Born as a small New York City bakery, Elisa’s Love Bites makes cookies designed to pair indulgence with more thoughtful ingredients. The brand’s signature approach leaves out gluten, refined sugar, and artificial sweeteners while keeping bold flavors at the center, and it has grown into a nationwide cookie brand. Chef Elisa Lyew also offers custom orders, catering, and wholesale options.
OvenlyBrooklyn-rooted Ovenly is known for small-batch baking and inventive flavor combinations that bring savory notes into sweet treats. The premium bakery makes cookies and cakes for customers seeking bakery-quality indulgence, including options that are secretly vegan or naturally gluten-free.BROOKLYN, NY
Whimsical SweetsFounded by Brooklyn native Esty Hirsch, Whimsical Sweets makes hand-iced cookies, French macarons and giftable CookieGrams from its locally owned Brooklyn bakery. Hirsch founded the company’s predecessor, Whimsical Confections, in 2011 and launched Whimsical Sweets in 2018, pairing intricate cookie design with kosher parve treats and national delivery. The bakery also teaches decorating classes and creates edible-image and other custom cookies for celebrations and corporate events.
Sans BakerySince 2010, Sans Bakery has baked craveable treats in New York City that are 100% gluten-free, with many also vegan, including its family-recipe-inspired mini banana bread. The bakery’s take on Australian lamingtons—vanilla sponge layered with strawberry preserves, dipped in chocolate, and rolled in coconut—captures its knack for making inclusive baked goods feel like an indulgence, using better ingredients and no preservatives.LONG ISLAND CITY, NY