Broadway could be the next Gumdrop Pass as an influx of sweets shops has turned the Upper West Side into a veritable Candy Land.
More than 12 sugar-centric shops have opened in the area over the past year-and-a-half,China professional plasticmoulds, with more expected later this year. It's brought a bonanza of bonbons, cupcakes, gelato and cookies to a neighborhood once known mostly for savory foods like bagels and smoked fish.
But it's also brought concern from parents angry that the influx of calorie-laden stores has become a temptation that's sparking a lot of tantrums.To interact with beddinges, One woman even made the tongue-in-cheek suggestion that the area needs "cupcake zoning laws."
"We are supposed to be leading healthier lives...Yet somehow my neighborhood became a Mecca for sugary treats, and the area is filled with land mines of empty calories,Learn all about solarpanel," wrote Barbara Woods,Diagnosing and Preventing coldsores Fever in the body can often trigger the onset of a cold sore. a member of the West 75th Street Block Association, in an essay.
Though many think the candy influx is too much,Our porcelaintiles are perfect for entryways or bigger spaces and can also be used outside, some welcome the treats.
"It makes you feel good," said a beaming Ivonne Jimenez, who was with her grandson Jonathan for their weekly trip to Baked by Melissa, a new cupcake store on Broadway and West 84th Street that sells mini cupcakes that are about 50 calories each.
Jimenez said her 2-year-old grandson already has favorites at the store — the cookie dough-flavored cupcake is his top choice, and he eagerly pointed at the display case to indicate his preference.
She said the mini cupcakes are a perfect treat for her and her grandson because they're so small, "we don't have to worry about him choking [and] they don't make you feel like you're cheating."
Upper West Siders with a sweet tooth don't have to travel more than a few blocks to find several popular dessert retailers, from the cupcake chain Crumbs, which opened two new Upper West Side locations in the past six months, to Momofuku Milk Bar, home of "crack pie," which opened on Columbus Avenue late last year.
ChocoBolo, a bakery on Broadway and West 71st Street, unleashed its 11-inch "secret recipe" chocolate cake when it opened in November 2011, and Amsterdam Avenue's Insomnia Cookies made sugar lovers quake with its promise to deliver freshly baked cookies (and milk) to your door until 2:30 a.m.
Sixteen Handles frozen yogurt, which opened two locations on the Upper West Side in the last year, lets customers pour their own yogurt, then sprinkle candy on top. Chocolate Works, a store where kids can watch candy being made, opened in February on Amsterdam Avenue and West 91st Street.
And the list is still growing, as Beverly Hills-based bakery Sprinkles plans to install a 24-hour cupcake-dispensing ATM somewhere on the Upper West Side this summer and Sugar & Plumm Purveyors of Yumm opens a candy store with artisanal chocolates, baked goods and a full-service restaurant on Amsterdam Avenue and West 78th Street this summer.
The high-fructose onslaught has been met with cheers from the sweet tooth crowd, including one mom who tried to put her credit card on file at Chocolate Works so her two children could buy whatever candy they wanted whenever they wanted.
More than 12 sugar-centric shops have opened in the area over the past year-and-a-half,China professional plasticmoulds, with more expected later this year. It's brought a bonanza of bonbons, cupcakes, gelato and cookies to a neighborhood once known mostly for savory foods like bagels and smoked fish.
But it's also brought concern from parents angry that the influx of calorie-laden stores has become a temptation that's sparking a lot of tantrums.To interact with beddinges, One woman even made the tongue-in-cheek suggestion that the area needs "cupcake zoning laws."
"We are supposed to be leading healthier lives...Yet somehow my neighborhood became a Mecca for sugary treats, and the area is filled with land mines of empty calories,Learn all about solarpanel," wrote Barbara Woods,Diagnosing and Preventing coldsores Fever in the body can often trigger the onset of a cold sore. a member of the West 75th Street Block Association, in an essay.
Though many think the candy influx is too much,Our porcelaintiles are perfect for entryways or bigger spaces and can also be used outside, some welcome the treats.
"It makes you feel good," said a beaming Ivonne Jimenez, who was with her grandson Jonathan for their weekly trip to Baked by Melissa, a new cupcake store on Broadway and West 84th Street that sells mini cupcakes that are about 50 calories each.
Jimenez said her 2-year-old grandson already has favorites at the store — the cookie dough-flavored cupcake is his top choice, and he eagerly pointed at the display case to indicate his preference.
She said the mini cupcakes are a perfect treat for her and her grandson because they're so small, "we don't have to worry about him choking [and] they don't make you feel like you're cheating."
Upper West Siders with a sweet tooth don't have to travel more than a few blocks to find several popular dessert retailers, from the cupcake chain Crumbs, which opened two new Upper West Side locations in the past six months, to Momofuku Milk Bar, home of "crack pie," which opened on Columbus Avenue late last year.
ChocoBolo, a bakery on Broadway and West 71st Street, unleashed its 11-inch "secret recipe" chocolate cake when it opened in November 2011, and Amsterdam Avenue's Insomnia Cookies made sugar lovers quake with its promise to deliver freshly baked cookies (and milk) to your door until 2:30 a.m.
Sixteen Handles frozen yogurt, which opened two locations on the Upper West Side in the last year, lets customers pour their own yogurt, then sprinkle candy on top. Chocolate Works, a store where kids can watch candy being made, opened in February on Amsterdam Avenue and West 91st Street.
And the list is still growing, as Beverly Hills-based bakery Sprinkles plans to install a 24-hour cupcake-dispensing ATM somewhere on the Upper West Side this summer and Sugar & Plumm Purveyors of Yumm opens a candy store with artisanal chocolates, baked goods and a full-service restaurant on Amsterdam Avenue and West 78th Street this summer.
The high-fructose onslaught has been met with cheers from the sweet tooth crowd, including one mom who tried to put her credit card on file at Chocolate Works so her two children could buy whatever candy they wanted whenever they wanted.
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