Got a hankering for desserts?
Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the best affordable dessert outlets in Minneapolis, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of where to venture next time you're on the hunt.
1. Mu Mu Tea
Topping the list is Prospect Park's Mu Mu Tea, situated at 313 S.E. Huron Blvd. With four stars out of 55 reviews on Yelp, the spot to score bubble tea, desserts and coffee and tea has proven to be a local favorite for those looking for an affordable option. Try a purple yam latte.
We turned there for an overview of Mu Mu Tea.
"We specialize in making tasty Taiwanese bubble or boba tea and wheel cake," it writes on Yelp in the section highlighting specialties.
2. Cookie Cart
Near North's Cookie Cart, located at 1119 W. Broadway Ave., is another top choice, with Yelpers giving the cheap community service/non-profit spot, which offers desserts and more, 4.5 stars out of 27 reviews. "Cookie Cart provides teens 15 to 18 years old with lasting and meaningful work, life and leadership skills through experience and training in urban nonprofit bakeries," according to the website.
We looked there for more about Cookie Cart.
"Cookie Cart was started by Sister Jean Thuerauf in the early 1980s as an informal after school program to combat gang recruitment in North Minneapolis," the business says in the history section of its Yelp profile. "Sister Jean would bake cookies and help participants with their homework. Quickly she was teaching participants how to bake and soon enough they were outselling cookies on neighborhood streets."
Furthermore, we found this about the business's signature items: "Cookie Cart bakes nine standard varieties of cookies each day," it notes on Yelp in the section highlighting specialties. "Specializing in corporate gifts and catering delivery, Cookie Cart has supplied the greater Minneapolis community with delicious sweet treats for over 20 years."
3. Café Finspang
Over in Midtown Phillips, check out Café Finspang, which has earned four stars out of 11 reviews on Yelp. Dig in at the bakery and Scandinavian spot, which offers desserts and more, by heading over to Midtown Global Market, Lake Street and 10th Avenue. Don't miss the Florentine cream sandwiches and thumbprint cookies.
Yelper Tian Q., who reviewed Café Finspang on Aug. 4 wrote, "Good selection of desserts and Scandinavian stuff."
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