Best Desserts and Sweets in Napa Valley

After blissful days filled with wine tasting and Michelin starred meals, it’s all too easy to take a pass on dessert. We’re here to tell you — don’t do it! From cookies and pastries, to artisanal chocolate, let your inner sweet tooth run the show and indulge. These are the best desserts and sweets in Napa Valley, you can thank us later.

Feature Photo: ME Creative

Napa

A metal colander filled with a variety of cubed, chocolate-covered confections. Some cubes are covered in dark chocolate, while others are coated in milk chocolate. All of the confections are topped with a sprinkling of coarse sea salt—truly among the best desserts Napa Valley has to offer.
Photo: Courtesy of Anette's Chocolates

More than just chocolate, Anette’s creates sweets you didn’t think existed like Chardonnay Wine Brittle and Chocolate Cabernet Wine Sauce, not to mention chocolate truffles blended with brandy and port. Master Chocolatier, Brent Madsen, is constantly creating so be sure to ask about what’s new. 

A sliced pastry filled with vibrant berry compote, revealing a flaky and moist interior with a sugar-dusted crust, is placed on a white plate. In the background, there's a white coffee cup filled with coffee on a matching saucer—truly one of the best desserts Napa Valley has to offer.
Photo: Courtesy of ME Creative

Salted chocolate peanut butter pie, red wine red velvet cupcakes, and funfetti cakes topped with oodles of sprinkles! Now that we have your attention, stop wasting time and get over to Monday Bakery. In addition to sweets, there’s coffee, tea, kombucha, and even wellness drinks on the menu. 

A wooden board topped with sugar-coated donuts sits on a rustic white table. Surrounding the board are a red-striped cloth, a bowl of sugar, a mug of coffee, a small pitcher of cream, and a small pan of chocolate sauce—an homage to the Best Desserts Napa Valley has to offer.
Photo: Courtesy of Carneros Resort and Spa

Located at Carneros Resort and Spa, this restaurant gets its peculiar name from an early settler in the area who planted orchards and vineyards in the region around the mid-1800s. An homage to Boon Fly, here you’ll find an assortment of dishes that show off all kinds of local flavors, but the signature Boon Fly donuts have a faithful following. Get an order and you’ll understand why.

Yountville

An assortment of colorful macarons, known as one of the best desserts in Napa Valley, is scattered on a dark surface. The macarons are in shades of yellow, light brown, and pinkish-orange, each featuring the characteristic smooth top and crinkled edges with a creamy filling visible in the middle.
Photo: Courtesy of Deborah Jones

Pastries, tarts, cookies and macarons every color of the rainbow are waiting at chef Thomas Keller’s Bouchon Bakery. We’re partial to the OhOh, a chocolate sponge cake with Chantilly cream and a dark chocolate shell. There’s often a line well out the door, but it moves quickly. 

A clear glass jar labeled "Kollar Chocolates" filled with chocolate sits open on a surface strewn with chocolate pieces. Behind the jar, an open box displays colorful, assorted chocolates against a dark background—truly among the best desserts Napa Valley has to offer.
Photo: Courtesy of Kollar Chocolates

Almost to pretty to eat. Almost. Chris Kollar spent 25 years working in kitchens across the country before launching Kollar Chocolates in Yountville. Now he creates bonbons in flavors like Sunflower Seed Praline, Fennel Pollen, and Matcha Yuzu. The Poppy Saffron Bars might not be as colorful as the bonbons, but they sure are tasty. 

A wooden board displays four small glass jars of different drinks, elegantly poured with milk. In front of the jars, four colorful macarons in brown, purple, pink, and green add a pop of color. The scene is framed by a rustic stone wall—truly one of the best desserts Napa Valley has to offer.
Photo: Courtesy of Madeleine’s Macarons

As the name implies, this family-owned bakery specializes in macarons. We recommend setting aside a half-hour for a Coffee and Macaron Flight that includes four beverages paired with four macarons. It’s a caffeine and sugar rush deliciously rolled into one.

St. Helena

A close-up of a meal consisting of a double cheeseburger with lettuce and bacon, accompanied by a vanilla milkshake, a glass of beer, onion rings, and French fries on trays. In the background, among the additional dips and food items, are some of the best desserts Napa Valley has to offer.
Photo: Courtesy of Gott's Roadside

933 Main St. (Highway 29), St. Helena

707.963.3486

Opened in 1999, this is the first Gott’s location opened by brothers Joel and Duncan Gott. The menu offers everything from burgers and salads, to chicken schnitzel sandwiches and Ahi poke crispy tacos — and they all taste better when paired with a milkshake. Handspun with organic ice cream and milk, flavors include chocolate, vanilla, and coffee, as well as mint chip, and strawberry. There’s specialty shakes too! We’re a fan of the Peanut Butter and Chocolate offering, but you can’t go wrong with Cookies & Cream, or the Black and White shakes. If you’re further south when a craving hits, there’s also a Gott’s location in Oxbow Public Market

A stack of five chunky chocolate cookies with visible nuts, placed on a white plate. One cookie leans against the stack, partially broken. A glass of milk is in the background, slightly out of focus—certainly one of the best desserts Napa Valley has to offer.
Photo: Courtesy of The Model Bakery

There’s Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies, Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies, and Chocolate Rads. We suggest you try one of each. You can share, though you may not want to. Fun fact: the St. Helena location has been a bakery since 1908, and the original brick ovens are still working their magic. If they haven’t run out of English Muffins when you stop by, you might consider picking up a few of those as well. Oprah has a habit of raving about them. 

Two round blue boxes of assorted chocolates are shown. One box is open, revealing various chocolates in different shapes and sizes, including pieces with intricate designs. Each box is tied with a brown ribbon that has "Woodhouse Chocolates" printed on it—truly some of the best desserts Napa Valley has to offer.
Photo: Courtesy of Woodhouse Chocolates

From peanut butter cups and toffee, to barks and even S’mores, this family run chocolate shop offers gooey goodness at every turn. Who says it has to be Christmas to enjoy peppermint hot chocolate? You’ll find it here year-round. The milk chocolate caramel with Fleur de Sel makes a great gift, if you don’t eat it first. 

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Meet our always-hungry team of foodies who compiled this list.
Please let us know if we’ve missed your favorite eat@localgetaways.com.

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