The treats, ranked honestly

Burnet · HEB 183

Strawberry sando showdown

CHOO vs HEB Plus — which milk-bread sando actually wins.

Tous les Jours · Lakeline

Tous les Jours pistachio + ube donuts

Loved both, but the pistachio stuck with me.

Lakeline Farmers Market

Sourdough cinnamon rolls at the market

Mango coconut and kinder bueno, fresh that morning.

Lakeline Farmers Market

Michelle’s bow-tie croissant

Every single one of these is a croissant. Look at it.

ATX

Strawberry cheesecake, in a jar

A whole strawberry cheesecake, spooned out of a jar.

Austin

Beard Papa’s sakura matcha cream puff

Airy, springy, and fruitier than I expected.

Cedar Park · HMart plaza

A little tribute to National Donut Day

Mochinut rotates flavors weekly — this lineup’s already gone.

HEB · Lakeline

HEB Lakeline standouts

Skookies — somewhere between a scone and a cookie.

Cranky Granny’s · Lakeline

Cranky Granny’s banana pudding rolls

Lucked into the banana pudding and strawberry lemon flavors.

Lakeline Farmers Market

The sourdough cinnamon roll that won me over

Didn’t expect a sourdough bakery to make my favorite.

Tous les Jours · Lakeline

Tous les Jours mango croissant

Generous mango filling you see the second you cut in.

Local pop-up · ATX

Five of the most interesting treats lately

Corn and hojicha cookies from a pop-up, plus four more.

Baklava House · ATX

Three baklavas, one winner

Tried all three to find the least-sweet — walnut won.

Costco

Costco’s blueberry cheesecake croissant

Sweet, but it kept that classic croissant bite.