Love this little shop! Located in a cute little shop area,…read morethrift stores, gift shops and pottery shop. I entered 5 minutes before closing- the two people inside at the counter were super friendly and helpful. The desserts looked amazing, they had a variety of cookies, scones,muffins and gluten free options. I got the pistachio cookie it was delicious.

Everything looked delicious which made it very hard to choose…read more Settled on a pecan sticky bun (my hubby's favorite) and a blueberry biscuit with a honeysuckle infused glaze. Both were excellent. This biscuit was very moist and flavors were on point. Not overly sweet. Hubby loved his pecan sticky bun. As a bonus, we had a great cup of coffee along with our breakfast treats. If you aren't into something sweet for breakfast, they also have savory options! A must try while in OBX.

Cookies are really good- I enjoyed the lemon drop cookie it was soft and chewy had great flavor…read more The other cookies were really nice to look at - most had chocolate or cream frosting (which I cannot have) My husband really enjoyed the peanut butter cookie. He said not a lot of peanut butter flavor but the texture was great. We got to meet the owners - they are super friendly and helpful!

Delicious cookies and super sweet owners! My husband and a couple of friends enjoyed the cookies so…read moremuch that we even returned back to the Cookie Shack to take some cookies home on the last day of our OBX vacation. My favorite cookie was the Cookie Monster which was really cute with the Cookie Monster having a mini cookie in his mouth. I also enjoyed the red velvet and Oreo and my husband enjoyed the pumpkin and peanut butter cookies. All the cookies had a good chewy texture and were not overly sweet or thick. The cookies are room temperature and they're still good that way, but I preferred to warm them up a little when we got home. The owners also kindly gave us a free lemon drop cookie since we ordered a half dozen!

I stumbled onto this bakery during my visit to OBX and it did not disappoint. For one, the owner…read morewas incredibly kind and gracious. Then I tried the cinnamon roll and it blew me away. This one was but far the best I've had in quite some time. I also picked up a few different cookies. Haven't tried them all but the chocolate chip cookie was awesome. If you are in the area, please check this place out. Support local!

We ordered a carrot cake for a birthday celebration and it was Delish! Picked up on a day the…read morebakery wasn't open but nicely allowed us to pick up. Pleasant service for ordering and pick-up.

While on vacation at the beach was looking for a "Friday Donut Day" location and felt like…read moresomething I couldn't get at home. A quick Yelp search produced Donuts4You a quick walk from the house. Upon entering, I was quickly greeted by Manager Jakob who put together a great selection of a dozen donuts with random toppings. Reasonable prices, fast courteous service and very good donuts. Well worth a stop if you are looking for something apart from "the usual"!

If you've been to the famous local empire, then you know what is going on here. You basically can…read moremake your own donuts - it is great. Good sized donuts, $1.75 a piece, for the most part. $17.50 for a dozen, which there are plenty of choices to build from. I lost count halfway through and had trouble picking between some of the options...too many seemed too good. Friendly service, and the employees are helpful when making choices. I really enjoyed their boston cream...the chocolate frosting here is above and beyond.

This is a brand new location for Outer Bean Coffee. I have not been to the one in Kitty Hawk but we…read morewere happy with the coffee here and the juice here is great as well. It's nice to get fresh juices and smoothies without having to drive too far! They accept credit cards and along with the plastic straws they also offer paper straws for properly earth conscious people! Great little stop in for carry out drinks and coffee!

Açaí Bowl was great! Now the pesto....was not the besto. Vibes were pretty low from the staff.read more

Unfortunately, we must leave a negative review. Claire's Cakes canceled on us 5 days before our…read morewedding. We hired Claire's Cakes in September 2025 to make our wedding desserts (6 dozen cupcakes and 3 cheesecakes). Everything seemed to be running smoothly until a few weeks before our wedding when her communication with us began to slow. We had arranged to pay extra to meet her on the Friday (11/28) before our Saturday (11/29) wedding to pick up our desserts. We confirmed this pick up date multiple times. On Friday, 11/21 (at 8:25 pm), she emails us: "I'm able to deliver on Wednesday 11/26/25 at whatever time is most convenient for you. As we get closer to the date, I'll provide an updated delivery window. I am currently out of town for the remainder of the weekend on business and will be back on Monday." So, despite multiple confirmations that the order was to be picked up on Friday, she now has the wrong pick up date. On Saturday, 11/22, we responded: "Enjoy your weekend (even if it is on business)! We had talked about delivery on Friday, November 28th (not Wednesday, 11/26). Let us know if that Friday still works -- we are at your disposal on that Friday (11/28) to meet to pick up the cupcakes/cheesecakes at whatever time is most convenient to you!" On Monday, 11/24 (at noon) -- the Monday before our Saturday wedding -- she writes us: "I wanted to reach out regarding your event. I've just been informed that a family member I am caring for has a scheduled surgery, and I will be unavailable for at least three days following Thanksgiving. Due to this family emergency, I am unable to work or dedicate the necessary time to create these items. Unfortunately, with the short notice and circumstances, I will not be able to accommodate your desserts for Friday." We find it a little odd that, between late Friday night and by noon on Monday (the day she returned from a business trip), a family member she is taking care of would suddenly have surgery scheduled for the day before Thanksgiving (or even the week of Thanksgiving). Given that she tried to change the pick up date to the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, was out of town on business until Monday, and then, at noon Monday, used a family member to avoid providing deserts the Friday after Thanksgiving (which was the agreed-upon date), it seems the most logical thing is this .... When she made the commitment to make the desserts, she did not realize it was Thanksgiving week and that she would be making our desserts on Thanksgiving for the Friday delivery. And, when she realized the promised Friday was the day after Thanksgiving, she used an excuse that garnered the most sympathy/understanding (family member surgery). We hate to sound uncaring about her situation or that a family member needed surgery, but it just seems like a made up excuse. If it is not, our prayers to her family member. If she had at least given us some advance notice that she was taking care of a family member or had circumstances that may interfere with her ability to make the desserts for our wedding, we could have made a contingency plan. For example, our caterer could have made the deserts with a little more notice. As it is, we had to scramble -- my daughter made 3 dozen cupcakes the night before the wedding and we ordered plain Harris Teeter sheet cakes for the rest. Perhaps the professional thing for Ms. Claire to have done was to call someone she knows who could have fulfilled the order or at least made the effort to find someone to cover for her. OR... if she had said she would need to change the delivery to Wednesday because of the situation, maybe we would have been okay with that (presumably the desserts would have still been okay on Saturday?), but she did not -- she just canceled.

Amazing key lime cake! Claire is very easy to work with, she is flexible and accommodating- kind &…read morefriendly. You can tell she is artistic is her craft and truly loves baking! The cake had an amazing lime taste and buttercream frosting was fantastic! We will be ordering more cakes from Claire! Loved that She walks the cake to your car- no better service than that!

This place is awesome - even in the off season! Great ice cream, great service and a friendly…read moreowner!! Go support this small business!!

Fantastic ice cream shop. The service was very friendly, and the restaurant was nice and clean. I…read moreordered a scoop of strawberry and a scoop of mint chocolate chip ice cream. Both flavored were fantastic, so full of flavor and as creamy as ice cream should be. The price was very reasonable as well. If you are in the OBX area and want something sweet, definitely help yourself to some Scoops Homemade Ice Cream, you won't regret it.

AMAZING service! The ice cream is affordable and you get quite a bit! It's super colorful inside…read moreand there's lots of options for a reasonable price, definitely will be back!

Me and my family come here every summer. We love it and the people there are always so niceread more