Best Spring Treats to Try This Year

Spring means fresh flavors, lighter sweets, and seasonal specials. Here are the treats to seek out (and log) this spring.

Spring is treat season. As the weather warms up and fresh ingredients return, bakeries, ice cream shops, and cafes roll out their most creative seasonal offerings. Here are the spring treats worth seeking out — and logging in your Treatly collection.

Strawberry everything

Spring means peak strawberry season, and dessert makers go all in. Strawberry shortcake, strawberry daifuku, strawberry crêpes, and fresh strawberry ice cream hit menus everywhere. The window is short — a few weeks of truly perfect strawberries — so log them while you can.

Floral flavors bloom

Lavender lattes, rose-flavored macarons, jasmine tea cakes, and elderflower anything — spring is when floral flavors come alive. These are some of the most photogenic treats of the year, and they taste as good as they look when done right.

Light and bright desserts

After months of heavy winter comfort food, spring desserts tend lighter. Citrus tarts, fruit pavlovas, light cream puffs, and refreshing sorbets start appearing. They're the kind of treats that make you want to sit outside on a patio.

Matcha season

While matcha is available year-round, spring is culturally its peak season — in Japan, the first harvest of matcha happens in spring. Many shops offer special spring matcha items: matcha soft serve, matcha lattes with cherry blossom themes, and matcha pastries that celebrate the season.

Start your spring collection

Spring treats are seasonal by nature, which makes them especially worth logging. That strawberry tart will only be on the menu for a few weeks. That cherry blossom latte is a limited run. Capturing them in your Treatly journal means you'll have them forever — and you'll know exactly when to go looking for them next year.