Best Christmas Foods and Treats in Miami 2022

In the Magic City, you may discover sand as a substitute of snow and Santa is prone to put on sun shades and lead flamingoes on his sleigh.

But what we lack in seasonal variation, we make up for in vacation treats. From boozy coquito bites to gingerbread ice cream, town’s purveyors of sweets are bringing vacation cheer one chunk at a time.

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You will not discover stitching provides in these cookie tins from Chug’s Diner.

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Chances are you have opened a Royal Dansk cookie tin solely to be upset by grandma’s stitching equipment. But on December 24 and 25, Chug’s Diner is righting these childhood wrongs by filling these nostalgic blue canisters with vacation cookies. The assortment consists of one in every of every taste: triple chocolate chip, pecan blondie, fudge, pumpkin cheesecake, Miami Milano, vacation Dunkaroo, and sesame-tahini shortbread. A restricted provide will likely be out there on the pastry window on a first-come, first-served foundation for $30 for every tin.

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Coquito is scrumptious, but it surely’s even higher fried at Dos Croquetas.

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Your favourite vacation drink will get upgraded at Dos Croquetas with its crispy coquito bites ($7.99). Blended with coconut cream, condensed milk, and Bacardi rum, then showered with cinnamon sugar and coconut flakes, these luxurious morsels are Noche Buena accepted. Please observe these boozy bites are for these 21 and over. Order in-store or preorder on-line for pickup all through December.

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Have a slice of cafecito pie to gas your vacation season.

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Miami runs on Cuban espresso, so a cafecito pie from Fireman Derek’s is an apparent alternative to your vacation dessert desk. Infused with espresso, this caffeinated deal with is topped with a heap of whipped cream and a sprinkle of cinnamon to maintain you fueled till the New Year. While the store is not taking preorders, you possibly can order on-line for choose up or supply till December 24 on the web site. A complete pie prices $41.

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Gift the chocolate lover in your life a chocolate decoration from Garcia Nevett.

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Garcia Nevett brings your vacation goals to life with edible ornaments. Each decoration is hand-painted and crafted with 60 % darkish Venezuelan chocolate. Crack the ornament open, and you will uncover three crunchy caramels as an added Christmas shock. Ornaments can be found in-store just for $19 every.

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Impress Santa with a plate of Night Owl cookies.

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If you need to improve Santa’s cookie plate, head to Night Owl Cookies. We suggest the “Sugar Daddy” ($3.74), an enormous sugar cookie constructed from Night Owl’s signature dough, generously layered with purple sugar crystals. Pair it with the “Red Velvet” ($3.84) filled with cheesecake filling, topped with cream cheese drizzle and a graham cracker crumble to wow the elves too.

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Indulge in one in every of Salt & Straw’s many festive flavors.

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The holidays are in full swing at Salt & Straw, with 5 seasonal flavors positive to carry you cheer. For cookie lovers, go for the gingerbread cookie dough, a spicy combination of molasses cookie butter and house-baked gingerbread folded right into a rum royal ice cream, or the “Great Cookie Swap,” the place snickerdoodles and berry thumbprint cookies are blended right into a velvety coconut cream base. Other flavors embody peppermint cocoa, almond brittle with salted ganache, and “Dwanta’s Teremana Spiked Eggnog” — a boozy recipe of creamy ‘nog custard and Teremana Reposado tequila impressed by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s vacation alter ego “Dwanta Claus.” So seize a scoop (beginning at $6.50) or a pint in-store ($12.50). Get all 5 flavors for $85 on-line with Salt & Straw’s Holiday Series pack all through December.

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Egg nog cinnamon rolls had been made for Christmas morning.

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Christmas morning requires eggnog cinnamon rolls from the Salty. Each layer is filled with eggnog custard and topped with a cream cheese glaze ($4.35). Patrons can even indulge with a “Santa’s Sugar Cookie” doughnut ($4.95) — a 24-hour brioche base adorned with a cookie batter glaze and a sugar cookie crumble. As for Hanukkah, the beloved doughnut store is baking up sufganiyot, a standard Jewish doughnut stuffed with strawberry jam lined in powdered sugar ($3.75). All vacation objects will likely be out there for walk-in orders and on supply platforms (Door Dash & Uber Eats) from December 19 by means of December 24.