Central NY’s best desserts of 2025: Our Syracuse food writers pick their favorites
Dec 29, 2025
Syracuse, N.Y. — No matter how full we swear we are, we still order dessert. It’s science. And yes, it’s a weakness. Either way, the end of a good meal in Central New York usually comes with something sweet.Over the past year, food writers Jared Paventi, Jacob Pucci, Danielle Benjamin and Char
lie Miller made a habit of “just looking” at dessert menus before inevitably ordering. Sometimes it was a thoughtful, chef-driven finale. Other times it was pure comfort, the kind of dessert that knows exactly what it is and leans in hard. ...read more read less