22-year-old Emilienne Luciana Gabrielle Viger is a French-Filipina college student who used to burn everything she tried to bake. Last year, however, she promised herself that she would practice something she is bad at. Well, her practice has definitely paid off. Now, she bakes 250 revel bars and 100 cookies per bake day all by herself! For now, she bakes products that are already familiar to people; but she hopes to create French pastries in the future, as well, so that people can try something different.

The revel bars from Luciana’s Maison Bakery are really gooey and soooo good. If you need an instant pick-me-up, these treats are sure to make you happy in an instant!

FYI, Manu Mano makes revel bars every single day; and they sell out almost every single day, as well. This really isn’t surprising, seeing as how chewy and indulgent they are! P.S. They also make for great gifts!

Husay by Kapetera started as a passion project between a group of friends who love good coffee, good cocktails, good food, and even better conversations. “We wanted to create a space wherein everyone and anyone can just come by, feel safe, and eventually create meaningful conversations with us over a cup of joe or a fruity cocktail,” they share.

Husay by Kapetera takes pride in their ube, choco, and matcha revel bars because they are like a gift sent from heaven. Their ooey-gooey creamy texture go perfectly with coffee. They’re the type of dessert that you can buy trays of and eat at any time of the day. One bar definitely won’t be enough! (Top tip: pop it in the microwave for a few seconds to level up the experience even more!)

7. Revel Project (@revelprojectph)

http://www.facebook.com/RevelProjectPH

Revel Project’s fudgy revel bars started as a simple Christmas present to friends, family members, and colleagues. Since it was such a hit, they started accepting orders on the side every week. With over a thousand bars sold since Christmas, however, they decided to put a brand on it and formally launch Revel Project in June 2020.

Revel Project’s revel bars are chocolatey but not too sweet, and hella addictive! The best part is that they’re ultra affordable. You can get them for as low as 90 pesos for a pack of 8 or 250 pesos for a box of 24. They recently launched their ube revel bars, as well, which is their personal favorite at the moment. You may also look forward to more flavors soon.

6. Postres Pastry + Cafe

http://www.facebook.com/PostresbyCandyBlast

Baking has always been Suzanne Ignacio’s passion; she used to watch her mom bake birthday cakes when she was little. After finishing her degree in Business Management, Suzanne opened a small nook in 1997 and named it Cookie Bar. There, she sold cookies, brownies, and revel bars. In 2015, Suzanne enrolled in Alain Ducasse Education at Enderun College to hone her baking skills, where she learned to get more creative with her recipes and give them a trendy new twist.

Postres opened in March 2018, where they sell various products inspired by her mom’s recipes, her own recipes, and Enderun’s recipes. Some are inspired by Pinoy favorites, too, such as the Dulce de Leche Revel Bar, which offers an explosion of creaminess with the yema and the nutty texture of the oatmeal mixed with it – definitely a must-try!

4. Sweet Adventures (@thesweet.adventures)

http://www.facebook.com/TheSweet.Adventures

Sweet Adventures is a passion project of four women: Kat, Tin, Ara, and Jhang, who first started baking back in 2011 for their relatives and friends. Because of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ), they finally found time to bring Sweet Adventures to life, offering goodies inspired by their families’ different stories, memories, and adventures.

Sweet Adventures’ revel bars are the favorites of their eldest sister; and they might just become your favorite, too. In fact, they instantly became crowd favorites because they are the perfect combination of sweet and salty made with premium ingredients at an affordable price. At the moment, Sweet Adventures offers seven different kinds of delicious desserts, so make sure to check out their social media accounts to see what else they have to offer.

3. Epicbake (@epicbake)

http://www.facebook.com/EpicbakebySG

Shiena Garcia started Epicbake in their home kitchen as a hobby back in 2016. Today, it is a joint culinary talent with two more sisters (Mayann and Mitch) and a brother-in-law (JP) helping hand-in-hand to create customized cakes and pastries based on their clients’ preferences. “For us, it’s more of quality time together while creating satisfactory experience to our dear clients and patrons,” they share.

Epicbakes offers guilt-free satisfaction by making it a point to only use fresh and quality raw ingredients. Their moist, gooey, milky, and crunchy revel bars use 65% Belgian dark couverture to balance out the sweetness and give you all of the benefits of real chocolate. They also use less processed sugar from Bacolod, French butter, and Australian oats. They bake everything from scratch without improvers or preservatives. While they did consider the Filipino palate that loves sweets while crafting their products, they have also curated their recipes to be flavorful without spiking your sugar levels.

Leslei from Chicoli de-stresses from work by baking on weekends. “Baking fascinates me because it is a combination of science and arts, in a way that measurements and methods should strictly be followed to create an edible dessert, but baking also lets you use your creativity to make unique and beautiful desserts,” Leslei shares.

Chicoli’s revel bars taste amazing even without reheating or refrigerating. In fact, Leslei enjoys them best at room temperature to maintain their moisture and texture. While all of Chicoli’s revel bars are delicious, I would extremely super duper recommend the white chocolate ones. I couldn’t stop at one and found myself munching on them until I (sadly) ran out.

1. The Cake Cartel (@thecakecartelph)

http://www.facebook.com/TheCakeCartelPH

The Cake Cartel is a start-up business that aims to give their clients a #LegallyAddicting high with their baked-to-order goods… and I have to say: they have done their job exceedingly well. Their revel bars actually intimidated me at first because they were cut into such huge pieces; but one bite made me realize why that was. They are so good, you will need a bar that big to really feel satisfied. My mom, who doesn’t even like revel bars to begin with, couldn’t stop eating these ‘Pablo Escobars’, either.

Inspired by the TV series ‘Narcos’, The Cake Cartel aims to be the “dealer” of the best desserts and pastries. Their baked-to-order goods are just as addicting as drugs; but they are 100% safe, drug-free, and preservative-free. All of their other products are also named after mafia personalities and terms, like “Bugsy” Siegel, “El Chapo”, “Maryjane Bites”, “Chonkey Monkey”, “Gorilla OG”, “Bonnie & Clyde”, “Overdosed”, and “Sober”. Make sure to keep an eye out for their limited releases, as well!

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