Everybody has a little sweet tooth. If you don't, then you probably don't even have a soul...

Kidding, kidding. Of course you have a soul.

The thing about dessert is that it comes in so many different shapes, sizes, and dishes that everyone has a favorite (or three) that they choose by default.

For most, it's ice cream, preferably something vanilla-ish or chocolate-y.

Or maybe it's warm, freshly baked apple pie with a generous dollop of cold vanilla ice cream on top, juxtaposing temperatures and flavors to make something beautiful for taste buds everywhere.

Bottom line is, whatever your taste in desserts might be, New York City has something sweet for you. Check out these 12 delicious desserts that will make you want to skip dinner and go straight for dessert.

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1. Sedutto (1498 1st Avenue)

This UES ice cream shop has everything that you could ever imagine to make the perfect ice cream sundae for you, but I say you should come here to try one of their flavors of wine ice cream.

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I'm not making this up.

They literally have wine ice cream, to the tune of chocolate cabernet, sangria, and red raspberry chardonnay. Drinking wine while eating ice cream might not be your first choice, but eating wine ice cream will instantly become a favorite of yours.

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2. Big Gay Ice Cream Shop (125 East 7th Street)

If you haven't had a Salty Pimp from the Big Gay Ice Cream Shop already, I suggest that you drop whatever you are doing at this moment and go have one. Why?

Because soft serve vanilla ice cream dipped in salted caramel and a hard chocolate shell.

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3. L'Arte del Gelato (75 9th Avenue)

This gelato chain has locations in Chelsea Market, the High Line, and Lincoln Center, and as their name would suggest, gelato is truly an art form here.

What could be better than strolling these wonderful treasured city streets, basking in the glow of a long, gorgeous cone of your favorite flavor(s) of gelato?

Probably nothing-- but that's why you live here, right?

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4. Levain Bakery (167 West 74th Street)

Levain Bakery is famous for their larger than life cookies that are crunchy, chocolatey, and best served warm and fresh.

Their best known cookie is their chocolate chip (with or without walnuts), and their double chocolate-- both of which are legendary in the NYC baked goods scene.

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5. Baked (359 Van Brunt Street - Brooklyn)

Red Hook is a cool up-and-coming neighborhood in Brooklyn that is definitely worth checking out, but their Baked location is even more of an incentive. Baked has everything you could imagine, and their passion for and pride in their baked goods is tangible in every bite of their bars, cookies, brownies, and whoopie pies.

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Their oatmeal cookies have dried cherries (because raisins are so 1915, you know?) and their brownies are chocolatey and sometimes finished with a dash of sea salt.

Mmmmmmmm.

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6. Dough (448 Lafayette Avenue - Brooklyn)

These donuts are anything but boring--they incorporate flavors from all around the world, and they're perfectly thick without being greasy and yucky.

Dough is doing big things with donuts, and I dare you not to buy a life-size box, with every kind of donut imaginable inside.

Their standouts are the cafe au lait (a glazed donut topped with coffee beans, brown sugar, and pecans) and the lemon poppyseed (a donut glazed with lemon juice and poppyseeds.)

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7. Molly's Cupcakes (228 Bleecker Street)

If you thought cupcakes were trendy and just downright basic, then you've probably never been to Molly's Cupcakes, where each cupcake is stuffed in the center and treated like a little work of art.

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Let's face it: a cupcake with a raw cake batter center and a peach cobbler cupcake filled with cinnamon peach puree and notes of brown sugar are both pure genius and completely delectable. And they exist.

You're welcome.

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8. Steve's Authentic Key Lime Pies (185 Van Dyke Street - Brooklyn)

According to Steve's, key lime pie doesn't have to be a treat limited to your tropical fantasy vacations. They're right here in Red Hook!

Try the Swingle: a mini frozen key lime pie dipped in chocolate and served on a wooden popsicle stick.

And then try not die into a heavenly state of true dessert bliss.

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9. Four and Twenty Blackbirds (439 3rd Avenue - Brooklyn)

You can find these fabulous pieces by the slice at the Brooklyn Public Library, which would make a great accompaniment to those books you've buried your head in.

If reading's not your thing, don't worry because you can still enjoy these pies elsewhere.

You'll be especially big on their salted caramel apple pie, but I'm sure you'll want it a la mode (because this is the best way to enjoy pie, am I right?)-- so make sure you take some home and throw a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top.

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10. Martha's Country Bakery (various NYC locations)

With three locations in Queens, Martha's Country Bakery is definitely making a name for itself through its ubiquitous feel for kick-ass baked goods.

I must admit, their selection is vast and can be overwhelming, but when it comes to that, just trust your cravings.

Cheesecakes, cakes, pies, cookies, and more adorn the menu of this charming little bakery.

It's the perfect place to grab a coffee and a slice of your favorite cake or pie. Their specials, like the Nutella cheesecake, are always worth keeping an eye out for, too.

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11. The Chocolate Room (51 5th Avenue - Brooklyn)

All. Chocolate. Everything.

The only thing that isn't chocolate here surprisingly is you (although you are what you eat, so you might be becoming chocolate yourself.)

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Homemade ice cream and chocolate fondue can be found at this spot, a serious competitor to Max Brenner, but check out their three layer chocolate blackout cake and try it with a glass of their suggested wine pairings.

Because wine and chocolate has some serious harmony going on, am I right?

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12. Sugar and Plumm (377 Amsterdam Avenue)

Sugar and Plumm serves regular American fare, but that's not why you came here-- obviously.

Stop by for dessert because their dessert menu is seriously more of a dessert smorgasbord. If there's a dessert that isn't on there, it doesn't exist. Period.

They have fantastic crepes in a variety of outfits, and they have a really nice selection of homemade cakes, like carrot and red velvet. I recommend the grasshopper milkshake, made of mint chocolate chip ice cream and fabulously topped with whipped cream and a peppermint patty.

It's so good that it's sinful.

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