Sweet tooth in New Zealand

"Mellow dessert café offers the perfect place to meet with friends and share a plate -or three-. From their cabinet selection of that day’s fresh baking to shaved ice served with fruit and froyo, there’s something that appeals to everyone with a sweet tooth and a mindset to try new treats. If green tea crepes and taro-shaved ice isn’t your cup of tea, the coffee and tea menu is really good too- their iced white chocolates are my new favourite things."

"Bluebells is a charming little place full of baking made with lots of love. Though tiny, their café has no shortage of sweets, and it always takes me forever to decide between their equally appealing cupcakes or slices or cakes, (and then between lemon, or red velvet, or salted caramel.) While heaps of cafes offer the same flavours, none have mastered the cozy appeal of Bluebells, everything reminds you a bit of home, of sugar, spice, and everything nice."

"I loved their Hillsborough outlet, and somehow love this one even more. A much more spacious shop, there's plenty of room to sit- a good thing for them and not so good thing for me, because I ended up ordering another cupcake after the first! The banana and salted caramel one was delicious, with the perfect ratio of icing to cupcake, topped off prettily with banana chips and flowers, and the lemon curd cupcake was just as good, a little tangy and sticky, just the way lemon cake should be."