Overlook Bakery

Picked up some yummy treats for my husband and I including the Magic bar, chocolate cupcake, sesame cookies, and raspberry thumbprint cookie. My husband loved the chocolate cupcake. I thought the vegan gluten free cookies and magic bar was delicious. Everything looked great. Service was friendly. Overall I’d definitely recommend for treats when in the area!

I am a huge cake lover, but I’m incredibly hard to impress because so many bakeries sell dry cakes. I stopped by Overlook Bakery early in the morning and managed to snag one of their ready-made Valentine’s Day heart cakes (a chocolate cake with raspberry jam) without a pre-order. I have to say, this was the most moist chocolate cake I have ever had in my life. The flavor was phenomenal—rich, deep, and delicious. I usually struggle with bakery cakes being too dry, but the texture of this one was unbelievable. It’s rare to find a place that actually nails the sponge this well. The only downside was the frosting. I didn't really care for it; it had a bit of a "commercial" taste and was quite hard. It seemed like a standard buttercream that had firmed up, which is common, but it didn't live

The chocolate chip cookies here are amazing!! We’ve been a number of times - so addictive. At the same time, though, I’ve never really enjoyed the other sweets that much and stick to the chocolate chip cookies. I wonder if they kept that sweet buttery (with a bit of crisp) base and did more with it what would happen?

After walking up Overlook Mountain what do you do next? Of course you stop at Overlook Bakery. They offer a good selection of cookies, muffins, cakes and coffee items with many GF and vegan options. Inside there are a few tables for two people and picnic tables with umbrellas outside. We enjoyed sitting outside. The service was as excellent as the pastries were. It was a Tuesday in early October and many other places were closed in Woodstock.

Came up from NYC for the weekend with friends to celebrate my birthday and Overlook did NOT disappoint!! I didn’t order a bday cake ahead of time so we went to pick something out the day of; and they had a perfect pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting that I’ll dream about for years to come :) the staff was super friendly and they also sold local art. Will be back soon ❤️