Hudson Valley Parent is proud to present the winners of this year's Family Adventure Awards. Readers and staff chose the best places in the Hudson Valley and crowned them the best in family adventures.
Here are the best sweet treat shops for families:
Frida’s Bakery & Café represents small-town charm, quality service and hospitality. Frida’s incorporates the region’s finest ingredients into their artisan breads, pastries, cakes, pies, cookies and coffees. Frida’s also offers a dedicated area for kids to play while parents take a coffee break.
Over the top food for over the top memories with the ones you love. Enjoy unique and enjoyable meals and desserts like sandwiches, wraps, and our infamous Freak Shakes piled high with ice cream, candy and more!
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Mad Batters Pastries offers the freshest and most delectable food and baked goods. This Alice in Wonderland themed establishment offers everything from crème brulee French toast with Grand Marnier marinated strawberries to cheeseburger wraps and daily specials – all prepared in a gluten free kitchen. Mad Batters offers breakfast, lunch, pastries, baked goods and vegan options.
Hungry for homemade ice cream and more? Head to Zoe’s for fresh, high quality dairy products. It doesn’t get any fresher than from cow to cone in just three days! Seasonal products are sourced from local farmers to
ensure only the best ingredients for our products. Now serving beef and veggie burgers, hot dogs, fries, sandwiches and more!
We are a donut shop that offers freshly made donuts all day long. The fun thing is watching your donuts go from the batter bowl to the box. Watch them get made right before your eyes! Create your own donut by choosing a glaze, toppings and drizzle.
Visit Kingston Candy Bar for nostalgic sweets and homemade treats! This old-fashioned candy bar is home to treats like ice cream, vegan gelato, small batch pastries (some made without gluten!), fudge, cookies and more. Specials change daily!
Ella’s Bellas is a dedicated gluten-free bakery, coffee and specialty shop, that strives to bring amazing food to the Hudson Valley that can be eaten by everyone, no matter their dietary restrictions or allergies. Enjoy from scratch breads, scones, muffins, cupcakes, cakes, and cookies as well as daily soup, salad and quiche specials.
Bellvale Farms Creamery is an award winning, local, family-owned ice cream shop. We are open from April to October serving over 20 flavors of hard ice cream each day including our most popular Bellvale Bog which is dark chocolate with brownie chunks and fudge swirl. We make milkshakes, malts, floats and sundaes and of course waffle cones.
9. Boice Brothers Dairy
62 Oneil St., Kingston
845-340-2018
Celebrating 100 years, Boice Brothers Dairy is New York’s oldest family-run dairy, providing the Hudson Valley with farm-fresh dairy products. Our products are fresh, local and competitively priced. All our products are made on premises. Ice cream cakes and hard ice cream are our specialties, but we also carry lactose free and fat free ice cream.
10. Foundry 42
42 Front St., Port Jervis
845-858-4942
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Our core mission is to foster positivity and connection—from serving blue ribbon pies and coffees, to kids cooking classes, to kids yoga, to inspirational workshops, to music and beyond. Our free story time and craft on Wednesdays & Saturdays at 10:30am is a major hit. Imagine coffee bar meets retail meets events.
Located in the heart of Warwick, Fizzy Lifting Soda Pop Candy Shop is Orange County’s best candy store offering a variety of sodas, bulk candy, old fashioned candies and novelty items. Newly opened craft room open daily for crafters to come in and create masterpieces. We provide gifts, fun, sugar and magic all under one roof.
Rockland Bakery is the premium bakery of the Northeast. Rockland Bakery is known for providing the highest quality, freshly baked products at affordable prices with exceptional service. As we continue to strive to be the best, we are certain that will have something for everyone and provide the highest quality baked goods to satisfy our customers.
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