If you’re like me, you love to indulge in all types of sweets — cookies, cakes, ice creams and shakes, donuts and chocolates. Around NSU, there are a variety of different places to satisfy your sweet tooth.
We all scream for ice cream
If ice cream is your sugary concoction of choice, there are a few different places near campus to indulge that will keep you coming back.
The Magic Cow ($)
4298 S University Dr | Davie, FL 33328
As previously mentioned in a Gill Out article, The Magic Cow, located across Walmart on South University Drive, is the perfect ice cream shop for ice cream connoisseurs and picky treat-lovers alike. With over 50 flavors to choose from and a variety of toppings that alternate daily, every time you visit The Magic Cow, your tastebuds will be in for a magical ride. The Magic Cow also offers ice cream cakes, sundaes and shakes, with dairy-free vanilla ice cream as an alternative to dairy-based.
Frostbite Nitrogen Ice Cream ($$)
2125 S University Dr | Davie, FL 33328
B&B Plaza located on South University Drive holds Frostbite Nitrogen Ice Cream, a family-owned and operated ice cream shop that not only makes smooth and decadent ice cream from scratch using liquid nitrogen, but are open late, perfect for satisfying any late night cravings. Frostbite Nitrogen Ice Cream is also the world’s first steampunk nitrogen ice cream factory and has something for everyone. They not only offer vegan, vegetarian and dairy-free ice cream options, they have “Monster Donuts,” milkshakes, brownies, cookies, vegan chocolate chip cookies and alcohol-infused ice cream for those 21 and older to choose from as well.
For the smart cookies
Personally, cookies are my go-to dessert and nothing beats gourmet cookies fresh out of the oven with a tall glass of cold milk.
Midnight Cookies ($$)
4134 Davie Rd | Davie, FL 33314
A little further off campus on Davie Road, Midnight Cookies, also known as Midnight Cookies and Cream, specializes in gourmet cookies, sweet shot cookies, ice cream sandwiches and custom milkshakes. Some of the gourmet cookie options include Cinnamon Toast, Cookies & Cream, Nutella Stuffed, Red Velvet, Creme Brulee — and my personal favorite — Guava Maria, which is a guava cookie dough mixed with white chocolate chips topped with maria cookie crumbles and guava and cream cheese drizzle.
Batch, The Cookie Company ($$)
917 NE 5th Ave | Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304
If you’re up for the drive and an adventure, near East Sunrise Blvd in the MASS District, is Batch, The Cookie Company. Simply known as Batch, this cookie spot typically has sugar fanatics lined up out the door waiting to get their hands on some of their decadent cookies. They not only offer classic cookies like Chocolate Chip, Double Chocolate and Funfruity (a sugar cookie with sprinkles), but have a cookie I’d never heard of before: Apples+Oats, a spiced oat dough with caramelized apple filling topped with golden raisins and glazed cranberries — sounds seriously delicious.
Plant and animal friendly only
There’s no reason why you can’t satisfy your sweet tooth and save the planet at the same time.
Parlour Vegan ($$)
1487 S University Dr | Plantation, FL 33324
If you go north on South University Drive, you’re bound to run into your next sugary home away from home: Parlour Vegan. This bakery is by far one of the most delicious vegan bakeries I’ve gone to and the answer is in their cupcakes. While they also offer cakes, donuts, cookies, empanadas and cinnamon rolls, — all vegan, plant-based, allergen friendly and delicious — Parlour Vegan’s cupcakes melt in your mouth and are the perfect proportion of cake and frosting. I recommend the Passion Fruit, Guava and Strawberry Cosmo cupcakes, for sure.
Sweet Love Pastry ($$$)
6678 Stirling Rd | Hollywood, FL 33024
In the Rickell Say’s Plaza on Stirling Road is Sweet Love Pastry, a bakery that not only creates gluten-free, dairy-free, kosher, vegan and soy-free specialty pastries, but also specialize in waffles, perfect for those who enjoy breakfast at any point in the day. Their menu features cupcakes of all sizes, dipped donuts, lady fingers, cookies, pound cakes and pies, even homemade breads. With so many different options to choose from, at least you won’t feel as guilty splurging since no animals were harmed in the making.
Photo: F. Mireles
