You'll have no worries at these nut-free bakeries in Toronto
If you’ve ever known someone with a nut allergy, you know it’s no joke. Many treats that the rest of us take for granted are just not on the table for these folks. Enter the nut-free bakery! Here’s where you can find delicious treats in Toronto that are safe for your kids to take to school.
Easy Sweets Baked Goods
300 Supertest Rd, North York, ON M3J 2M2Easy Sweets, formerly known as Two Moms Baked Goods, is an allergen-free bakery near Dufferin and Steeles. Offering everything from cake pops to candy and cookies to special occasion cakes, this bakeshop has gluten-free and dairy-free options, and everything is nut-free. Plus, owner Karen Fleisher-Sheffer has worked together with a nutritionist to develop her own line of high fibre, low sugar nutritional snacks like granola bars and muffins.
Short And Sweet Cupcakes
1945 Avenue Rd, North York, ON M5M 4A2Short & Sweet Cupcakes is another cupcake shop that does nut-free cupcakes well. The Avenue Road store offers a daily rotation of unique cupcake flavours, many of which have a delicious filling (dulce de leche, we’re looking at you), and they now offer gigantic Whoopie Pies in several different flavours.
It's The Icing On The Cake
1238 Queen St E, Toronto, ON M4L 1C3It’s the Icing on the Cake is one Leslieville bakery you won’t want to miss, regardless of whether you have a nut allergy or not. Their menu includes a wide range of cookies, bars, cupcakes and other desserts, and the level of specialty cakes they can create are worthy of their own Food Network show.
Sullivan & Bleeker
877 Alness St, Toronto, ON M3J 2X4Sullivan & Bleeker have only been around for a few years, but if you’ve ever walked in there, you’ve seen Elyse Wahle's decadent cookies and cupcakes on display, ready to be taken home and devoured. The North York bakery is a completely nut-free facility, and while there's no formal retail space, they'll happily take special orders.
Swirls
4158 Dundas St W, Etobicoke, ON M8X 1X3For all those nut-free special occasion treats, Swirls Cupcakes is your hero – from designing custom cupcakes to cakes to cookies. This nut-free bakeshop in Lambton Mills specializes in cupcakes (think delicious flavours like rocky road and salted caramel) and takes corporate orders, too. They also make a tasty array of cheesecakes that you can pre-order for a party of 6 to 30 people. While you can stop by in person, there’s also the option to order online (they ask for 48 hours notice).
Bunner's Bake Shop
3054 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON M6P 1Z7Not only does Bunner’s bake in a nut-free kitchen, but their baked goods are also vegan and 100% gluten-free – and you’d never guess it from the taste (i.e. they’re amongst the best in TO). Devour delicious cupcakes, muffins, cookies, brownies, mini pies, big pies, whoopie pies – shall I keep going? Not only does this allergy-free bakery have two locations (The Junction and Kensington Market), but they also cater for other businesses, making their treats accessible to more and more Torontonians.
