Savor the Fruits of Summer with these Seasonal Sweet Treats 

by Kerri Cooke 

Summer break is upon us, so get ready for a new menu of fun flavors from your favorite local eateries. Hot weather snacks are all about cooling down, so ice cream, snow cones and popsicles are always a hit. However, fruity snacks are also popular and offer a cocktail of summer flavors. 

There’s a reason why people think of watermelon and peaches during the summer. They are refreshing on a long, summer day. Gabrielle Wainwright, owner of Bayou Boards by Gabrielle, says their fruit board is the top-selling product of the season. “The fresh, juicy seasonal fruit is a perfect way to cool down in the summer heat. Fruit is the perfect poolside snack to keep you hydrated and refreshed.”  

Twanie’s Terrific Treats offers a variety of rotating fruit-flavored cookies and cheesecakes. Flavors include Chantilly, lemon, key lime, strawberry and white chocolate raspberry. Twanie’s also offers milkshakes made with Blue Bell ice cream. 

Neveria Michoacana creates a variety of Latin American snacks. The shop recently released a limited edition rose petal popsicle and has added coffee ice cream to their menu. The melon and pineapple delights are perfect choices for a sweet, healthy treat. 

Helen St. Bakehouse sells fruity refreshers to quench your thirst. One notable drink on the menu is the strawberry dragon fruit green tea refresher. Other refresher varieties are made with strawberries and blueberries. 

Snow cones are a summer snack staple, and SWLA has a few outstanding locations that offer a little extra pizazz. Lulu’s Specialty Snocones and More sell out of their Gentilly snow cone regularly. They also have a dill-flavored snow cone for pickle loves, a birthday cake flavor, and more. 

J&J Snowballs and More offers a wide variety of snow cones, but also sell a mean banana split. A recent addition to their menu is candied strawberries.  

The Buzz Coffee and More not only sells hot and cold seasonal coffees and energizing teas, but snowballs for warmer days. And an ice cold matcha latte is good any day. 

Beignets are ubiquitous in Louisiana, and Coffee:30 is the one stop shop for all your beignet cravings, as they are known for having some of the best beignets in Louisiana outside of New Orleans. Beignet flavors include s’mores, cookies and cream, strawberry cream cheese, blueberry cream cheese, glazed and French toast. The newest beignet flavor, southern pecan pie, is sure to please patrons.  

The Bekery also offers a delicious pecan treat in the form of their pecan sticky buns. Two new cruffin flavors include lemon berry Danish and tiramisu. For a refreshing drink, the vanilla berry spring soda is a perfect brunch pick-me-up. 

The Village Coffeehouse has a new variety of drinks to sample, including a wedding cake latte, Irish cream cold brew, a cherry and lime spritzer and a brown sugar shaken expresso. The coffee shop has also debuted a chocolaty cookies and cream cookie that looks like a giant Oreo, but better. 

SWLA boasts a wide range of cafes and bakeries, so if you’re looking for a treat on a fun, summer day, you’re sure to find something to fit your craving.