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Desserts are an essential part of any meal, but especially so during the holidays. To round out those Christmas meals at home, Austin bakeries and restaurants are making it easier to figure out sweets game plans by offering desserts for preordering. There’s everything from cookie tins from Texas French Bread, buches de noel a-plenty, and much more. Remember that Christmas Eve is on Sunday, December 24 and Christmas on Monday, December 25.
Everything below is listed alphabetically and is available for pickups (delivery services are noted). Check out Eater’s separate holiday meal to-go guide, tamales, and dinners/brunches. Likewise, check out these holiday cocktail pop-ups.
Garbo’s
12709 North Mopac Expressway, North Austin; 626 North Lamar Boulevard, Clarksville
Along with seafood, the restaurant is offering several pies this holiday: pumpkin ($35), key lime ($35), and pina colada ($45).
Deadline: None noted, but orders must be placed 48-hours before intended pickups.
Pickup Dates: Through December
How to Book: Email hello@garboslobsteratx.com or call (512) 887-7244
Intero
2612 East Cesar Chavez, Suite 105, Holly
The Italian restaurant’s chocolate shop is offering a variety of holiday chocolates in the form of truffles and bars
Deadline: Monday, December 11
Pickup Dates: Tuesday, December 12 through Sunday, December 24
How to Book: Order online
Julie Myrtille
1023 Springdale General, Suite 1D, Govalle
The French bakery’s holiday offerings are tins of candied chestnuts for $62.
Deadline: None noted.
Pickup Dates: None noted.
How to Book: Order online
Latin Bakery Austin
5610 North I-35, North Loop
The bakery service offerings lots of Latin-ish holiday baked goods, from the alfajor cake (starting at $48), holiday-shaped cookies, and chocolate peppermint cheesecake ($60), among many others.
Deadline: None noted but needs 48-hours notice for pickups.
Pickup Dates: None noted.
How to Book: Order online
Launderette
2115 Holly Street, Holly
The New American restaurant is putting together a jam-packed holiday cookies/sweets box with 35 items for $88. There are chocolate crinkles, cookie butter truffles, apple jam cheesecake blondies, and much more.
Deadline: None noted.
Pickup Dates: Timed pickups are available from Thursday, December 7 through Friday, December 22.
How to Book: Order online
Salt & Time
1912 East Seventh Street, East Seventh
The butcher shop/restaurant offers all sorts of sweets along with its meats for the holidays. These include buche de noel ($75), cookie boxes ($25), and pumpkin pie ($24).
Deadline: None noted.
Pickup Dates: Thursday through Saturday, December 21 through 23
How to Book: Order online
Shirley’s Trini Cuisine
1326 Rosewood Avenue, Central East Austin
The Trinidadian food truck is offering Christmas takeout dishes, which includes black cake for $55.
Deadline: Friday, December 1
Pickup Dates: Sunday, December 10
How to Book: Email contact@grannyshirleys.com
Texas French Bread
2900 Rio Grande Street, Heritage
The campus-adjacent restaurant and bakery’s holiday dessert array includes cookie tins ($65), galettes (apple $27, cranberry-walnut $27), pies (pecan $45 and pumpkin $29), and tea breads ($20 to $26).
Deadline: None noted.
Pickup Dates: None noted.
How to Book: Order online
This guide will be updated leading up to Christmas Eve on Sunday, December 24. If there is an Austin restaurant/bakery/food truck/etc. offering holiday dessert preorders missing above, let Eater know through austin@eater.com.