Coffee & Treats in Saginaw

Popcorn Stop’s confectioners keep fresh kernels popping continuously throughout the day, slinging their gourmet popcorn flavors alongside fudge, candy, and memorabilia. They coat each fluffed morsel in premium ingredients including real cheese and a secret caramel recipe, resulting in popcorn that, unlike a colonial judge's wig, doesn't contain any powder. Decorative pro-sports and college-themed popcorn tins pack up to 6.5 gallons of any flavor—including s'mores, caramel, and spicy-and-hot cheese—into portable snack stations ready for special occasions, business meetings, or at-home munching.

Pure Bliss Yogurt cools tongues and calms rumbling tummies with a selection of sweet snacks and natural frozen yogurt. With cup in hand, patrons choose from a rotating selection of fro-yo flavors that includes cookies 'n' cream, plain tart, and blissful blends of white chocolate mousse and chocolate. Yogurt mountains are then customized at the topping bar, where 50+ options such as fresh fruit, gummy bears, and cookie dough await to lend an added crunch or pop of color to each frosty spoonful. For fans of un-chilly eats, the shop also curates a fresh collection of cake balls and cupcakes each day with flavors that can include German chocolate, Italian crème, and yellow cake hailing from somewhere outside Sheboygan.

Touting more than 50 flavors of low-calorie, flavor-packed frozen yogurt, Tutti Frutti earned a feature on CNBC and has continued to expand since opening its first shop in 2007. Inside each store, self-service yogurt machines unleash velvety-soft yogurt into accommodating cups or empty purses. The constantly rotating flavors include royal red velvet, refreshing guava, and chocolate peanut butter. Most flavors fall within the range of 30–40 calories per ounce, with dairy-free options and no-sugar-added concoctions also available.

A toppings bar allows eaters to further customize yogurt creations with a spoonful of fresh fruits or a sprinkling of nuts. The flavors contain ample amounts of probiotics, known for potential health benefits that may include strengthening immune systems and lowering cholesterol and blood pressure.

Visit Shoemaker & Hardt Coffee House and Country Store and you’ll be transported to a turn-of-the-century general store—that is, if the whole world back then happened to smell like coffee. The historical storefront is lined with a collection of antiques, from Coca-Cola ephemera to taxidermy; inside, staffers mix up mochas and top off cappuccinos with foam. The menu also includes teas, hot chocolate, and specialty flavored lattes, such as English Toffee and the Chocolate Grasshopper, a chocolate-peppermint concoction that can double as a conscience if you pour it over a Pinocchio. In addition to antiques and drinks, Shoemaker & Hardt also collects marbles, candles, and old-fashioned candies.

Walk into La Bella CupCakes on any given day and you’re bound to find a surprise. That’s because each day the bakery makes available three to five different specialty flavors such as salted caramel, peanut-butter cup, and pears and champagne. There are also the mainstays—eight traditional flavors that are available every day, including strawberry frosting on vanilla cake and cream-cheese frosting on chocolate. Unlike any nickname you try to give yourself, the treats seem to be catching on; they keep popping up in colorful arrangements at local events, and since La Bella’s founding in September 2010, owner Elisha Lance has gone from employing a single person to overseeing a staff of more than eight at two locations.

Learning to bake in her grandmother’s kitchen, Anyatta Nicole started selling out cakes to her sister’s coworkers at a local call center. Buoyed by the response she received, Anyatta joined with her mom to create Sinsational Cakes Bakery. The full service sweet shop creates ornate, colorful cakes for any occasion, with a full gallery of their creations available online. Anyatta and her team shape sugar and dough into guitars, cartoon characters, Polo shirts, or adult-themed sweets.