If you ask us, the best Valentine's gifts are edible. Very few people have been known to turn up their nose at a pretty platter stacked full of warm cookies — or, better yet, a basket of cupcakes sprinkled and frosted to perfection. So, unless you have a sweet-phobic person on your love day list, the fresh-baked treat idea is a good one. Especially when said treats can be easily ordered from the best online bakeries and conveniently delivered to their doorstep.
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 25 best online bakeries ahead will ship the goods directly to you or your crew — no confusing recipes, sweaty ovens, or dirty pans required.
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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 available at the Milk Bar online shop in an array of swoon-worthy flavors.
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Milk Bar The Little Somethings Treat Bundle, $, available at Milk Bar
Levain Bakery
The iconic cookies known and loved for their physics-defying 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 Valentine's gathering is definitely The One.
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Levain Bakery Signature Cookie Assortment Gift Boxes, $, available at Levain 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 mouthwatering pie from the notorious Cheesecake Factory or a vintage candy dispenser filled with treats delivered in a pinch.
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The Cheesecake Factory Chocolate Mousse Cheesecake - 10", $, available at Harry & David
Baked By Melissa
Baked By Melissa delivers cupcakes in innovative mini form, so you can sample the best in seasonal flavor variety — including Caramel Cake Batter, White Chocolate Hot Cocoa, Snowcap, Chocolate Babka, and more. Bonus: The shop also offers its beloved tiny confections in gluten-free and vegan form.
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Baked By Melissa Love Gift Box 25-Pack, $, available at Baked by Melissa
AndSons Chocolatiers
If your giftee's preference is a box of unique truffles that look like pieces of modern art, look no further than AndSons for museum-worthy sweet treats in flavors like dark berry noir, yuzu caramel, and hazelnut pop rock.
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andSons Chocolatiers Signature Collection, 24pc, $, available at AndSons Chocolatiers
Southern Roots Vegan Bakery
Whether or not you've got a vegan in your life Southern Roots plant-based treats should please even the pickiest of sweet tooths. The San Antonio-based bakery carries everything from classic glazed donuts to assorted cookie boxes, and these mega-size cupcakes are filled to the brim with decadent buttercream frosting.
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Southern Roots Vegan Bakery The Volcano Cake Bundle, $, available at Southern Roots Vegan Bakery
David's Cookies
Give the people what they want: an entire tin of sugar. No lifeless desserts, just the good stuff (chocolate chunk cookies + chocolate chip brownies) from this reliable, top-selling cookie-lover's brand — that also happens to ship out delicious cheesecakes and brownies, too.
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David's Cookies I Love You Cookie and Brownie Sampler, $, available at David's Cookies
Cheryl's Cookies
Cheryl's Cookies offers up a smattering of online-orderable baked goods that are often festively frosted in a current holiday theme. Aside from this batch of delightful cookies (gluten-free options exist, too!), you can also find everything from Valentine's fondue sets to cookie decorating kits.
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Cheryl's Cookies Long Stemmed Buttercream Heart Cookie Flowers, $, available at Cheryl's Cookies
Wolferman's Bakery
Whether you're buying for yourself or gifting, Wolferman will deliver any treats right to your doorstep — from Valentine's gift crates to chocolate-dipped cheesecake bites and the like.
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Wolferman's Bakery Valentine's Day Heart Gift Box, $, available at Wolferman's Bakery
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 a 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 Valentine's Day Cupcake 4-Pack, $, available at Wicked Good Cupcakes
Etsy
While Etsy itself may not be the one shilling the sweet stuff, a plethora of the site’s retailers rake in the dough (pun intended) by selling treats. This shop is currently home to festive confections like these sweet Valentine's cake pops.
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TheChocolateWorkshop Valentines Ice Cream Cone Cake Pops, $, available at Etsy
Chesapeake Bay
Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay region is known for its scrumptious crab cakes but also has some sweet treats up its sleeve. We've got eyes on this assortment of moist mini cakes— but honorable mentions also go to its Love Shack Cookie House and timeless chocolate souffles.
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Chesapeake Bay Valentine's Petit Fours, $, available at Chesapeake Bay
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 and banana pudding ... like, ever.
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Magnolia Bakery Classic Banana Pudding Party Bowl, $, available at Magnolia Bakery
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 creative Valentine's flavors and packaging.
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Seattle Chocolate Berry in Love Gift Set, $, available at Seattle Chocolate
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 candy-filled teddy bears to signature chocolates, rainbow hard candies, and much more.
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Dylan's Candy Bar Valentine's Day Variety 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 of baked goods from Rustic Bakery and Callie's Biscuits to order up for any celebration.
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Carnegie Deli Chocolate Babka 16oz, $, available at Murray's Cheese
Partake Foods
This Black-owned bake shop offers a variety of delicious cookies that are vegan and free of the top nine allergens with crunchy and soft-baked options. Whether you want a package of classic chocolate chip, cookie butter, ginger snap, or crunchy birthday cake, Partake has those and then some ready to ship directly to your doorstep.
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Partake Crunchy Variety Pack, $, available at Partake
Williams Sonoma
The premium kitchenware company is a lesser-known gem for online-dessert delivery, offering up a gourmet array of very pies, cakes, and dazzling sugar-dusted Linzer cookies.
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Vienna Cookie Company Heart Linzer Cookies, $, available at Williams-Sonoma
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 yummy box spread filled with a curated assortment of everything from cookies to tea cakes and beyond.
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Mouth Candy Mouth Gift Box, $, available at Mouth
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 it does with its luxe truffle collections and chocolate bar gift sets, and.
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Vosges Chocolate Enchanted Holiday Truffle Collection, $, available at Vosges Chocolate
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: shortbread cookies with a sweet message.
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Celine Zhou Love Message Shortbread Cookies, $, available at Uncommon Goods
Godiva
It's never a bad idea to fall back on reliable-sweet classics during stressful gift-shopping times — and Godiva's bundles of adorably packaged truffles, chocolate-covered pretzels, and hot-cocoa mix hits the easily deliverable mark.
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Godiva Valentine's Day Heart Assorted Chocolate Gift Box, 14 pc., $, available at Godiva
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 V-day covered. Snag a sweet heart-shaped box of chocos or teddy bear-shaped treats for everyone on your list.
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Lindt Assorted Truffles I Love You Gift Tin, $, 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: ginger molasses, strawberry shortcake, and spiked white chip custard snickerdoodle. 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
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 Love Letters Tasting Box, $, available at Sugarfina
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
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