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Downtown Highlights: Funny Face Bakery – Hilarious, Delicious, and A-dough-rable Cookies

Hilarious, Delicious, and A-dough-rable Cookies

 

In this episode of Downtown Highlights, we visited Funny Face Bakery, where they make a variety of very detailed, hand-piped cookies.

About Funny Face Bakery

 

Funny Face Bakery They are located in the Seaport District at 6 Fulton St, New York, NY 10038

 

Funny Face Bakery was founded in 2016, Sarah Silverman opened her first bakery in East Village. She gained attention for her cupcakes, made with Swiss meringue buttercream. Silverman debuted her face cookies in August 2016 for the first time with the faces of the 2016 Presidential Candidates. These cookies quickly gained a lot of attention. As a result, Silverman hired a cookie decorating team to keep up with the demand. 

Some classic cookies at Funny Face Bakery: Kim Kardashian Crying, Leonardo DiCaprio as the Great Gatsby, You’re Doing Amazing Sweetie Meme, and an Adidas Sneaker.

 

Each cookie is made with a laser printer cookie cutter to ensure each cookie is the exact shape needed. Cookies go through two rounds of icing, first a base coat of icing and then the detailed hand piping. The making of one cookie can take 20 to 30 minutes to make depending on how involved the design is.

Five deluxe cookies at Funny Face Bakery: Chocolate Chip, Rainbow Crumbfetti, Double Chocolate, S’mores, and Oatmeal Raisin

They also have freshly baked, 6-ounce deluxe cookies that come in flavors including double chocolate, chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin, and more.

Some of Funny Face’s best-selling cookies are the Kardashian cookies, the Harry Style Cookies, the Birthday-themed Cookies, and the Mean Girl’s themed cookies. Funny Face Bakery’s animal cookies, such as the horses and dinosaurs, are very popular among kids. They will also make personalized cookies of your face or your pet, the perfect gift for someone who loves sweets.

 

Tasting the Cookies at Funny Face Bakery

 

These cookies taste as beautiful as they look! Since Funny Face Bakery has not yet developed gluten-free options, Sam did the tasting in this episode. First, she tries a birthday-themed decorated cookie. This cookie was absolutely beautiful and sweet. She almost felt bad for eating such a detailed piece of art. The second cookie Sam tries is the deluxe double chocolate cookie. This cookie was so gooey and soft, and of course, very chocolatey.

 

Funny Face Bakery is Something Really Special

 

This bakery is one of a kind. There are no other bakeries nearby that create as detailed and beautiful cookies as Funny Face Bakery. Also, Funny Face is in on internet culture, allowing them to relate well with people, especially younger generations, with their celebrity and meme cookies. Funny Face Bakery is definitely worth the visit! 

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Don’t Just Go Green, Eat Green with These Earth Day Treats

Some of our favorite NYC sweet spots have special desserts for Earth Day! Check them out below.

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Our favorite vegan spot is offering two Earth Day desserts on the 22nd. Their vegan chocolate donut topped with chocolate ganache and vanilla sugar cookie will both be accented with blue and green sprinkles. 50% of the purchase price from the sale of each Earth Day donut sold will be donated to International Animal Welfare (IFAW), supporting their mission to protect animals.  

MatchaBar x Van Leeuwen

MatchaBar has partnered with Van Leeuwen to create Vegan Green Planet: a blue and green vegan ice cream designed to look like our planet! The base is made of raw cashew milk, coconut cream, raw organic coconut oil, pure cocoa butter, and organic cane sugar plus MatchaBar’s ceremonial grade Matcha and has housemate blue spirulina almond cake folded throughout. This special flavor will be available at all Van Leeuwen locations through May 7th.

Tag us in your Earth Day treat photos on Instagram at @downtownmagnyc.

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Seven Best Places for National Doughnut Day!

Today marks the second sweetest day of the year! November 5th is the second National Doughnut Day (yes, Doughnut Day is just that amazing) and we’ve rounded up the most delicious doughnuts in New York City in celebration of these sweet treats.

doughnut (British English) or donut is a type of fried dough confection or dessert food. The doughnut is popular in many countries and prepared in various forms as a sweet snack that can be homemade or purchased in bakeriessupermarketsfood stalls, and franchised specialty vendors. Doughnuts are usually deep-fried from a flour dough, and typically either ring-shaped or a number of shapes without a hole, and often filled, but can also be ball-shaped (“doughnut holes”). Other types of batters can also be used. Various toppings and flavorings are used for different types, such as sugarchocolate, or maple glazing. Doughnuts may also include water, leavening, eggs, milk, sugar, oil, shortening, and natural or artificial flavors.

Trust us, you do-nut want to miss out on these not-so-average donuts.

 

IT ALL STARTED WITH A DOUGHNUT – The Doughnut Project

What began as mad science meets culinary venture is now known as The Doughnut Project. In a world that is stuffed to the gills with sweet shops and fad foods, we want to go beyond sprinkles and cream cheese frosting. We like to amp things up with fresh, seasonal ingredients and a menu that beckons you to ask, all that’s on a doughnut? To which we reply, yes, it certainly IS all on a doughnut.

 

 

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The Doughnut Project

 

Everything Donuts Sampler – Flex Mussels

Choose between donuts and bagels, never when you can have both? The Everything Donuts Sampler from Flex Mussels is a breakfast lovers dream. The sampler consists of fried balls of dough, covered with everything seasoning and stuffed with scallion, jalapeño cheddar, maple bacon, and smoked salmon fillings.

 

 

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Flex Mussels

 

One of the Classics – Doughnut Plant 

In 2000, Doughnut Plant opened its first storefront on Grand Street in the Lower East Side. The passion for originality pours out into every detail of our shops, too. Every detail has a story here. The colorful doughnut tiles were made by Mark’s potter father, Marvin. The mirrored bathroom with a disco ball was inspired by Studio 54, one of Mark’s first jobs in NYC.

 

 

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Doughnut Plant

 

Famous Doughnut Grilled Cheese  Clinton Hall

The Famous Doughnut Grilled Cheese, a fresh glazed doughnut sliced and filled with mozzarella cheese, is served piping hot over a bowl of tomato soup. The sweet, yet savory doughnut sandwich hangs on a banana stand, allowing the cheese to drip and ooze out into the hot soup.

 

 

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Clinton Hall

 

 

World-class donutsThe Donut Pub  

Opening its doors on a cold and blustery December morning in 1964, the Donut Pub has come to represent New York City at its very best, brightest and most delicious. Whether it’s our out-of-this-world red velvet donuts or our black and white cookies the Donut Pub has something for everyone.

 

The Donut Pub

 

Salted Caramel Doughnuts – Aunt Jake’s

Bite-sized, ricotta-based, salted caramel doughnuts are topped off with a house made caramel sauce for the perfect amount of sweetness.

 

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Aunt Jakes NYC

 

 

Gluten Free Paradise – Senza Gluten Bakery and Cafe

Gluten Free, no PROBLEM, Senza is 100 % GF Certified. They are aware that being celiac or choosing a gluten-free diet can sometimes be challenging, especially when dining out. At Senza Gluten they want to make sure your dining experience is perfect and safe by guaranteeing a 100% gluten-free cuisine and bakery.

 

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Senza Gluten Bakery

 

 

Don’t worry if you just happen to miss today’s delicious sweet treat, because there is another National Doughnut Day the first Friday in June!