Our sugar coma may have subsided, but we're still thinking about all the sweet, sweet treats we devoured at yesterday's Treat Yo' Self tasting event. Cake, ice cream, cotton candy, hot chocolate and more turned LA River Studios into a real-life Candyland, along with a braid bar from Hairroin Salon and refreshing beer from Tsingtao. Outside the studio, Best Friends Animal Society sweetened the deal with a mobile adoption center—some animals found a home that very same day! It was a delicious afternoon thanks to our incredible vendors—Crème Caramel LA, Wanderlust Creamery, Sugar Spin, The Gadarene Swine, Pitchoun Bakery, Cake Monkey Bakery, Demitasse Café and Caffe Luxxe—and all of you, our phenomenal readers.
If you weren't able to make it, check out our photos from the event below—and stay tuned for our next tasting party!
Ice cream from Wanderlust Creamery.Photograph: Jakob N. Layman
Ube upside down pie and coconut chia pudding from Crème Caramel LA.Photograph: Jakob N. Layman
LA River Studios filled up with dessert fanatics on Sunday.Photograph: Jakob N. Layman
Coconut pudding with mojito granita, brown sugar streusel and strawberries from The Gadarene Swine.Photograph: Jakob N. Layman
Chocolate brown butter cake from Cake Monkey.Photograph: Jakob N. Layman
Chalk artist Ben DeHart working his magic.Photograph: Jakob N. Layman
Spinning cotton candy at Sugar Spin.Photograph: Jakob N. Layman
Best Friends Animal Society brought their mobile adoption.Photograph: Jakob N. Layman
The beer from Tsingtao flowed freely.Photograph: Jakob N. Layman
These little guys were adopted!Photograph: Jakob N. Layman
Guests took a break from sweets to have their hair braided at the Hairroin braid booth.Photograph: Jakob N. Layman
Coffee from Caffe Luxxe.Photograph: Jakob N. Layman
Pastries from Pitchoun Bakery.Photograph: Jakob N. Layman
Marshmallows getting torched at Demitasse Coffee.Photograph: Jakob N. Layman
High on sugar.Photograph: Jakob N. Layman