3.6
68% of reviewers would recommend to a friend
Milk Bar
3.6 • 371 Reviews
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3.6
68% of reviewers would recommend to a friend
Milk Bar polarizes: reviews praise the in-store classics like Cereal Milk soft serve, Milk Bar Pie, Birthday Cake, and cake truffles as nostalgic, inventive, and delicious, yet many find products overwhelmingly sweet and note uneven quality in packaged grocery items. Reviews also flag inconsistent freshness and multiple failed or late deliveries, while applauding playful branding and gift appeal, plus solid gluten-free options.
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SOOOO Amazing! The confetti cake is delicious! And in person, their ice cream pint making experience is super fun and tasty.
Milk Bar can be very hit or miss. The cake is good, but not great—it tastes to me like any other funfetti cake. The cake balls, on the other hand, are deliciously rich and creamy. I thought the cereal milk ice cream was a little gross, but my boyfriend loved it. Overall, however, I would say that there are better bakeries and sweets shops out there.
I've Milkbar both at one of their retail stores AND their packaged products - the taste is still the same every time! I also love that their cookies come in reusable tins. These are perfect for a pick-me-up treat or to take to a girl's wine night!
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Pay attention if you're ordering a cake or baked goods and allow for a little more delivery time. So I would place an order an extra day before you're planning on needing it.
So yummy - I have to pick up the truffles every time I run to Target. They make great gifts and their in person location is great too - try the soft serve if you have a chance to.
The birthday cake cookies are delicious! I don't buy them too often because of the price, and I don't know if they would beat fresh, homemade cookies right out of the oven. But they are amazing and everyone whose tried them at my house agrees!
Tried the cornflake chocolate chip marshmallow cookies from Whole Foods recently and have also been to the retail shops in NYC in recent years as well. Love the fun quirky vibe of the flavors and story of the brand, but these packaged cookies had a heavy handed commercial blandness that felt a bit cheap.
4y ago
Loveeee Milkbar's experimental take on desserts! Cereal milk ice cream has my heart and soul.
4y ago
ice cream is surprisingly not so expensive; maybe slightly more or comparable to ben & jerry's given the novelty of the flavors. not sure if it'll catch on outside the tristate area aside from transplants, but for an intro into the milk-verse, it's a pretty good one the packaged cookies are overpriced and have that artificial chips ahoy chewy taste, which could be what you're craving but it definitely isn't the same as the bakery packaged cookies.
So much hype, but quality is seriously lacking. Everything tastes like it was made in a factory, and the classic fun flavors have lost their homemade sheen.
4y ago
Very dry.
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Too dry!
4y ago
I LOVE how creative the flavor is. I had the honor of witnessing the brand starting from a local shop to now a national brand. The cereal soft serve stays my favorite of all times, and crack pie second. I do feel guilty after eating them though! I don't particularly love the birthday cake, since it's too sweet. But I'm also Asian and I don't have a big sweet tooth.
I tried the prepackaged cookies in the variety and found them just fine. They did not taste super fresh, mostly just sweet. The mix-ins weren't very prevalent either.
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Not worth the money sadly - I'm sure the fresh products are much better.
4y ago
Fun items, really creative flavors, and a few gluten free items.
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A little too sweet sometimes. Needs more gluten free options.
SOOOOO good. If you're ever in NYC, definitely go to their locations, but I love that you can get cookies delivered! Also the birthday cake is *chef's kiss*
I have the utmost respect for Christina Tosi and there are a few items I like such as the cookies. However everything is just too sweet for my liking. The cake that I got for my birthday made me so ill with how sweet it was. Great for a try once experience but not a go to for a treat. Delivery however is amazing! they ship the cakes nationwide and it's so convenient for sending gifts, if the recipient likes sweet things.
4y ago
I don't love MilkBar - their ice cream is overly sweet. However the cookies are decent.
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I would love to see new flavors from them
Everything is too dense, too sweet.
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Lighten these treats up a bit.
I first received the bday truffles as a gift and then started gifting the product myself. It is a delicious and unique way to recognize someone for their bday or an accomplishment. Product has always arrived on time and checkout/shipping process was seamless.
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I only wish I could find the truffles in-store!
I received a gift box full of assorted goodies and they were all really delicious! The only let down was that the "truffles" aren't really truffles, they're more like cake pops , but they were still tasty. These definitely make a great gift!
I love their marketing and range of product.
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It is soooo sweet. If there could be a slightly less sweet product- I would buy it more.