Cinnamon Snail Chocolate Cookie Donut and Double Chocolate Brownie

I tried Cinnamon Snail twice since last time, but neither was quite as successful.

This brownie was chocolatey and rich, but too dry and crunchy.  If you like brownie edges, I definitely recommend it.  But I like gooey middles, so it wasn't for me.

This donut actually looks more chocolatey than the last one, but it isn't.  It's basically a regular donut with some chocolate cookie crumbs.  Still good, especially for vegan baked goods, but nothing like the last incredible donut.

Bottom Line: Stick to the Death by Chocolate donut, if it's available.  The brownie is good only for those who like things crispy, and the other donuts are still good, but as I like to say, good isn't good enough when greatness is around.

Cinnamon Snail's Death by Chocolate

So this is actually vegan:

Also, maybe more surprisingly: it's extremely chocolatey?  I mean, just look at all that not-chocolate going on in there!  But seriously, it was incredibly chocolatey and delicious!  This ranks among my top donuts of all time, vegan or otherwise.  Though Doughnut Plant might still have it beat.

Bottom Line: Even if you are not vegan, you should consume as many of these delicious greaseballs as you can get your grubby little paws on.

Manhattan Espresso Cafe: Featuring Coolhaus and Doughnut Plant

Manhattan Espresso Cafe is right by where I work.  It's a tiny shop.  It sells coffee.  And probably espresso.  But it also sells things made of chocolate, like this muffin:

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I like that it's wearing a disguise.  Like, "No, don't buy me and eat me; I swear I'm not chocolate."  Biggest liar of a muffin I've ever seen.  But oh so delicious!

They also sell chocolatey products made by others.  Coolhaus is a popular ice cream sandwich food truck.  They do the right thing and put their ice cream between two excellent cookies.  But of course the only right type to get is the chocolate ice cream between chocolate cookies:

They sell them by the half-sandwich, which is really the perfect lunchbreak-sized amount.  And trust me: the quality is excellent.

They also sell Doughnut Plant donuts.  Doughnut Plant is the most famous and probably best doughnut shop in the city, but it sits in a relatively inconvenient corner of the Lower East Side.  Recently, they've wised up and started distributing a bit.  Manhattan Espresso Cafe is here to help.  This is a donut that looks really chocolatey, and when you bit in, there is a gooey chocolate center:

As you guys know, I love gooey chocolate centers.  This is my favorite donut in NYC.

Bottom Line:  A convenient spot to get both excellent proprietary baked goods as well as top-of-the-line distributed chocolatey items.