Bittersweet Confections

Best King Cake we’ve ever had! They even boxed it up for me so I could easily take it home on the plane with me. Now, we are so spoiled! I’ll have to return to NOLA each Mardi Gras to get King Cake from Bittersweet Confections — I don’t want it from anywhere else!

Great little shop, not always the fastest service when visiting on Saturday mornings (when the Crescent City Farmers Market is across the street) but everything is excellent. And if it’s Mardi Gras season they have some of the best King Cakes in town. Plus just about every other pastry in the shop. Which are all incredibly healthy and consistent with your diet needs. Yeah, that’s the ticket…

Ordered a cake from here for a group in town. It was a 10″ cake and it started at $ 65. To decorate the cake with some basic flowers was an additional $ 25. On top of this, there was a $ 25 delivery charge. Total for this cake was $ 115. Pricey. I didn’t taste the cake, but I hope it was good. The ordering process was easy and it was delivered as promised,
I did however taste their truffles and their cupcakes. Their passion fruit truffle was pretty damn good. Rich with subtle but discernable passion fruit undertones. Good.
Now, their cupcakes, well their cupcakes are what saved this review from being a 3 star meh review. I tried their almond wedding cake cupcake. Not only was it elegant and pretty, it was delicious. The frosting to cake ratio was perfect and the flavors again, subtle, not too sweet and discernable. I also had their dulce the leche cupcake. This one was a doozy. It was filled with caramel and topped with caramel frosting and topped with a gooey caramel. The frosting was a bit much for me, but the flavor was amazing. Despite a lot of frosting, it wasn’t overly sweet, and the flavors were good and the cake moist. The filling was a wonderful surprise. I really liked both flavors. Their coffee was pretty good too and they had almond milk.
I felt that cake was a bit too expensive, even for this Angeleno that is used to overpaying for everything… but the quality and flavor of their cupcakes & truffles were wonderful. Check these guys out!

This was the best strawberry cupcake I’ve ever had. It was a well balanced of cream, filling and cupcake. Highly recommend their cupcakes!

Here is a tea review. Yup, a tea review for Bittersweet!
Tea tea tea. This is our second time here 5 years apart. Super nice service both times.
Now, he (I assume the owner) brews iced tea over 12 to 16 hours. It is really good, really, really good. You can tell he takes pride in this tea and his establishment.
This time, I also had a fantastic almond croissant. The white icing is wonderful. Should have bought two the husband took way too much from his «bite.» In the past we had cupcakes and also really enjoyed these.
We will be back on our next NOLA visit for certain.

CONSISTENCY!!!
My biggest complaint regarding all the new bourgie restaurants is that they are not consistent from day to day. Maybe I’m old fashioned, but some people do read my reviews for recommendations, and I don’t want to send them somewhere unless I know that they have consistently exemplary service and a quality product at a fair price.
BITTERSWEET IS ALWAYS 99% PERFECT
…and at Christmas they have one of the largest arrays of house made goodies including gingerbread men, wreath topped tiered tortes, candied pecans, dark chocolate peppermint bark…
AND IT’S COMPETITIVELY PRICED
I put together a nice gift mix for about $ 15 (see pic).

Ducked into here on a suggestion from Unilocal; so glad I did. Friendly staff, fresh pastries, and a knowledgable barista. Oh, yeah, fair prices too!

This place has tasty treats prettily decorated. Great for a quick stop for a coffee and dessert. I’ve particularly enjoyed the petite fours on both of my visits!

Pretty quaint bakery with great service. Cupcakes were good! My daughters polished cleaned the apple pie trifle and Italian cream cupcake.

This review is long over due. I bought my wife to NO to celebrate her 30^th birthday. Researching Unilocal I found Bittersweet to possibly order a cake. I am from Washington DC so this was a complete shot in the dark and prayer that this would be an easy process. Well my prayers were answered.
I emailed in and received a call back the next day regarding my order, what kind of cake, color of icing, size and payment. What relaxed me was that I only had to pay a deposit upon ordering of the cake and the rest upon arrival. We handled everything within one call no messy back and forth. I thought the price was very fair for what I ordered and the time frame (about 6 weeks).
When I arrived I had a warm welcome from the staff. They went to back and retrieved my Wife’s bday cake and I was amazed at the beauty of it. The cake looked better than my wedding cake lol at ¹⁄₃ the cost.
Bottom line the most important thing, the cake was DELICIOUS!!!
When ever I return to New Orleans I will make a stop at Bittersweet

It’s a good thing they’re located very inconveniently from me. This place is purely awesome. Pop rock chocolate bars? I have never experienced such a sensation. It was very lovely surprise for my taste buds. The cupcakes were phenomenal. The wedding cake is my personal favorite. Birthday cake was also delicious.
The décor is sweet and subtle. Overall a very enjoyable experience.

Un believable! I was on a quest to find the best fancy cupcakes in town for my birthday celebration and boy were these on point! We had gone to a Farmers Market Moonlight Event right next door to this place a few weeks ago and it made us take notice. I ordered 2 dozen cupcakes from the premium cupcake selection. These cupcakes were most delicious tasting and beautifully prepared. The cake portion of the cupcake was extremely delicate and tasty, no tunneling from over mixing, just right! Just got comparison sake, I bought a few cupcakes from Rouses bakery case and there was no comparison. The premium cupcakes are $ 4 a piece so they aren’t cheap, but worth every bit and penny!

Purchased an almond cupcake. The bottom line, a small cupcake with big flavor. I found that the cupcake was smaller than other cupcakes but it was really tasty. Was it worth $ 3.00, I guess. Would I pay $ 3.00 again, probably not, but my husband says he would. Customer service was ok. The guy behind the counter was not friendly but he was not rude either. The cashier was a bit friendlier. I must admit, based on all the great reviews on Unilocal,I was expecting a bit more.

Cute, tasty, and maybe one of the best blueberry muffins I’ve had in years! This place was rated #3 in the top 10 places for sweets in the New Orleans area!
Right across the way from our Saturday farmers market, it was the perfect place to stop before heading back home. There were a number of visual-​pleasing treats in the case and plenty of tables and chairs to stay and enjoy a handmade coffee made by the friendly baristas.
I’m telling you– best blueberry muffin ever!

Stopped in on our walk down Magazine Street. This is an incredibly cute coffee shop, complete with chalkboard menu and a beautiful display of sweet confections.
The bf was hungry so he opted for a quiche lorraine, while the row of (literally) sparkling cupcakes caught my eye! Edible gold dust and glitter were among the decorations that adorned these little beauties. So many tempting choices– lemon curd, strawberry shortcake, cookies and cream, «Elvis» (peanut butter frosting & filled with chocolate ganache), red velvet, and almond wedding cake were some of the flavors. It took me a good 5 minutes to choose, but I settled on the almond wedding cake.
They also have a small sorbet section and cute packages of candied pecans and caramels by the register, which I browsed while waiting for our quiche to be heated. The quiche was absolutely delicious (definitely have them heat it for you!) with melty cheese, and a perfect flaky crust. The almond wedding cake cupcake was incredibly moist and you could really taste the almond flavor. However there was wayyyyyy too much frosting. It was piled high (almost doubling the height of the cupcake), and super sweet. I think this added to the esthetic appeal, but not the taste. We ended up cutting off most of the frosting, which made it much more enjoyable!

Bittersweet Confections is my 5-​yr-​old son’s «favorite coffee shop» (his words– which probably says something about how often I drag him to coffee shops, cafes, etc.) — It’s fairly high on my own list of places to acquire caffeine as well.
The pastry and chocolate selection here is good– the cupcakes are quite yummy and there’s a wide selection of flavors. They’ve recently added a small gelato selection– mostly unusual flavors, not the basics.
Bittersweet also makes cakes for any occasion and they often have a slideshow on a screen in the café of lots of the different cake designs they’ve made (some of which are pretty creative) — so if you’re looking for a cake in a specific shape, they can probably do it (Millennium Falcon cake, anyone? They can handle that.)
There’s seating inside if you want to hang out and enjoy your treat and coffee. There’s also free Wifi, so you can check in or peruse the Web while you sit.
The staff is always friendly and willing to answer questions about the stuff in the dessert cases.

**I ended up using a different bakery, so this is only a partial review. However, my experience with Bittersweet was so upsetting to me as a bride that I feel compelled to share it.**
I planned a destination wedding, and made the mistake of first trying to use Haydel’s for my Sunday wedding. They won’t deliver on a Sunday, and the logistics of having someone else deliver was too stressful. I spoke to someone who highly recommended Bittersweet and told me to ask for Cheryl, the owner.
I called, and despite asking to speak to Cheryl was put through to Ben, who assured me that they were available for that date and could accommodate a Sunday delivery. I initially really liked Ben, and we talked for almost a half hour about the cake I wanted. He told me to email him with photos of cakes I had seen that I liked. I did, and there was no response. I emailed again two days later and no response. I called two days later and asked for Cheryl, but was again put through to Ben, who told me he had been out sick but had just seen my email and would get back to me ASAP. Four more days passed and I emailed again; no response. I called again two days after that and said I was getting very anxious and really wanted to place an order. Ben was really curt and said that they were super busy, that that weekend was now full, and that he would have to «speak to [his] boss» to see whether they could accommodate me. I was very upset and said that I had thought we were working together and therefore had not contacted any other bakeries. He said that he would let me know one way or the other no later than the next day. Not surprisingly, he neither called nor emailed.
I called again two days later and asked to speak to Cheryl. When asked what it was regarding, I said «a problem with an employee” – it was the only way I knew I would not be redirected to Ben again! Cheryl was REALLY nice, and she apologized and sounded very sincere. She tried to make amends, and we talked about what I wanted. However, I just could not shake the sour taste in my mouth that had developed over weeks of being strung along by Ben and the bad attitude at the end. I ultimately decided to go with another local bakery.
I cannot say anything about the cake itself, and I feel pretty certain that it would have been great had I worked with them. But as a bride who was trying my best to deal with vendors from afar, I would not recommend Bittersweet. It was by far one of my biggest wedding planning headaches.

Great place for coffee, teas, and lots of great confections. Truffles, cakes, cupcakes (awesome cupcakes). Lattes, Italian sodas, flavored iced teas, (try the black iced teas).
Prices are reasonable, staff is friendly, and service is prompt. Check out their website for a full menu.

**Disclaimer: I did not actually visit or taste anything from Bittersweet Confections; however, I received impeccable customer service from the owner over the phone when I ordered some birthday treats for a friend, who was pleased with everything she tried.
While searching for sugary treats to order for my friend’s birthday (Valentine’s Day) two weeks ago, Unilocal led me (thankfully!) to Bittersweet Confections. Since I live in NYC and my friend lives in New Orleans, I wanted to select and pay for a variety of sugary treats over the phone for her to pick up. The morning of, I called the shop and spoke with Cheryl, the owner. Cheryl was so friendly, patient, and informative and it was a delight hearing about that day’s options and picking out some desserts. Taking note of her recommendations, I ended up choosing petit fours and a small chocolate cake (decorated with red hearts), chocolate covered strawberries, red velvet cupcakes, and salted caramels. I gave my credit card information, chose a pick-​up time, and was told the desserts would be wrapped up nicely for my friend. Easy as pie — or cake!
My friend ended up coming by a bit early but fortunately everything was ready for her. When she opened the bag she loved the presentation and said all the treats tasted great — the cupcakes were her favorite.
Based on the wonderful customer service I received (during the hectic week before Mardi Gras) and the «I am in dessert heaven!!!» and «everything is AMAZING» texts from my friend a few hours later, I would highly recommend Bittersweet Confections next time you need to order some special sweets. Thank you Cheryl for helping me with this birthday surprise!

A tony storefront for a true confectioner. Coffee and espresso drinks. Baked goods. A huge cast of chocolates. Awards from the Knot for wedding cakes.
A good spot for a cup of coffee and a bun.