Dessert Club, ChikaLicious

So I came too early to be seated for my reservation at Chikalicious dessert bar, decided to stop at Chikalicious dessert club across street to get something to go for my breakfast tomorrow. Wow a even larger menu with too little space! Only three tables…
Since none of the pastries could last for more than one day and best be kept in fridge, I only got the vanilla bean flavored dough’ssant. Cannot wait to try it out tomorrow!
Now I’m ready for my dessert tasting!

This ChikaLicious is for the broke people who can’t afford the sit in ChikaLicious next door. I’m one of those people and it don’t matta cause what I ordered was still delicious! I ordered the chikalicious ($ 8) and the salty and semisweet mixture was a great combo.
I think the only downside is the lack of presentation and seating, but I suppose this place was meant to be a take away dessert place. So can’t complain there! The pricing is decent. Still overpriced for take away dessert in my opinion, but better than the prices next door! I’ll probably try the fancier chikalicious next time, when I have an income.

Think I’ve been here before because the place feels familiar but don’t remember ordering anything. Tonight we came for a party of 4; seating is limited and gets packed around 8pm.
I tried the Monkey Bread with brioche bread, cinnamon, and vanilla ice cream. It was super sweet and I normally don’t like cinnamon, but this was warm and delightful to have after a seafood dinner. The chocolate lava cake was also very good; it’s a bit like dark chocolate but retains the sweetness of milk chocolate. Also had a try of my friend’s soft serve green tea, which surprised me of its authentic and sweet taste.
Would try the dessert bar across the street next time to see the difference but overall would come back!

I was able to try the vanilla bean & green tea Mille cake & they were so delicious! I recommend not getting the sugar on top of the green tea as it is waaaay too sweet but otherwise this is definitely up to standards! I would choose this place over Lady M because it’s cheaper, and have different other pastries! I also got the chance to try the dough’ssaint and you must try it! Flaky goodness! I took off one star because it’s an extremely small little place, so you would have to fight for your table! But otherwise, service is awesome! People who work here are extremely nice.

A new found obsession with Mille crêpe cakes! Mille crêpe cakes are about 20 slices of thin crepes with a small layer of filling I between them put together to create a cake. I’ve tried the Mille crêpe cakes at lady m & I found this place & wanted to see if they tasted similar since it’s cheaper than lady m. & it does taste almost exactly the same! If you were to put them side to side, I wouldn’t be able to tell the difference. The only difference between the two is that this dessert bar but this sugar water on top when you get it. I usually ask for without it since it’s a little too sweet for my liking. I personally really enjoyed the vanilla bean & the green tea crêpe cake. It was love at first bite. The cake texture was light & airy. I feel like I can eat 10 of these! They’re pretty pricey for one small size but worth every penny.
The also have the famous «dough’sant». You might know it from other places who call it «Cronuts.» The exterior is crunchy but when you bite into it it’s extremely soft & fluffy. Definitely worth a try if you have a sweet tooth.
This place is a nice little spot to hang out, but it can get busying around 8 after dinner. This place was so good, I made the trip out here twice during my New York trip! I will most definitely be back the next time I visit!

I am not impressed.
Location: they have two stores which are face –to –face. We got pretty confused but then one of the store is under renovation so we are pushing to the one on the opposite site. It was small, and of course, limited seats available. Graciously, there’s no one here by the time we arrived. How lucky we are. There is no solid menu, everything is here and there. They also have something for display so that’s good cuz we have a sense that what kind of thing we expect to eat.
Desserts: we ended up with monkey bread and nutella dough. I think both are over-​sugary and I became more and more thirsty after 3 bites. The pros of monkey bread is that it is very sparking when you eat both ice cream and the crispy money bread. The first few bites are every good. The pros of the dough is that the chocolate is very dense and flavorful. But like I said million times, I hate too sugary stuff and this is the classical situation.
So I ended up disliking this place.
Price: I cannot remember.
Service: waiting a long time, I was pretty impatient that the owner is slowly served us. UGH, you cannot slow serve people who are in a craving mood!
Overall: 3.5 stars.

This little hidden Gem is really close to St. Marks. There are a few seats enough for about 10 people. I really enjoyed the green tea Milliecrepe nice and smooth and great green tea flavor. My eldest daughter order the Nutella dough ssant which was totally amazing along with a very yummy hot chocolate. My husband took the liberty of ordering the monkey bread which is served with a scoop of ice cream and it Delicious. This place has its own unique little treats that you wont typically find in your average café. So if you are in the area give it a try.

I had the bread pudding with the soft serve ice cream and the crème brûlée cronut. I like the bread pudding but I didn’t think it was anything out of this world or worth waiting in line for. I liked the cronut as well but again, nothing out of this world and I like the cronuts at Ansel better.

I’ve never really had the desire to wake up at 4 am to go stand in line for a Cronut, so I was glad to experience an approximately zero-​minute wait for ChikaLicious’s apparent answer to the Dominique Ansel bakery treat: the Dough-​Ssant ($ 5). I didn’t even know that I wanted it, but as it turns out, I wanted it so much. Of the plain, nutella and crème brûlée options, I tried the crème brûlée and loved it all: the incredibly soft, flaky interior enveloping the delicious custard, as well as the caramelized sugar on top.
I also tried the tiramisu mochi (also $ 5), which was so, so good and unique. This one’s a must-​try. Because mochi + tiramisu = obviously.
I sampled a few bites of the treats my friends were enjoying:
–puff chika crème puff — also crème brûlée-​flavored
–chocolate lava cake with vanilla ice cream
–madagascar vanilla crêpe cake
The only dessert I probably wouldn’t order again was the lava cake. It was really good, just a tad too chocolate-​y for me, and maybe ever-​so-​slighty uninspired. The green tea lava cake, however, sounds really interesting.
My friends and I were here on a Wednesday evening, and we had the place to ourselves part of the time. At another point during the visit, all 4 – 5 small tables were full and the spot felt a bit cramped. The employees were very accommodating; the door was left open even though the temperature hovered in the mid 50s, but upon request we were able to close it, no problem.
4.5 stars rounded up.

This is a perfect place to find your sweet spot!!!
They keep it simple but deliciously rich not only in flavor but also visually.
They keep everything spotless, we made a stop in the middle of a rainy day, someone recommended that if we had the chance we had to give it a try and we’re happy we did.

Officially in a long-​term committed relationship with the Fererro Nutella Dough’ssant.
I actually heard of this place through my mother. That’s when you know it’s going to be good, really. Mother knows best. I was in east village on Sunday afternoon and there was no line when we walked in. YAS. Minutes later, there was a 15 minute line. Tfw timing is on point — nothing is better.
You order at the counter and the one-​man party (I swear he handles the register, preps the food, does everything, etc) hands you a buzzer that informs you when everything is ready. Space is limited in this cute little joint (there’s four 2-​seater tables and counter space that’s standing room only and in the same space as those waiting in line… Awkward) so consider taking your dessert to-​go. Service was quite fast — while I did have to wait about 10 minutes for my turn to order, this gave me ample time to study the extensive menu, and it only took about 5 minutes for him to heat it up for me.
I had the Fererro Nutella Dough’ssant and the Matcha Green Tea Yuzu Mille Crêpe Cake while my friend opted for the Crazy Monkey Bread. They were all amazing, I swear you can’t really go wrong here! The dough’ssant was equal parts flakey and buttery like a croissant, and I was pleasantly surprised by the inside which actually tasted like a combination of Nutella and Fererro Rocher. The crêpe cake was beautifully layered and wasn’t too sweet. It actually tasted like green tea! Also a plus, it didn’t come falling apart when I jabbed my fork through the top. I wasn’t sure what to expect from the monkey bread, but it was reminiscent of a really good pull apart cinnamon bun. Like, the best you ever had.
Carbohydrate goodness that will make you wish you went to the gym all day the day before so that you could eat everything without a guilty conscious. I’d love to come back to try other things off of their extensive menu such as their strawberry shortcake and molten lava chocolate cake!

Jeez, the bun chika bun bun is ridiculous. Crispy exterior and a sweet gingerbread-​cinnamon like filling. Man, I could eat them nonstop. A bit pricey but worth it and great for sharing.

I find it hysterical that I haven’t yet written about this place, which is easily one of the best spots to score dessert in the entire city. I’ve been coming here on and off for about 5 years now and pretty much everything you can get is truly great.
So, this is the casual offshoot of the very first dessert bar in NYC history. It opened a while ago and is still one of the top places. Now, dessert bars like Dominique Ansel Kitchen and Spot Dessert Bar are everywhere (both of those places are awesome btw), but Chickalicious was truly the first and is truly one of the best.
My number 1 here is the molten chocolate cake that they serve with vanilla ice cream. In my opinion it is the best molten lava cake in the entire city. A close second is the Chickalicious Sundae, which you can see in a to-​go container below.
The knockoff cronuts are good here but the cupcakes, buns, and green tea soft serve are better. Enjoy this place, it is nuts.

I was in East Village again today and there was — magically — no line at the Chikalicious booth. There’s no reason to step in for a try!
Despite that I wanted to try the famous vanilla-​soft-​serve-​centered green tea shaved ice — the staff, nice and smiling, recommended the strawberry shortcake sundae to me «the firstimer». Honestly I don’t have much impression about how a strawberry shortcake but… I followed the expert’s opinion. (As another three person in the room also recommended it!)
My sundae arrived promptly with a cup of iced green tea. The vanilla soft serve was very old fashioned, with a simple but pure milky taste — and had a perfect balance between sweetness and lightness. The strawberry shortcake chunks were both moist and fluffy, which reminded of a typical Japanese bakery I used to frequent in SD («it’s very Asian» in terms of texture.) And the strawberry chunks were frozen, neither too sour nor too sweetened to destroy the balance. I would like to give two thumbs to the way they are dealing with fruits!
The service was really nice and the décor was endearing, despite the limited space. When I finished my sundae (and pics) it began to get packed already. You can have desserts before dinner if you don’t want to wait!
In conclusion: a lovely place. Will try the three-​course dessert menu across the street next time — and their lovely-​looking Michelle Obama sundae next time, probably.

Hi there. I’ll have your bun chika bun bun…
Do you have any idea how weird I felt ordering that? But obviously the guy is use to it, so it wasn’t as weird for him than it was for me.
Once you order it, it’ll take a few minutes because they heat it up for you. I didn’t know what to expect. It almost looks like an asian pineapple bun with the same texture and consistency except for the bottom. The bottom has something that looks and tastes like a cookie. It adds a hard, crunchy, graham cracker texture to the bun. I didn’t know there was going to be a filling so that was a pleasant surprise. I do think $ 5.00 is a little too much though.
It was good, but not life changing. I’d like to try their other baked goods (crêpe cakes) for sure though! Oh! It’s best when eaten fresh out of the oven.

I would give this place a 3.5 star to be realistic.
Came with my roommate for a snack last night — everything looked amazing and we struggled so hard to decide what to get. I eventually decided the michelle obama (vanilla ice cream with caramel and frosted pecans and espresso) and my roommate got the ice cream éclair sandwich. Hers was a little éclair with a lot of ice cream with barely anything else on it. Mine was good but it definitely did not blow me away — it was basically just ice cream. I think for a bigish cup of ice cream for $ 8, i could get something better somewhere else.
I do also have to say we might have ordered wrong. They have these cool mochi bites and cronut type pastries which looked really good. We might have been better off getting a specialty item such as one of those instead of the ice cream, but I’m skeptical to try this place again given all the delicious spots in the city

Yum! Love the cute casual vibe of this place. There are a few seats, but we had to sit outside on the benches along the sidewalk because the shop was full. You basically look at the limited items on the menu as well as point to what you want from the display case. They make interesting desserts! I saw some cronut-​type pastries, but we didn’t get that.
1. Cream puff: Delicious, sweet filling encased with soft mildly sweetened pastry.
2. Ice cream eclairs: You really need a fork to eat this one because it gets all over the place, but the chocolate crunchiness of the éclair coupled with the cold ice cream in the middle will make this worth it. You might as well get a spoon and lap up the melted ice cream at the end.
3. Jack Daniel’s bread pudding: My favorite item of the night. Large scoop of ice cream on top over a mildly rum-​tinted soft bread pudding that’s hot. This combination never misses.

Pas envie, pas le temps de faire la queue dans la fameuse Bakery de Dominique Ansel pour LE fameux cronut? Pas de problème, j’ai la solution !
Au chickalicious on né sert pas de Cronut (car le nom est déposé) mais plutôt des Doughssant. Alors oui le nom est chelou mais je vous promets que le goût né l’est pas. Comment repartir de NYC sans avoir goûté cette spécificité … tout à fait spécifique ?!
Sans aucune queue ni attente on entre dans cette petite bakery qui né sert presque que du à emporter (on peut aller en face dans la même enseigne pour une ambiance plus «salon de thé»). On peut choisir son cronut au choix, nature, chocolat, avec des toppings, selon l’humeur du chef etc, et ça pour un prix tout à fait raisonnable.
Nous étions deux et sommes parties sur un «un chacune», et bien grave erreur, nous avons à peine réussi à les finir (mais on s’est quand même forcées, hein). C’est quand même une combinaison entre un croissant et un doughnut, supplément crème à l’intérieur, alors vous avez plutôt intérêt à avoir faim!
Bön autant vous dire que c’est méga-​bon, et que c’est une expérience que je suis prête à renouveler ;)

Last night my friend and I had a craving for something sweet, this place was on my to try list so o figured why not give it a shot, I think by the end we were both glad we did.
The space itself is small, minimal seating with a small AC that does not cool the entire place, there is no bathroom either but hey it’s not the place we came for its for the sweets.
There were lots to things to choose from! I decided and ordered the molten chocolate lava cake with vanilla ice cream. The lava cake is hot and soft on the inside and has just the right amount of sweetness. Absolutely delicious.
Next time I will try something different, maybe something made with Nutella. They also sell cake, birthday anyone? I think my next birthday cake is coming from here for sure!

Went to the dessert club because Cha-​An and the dessert bar across the street was crowded beyond belief.
We ordered the banana custard pie and jack daniels bread pudding.
I loved the banana custard pie — even though it wasn’t pie or custard-​y. It was a creamy soft serve with pieces of fresh banana and cookie crumbles. Yum.
The bread pudding was mediocre. Also came with a scoop of vanilla ice cream — thank god for that because the sauce it was sitting in tasted like some STRONG whiskey. If you’re into alcoholic desserts you might like this but my friends and I were not digging it. The texture of the bread pudding wasn’t that great — kind of soggier and denser than good bread pudding.
And funny thing — when I asked for recommendations, the guy at the counter recommended half the menu haha.
This place has such good reviews so I’m guessing I might find some other things I really like. Maybe I’ll try the bar next time. I wish there were more seats in both the bar and club.

Came here two weeks ago for dessert with a friend.
I got the chocolate lava cake with vanilla ice cream for $ 8. Waited 15 mins for it to come out and it was simply divine. The view of the lava rushing out of the cake should be the 8^th wonder of the world. My taste buds were dancing.
The only downside to this is that seating is limited. Their dessert bar is actually right across the street if you want a more formal setting and seating. It has a different menu though.