Sweet Ness OBX

In addition to the store being very clean, and the customer service being excellent, possibly the most important thing about a bakery is that the baked goods are excellent lol. I'm happy to report (after some thorough dietary investigation) that all those truths appear to be self evident. It's easy for this small bakery to get lost in the NUMEROUS little shops that are tucked away in the Scarbourough Faire Shopping Village, but I URGE you to seek this one out. We got a handful of different sweets to try and I will comment on each of them. 1. The Key Lime Pie: Super tasty, not too acidic, well balanced, and is pretty much everything you want a key lime pie to be. 2. Bread pudding: Really enjoyed the flavor. I wish I would have listened to the baker - it probably would be best heated up- but I still ate the heck out of it cold lol. 3. The lemon mascarpone cupcake: There is nothing not to love about this treat. From the moist and delicate cake to the tangy lemon curd and the really delicious mascarpone cream. Such a winner. 4. Lemon blueberry muffin. The texture and bake on this muffin was perfect. I wish it had a bit more blueberry or lemon flavor. Felt like it was maybe the most tempered flavor amongst the bunch of sweets we got. Still a VERY solid muffin though. 4. Peanut butter chocolate cheesecake: This legit is everything you want those three words to be. You can just tell that this person is a skilled baker by the balance of flavors she achieved here. Such a rich nuanced cheesecake. If I was in Duck again, I'd definitely be grabbing dessert from here. The local should really be over the moon they have such a good bakery in their town. Also, one note. We got these sweets and carried them into some of the other stores, and the shopkeepers were all like really interested to see and hear what we got from the bakery. There is definitely some excitement around the store and as well there should be.

Super friendly owner. Explained the various sweets. Recently opened. We purchased a giant chocolate chip cookie. It was super fresh and fed 5 of us! It's very clean inside and spacious for those coming in to browse.

Super cute family owned bakery. Newly opened the selection is small but mighty. Warning, you will not want to share so get a tray for everyone! We highly recommend the bread pudding.

Tucked away in a shopping center but the cakes, pies and pastries were deliciously fresh. We loved the muffins, cookies, and cheesecake. Highly recommend