Coffee & Treats in Albuquerque

K.I.S.S. features an uncomplicated menu of simple drinks and cafe fare, guaranteeing ease of ordering for the worrisome perfectionist in your geography enthusiasts club. Each of K.I.S.S.'s lemonades ($2.50) are composed of the juice of freshly squeezed lemons and sweetened not with crystalline cane-sugar granules but with syrupy agave nectar, an organic, plant-based sweetener with fewer calories and a lower glycemic index than traditional sweeteners. K.I.S.S.'s spare yet ample sandwich selection ($3.00) offers turkey, veggie, or the "meat of the day" option on either flatbread or ciabatta, grilled hot or served cold.

Your Play scrambles the café paradigm by welcoming children and designing its space around extensive indoor and outdoor play areas, designed to reconcile the often mutually contradictory parental impulses to spend time with the kids and get the heck out of the house. The café aspires to be a family hangout that fulfills both the grown-up need for caffeine and adult conversation and the childhood need to slip down the slide.

Today's deal lets you stun crowds senseless with a custom-designed and agreeably delicious cake. Peruse Say It With Cake's ambitious gallery for past edible achievements, including Twilight book-cover re-creations, Spiderman's head, and fondant sushi. Personal cakes of four to six servings are $10, or keep it non-committal with cupcakes ($1.10–$1.75 each) equally good for serving a crowd or for hoarding by Lone Rangers. Alternately, fork through a hefty sheet cake fit for an army (95–100 servings) for $72.99.

Lead by Chuck and Heidi Weck, the chocolate artists at Theobroma Chocolatier craft creamy chocolate pieces by hand for holidays such as Easter and Valentine's Day, as well as the everyday. Besides truffles, chocolate-dipped Oreos, and chocolate macadamia nut patties, they mold all kinds of chocolate into shapes such as footballs and sports cars for customized gifts. They also make personalized corporate gift baskets replete with chocolate business cards and earplugs for long board meetings.

Skim milk, natural sweeteners, and live and active cultures populate each bowl or cup of YoYo Bliss’s low-fat or fat-free treats, ready to be topped with fresh fruit or other sweet treats. Each serving clocks in at approximately 90 calories, making the desserts as guiltless as the person who definitely, absolutely, honestly did not steal your mail. Alpine Vanilla non-fat yogurt serves as the base for YoYo Blends, frozen yogurt shakes that can be bolstered with protein powders or meal supplements to satisfy hungry bellies.

More than 25 breads, made from fresh, natural wheat flour, fill the racks at House of Bread, ready to be toted home and eaten, or sliced for the bakery's hearty sandwiches. The stone-milled flour combines with honey, which serves as a natural sweetener, and natural ingredients to create mouth-watering loaves of challah, raspberry swirl, gluten-free rice bread, and over 20 others. A rotating schedule of breads, muffins, and scones keeps the menu as fresh as the pastries.