Black and woman-owned Kinky’s Dessert Bar opened its New York City doors on Valentine’s Day, according to a spokesperson who bills the business as the city’s “first adult bakery, cheekily celebrating two of America’s favorite things and bringing them under one roof: desserts and sex.”
The team behind Kinky’s is married couple and food entrepreneurs August and John DeWindt of Fluffy’s and John’s Juice in NYC.
“August created Kinky’s Dessert Bar as a fun, sex-positive, and gender-inclusive space where guests 18 and over can enjoy naughty waffles, cookies, and cupcakes,” the spokesperson said. “Her décor design is playful and sexy with vintage adult posters and drawings, an S&M themed bathroom, secret speakeasy-style lounge, and a pink and purple color scheme — pink for love and romance, purple for spirituality.”
The storefront design is based on a vintage ice cream parlor, but for adults (guests must be 18+ to enter.)
New to the U.S., Kinky’s signature waffles, available in the shapes of male (“Dicky”) and female (“Va-JayJay”) parts, are filled with an array of homemade creams in different flavors, such as Oh Behave with vanilla cream and maple glaze; Chocolate Orgasm (double chocolate); Talk Dirty to Me (strawberry); Beg For More Banana (banana pudding); and Freak Like Me Apple, a gluten-free waffle filled with homemade apple pie and glazed with cinnamon apple. The erotic waffles started popping up at night markets in Taiwan and Bangkok several years ago, then in Spain, and during the pandemic in Paris, London and Toronto.
“While all the existing places focus on male-shaped waffles, August is celebrating female body parts with breasts and more on vividly decorated cupcakes and names like Spank Me or I Like it Rough,” the spokesperson said. Cookies are topped with fondant images of varying explicitness and expressions like Eat Me. Some of the waffles and other baked goods are “explicit so I have not included them in the sample images,” the spokesperson said.
Kinky’s Dessert Bar, at 181 Orchard St., is open Tuesday through Thursday from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., Friday from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m., Saturday from 12 p.m. to 12 a.m., and Sunday 12 p.m. to 10 p.m.
