Cookie Plug is a bakery in Mass Ave, Indianapolis.
Cookie Plug on Mass Ave in Indianapolis serves oversized stuffed cookies that are part cake, part brownie, part cookie. Late hours, hip-hop themed shop.
Must order: A stuffed chocolate chip and a milk for dunking.
Tip: Late-night dessert run for after Mass Ave dinners.
Address: 646 Massachusetts Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46204
Please & Thank You on Mass Ave in Indianapolis bakes the city's reference chocolate-chip cookie and pours espresso under a vinyl-wall counter.
Order: A chocolate chip cookie warm and a cortado.
Tip: Vinyl wall is the other reason to visit. Pickup peaks at lunch.
Worth the queue: Chocolate chip cookie
Macaron Bar on Mass Ave in Indianapolis runs scratch French macarons in 20-plus flavors. A downtown branch of the Cincinnati pastry shop, fresh daily.
Order: A box of six: salted caramel, pistachio, raspberry, lemon, coffee, chocolate.
Tip: Daily flavor list rotates. Pre-order boxes ahead for parties.
Worth the queue: Salted caramel macaron
Please & Thank You on Mass Ave in Indianapolis bakes the city's reference chocolate-chip cookie and pours espresso under a vinyl-wall counter.
Order: A chocolate chip cookie warm and a cortado.
Tip: Vinyl wall is the other reason to visit. Pickup peaks at lunch.
Worth the queue: Chocolate chip cookie
Macaron Bar on Mass Ave in Indianapolis runs scratch French macarons in 20-plus flavors. A downtown branch of the Cincinnati pastry shop, fresh daily.
Order: A box of six: salted caramel, pistachio, raspberry, lemon, coffee, chocolate.
Tip: Daily flavor list rotates. Pre-order boxes ahead for parties.
Worth the queue: Salted caramel macaron
Endangered Species Chocolate factory store in Indianapolis runs a bean-to-bar program with 10 percent of profits funding wildlife conservation.
Order: A single-origin tasting flight and a bag of dark sea salt almonds.
Tip: Free factory tours by appointment. The store stocks bars not in retail.
Worth the queue: Single-origin chocolate bar
Long's Bakery in Haughville, Indianapolis is the West Side donut counter since 1955. Hot glazed yeast donuts are the breakfast locals queue early to claim.
Order: A dozen hot glazed donuts straight from the fryer.
Tip: Sunday mornings sell out by 10:00. Cash and card accepted.
Worth the queue: Hot glazed donut
Taylor's Bakery on Allisonville Road in Indianapolis since 1913. The sugar cream pie counter where Indianapolis families pick up their Thanksgiving dessert.
Order: A sugar cream pie. Their version is canonical Hoosier.
Tip: Order pies a day ahead for holiday weekends.
Worth the queue: Sugar cream pie
Heidelberg Haus on Pendleton Pike in Indianapolis runs a German cafe, bakery and grocery for over 55 years. The rye for Indianapolis's German tables.
Order: A loaf of pumpernickel, a slice of Black Forest cake and a coffee.
Tip: The gift shop runs the deepest German grocery selection in the region.
Worth the queue: Springerle Christmas cookies
