Instead of going the Willy Wonka route and turning your kitchen into a chocolate factory, 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 here will ship the goods directly to you or your beloved — no confusing recipes, sweaty ovens, or dirty pans required.
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Sakuraco Snack Box Subscription
This Japanese family-owned business is famous for its authentic Japanese snack-filled subscription boxes. Score your Valentine anywhere from a one to 12-month subscription this year for a unique alternative to the classic chocolate candy box.
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Sakuraco Snack Box Subscription, $, available at Sakuraco
Bell's Reines Assorted Cookie Tin
Since debuting Bell's Reines in 2019, Mother and daughter duo Teneisha Bell-Thompson and Angel Cephas have dished out scores of their delicious cookies to the masses. The Black-owned bakery is best known for its gourmet and handmade mini treats crafted with high-quality, non-artificial ingredients. Get a taste of Bell's Reines yummy confections this Valentine's Day with its eclectic assortment tin — whether you're buying for yourself or your betrothed.
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Bell's Reines Assorted Cookie Tin, $, available at Bell's Reines
Tortuga Gift Cake Tower
You can spot Tortuga's scrumptious Caribbean rum cakes in airports, travel retail markets, and gourmet stores — or, you can order one for Valentine's Day straight from its site. Don't forget to check out Tortuga's equally delicious coffee and sauces.
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Tortuga Gift Cake Tower, $, available at Tortuga
Sprinkles Cupcakes
When you're down to the wire and don't know what to give to your loved one, why not go with a classic? Sprinkles has quite the crowd-pleasing selection that ships nationwide.
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Sprinkles Sprinkles Favorites Dozen Box, $, available at Sprinkles
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 delivers this assortment of goodness for V-Day is definitely going to get a smooch in return.
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Levain Bakery Signature Cookie Assortment Gift Boxes, $, available at Levain Bakery
Baked By Melissa
Baked by Melissa has teamed up with Oatly to deliver vegan cupcakes in innovative mini form with some of the best nut-free buttercream that baked goods have to offer. Bonus: The shop also offers its beloved tiny confections in regular and gluten-free options.
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Baked By Melissa Vegan Latest & Greatest Cupcakes, $, available at Baked by Melissa
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 "Best Of Magnolia Bakery" Date Night Sampler Pack, $, available at Magnolia 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. It even has 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
Milk Bar
While you won't 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
Wolferman's Bakery
Whether you're buying for yourself or gifting to your loved ones, Wolferman's Bakery will deliver any treats right to your doorstep — from lovey-dovey gift baskets filled with the bakery's signature english muffins to chocolate-dipped cheesecake bites and the like.
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Wolferman's Bakery Valentine's Day Gift Basket, $, available at Wolferman's Bakery
Harry & David
As stated in the brand's IG 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
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 a candle gift set to sweet-and-salty pretzel presents.
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Cheryl's Cookies Cookie Flowers® - Long-stem Buttercream-Frosted Cutouts, $, available at Cheryl's Cookies
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
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 adorable cookies— but honorable mentions also go to its Linzer heart cookies and timeless chocolate souffles.
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Chesapeake Bay Valentine's Postcard Cookies, $, available at Chesapeake Bay
Dylan's Candy Bar
An NYC classic, Dylan's online sweet shop is brimming with tackle boxes of colorful candy creations and dashing treats.
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Dylan's Candy Bar Ombré Glitter Chocolate Heart, $, available at Dylan's Candy Bar
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 and Black-owned bakery carries everything from classic glazed donuts to cookies, and these mega-size cupcakes are filled to the brim with decadent vegan buttercream frosting.
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Southern Roots Vegan Bakery Volcano Cakes (4 Pack), $, available at Southern Roots Vegan Bakery
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 charming hot chocolate bombs.
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OmgSweetShop Valentines Pastel Conversation Heart Hot Cocoa Bombs, $, available at Etsy
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 flavors and packaging.
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Seattle Chocolate Love Trip Gift Box, $, available at Seattle Chocolate
Murray's Cheese
While Murray's Cheese is known for — you, once again, guessed it — cheese, the dairy mongers also have a nice selection of baked goods from top-tier confectionaries to order up for any celebration.
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Rustic Bakery Egg Nog Cookies, $, 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 Foods 3 Box Cookies Variety Pack, $, available at Amazon
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
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 filled with a curated assortment of everything from cookies to truffles and beyond.
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Mouth Boozy Sweets, $, 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.
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Vosges Champagne Dessert Cups, $, 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: 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 when cooking up Valentine's Day gifting ideas — 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 p, $, 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 is the 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 chocolates or teddy bear-shaped treats for that special lady in your life.
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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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