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IT’S NOT A BIRTHDAY WITHOUT DESSERT
Thanks to bakeries around the country, it’s easier than ever to source decadent, celebration-worthy gluten-free birthday treats for your next birthday party. From classic cakes to colorful macarons, donuts, cookies and more, this is a selection of gluten-free birthday treats everyone (even non gluten-free guests) will enjoy.Â
Popular Gluten-Free Treats
Gluten-Free Brownies
Brownies need no introduction. They’re one of the most popular desserts for a reason. Chocolatey, gooey, fudgey, delicious. Whether frosted or not, as part of a sundae or served alone, they’re always a crowd pleaser.
Brownie Points’ Gluten-Free Baby Brownies
Brownie Points makes a beautiful brownie. The brownies come in petite sizes in an adorable box, perfect for gifting. Choose two options from a range of flavors, like Butterscotch Sensations, Caramel Crunch, Chocolate Fudge, Caramel Sea Salt, Raspberry Caramel, and Sticky Cinnamon Bun. They’re some of the most chocolatey, fudgiest brownies you’ll ever taste, and if they didn’t know they didn’t have gluten, no one would be the wiser.
Sweet Laurel’s Bakery Paleo Power Brownies
These Paleo Power Brownies are not only tasty, they’re also keto friendly. Made with only organic, grain-free, dairy-free, and refined sugar-free ingredients, these are the perfect brownie for when you want to be health-conscious but also indulge in a birthday celebration. Sweet Laurel Bakery has a five ingredient rule, meaning these aren’t packed with fake sweeteners or other unnecessary ingredients. Only real, chocolatey goodness.
Gluten-Free Cookies
With so many varieties of cookies, they’re one of the first gluten-free dessert options that come to mind. There’s a type of cookie for every preference, from chocolate to oatmeal to peanut butter. But gluten-free cookies can also be tricky to get right. Luckily, these bakeries have perfected gluten-free baking for every kind of cookie you can think of.
Monica’s Gourmet Cookies Signature Gluten Free Cookies
For a birthday, you want something special. The Monica’s Gourmet Cookies signature gluten-free mixed cookie box is just that. Each cookie is hand-sculpted, meaning each nut, raisin, and chocolate chip are hand placed onto each cookie, rather than mixed in. The process ensures each cookie has the perfect balance. Choose from more than 45 flavors, including classics like peanut butter and chocolate chip. Each order of a dozen cookies arrives in a pretty box tied with a bow. Even the New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers are fans.
Cookie DĹŚ’s Gluten-Free Assorted Cookie Box
New York-based Cookie DĹŚ started in a family kitchen. The gluten-free cookies are made with heat-treated flour and pasteurized eggs. They come in a range of flavors, including a cake batter cookie with sprinkles ideal for a birthday party. These cookies are so good people sometimes wait in line for hours to try them, and the Mets serve them at Citi Field.
Gluten-Free Donuts
What’s not to love about fried dough? Gluten-free donuts are a fun and unexpected birthday treat.
Kane’s Donuts’ Gluten-Free Donuts
Kane’s donuts are hand-cut, kettle-cooked, made from local ingredients, and come in 12 unique flavors. Whether you go for a dozen plain glazed or mix and match, you can rest assured that these gluten-free donuts come from one of Boston’s most renowned mom-and-pop donut shops.
Taquiza’s Gluten-Free Corn Churro Kit
Turn your party into a hands-on celebration with this DIY churro kit. House-made at Taquiza, a traditional Mexican taquerĂa in Miami Beach, the churros are authentic and naturally gluten-free. They’re made with non-GMO blue corn sourced from small, independent farms around the Midwest and come with chocolate sauce, cinnamon sugar and tools to pipe and fry them at home.
Gluten-Free Cakes
Cake is the ultimate birthday treat. But because cake is so doughy, it’s often hard for gluten-free bakers to get the texture right. Not so with these cakes. And on top of tasting amazing, they’re showstoppers.
Caroline’s Cakes Gluten-Free Coconut Cloud Cake
This fluffy, four-layer gluten-free yellow cake is begging for a celebration. Fresh coconut is mixed into the icing, giving it a richer flavor than many fake-tasting coconut cakes. The icing is spread between each layer and over the top, and finished with a lemon swirl. Each cake comes with 13 candles and a signature gift box. “Happy Birthday” candles can be added as well!
Smith Island Baking Company’s Gluten-Free Original Chocolate Smith Island Cake
The Smith Island Cake is so beloved it’s the official state dessert of Maryland. The layer cake has had a following since the 1800s, when watermen from the remote fishing village of Smith Island would set out for months on end for the autumn oyster harvest, armed with a layer cake from their families to remind them of the community they left behind. The Smith Island Baking Company makes a fantastic gluten-free option, with yellow cake and housemade fudge frosting. The cake can be ordered small, for 6-8 people, or large, for 14-16 guests.
Gluten-Free Cupcakes
Cupcakes are a go-to birthday treat. Self-contained, easy to eat, and often festively decorated, these gluten-free options will be the star of any birthday spread.
Trophy Cupcake’s Gluten-Free Chocolate Vanilla Mini Cupcakes
These adorable cupcakes are made with Valrhona chocolate cake and topped with Madagascar bourbon vanilla buttercream and colorful sprinkles. Trophy Cupcakes has been featured on the Martha Steward show and has a cult following in its hometown of Seattle. The mini cupcakes are so good, it’s hard to eat just one.
Erin McKenna’s Bakery Vegan + Gluten Free Cupcakes
Erin McKenna runs one of the most successful bakeries in New York City and her cupcakes have been voted the best in the city. This selection of her best sellers has something for everyone: vanilla cupcakes with vanilla frosting, carrot cupcakes with vanilla frosting, and brownie
Gluten-Free Pies
Some people are just not cake people. Luckily, pie exists. These gluten-free pies are gorgeous, mouthwatering, and perfect for any birthday celebration.
​​Kermit’s Key Lime Shop Gluten Free Key Lime Pie
Kermit’s iconic key lime pie is now made gluten-free. The famous Key West shop uses fresh key lime juice in its filling, giving it a tart rich, sweetness most lime juice can’t replicate. The filling goes into a gluten-free cookie crust and is topped with fluffy whipped cream.
Betty’s Pies Gluten Free Pies
Betty’s Pies from Two Harbors, Minnesota is famous around the country for its cream pies and old-fashioned double crusts. Choose two of the bakery’s most popular gluten-free pies, like Coconut Cream, Great Lakes Crunch, Caramel Apple Crunch or Old Fashioned Apple. Because let’s be real––when pie is this good, no party is complete with just one.
Gluten-Free Macarons
Most macarons are naturally gluten-free, and all macarons are aesthetically pleasing, making them a fabulous party option. Mix and match colors and flavors for a festive, tasty spread.
Bouchon Bakery Traditional Macarons
Bouchon Bakery is the best of the best. Thomas Keller’s bakery specializes in the classic French dessert, made with almond flour meringues and filled with buttercream or ganache. Light and crisp on the outside, chewy on the inside—perfection. Each package comes with a variety of flavors, like vanilla, pistachio, raspberry, and more, and arrives in a beautiful Bouchon Bakery box tied with a ribbon.
La Fournette’s CafĂ© Collection Macarons
World Baking Champion Pierre Zimmermann makes macarons at his bakery, La Fournette, in Chicago. They’re gluten-free, and made without any artificial colors or flavoring. Each box includes 12 macarons, a mix of chocolate, vanilla, caramel, hazelnut, espresso and pistachio. They’re meant to share, but are so good no one could blame the birthday girl or boy for eating them all.
With so many gluten-free birthday treats, it’s hard to choose! But it’s a piece of cake to order one, two, or even three on Goldbelly.
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