Gen Z TikTokkers are obsessed with this ancient Chinese delicacy said to have been served to emperors

Gen Z TikTokkers are obsessed with this ancient Chinese delicacy said to have been served to emperors

Dragon’s beard candy, an ancient Chinese delicacy, has become one of the latest viral food trends within TikTok’s culinary community. With just a few basic ingredients and a little bit of practice, you can whip up this historic confection in the comfort of your own kitchen. Read on to discover the secrets behind pulling sugar strands like … Read more

NYC woman turns illness into opportunity, and her apartment into a bakery

NYC woman turns illness into opportunity, and her apartment into a bakery

She’s gonna cake it ‘til she makes it.   Every weekday, Oriana Molina Garcia rises at 5 a.m. to bake confectioneries, then spends the rest of the day peddling them from her Midtown apartment.  “Baking is amazing, I really love it – and it’s nice to hear the feedback that I get from people who really … Read more

Bizarre ice cream topping loved by Dua Lipa is the new viral food craze: ‘It’s so addicting’

Bizarre ice cream topping loved by Dua Lipa is the new viral food craze: ‘It’s so addicting’

Can’t decide between sweet or savory? You don’t have to. Influencers are topping their traditional vanilla ice cream with a drizzle of olive oil in the latest food trend that is sweeping TikTok. While the flavor profile seems peculiar, the Dua Lipa-approved dessert has surprised those with a sweet tooth, who admittedly assumed the treat … Read more

Soaring sugar costs mean dessert prices may surge up to 6% in 2024

Soaring sugar costs mean dessert prices may surge up to 6% in 2024

Your milk and cookies just got a little bit more expensive. The price of sugar and sweets could rise 5.6% in 2024 after an extreme drought in Thailand and India caused another bad crop year. This comes as US consumers already saw sweets prices rise 8.9%, which is well above historical averages, according to the … Read more

Store’s mysterious ‘yellow’ donut has dessert lovers fighting over what its actual flavor is

Store’s mysterious ‘yellow’ donut has dessert lovers fighting over what its actual flavor is

Australian grocery store Coles’ iced donuts have sparked a huge debate online over what the flavor of one of its pastries. While most of us have been sitting back and minding our own business these holidays, a Reddit post has been pinging non-stop after someone posted a question asking what the flavor of the delicious … Read more

How sweet it is: Dentist’s side hustle is selling macarons

How sweet it is: Dentist’s side hustle is selling macarons

Stephanie Tran’s day job is keeping pearly whites squeaky clean — but her side hustle is for those with a sweet tooth. The New Jersey dentist began baking macarons at the start of the pandemic, and turned her hobby into a business. She launched her company, Steph’s Macarons, in July 2020, and peddles her creative … Read more

Dianne’s Fine Desserts recalls chocolate brownies in 14 states over undeclared peanut allergen

Dianne’s Fine Desserts recalls chocolate brownies in 14 states over undeclared peanut allergen

A Massachusetts-based dessert company is voluntarily recalling over 2,000 trays of brownies in 14 states over “inadvertent mislabeling” on the product’s packaging that fails to tell consumers that it contains peanuts, federal health officials announced Wednesday. Dianne’s Fine Desserts of Newburyport is recalling Sienna Bakery Chocolate Decadent Brownies and Sienna Bakery Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownies distributed by … Read more

Here’s how many cookies most people eat during the holiday season: poll

Here’s how many cookies most people eat during the holiday season: poll

Half of Americans have attended a holiday party specifically for the treats and desserts, according to new research. The survey of 2,000 general population Americans revealed that, while 48% have attended a party solely for the sweets they expected to be there, 43% have also stayed at a gathering for the treats — then left. … Read more

Delicious toilets and dragons: The wild desserts that ‘Cake Boss’ has crafted

Delicious toilets and dragons: The wild desserts that ‘Cake Boss’ has crafted

These half-baked ideas turn into decadent desserts. Although “Cake Boss” Buddy Valastro gets many unusual and seemingly daunting requests from clients, he finds a way to hit the sweet spot with some crazy creations. “I’ve gotten so many — from a toilet bowl that had to flush to a cake that’s got to spit fire,” Valastro, 46, told … Read more

Magnolia Bakery transforming its iconic desserts into cannabis edibles — but there’s a catch for New Yorkers

Magnolia Bakery transforming its iconic desserts into cannabis edibles — but there’s a catch for New Yorkers

Get baked with your favorite desserts from Magnolia Bakery. New York City’s world-famous bakeshop is transforming some of its fan favorites into THC-infused edibles — but it might be tough for residents of the Big Apple to get their hands on them. Magnolia’s first-ever cannabis product, presented in partnership with award-winning cannabis edibles brand Incredibles, … Read more

I make cupcakes that look like fast food — people pay $90 a dozen and book me years in advance

I make cupcakes that look like fast food — people pay  a dozen and book me years in advance

She’s making savory really sweet. A Scottish baker has become an online sensation for her lavish cupcakes, which are topped with miniature versions of fast food items from the likes of McDonald’s and KFC, as well as New York bagels, prawns, and black olives. Ashley Calder’s lookalike treats — or “cupfakes” — have become so … Read more

Trader Joe’s fans devise copycat hack for popular pumpkin rolls: ‘Delicious!’

Trader Joe’s fans devise copycat hack for popular pumpkin rolls: ‘Delicious!’

This Trader Joe’s hack will have you feelin’ gourd all fall long. One of the grocery chain’s fall favorites, the pumpkin cinnamon rolls, has been discontinued, The Post can confirm — but there’s still a way to make them at home to satisfy that ooey, gooey craving. On Instagram this week, Trader Joe’s superfans @trader_joes_treasure_hunt … Read more

Oreo Red Velvet is back — fans rejoice over return of ‘most requested’ flavor

Oreo Red Velvet is back — fans rejoice over return of ‘most requested’ flavor

Oreo fans are seeing red — and that’s a good thing. After a three-year hiatus, the iconic cookie brand is bringing the red velvet flavor back — the “most requested” of Oreo’s limited edition treats, according to People. The sweet sandwich will be available beginning Sept. 12 for a limited time only. The flavor remains … Read more

McDonald’s fans thrilled by $9 sheet cake on ‘secret menu’ — but employees are clueless

McDonald’s fans thrilled by  sheet cake on ‘secret menu’ — but employees are clueless

McCake anyone? McDonald’s fans are in shock and awe after learning the fast food chain sells a “Ronald Birthday Cake” in a now-viral TikTok. But employees are just shocked to learn it exists. In a 17-second clip with 5.4 million views, Kayleigh Weeks, who goes by @kayrock93 on the social media site, revealed the secret menu … Read more

What donut should you eat based on your zodiac sign?

What donut should you eat based on your zodiac sign?

These pastries are going down in a glaze of glory. National Donut Day arrives June 2, 2023 hot, fresh and with a hole in the middle to cure the empty feeling that lives in all of us. Donut Day was conceived as a sacred day of observance by the Salvation Army, in 1938 the Chicago chapter … Read more

World’s most expensive ice cream costs $6,696 per scoop

World’s most expensive ice cream costs ,696 per scoop

It’s the crème de la ice cream. A Japanese ice cream company has gathered some of the rarest and most luxurious ingredients and turned them into the world’s most expensive ice cream — priced at a whopping $6,696 per serving. Japanese brand Cellato achieved the most expensive ice cream on the planet, with Guinness World … Read more

New Dr Pepper ice cream flavor freezes out fans: ‘Disappointing’

New Dr Pepper ice cream flavor freezes out fans: ‘Disappointing’

This bubbly, new concoction sounds soda-licious. A debate is popping off and fizzing up on social media over Blue Bell’s new ice cream flavor: Dr Pepper Float. The brand announced Thursday that it has partnered with the pop purveyor to create a brand new taste for frosty gelato lovers everywhere. Dr Pepper — created in … Read more

What your dessert preference says about your personality: research

What your dessert preference says about your personality: research

Some 37% of people say they have a bigger sweet tooth now than when they were a kid, new research found. A recent survey of 2,000 American adults found 49% of people who identify as extroverts claim their sweet tooth has grown since childhood. More self-reported introverts preferred chocolate desserts (46% vs. 31%), and they … Read more

Zodiac signs by the slice: What pie are you, as per an astrologer?

Zodiac signs by the slice: What pie are you, as per an astrologer?

Happy National Pie Day (not to be confused with National Pi Day). In his post apocalyptic debut novel, “The Gone-Away World,” Nick Harkaway writes, “Pie is . . . ephemeral. From the moment it emerges from the oven it begins a steep decline: from too hot to edible to cold to stale to mouldy, and … Read more

Move over, Santa: Get exclusive Last Crumb cookies for Christmas now

Move over, Santa: Get exclusive Last Crumb cookies for Christmas now

New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you buy through our links. Santa can have the store-bought cookies, because we’re saving these for ourselves. For fans of all things gooey and delicious, we have breaking news for you — Last Crumb cookies are dropping today, right now to be exact. … Read more