Are you running out of herbs, sweets or spices or do you need an exotic one that is hard to find…read moreand can't leave the south zone of Rio? Casas Pedro offer you the perfect solution. All this for a very reasonable price, better than any possibility around this area and even competitive with regards to prices in suburban areas of Rio. I highly recommend this shop. They even offer a delivery service, although you need to buy more than 50 reais in Ipanema and 70 reais in Leblon to qualify for delivery. The box containing 67 peanut butter sweets (paçoca) is by far my favourite. I always need to have a one of those at home. They also sell the diet chocolate bar to make diet sweets, which costs a fortune elsewhere, even though it is not particularly cheap, it's definitely the cheapest in town.

Excellent bakery on Rita Ludolf in Leblon with delicious cookies, cakes and brigadeiros…read more Had the chocolate chip cookie which the staff heated up for me. Very good--probably the Levain Bakery of Rio, including NYC prices at more than $5 US per cookie which is why it missed a fifth star from me!!....the sliced cake with guava filling looks delicious and runs about $6 US. Cute layout and ambiance with outdoor seating available.

Amazing little sweet shop in Leblon. I was running to the airport, trying to buy brigadeiros for my…read morefamily. They weren't opening for 30 min, but opened early for me. OBRIGADO! My family loved it.

Worth the hype. Brownies come in all different fun flavors at around $2 USD each. I had the brownie…read morede limao as well as the brownie de maracuja. I definitely recommend those! You don't see fruit-jam filled brownies in the US. I regret not trying them all. The staff here speak english and take card.

Came strictly for the macarons and thy were delicious. I ordered the blueberry lemon caramel and…read morealmond. All great and it's awesome because the prices here are one third of what you would pay in the United States. Considering they are sweets I don't know if that is a good thing or bad thing taking into consideration my waist line.

Located really closely to where we are staying for the Olympics. The macaroons are really…read moredelicious! And the price isn't too terrible for how tasty they are.