The Ultimate Pie Shop Road Trip In Pennsylvania Is As Charming As It Is Sweet
By Beth Price-Williams|Published July 07, 2022
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Beth Price-Williams
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A professional writer for more than two decades, Beth has lived in nearly a dozen states – from Missouri and Virginia to Connecticut and Vermont – and Toronto, Canada. In addition to traveling extensively in the U.S. and the U.K., she has a BA in Journalism from Point Park University (PA), a MA in Holocaust & Genocide Studies from Stockton University (NJ), and a Master of Professional Writing from Chatham University (PA). A writer and editor for Only In Your State since 2016, Beth grew up in and currently lives outside of Pittsburgh and when she’s not writing or hanging out with her bunnies, budgies, and chinchilla, she and her daughter are out chasing waterfalls.
A road trip is fun anytime, but it doesn’t get much sweeter than this pie shop road trip in Pennsylvania. Just prepare your sweet tooth for an explosion of flavor as you visit some of the very best pie shops in the state. You’ll need a big appetite, but the journey won’t eat up too much of your gas. It spans just over 100 miles in around three hours. Add some time for each stop, too.
Here are the Google Map directions for this tasty road trip. They’re easy to customize to your needs and timeframe, too.
We start our oh-so-sweet journey at Bird-in-Hand Bakery & Cafe, where you might want to grab a bite to eat. However, make sure you save plenty of room for pie. The bakery is perhaps best known for its shoofly pie, but you'll find an assortment of other flavors, too, including strawberry pie. Oh, and don't forget a PA favorite - whoopie pie. Find out why some people say this Pennsylvania bakery makes some of the best shoofly pie in the world.
For a fresh, scrumptious pie, you can't go wrong at our next stop: Wendy Jo's Homemade, where all of the pies are, well, homemade. The menu's brimming with deliciousness - from fruit pies to cream pies. You'll find all of the classics, too, like pumpkin, pecan, and key lime pie. Stop by the official website of Wendy Jo's Homemade for more information.
3. Louise Heffelfinger's Baked Goods & Sweets – Lebanon
Our next stop brings us to Louise Heffelfinger's Baked Goods & Sweets, where you'll be treated to some of Pennsylvania's very best pies. The menu is absolutely packed with flavor - cherry, apricot, and peach pies. You can't pass up a classic shoofly pie, either. Discover all of the goodness that awaits on the official Facebook page of Louise Heffelfinger's Baked Goods & Sweets.
Tucked inside the Farmers Market of Wyomissing, Lil's Bakery is a family-owned-and-run business that dishes up a whole lot of deliciousness. Their pies are baked fresh and from scratch and include such flavors as fruit, pumpkin (seasonally), and the beloved shoofly pie. Learn more on the official website of Lil's Bakery.
The town of Gap might be tiny but it's certainly mighty, especially as the home of McClure's Bakery. The unassuming bakery has been a favorite for more than five decades, serving such classics as peanut butter, classic and chocolate shoofly, and pumpkin pie. Don't forget to grab a whoopie pie, too. Find out why McClure's Bakery makes some of the best pie in Pennsylvania by reading our previous article.
Bird-in-Hand Bakery & Cafe has a bit of competition for the title of the world's best shoofly pie. You'll really have to decide for yourself when you dig into a slice of the Pennsylvania favorite at Dutch Haven Bakery. Even if you're not a fan of shoofly pie, the popular Pennsylvania destination makes whoopie pies to die for. Plan your visit to this Pennsylvania bakery by reading our previous article.
Have you been to any of the spots on this pie shop road trip in Pennsylvania? Let us know in the comments! On the lookout for some of the best Amish food you’ve ever tasted? Check out the best Amish restaurants in Pennsylvania.
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