• Courtesy of "djinvt" of Mirabelles Café
• Orange olive oil cakes

Mirabelles Café — Homemade pastries, cookies, cakes and pies, as well as daily breakfast and lunch specials, distinguish this bakery and café. The croissants are truly French style; the flourless chocolate cakes, to die for.

Other Finalists (Inside Chittenden County)

• Jones the Boy Baking Company
• Matryoshka's Bakery
• Monarch & the Milkweed
• Sweet Simone's

• Courtesy of Red House Sweets

Red House Sweets — In the back of Catalyst Coffee Bar, French-Canadian baker Caroline Demers serves sweet and savory croissants as well as éclairs, fruit tarts and cream puffs that are lovely to behold.

Other Finalists (Outside Chittenden County)

• Birchgrove Baking
• Bohemian Bakery
• Eastman's Bakery
• Hender's Bake Shop & Café