Recently, restaurants all over the world have been popularized for their unique and photogenic desserts. Here’s a list of 15 Chicago-specific desserts that are worthy to trend on Instagram:
1. Fruity Pebbles French Toast
Where: Flo
What: This french toast is made and topped with Fruity Pebbles, with raspberries and blueberries on the side.
Cost: $10
2. Unicorn Hot Chocolate
Where: Christie’s Dairy Delights N’ Coffee House
What: This 16 ounce white hot chocolate is covered in pastel-colored candies, marshmallows, whipped cream, and cotton candy. It’s enough to satisfy your sugar craving for the day!
Price: N/A
3. Cookie Fries
Where: The Cookie Joint
What: These cookies are in the shape of crinkle-cut French fries and even come in fry boxes! They are served with various sauces, such as caramel, marshmallow, hazelnut, peanut butter, and chocolate.
Price: $5 (varies depending on size)
4. Shaved Snow
Where: Snow Dragon
What: No, this isn’t shaved ice. This is Taiwanese shaved snow, which is similar to ice cream but is more airy and has a velvety texture. It comes in many unique flavors, such as key lime, pina colada, coconut, green tea, and more.
Price: $5
5. Pancake Flights
Where: Orange Restaurant Chicago
What: Every week, this contemporary brunch restaurant serves a different pancake flight, which includes a platter of four themed, unique pancakes. The themes range anywhere from Donut Shop to April Fools’.
Price: $12.00
6. Raspberry Rose Macarons
Where: Maison Parisienne
What: This specialty raspberry macaron looks too good to eat! It is larger than a typical French macaron, and it is stuffed with actual raspberries!
Price: N/A
7. Cookie Cupcakes (March 1- May 31)
Where: Sprinkles Cupcakes
What: This cupcake is lined with cookie crust at the bottom, filled with yellow cake, and topped with brown sugar frosting and cookie pieces!
Price: $4
8. Fresh Coconuts
Where: Snow Dragon
What: If you are yearning for a tropical vacation, this fresh coconut should help. Instead of only serving coconut water, Snow Dragon gives you the actual coconut with a straw and mini umbrellas!
Price: N/A
9. Matcha Strawberries Crepe
Where: Aha Crepe
What: This crepery combines crepes with dessert. This specific crepe has crepes with strawberries, matcha ice cream, granola, whipped cream, and more.
Price: $8
10. Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches
Where: Cream Bar
What: These custom ice cream sandwiches are made with fresh cookies or brownies, various flavors of ice cream, and are decorated with toppings such as whipped cream, sprinkles, Fruity Pebbles, and more.
Price: $5
11. Churro Fiesta
Where: Xurro
What: This single filled churro is surrounded by whipped cream and topped with chocolate, caramel, and rainbow sprinkles.
Price: $2.50
12. S’mores Hot Chocolate
Where: BomboBar
What: This hot chocolate is topped with an accompanying donut, biscotti, chocolate bars, whipped cream, and s’mores.
Price: $10
13. Macaron Ice Cream Sandwiches
Where: Snow Dragon
What: This is a combination of ice cream and the traditional French macaron, but better. Both the macaron cookies and the ice cream come in an assortment of flavors and colors to make your Instagram picture pop!
Price: $5
14. Bubble Tea
Where: Vivi Bubble Tea
What: This colorful place serves many flavors of bubble tea in cute, Instagram worthy cups.
Price: $6
15. Cookie Cone Ice Cream
Where: Cone Gourmet Ice Cream
What: Instead of ordering a plain, boring cone, order a chocolate chip cookie cone!
Price: Varies on number of scoops
Now go and try all of these for yourself! You know you want to…