National Chocolate Chip Day, celebrated on May 15 each year, offers the perfect excuse to head out and enjoy a treat with chocolate chips—not that you need a reason! The delicious chips make goodies like cookies and ice cream even better than they already are. Our agents suggest visiting the following places in Ridgewood to get your fill of flavorful chocolate goodness.
Treat Me Sweet Cookies
26 Chestnut St., Ridgewood, NJ 07450
At Treat Me Sweet Cookies, you'll find that the cookies are just as good to look at as they are to eat. They're baked fresh to order and definitely achieve the "wow factor." To get your fix of chocolate chips, try a s'more-stuffed cookie or peanut butter cup cookie. Or, for a truly decadent amount of chocolate, try the oversized chocolate chip cookie with soft, gooey goodness in every bite.
The Cookie Connect
46 Chestnut St., Ridgewood, NJ 07450
The Cookie Connect has gained a popular reputation for its fresh-baked flavors, having been rated the Best Cookies in NJ and featured on Food Network and Thrillist. Many selections from the bakery's standard menu of 12 cookies are made better with chocolate chips, including the New Classic, baked with semi-sweet chocolate chips, European-style milk, chocolate chunks, and Spanish sea salt. If you love white chocolate chips, you'll also have some tasty options, including Fruity Pebbz, which has Fruity Pebbles-infused dough, white chocolate chips, and vanilla drizzle.
Chip City
301 E. Ridgewood Ave., Ridgewood, NJ 07450
You'll be able to choose from many classic flavors of cookies that are rotated in the menu at Chip City, letting you enjoy the goodness of chocolate chips in a variety of ways. The classic chocolate chip cookie is made with brown sugar and chocolate chips, and the blueberry cheesecake variety is a sugar cookie made with dried blueberries and white chocolate chips and filled with sweet cream cheese icing. If you can't decide what kind of chocolate chip you want, order the Triple Chocolate, a yummy fudge cookie mixed with milk, dark, and white chocolate chips.
Mr. Moo's
104 N. Maple Ave., Ridgewood, NJ 07450
Cookies aren't the only sweet treat made even better by adding chocolate chips—ice cream is also more delicious when you add chocolate chips to it. At Mr. Moo's, small batches of ice cream are made on the premises using the freshest ingredients, and you can customize your scoop on their frozen marble table. Flavors include Sweet Cream, Birthday Cake, Strawberry, Very Yellow Marshmallow, and more. Head over to the table to add sauces and toppings, including chocolate and white chocolate chips, gummy bears, mini marshmallows, Twix, and Fruit Loops.
Van Dyk's Ice Cream
145 Ackerman Ave., Ridgewood, NJ 07450
For over 40 years, Van Dyk's Ice Cream has been serving scoops—as well as pints and quarts—to generations of loyal customers. Each scoop has homemade creaminess in traditional flavors like vanilla and chocolate and harder-to-find options like German chocolate crunch and cotton candy. Try a scoop or two of chocolate chip, mint chocolate chip, or chocolate chocolate chip to enjoy on the spot, and order a pint or quart to take home.
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