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The 100 best dishes in Chicago 2014: desserts

These 9 best desserts of the year, including a perfect chocolate chip cookie and a showstopping baked Alaska, give your meal a sweet ending

Amy Cavanaugh
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Amy Cavanaugh
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If your meal isn't complete without a sweet bite at the end, you'll want to make a beeline for these spots, which range from a casual pizza place to a high-end Italian restaurant to a cocktail bar. But they all have one thing in common: They know how to turn out excellent desserts. Whether you want a perfect scoop of gelato or a St. Louis cake a chef learned to make from his mom, don't miss these best desserts of the year.

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S’more pie at Blaze Pizza
  • Restaurants
  • Pizza
  • Lake View
By opting for thick, hearty McVitie’s biscuits for its s’mores, Blaze instantly made us question why we’ve been using brittle graham crackers for so long. $2.
  • Bars
  • Cocktail bars
  • West Loop
JP Doiron’s food menu at CH Distillery skews toward Northern and Eastern European flavors, but the St. Louis–born chef looks to home for his gooey butter cake. The dense cake (from Doiron’s mother’s recipe) has the texture of a brownie and tastes like toffee. $6.
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Dolcini at Spiaggia
  • Restaurants
  • Italian
  • Streeterville
Pastry chef Nicole Guini makes desserts sized for a Barbie doll, such as a minute four-layer cake, a teensy blue cheese macaron and a tiny pavolva. Precious, yes; delicious, definitely. $9/$16/$28.
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