A few weeks ago, I wrote an article about some amazing pizza at Krust in Tavernier. Little did some of you know, that was only the half of it.
Krust has an extensive and ever-changing dessert menu — all made from scratch in-house by one of the owners, Leslie McDevitt. I’ve been to many restaurants where they toot their own horn about their dessert offerings, but few have delivered on the horn-tooting. Some desserts are, let’s just be honest, not worth the calories. When visiting Krust, they plated an array of desserts on the table in front of Mark and me.
I thought we’d take a bite or two, but I couldn’t have predicted we would be using our forks to have a mini-duel on the plate over the last piece. For me this is saying something, but for Mark this is saying a lot. He is the kind of guy who has scraped icing off any cupcake since we were kids. In other words, he is not a dessert guy.
We tried their Nutella pie, cheesecake with a dulce de leche drizzle, banana cream pie, cannoli and s’mores pie. The presentation alone looks as good as Magnolia Bakery in Manhattan. The taste was out of this world. It was not just a mouth full of sugar; each dessert really had depth. I was surprised right off the bat at the crunch of the cannoli shell; I cannot tell you how rare that is unless someone is piping the cannoli fresh to order in front of you.
The banana cream pie tasted like an elevated adult version of a childhood classic. I couldn’t get enough of the s’mores pie; it just had this flavor – I almost can’t describe it. It tasted more like a s’more than a fresh s’more from a campfire. It was topped with two gigantic charred marshmallows to make it look as good as it tasted.
Days when I’m in the area of Krust but have other plans for dinner, I usually pop in to grab a dessert or two to take home. They’re ready to go at the counter in perfect little containers. I never know what the choices are when I walk in; clearly Leslie has an imagination for flavors. One day it could be tiramisu and the next it could be a Bailey’s cheesecake bar or a strawberry pavlova.
Leslie and Joe make the perfect restaurant couple because they both operate at a 10, Joe handling the savory side of things while Leslie dominates the sweets. Swing by Krust to get some desserts to go and bring a little sweetness into your life.
