Instead of going the Willy-Wonka route and turning your kitchen into a chocolate factory this year, switch off that stand mixer and enlist some help from the online pros. From Milk Bar to Levain and a bunch of other irresistible sweets in between, the 26 best online bakeries ahead will ship the goods directly to you and your Turkey Day crew — no recipes, hot ovens, or dirty pans necessary.
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Milk Bar
While you won't necessarily get to snap your very own Instagram pic outside one of Milk Bar's infamous neon pink signs, you can still enjoy its cult-favorite desserts by shopping online. Fresh-baked cakes, truffles, pies, and cookie tins are all on the menu in an array of festive holiday flavors — like peppermint bark, apple cider, and even a pint of pie-flavored ice cream.
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Milk Bar The Holiday Starter Pack, $, available at Milk Bar
Levain Bakery
The iconic cookies known and loved for their massive size and baked-to-perfection gooey interiors are available for online ordering and doorstep delivery. Anyone who shows up with an assortment of these to a Turkey Day feast is guaranteed to be a fast crowd favorite for years to come.
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Levain Bakery Signature Cookie Assortment Gift Boxes, $, available at Levain Bakery
Baked By Melissa
Baked By Melissa delivers cupcakes in innovative mini-form, so you can sample the best in seasonal flavor variety — from Christmas Cookie to Festive Babka, Caramel Hot Cocoa, and the shop's "original greats," like Red Velvet and Mint Cookie. The shop also offers its beloved tiny confections in gluten-free form, too.
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Baked By Melissa Holiday Six Mix Cupcakes 6-Pack (Bundle of 4), $, available at Baked by Melissa
Chesapeake Bay
Chesapeake Bay is known for its scrumptious crab cakes but also has some sweet treats on the menu. We've got eyes on this Cognac Pumpkin Cheesecake — but honorable mentions also go to this Cranberry Upside-Down Cake and the Decadent Bread Pudding.
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Chesapeake Bay Cognac Pumpkin Cheesecake, $, available at Chesapeake Bay
Cheryl's Cookies
Cheryl's Cookies offers up a smattering of online-orderable baked goods that are often festively frosted with delicious buttercream icing. Aside from this batch of delightful ginger people cookies (gluten-free options exist, too!), you can also find everything from chocolate-covered pretzel rods to something called a Sleigh Ride Crate.
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Cheryl's Cookies Holiday Gingerbread Gift Box, $, available at Cheryl's
Magnolia Bakery
Ask almost any New Yorker, and we bet they will say that Magnolia Bakery sells some of the world's best-tasting cupcakes to banana pudding...like, ever. Available in a deliverable variety of flavors with seasonal frostings, this shop's sweets are prime holiday gifting material.
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Magnolia Bakery World Famous Banana Pudding - Party Sized, $, available at Magnolia Bakery
Harry & David
As stated in the brand's Insta profile, the folks over at Harry & David take gift-giving and entertaining pretty seriously. So much so that they offer what seems like hundreds of pre-wrapped items at a moment's notice, which comes in handy when you need a Christmas pie from the notorious Cheesecake Factory delivered in a pinch.
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The Cheesecake Factory Chocolate Mousse Cheesecake - 10", $, available at Harry & David
Seattle Chocolate
This — you guessed it — Seattle-based and female-founded chocolate company offers a variety of care packages, truffle bars, and many other chocolate treats in festive seasonal flavors.
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Seattle Chocolate A Merry Little Care Package, $, available at Seattle Chocolate
David's Cookies
Give the people what they want; an entire tin of chocolate chunk cookies. No nuts, no teeny tiny chocolate chips, just the good stuff from this reliable, top-selling cookie lover's brand — that also happens to ship out delicious cheesecakes to pies, too.
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David's Cookies Signature Cookie Brownie Assortment, $, available at David's Cookies
Dylan's Candy Bar
An NYC classic, Dylan's online sweet shop is brimming with tackle boxes of colorful candy creations — the shippable spread spans creative treats from Gingerbread-House-making kits to Fall-Harvest-themed crispy treats, signature chocolates, rainbow hard candies, and much more.
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Dylan's Candy Bar Santa’s Workshop Tackle Box, $, available at Dylan's Candy Bar
Murray's Cheese
While Murray's Cheese is known for — you guessed it — cheese, the dairy mongers also have a nice selection from Rustic Bakery and Callie's Biscuits to order up for the holidays.
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Rustichella D'Abruzzo Fig & Chocolate Panettone 750 G, $, available at Murray's Cheese
Partake Foods
This Black-owned bake-shop brand offers a variety of delicious cookies in both vegan and gluten-free recipes with crunchy to soft-baked options. Whether you want a package of classic chocolate chip, cookie butter, carrot cake, or pumpkin, Partake has those and then some ready to ship directly to your doorstep.
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Partake Foods Soft Baked Pumpkin Spice Cookies, $, available at Partake Foods
Williams Sonoma
The premium kitchenware company is a lesser-known gem for online-dessert delivery, offering up a gourmet array of very festive pies, cakes, and iconic peppermint bark worthy of a star spot on your holiday table.
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Williams-Sonoma The Original Williams Sonoma Peppermint Bark, $, available at Williams-Sonoma
Wicked Good Cupcakes
As seen on Shark Tank, the family-owned team at Wicked Good Cupcakes offers up a fun way to serve and eat, cupcake-in-a-jar. They even have your gluten-free bases covered with a giftable GF package for two, four, and six.
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Wicked Good Cupcakes Cupcake Jar Custom Pack (12), $, available at Wicked Good Cupcakes
Mouth
The delectable gourmet-delivery site, Mouth, offers oodles of baked treats made by small-batch local businesses. You can buy one-off packs of your favorites or spring for a big holiday box spread filled with a curated assortment of everything from cookies to tea cakes and beyond.
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Mouth Holiday Cookie Plate, $, available at Mouth
Wolferman's Bakery
Whether you're hosting or gifting, Wolferman will deliver any Thanksgiving Day treats right to your doorstep — from Nutty Sticky Buns to Hot Buttered Rum Bundt Cakes and full-on Autumn Mornings breakfast spreads.
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Wolferman's Bakery Nutty Sticky Buns, $, available at Wolferman's Bakery
Vosges Chocolate
Vosges website states: "We are on an everlasting quest for ingredients at the pinnacle of their taste profile, making it our mission to carefully select the finest ingredients Mother Nature and our farmer and artisan partners have to offer." And that's exactly what they do with their luxe truffle collections, chocolate bar gift sets, and Northwoods Cranberry Pecan Toffee.
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Vosges Enchanted Collection, $, available at Vosges
Uncommon Goods
An unexpected spot to find beautiful tasty treats is the internet's corner of curiosities, Uncommon Goods. Here's one example of the site's unique treat offerings: 15 handmade Belgian chocolate peanut butter cups. Check out all of the small businesses and makers like this Pennsylvania-based baker's Chocolate Wine Box.
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Uncommon Goods Gourmet Peanut Butter Cups, $, available at Uncommon Goods
Dancing Deer Baking Co
Hot tip from our comments section — upstate New York's Dancing Deer Baking Co has a box of molasses clove cookies that could make a grown R29 reader cry (OK, she didn't say that but the words "best" and "I've ever had" were used).
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Dancing Deer Baking Co Deer Classics Gift Basket, $, available at Dancing Deer Baking Co
Godiva
It's never a bad idea to fall back on reliable-sweet classics during hectic holiday times — and Godiva's bundles of adorably packaged truffles to chocolate-covered pretzels and hot-cocoa mix hits the easily-deliverable mark.
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Godiva Patisserie Dessert Truffles, $, available at Godiva
Russ & Daughters
Located in New York's historic Lower East Side for over 100 years, Russ & Daughters is an institution beloved for its appetizing bagel spread, a good schmear, and babka. The sweet yeasted cake is perfect for breakfast — or anytime.
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Russ & Daughters Chocolate Babka, $, available at Goldbelly
Sugarfina
Home of the OG and ever-popular rosé gummy bears, Sugarfina boasts an equally tasty lineup of specialty treats — from sugar lips to peach bellini hearts, dark chocolate-covered scotch cordials, champagne bears, and much more — that can be shipped nationwide.
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Sugarfina Santa's Workshop Advent Calendar, $, available at Sugarfina
Carlo's Bakery
From chocolate fudge cake and rainbow slices to ooey-gooey butter cookies and cannoli kits, you can find it all at Carlo's Bakery. Trust him — he was on Cake Boss.
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Carlo's Bakery Cannoli Kit - 12 Pack, $, available at Goldbelly
Lindt
This classic chocolate company has got your holiday figurines covered. Snag a sweet mini snowman or scarf-wearing bear for everyone on your list.
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Lindt Milk Chocolate Mini Snowmen Hollow Figure 24-pc, $, available at Lindt
Sweet Mae's Cookies
At Sweet Mae's, you'll discover flavors you didn't know existed — all in a stuffed cookie. Yes, you heard that right. Stuffed! 100% homemade, some options are traditional while others are unique. Think: sweet potato, peanut butter marshmallow, and bourbon caramel pecan. Mmm.
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Doughees By M.Dough.W
Margo Wolfe’s Miami-based M.Dough.W features brownies, Oreos, caramel, rainbow cookies — you name it and they've stuffed it inside a gooey, fully-cooked, and ready-to-eat cookie dough.
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Doughees by M Dough W Build A Box (12), $, available at Doughees by M Dough W
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