SWEETS and the CITY

Have you ever stumbled across a beautiful picture of a cute dessert on Instagram and wanted to know where it was from but had no clue where to start? Have no fear! C Mag is here to help. Here is a guide to some lip smacking tasty treat shops in San Francisco.

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Uji Time (22 Peace Plz. #440)

This Berkeley sweet shop, best known for their fish-shaped cones filled with soft serve, just recently expanded to San Francisco. Their famous cones, called taiyaki, are based off a traditional Japanese dessert cone usually filled with a red bean paste. Uji Time decided to take this dessert to its next level by topping it with soft serve, with flavors varying from black sesame, matcha and even tofu! This is the place for those craving a unique and photo-worthy dessert.

Honey Creme (839 Irving St)

Honeycreme is a sweet little soft serve shop in the Inner Sunset District of San Francisco. All flavors are created with the same creamy and rich vanilla base, and toppings are added to create new flavors. Their menu consists of unique choices like cotton candy, cereal, and chocolate bacon. The cereal flavor includes the base cream, caramel and frosted flakes, and the cotton candy flavor is made up of the base cream with cotton candy surrounding it. If you are looking for a tasty treat to soothe your tastebuds, cruise on down to Honeycreme!

Beard Papa’s (99 Yerba Buena Ln.)

Beard Papa’s is a cream puff shop that has two locations in San Francisco’s Yerba Buena district. Beard Papa’s is a chain so it does lack some of the character other sweet shops have, but the food does not lack in taste. The freshly made cream puffs come in multiple flavors, but we chose to try the original and green tea flavors. Both had delicious creamy fillings and crispy shells topped with powdered sugar. Beard Papa’s is definitely a go to for a road trip with some friends, or a quick pit stop on one of your SF adventures.

Hot Cookie (407 Castro St)

Hot Cookie is one of the funkiest cookie shops in San Francisco. Located in the Castro, the shop is a hole in the wall not stretching farther than 10 feet wide. The service is wonderful, the vibe is very relaxed and welcoming, and its cookie selection far outweighs its size. The cookie

assortment ranges from plain chocolate chip to cookies shaped as vulgar body parts. The cookie we purchased, called the “Sticky Nikki,” was a fresh soft chocolate chip cookie topped off with gooey caramel and salted pretzel sticks. Hands down, one of the best cookies we have ever had.

Belly Good Cafe and Crepes (1737 Post St. #393)

This just may be the most adorable dessert you’ll ever have: delicious crepes filled with ice cream, whipped cream and syrups then topped off with a unique animal face. Nestled in the Japantown shopping area, you will have to venture around to find these crepes… But trust us, they are worth getting lost for. Remember to bring cash, since cards are not accepted!

Doughp (2175 Market St)

This fairly new cookie dough shop near the Castro takes a spin on raw cookie dough, serving scoops of edible cookie dough in either a cup or cone. The shop itself is sheltered in a large room, similar to a food court, that contains other small food restaurants. The cookie dough cones are a cute idea, but the reality did not live up to its vision. While Doughp serves moist cookie dough and sweet cones, it was not worth the whopping $5 per scoop. Should you choose to visit this cute cookie dough stand, we recommend trying the flavors before you buy!