Swoon – Gluten Free Bakery

I’m gluten-​free and dairy-​free so when I found this bakery on Unilocal,I was SO excited and drove immediately to try it out. I tried the banana cupcake with vanilla icing and mini chocolate sandwich cookie. I’m an avid home baker who bakes gluten-​free and vegan goods regularly, so I was disappointed when I bit into both pastries and the icing AND the cake had the hard consistency as if it had sat out on a counter uncovered for 5 days. Just not acceptable to sell IMO. I don’t care what day of the week it is, your goods should be fresh. Period. I may give this place another shot, but I don’t have high expectations. The flavor of the cupcake was great, the chocolate cookie on the other hand was very bitter. They need to find a better cocoa or temper the bitterness. I bake almost exclusively with raw cacao powder and don’t have that bitter taste. Really cute bakery, kind customer service, but have yet to be impressed by their goods based on what I tried.

The gluten free cupcakes were to die for as well as the vegan brownies but the vegan vanilla cupcakes had the texture of an undercooked sugar cookie. I would definitely get the vegan chocolate cupcakes again as well as gluten-​free pastries for any event necessary but hopefully the vanilla cupcakes just came from a bad batch. Would recommend to gluten-​free/​vegan pastry lovers.

Better than regular cakes. This place is VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. They make not only gluten free cakes, but also vegan cakes. Their prices are reasonable.
I agree with another reviewer who wrote that they are super moist and light.
Even people who do not like cake may like their products. We served 2 cakes Saturday and since everyone raved I signed on to post a review. They deserve it!

Swoon makes me swoon. I love the little boxes they come in and the extremely reasonable price. (I think it was around 3 $ for a vegan, gluten-​free cupcake and 5 for pizza dough). Absolutely delicious. Well done.

I’ve not had a single bad vibe since I posted that review! Always get great service, which has been good since Nov! Yay! Also, the lemon ricotta cakes are great.

Yummy in my gluten free tummy. My husband and I stopped in after we had a late lunch at Little Pub. The bakery was small, but cute. They had a variety of gluten free and item free/​vegan treats. I tried a gfree/​vegan chocolate cake and it was delicious. The cake was super moist and light. I would have never been able to tell it was gfree/​vegan. We ordered a brownie, a ginger snap, and a choc mint cupcake. They were all so delicious. The brownie was crispy on the outside and gooey on the inside. The ginger snap was bliss. Again, crispy on the outside and gooey on the inside. And, the best part, I couldn’t tell they were gluten free. Generally, the good gfree stuff has extra butter or is dense or gritty. This stuff was all light and moist. The bakery sold bread, pizza dough, lots of cookies and cupcakes, and monkey buns. I want to go back and try the monkey buns.

I live in Somers and Swoon is the only bakery that I will go to. Not only is everything gluten and nut free but its all natural. I have many food intolerances and therefore can not usually buy bakery goods. I have to make everything myself from scratch. Swoon is the only bakery where I can eat anything there and not become ill. I must also add that everything is absolutely delicious. Their cupcakes and chocolate chip cookies are to die for and I even love their vegan versions. If I didn’t have food sensitivities, I would still go to Swoons. They are the best bakery around. My husband went to a local bakery in our area to pick up a few things for himself and ended up throwing everything out. He said they were no comparison to the delicious things we get from Swoon.

I’ve been going to Swoon for the past year and have only wonderful things to say about the quality of their baked goods. Sometimes they run out of popular items by the end of the day, and supplies are limited, so if you need several of an item (like dinner rolls) or want to be sure they have it, it’s definitely a good idea to order ahead! They put together several care packages for my mom to send me at school, which were a wonderful treat that my non-​GF friends also enjoyed. I just wish they would bring back their ginger cookies!

The food may be sweet but the employees are sour! Went in to get something to eat and the lady at the register gave me the nastiest look and was so unfriendly. Cute boxes though :)

I was looking for a nut-​free bakery (surprisingly very difficult to find) and was delighted to eventually find one in my own town! It is a hidden little gem in the Copps Hill shops, a little tricky to find but worth the effort. I ventured there a few weekends ago with a girlfriend to sample some mini-​cupcakes because I’m thinking of purchasing a special wedding cake for my maid of honor who has a severe nut allergy and subsequently is never able to enjoy wedding cake.
I’ve had many a cupcake at The Cake Box, Swoon’s sister bakery which is not nut-​free, and was so surprised to find I actually prefer Swoon’s cupcakes to theirs! Absolutely delicious and highly recommended.

Just discovered Swoon today. Perfect. Lemon Drop such a treat … Right size, perfect texture and mouth feel, the filling perfectly balances the crumb and frosting crunch and yum-​ness!
Oh… And the vanilla cupcake also a perfection.
These cupcakes are extremely well designed both visually and as a confection.
With today’s volume of everyday bakery cupcake choices — giant almost inedible sizes, frostings designed to look like real cities, works of art supporting an infinite variety of themes…
…Swoon’s cupcakes reflect elegance and assured restraint.
A delightful, special treat!

They have great baked items but they do not offer much early in the week, which is disappointing. It is wonderful to have a gluten free bakery in Fairfield county, even if it is expensive. Good for a once-​in-​a-​while gluten free treat

Stopped in after grabbing a few things at a shop nearby. GREAT chocolate chip cookies plus delicious samples available for tasting. I ended up grabbing 4 mini cupcakes to bring home for later. Flavors were interesting including sweet and salty, mochaccino and a few different types of chocolate (black and white, best birthday cake.) While I am not strictly GF, these cupcakes/​cookies would be delicious to anyone whether or not they had a gluten sensitivity. Also there are a few tables available for seating and coffee to stay in or take away.

Pleasantly surprised. Cute little shop in town. Nice variety. Cupcakes were most and tasty.

Swoon is amazing.
I stopped in today to pick up some treats and was super impressed with the assortment of gluten-​free goodies they had. I immediately tried the chocolate chunk cookie with sea salt, which was incredible. Soft, chewy and packed with chunks of chocolate and it’s GLUTEN-​FREE! It doesn’t get better than this people.
Kudos to Swoon for bringing a gluten-​free bakery to Fairfield County. We have been long overdue and I can’t wait to go back.
I have a review of Swoon posted at
for those that want to see more photos and read more.

I love Swoon. The plaza it is located in has a large gathering of wonderful local stores, and both the individuals and the products Swoon brings to Copps Hill are invaluable. I’ve been gluten-​free for 3 years and was ecstatic to find a place I can have my pick of anything in the display case. There is a wonderful selection of so many different desserts. The menu changes daily, are always fresh baked, and each item is approached with creativity and enthusiasm. Many of the baked goods are made with almond flower giving them a complex, savory and unique flavor usually missing from all baked goods and especially gluten free! The textures of the cake items are perfect— there is no discrepancy from a typical cupcake and year of Swoon (which is one of the most difficult things to achieve with GF baking. Please try this place. It is a joy to walk into– all the employees are happy to help and there are always tons of samples to see what you may like the best. Thank you Swoon!!! :) Please try the vegan chocolate chip cookies, they may be your favorite chocolate chip of all time. Also anything with the chocolate buttercream frosting.