cream dyed blue and mixed with Oreos, Chips Ahoy, and cookie dough chunks. Only an 11 minute walk from Arkadia Towers or a 13 minute walk from Catalyst Apartments!

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Try hometown, handmade ice cream flavors at Kimmer’s Ice Cream. Kimmer’s creates its own blend of unique ice cream flavors, such as Aztec hot chocolate, coffee and donuts, and sunday morning breakfast, complete with French toast pieces rolled into maple ice cream. Have your ice cream as a scoop, shake, or sundae. Only a 6 minute drive from AMLI St. Charles!