Coffee & Treats in Baytown

Marble Slab Creamery has used its cold-marble technique to fashion gourmet ice cream and frozen treats fresh in-store since 1983. At 541 locations across the world, customers look on admiringly as expert marble mavens take fresh flavors—including distinctive varieties such as peanut-butter banana, European-chocolate rum, and the pineapple-tinged piña colada—and blend in any of more than two dozen mix-in ingredients such as name-brand candies or fresh fruit atop a frozen marble slab. They then stick the concoction onto a bowl or one of the fresh waffle cones that staffers bake in-store every day. Marble Slab's confections also include ice-cream cakes, cupcakes, and dessert pizzas bedecked with sweet-cream ice cream and flavorful toppings.

Today’s bite-sized Groupon tamely tempers your sweet tooth with diminutive desserts. For $10, you’ll get $20 worth of wee cookies, teensy trifelettes, itsy-bitsy brownies, full-sized cakes, and more from Popadoodle Desserts. Through and Threw: You go through an overly long period of grief when your girlfriend breaks up with you, and you threw up on her new boyfriend’s Escalade when you met him.Depravation and Deprivation: An example of your depravation is that you are only attracted to girls who are crying. You experience a deprivation of crying girls because your job as a birthday clown makes people smile.Soul and Sole: This one is difficult because sole doesn’t have a you and you are unsure if you have a soul.

Woo fruitarians, cacao cravers, and bus crushes with today's Groupon, offering 12 ripe strawberries hand dunked in gourmet chocolate from Acute Events & Catering for $40 ($70 value). The delicious, utensils-not-required delights are a sophisticated and surefire way to satiate and seduce just in time for Valentine's Day and Abraham Lincoln's birthday.

At Tasti D-Lite, patrons can sample a bevy of tasty treats that serve as a healthier alternative to ice cream. Serving health-conscious customers since 1987, Tasti D-Lite offers creamy concoctions that are lower in fat, calories, sugar, carbs, and voodoo spells than ice cream; treats also contain fewer calories than most brands of frozen yogurt while remaining much lower in sugar and burnt curly-fries content. Tasti is crafted from natural ingredients that include real dairy and no artificial sweeteners. Visitors will be able to enjoy over 100 delectable flavors, such as brownie batter, green tea, rice pudding, peanut butter 'n' jelly, and strawberry cheesecake, as well as a variety of smoothies, shakes, sundaes, and cones. Most flavors contain 80 calories or less per 4-fluid-ounce serving, allowing customers to shape up and finally fit into old space suits from the Starfleet Academy. Cups begin at $3.25 for a small, $3.75 for a medium, and $4.55 for a large, depending on location.

Himalayan pink salt, almond marzipan, Mexican chipotle, Moroccan mint tea—these are just a few of the exotic ingredients that the chocolatiers at Araya Artisan Chocolate cull from around the world so that they can infuse their Venezuelan chocolates with complex and surprising flavors. They strive to emulate French and Belgian styles, complementing the cocoa bean's naturally bitter taste with honey instead of sugar. They make each chocolate by hand in Katy, using only natural ingredients devoid of preservatives, artificial flavors, or glowing red serums pilfered from mad scientists. They even make vegan options. These experts decorate each of the chocolates with colorful designs, adorning peanut butter–berry with bright stripes and adding an enticing dollop of green atop the margarita option. Due to their insistence on hand crafting unique bites, they've earned attention from foodies at My Table and the River Oaks Examiner. Just recently, Araya Artisan Chocolate opened its newest location at the Uptown Park Mall.

Bungalow's homey atmosphere extends from the white siding outside to the mismatched couches inside. Retro signage hangs on walls both inside and outside on the patio , and stamped tile surrounds the coffee bar. While surfing the Internet on an iPad borrowed from the store, patrons can sip on coffee drinks made from beans roasted by local purveyor Java Pura. Muffins and sweet biscotti let guests sharpen their teeth without relying on the village grindstone again. Colorful shelves hold a collection of boutique gifts and clothing by local Texas designers.