If you love sweets you are going to want to grab a ticket to this event. They bill themselves as…read morethe largest dessert festival in America. The event is held in the cities of Atlanta,, Orlando, Tampa, Miami and this year in West palm Beach at the Expo Center at the South Florida Fairgrounds. You have your choice of a VIP entry which gives you 50 dessert sample tickets and lets you into the event an hour early and a general admission, 30 ticket entry, Both include a small plastic box so you can take a some treats home with you.
I had previously attended the event in Miami and West Palm Beach was miles better. It still had a lot of people in attendance but it did not feel as crowded. It was also much cleaner. Garbage cans were constantly emptied, debris was cleaned up, and the bathrooms were spotless.
The reason to come to Dessert Wars is to try what seems like an endless assortment of desserts and it did not disappoint. Some highlights were all of the cookies and cupcakes from Anna Bakes, Midnight Mo's cookies, La Gringuita stuffed cookies, Lo's Pie Shop pies, Euphoria Desserts, The Biscuit Lady's Bakehouse, The Crumb Up cookies, Alfies Peruvian alfajores, Nikki's Jazzy Sweets, D&R Sweets chocolate covered strawberries, The Green baker's CBD oil pear marshmallows, Phuse Cream macaron ice cream sandwiches, and Wickedly's pumpkin latte cookies. There were 50 vendors serving ice cream, donuts, cookies, cakes, cupcakes, churros, pie, baklava, and so much more.
This event is always worth attending. It is important to note that tickets are only sold online, not at the door. They sell out so buy early. Speaking of early, it pays to get here when they open. We arrived an hour before our timed entry so we could be at the front of the line. They give you a box to take some sweets home but bring your own container as well. At the end of the end of the event you can pretty much take as much as you want of what is left. Most importantly don't forget to vote! I found so many new places that I will follow on social media and I look forward to visiting their brick and mortar locations. May the best sweet purveyor win!
