Circle City Sweets

Super friendly customer service and quality sweets in one place. As a local I had never been to the city market and it wasn’t until I had family in from out of town that we made a trip down there. It was worth it alone for the dark chocolate and mint macaroon and the crème brûlée, which was torched freshly on the spot.

I have absolutely no way of resisting the macarons at Circle City Sweets when I go to City Market. I can barely (rarely!) resist the almond croissant. The employees are lovely, and it’s fun to watch the macaron making process if you happen upon them at the right time. It’s such a fantastic gem downtown. Plus you can find their treats at various places around the area. Swoon-​worthy for sure.

Oh, how I love Cindy and her amazing team. From the gorgeous macaroons and the buttery croissants to the large chocolate chip cookies, everything that comes out of her kitchen is wonderful! I’ve taken her one of her classes and still make a chocolate log cake every year around the holidays (never as pretty as hers). The best part is how she and her staff get to know their customers. Highly recommend!

If heaven had a pastry shop, Circle City Sweets would be it. Heavenly is the only way to describe Cindy’s almond croissant and other sweet treats she creates in her City Market bake shop. She is a true talent and takes her craft seriously, with a delicious side of buttercream frosting.
Her passion fruit curd for her cakes and tarts will go down in the history of my life as one of the most delicious things I have every experienced. We literally would put her passion fruit curd on everything if we could. It should be in a food group of it’s own. My fiancé are working with Cindy to design our wedding cake and have throughout enjoyed the process so far. She has been super easy to work with and is a true talent. I am super excited to see what she and her phenomenal staff come up with for our weeding cake creation.

One of my colleagues raved about this place, particularly about its almond croissants, so I stopped in before work to pick up a few to try. Not very impressed, the croissants were not flaky, but rather drenched in syrup hence soggy. And since it was drenched, it was really really sweet. Furthermore, there were hardly any toasted almonds drizzled on top, and the almond purée/​butter filling did not taste almond-​y at all. It severely lacked the pure essence of almond despite being an ALMOND croissant.
Oh, they also didn’t have ANY macarons when I showed up a few minutes after opening. =T

I’ve never had a croissant as good as the ones here. Love the almond croissant. Huge with slivered almonds and powdered
sugar on top and a sweet filling. Buttery and flakey pastry. Bravo!

Delicious and irresistible. The chocolate croissants are to die for, as is the pumpkin bar. Next on my list to try: the banana bar. It’s hard to imagine anything they have available no being delicious, I’m sure I will have tried everything eventually. Made fresh, and deeply satisfying. Yum!

I would have taken a picture, but my friends and I ate all the bread pudding and fruit streusel before we could even say anything to each other. They were both so very yummy! I’d like to thank the owner because I arrived there at 5pm, they were already closed but she was there doing some other business and saw me lurking and gawking at the display case. She asked me if I wanted to get anything and I was so happy to hear her say that. Since I’m from Louisville, it wasn’t an easy «I’ll just come back tomorrow and grab something when they open up.» She must have sensed that or it may have been my lurking, regardless, thank you! Hope you have a great time in my hometown this weekend!!!

Very, very disappointed in the «macarons» at this dessert shop. It tasted like a stale, over-​sugared biscuit, NOTHING like an authentic macaron should taste. Macarons, made right, should be crispy but delicate on the outside, slightly chewy on the inside, with a flavorful buttermilk cream in the center. The macarons here sure looked pretty, but fell way below expectations.

The first thing you taste is… butter. Real, melt in your mouth, delicious butter. Then the crumbly texture of the top layer, followed by the sour-​sweet apricot jam filling on the crunchy cookie bottom. Circle City Sweets makes fine croissants, muffins, scones, macaroons, all sorts of delicious sweet goodies. But, please try the apricot streusel bars. They also have almond & cherry; but inarguably, apricot is the jewel. It’s enormous, so break it in half & save some for later. Ha, like you’re gonna actually do that.

I have GOT to tell you about this extraordinary sugar cookie I’m crazy about… this HUGE, buttery sugar cookie that’s cut out in a shape matching the season or holiday and frosted with the perfectly sweetened ratio of cookie: frosting. Originally I could only find this cookie at the eBar of Nordstrom’s in the Keystone Fashion Mall, and I assumed it was some frozen cut-​out baked and served at every Nordstrom across the country… but luckily, it was one of the few times I was delighted to be proven wrong.
You see, this perfect cookie I love so much is actually the product of Circle City Sweets. It’s made at the kitchen inside City Market, and it’s not only sold at the eBar but also at Circle City Sweets’ storefront and Wildwood Market (if there are others, speak now please). In other words: my favorite simplistic, scrumptious cookie is locally made and loved. Try one for yourself as long as you leave one for me too!

So much for my healthy eating kick. Circle City Sweets has a mighty fine mix of sweets & baked goods. Find them in the City Market downtown or in great local businesses around the city!
I sampled a number of flaky, buttery, delicious croissants and scones, and I was not disappointed! My personal fave was the cranberry & orange scone.
Not the place to go if you’re looking for a healthy breakfast or snack, but it’s nice to treat yourself to something sweet every once in awhile :)

I come weekly for their macarons. WEEKLY. I’ve branched out and tried their other pastries (Madeline’s, scones, croissants… Also delicious) But those tasty macarons keep me coming back on the regular. Favorite flavors include: orange passion, coffee and lemon. Reasonable prices and downtown convenience are huge bonuses. Love checking them out in the morning during the Wednesday farmers market during the summer because they always have something tasty for breakfast!

This place is amazing. Her pastries may actually be better than ones I’ve had in France. Everything she does is so true to the French way. And you can tell she is using high quality ingredients.
After I found this place accidentally in my first morning in Indy I knew I had to come back before my trip was over so I went back today and I will probably go again tomorrow before heading to the airport.
I can speak for the pain aux raisin, almond croissant, pain au chocolat and cheese Danish and every single one was awesome.
Definitely worth going out of your way to get here.

The best croissants you will find in Indy. Made with Plugra French butter, Circle City Sweets only uses the highest quality products available to create the perfect pastries. If you ever find yourself lucky enough to try a doissant (donut — croissant) hybrid, you will truly experience Nirvana. The cream filled ones are even better! They only have them available on certain weekends so make sure to follow them on twitter or Facebook to stay updated.

The Almond Croissant… heaven.
My entire review for Circle City Sweets stems from my experience with this one insanely delicious baked good. Seriously, kids, this is everything a croissant should be — huge (enough for 2 sittings), golden, layer upon layer of amazing, flaky, buttery goodness, sliced through the middle and spread with a sweet, ground almond filling.
Will you gain 3 pounds from eating one? Possibly.
Will you care? No, no you will not.
Bring on the love handles because you’ll probably be back for more.

Best way to start your morning, afternoon, evening, anytime of day for that matter? With a freshly baked creation by Cindy Hawkins! My trips to Calvin Fletchers are never complete without a treat from Circle City Sweets (her pastries, muffins, etc can be found at many other local coffee shops and hangouts throughout the city as well.)
The woman can do no wrong: there is nothing of her’s I have tasted that isn’t to die for… macaroons, blueberry muffins, decadent french pastries, croissants.
Go ahead, treat yo’self.

My tummy couldn’t love these pastries more. (Though my hourglass figure is headed for an hour and a half after frequent visits.) You have to get the streusel bar if you get anything, though you can’t really go wrong. (And luckily a few other places sell the streusel bars also – like Calvin Fletcher’s)
I just tried something that I believe was new to the menu last week– can’t recall the name, but it was something French– it had berries and was like a more tepid version of a round personal cheesecake meets a croissant. I didn’t find anything that delightful in or near the Louvre, for Heaven’s sake. You want a sweet treat, then get thee to Circle City Sweets. Pronto.

I contacted Circle City Sweets for the favors for my September wedding. Cindy and her staff were extremely helpful with the inquiry, samples, ordering process. I ended up ordered 400 french macaroons — 200 vanilla, and 200 pistachio flavored ones. They were even able to dye the cookies on the pistachio ones pink to match my wedding colors.
Each guest receive a vanilla and a pistachio macaroon, and I heard such rave reviews about how good they tasted (and even saw a groomsmen picking up some extra treats after the reception!)
I would really recommend Circle City Sweets, as they really made my special occasion order easy. I would love to come back and try some additional treats as well, because everything looked simply fabulous!

I’ve made it a habit to stop in every Saturday morning when I’m in town for croissant from Circle City Sweets. This morning a sign for a white chocolate and lavender french macaroon caught my eye and I was instantly hooked. This place is churning out some great sweets from inside City Market, and I’m so happy they’re open on Saturday mornings during the Farmers Market.