If you're heading out on an end-of-Summer road trip or are consistently looking for bucket list desserts, we've got you covered! When everything needs to go on Instagram or it didn't happen, you're going to make all of your friends jealous with the desserts you'll be eating across the country — everything from a huge piece of layered chocolate cake to warm apple tarts to the most decadent cheesecake! Click through to see all of the desserts we've rounded up, start planning your trip, and try not to drool all over your screen in the process.
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Location: Summer Garden and Bar at Rock Center Cafe, New York City
When you combine luxury candy boutique Sugarfina and Summer Garden and Bar at Rock Center Cafe, you know you're about to get something incredible! This sundae is layered with fresh peach ice cream, vanilla ice cream, Sugarfina peach bellinis, peach compote, Sugarfina Champagne bubbles, white peach caramel, and whipped cream. You'll walk away feeling just peachy after this dessert!
Location: Morimoto Asia, Orlando, FL
If you're willing to go out on a limb and try something a little bit different, Mochi Mochi will not disappoint. Its blend of textures and flavors make this one of the most interesting desserts we've ever had! The dessert combines annin tofu, coconut mango soup, fruit boba, frozen mango, and lemon-yogurt powder for a sweet-but-not-too-sweet dessert.
Location: Tortilla Jo's, Anaheim, CA
The perfect dessert for Fall is here. Postre de Manzana is a warm brown butter apple tart, and it's served with a piece of pepita brittle and vanilla ice cream. Nothing could be better than this!
Location: The Edison, Orlando, FL
The Lollipop Tree is perfect for sharing . . . or not. This tree is made up of cheesecake pops that are served with bubblegum whipped cream.
Location: Smith and Wollensky, nationwide
A five-layer cake that's brushed with Bailey's sounds delicious, but add in milk chocolate mousse and cover everything in dark chocolate, and you have chocolate perfection. You could share, but why would you want to?
Location: The Ganachery, Orlando, FL
If you're looking for the most decadent Summer dessert ever, look no farther than The Ganachery's homemade s'mores! Each one starts with a house-made vanilla bean marshmallow, salted caramel ganache, and Ganachery Dark 65 chocolate, and it's all finished with a powdered sugar Mickey Mouse! This dessert gets messy pretty quick, but it's so worth it.
Location: Catal, Anaheim, CA
If you love chocolate, the Triple Chocolate Mousse Cake will curb that chocolate craving. The dessert is made with macerated berries and dark chocolate tuile, along with the delightful chocolate mousse. We won't tell if you eat all of it yourself because it's just that good!
Location: Planet Hollywood, Orlando, FL
Over-the-top milkshakes are all over Instagram. The Cosmic Cotton Candy Milkshake is definitely worthy of a picture before devouring. The hand-dipped shake is adorned with a lot of rainbow sprinkles, chocolate-covered pretzels, cotton candy, and a giant lollipop. Talk about a sugar rush!
Location: Pinstripes, nationwide
If you love cheesecake, then you need to get this decadent dessert! It starts with a graham cracker crust followed by a dense cheesecake filling, then the top is bruleed to make a crunchy sugar top. The caramelized cheesecake is served with strawberry sauce.
Location: Chicken Guy!, Orlando, FL
All aboard the train to "Flavortown." This mint chocolate milkshake is hand-spun and served with a mix of Oreo cookies, chocolate mints, and drizzled chocolate syrup, then topped with fresh whipped cream. If this is what's served in Flavortown, we're never leaving!
