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Mills Bakery 275 Valley Boulevard Wood Ridge, NJ 07075

Mills Bakery

275 Valley Boulevard

Wood Ridge, NJ 07075

(201) 438-7690

https://millsbakerynj.com/about/

Open: Sunday 7:00am-4:00pm/Monday 7:00am-6:00pm/Tuesday-Saturday 7:00am-7:00pm/

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g46937-d4735011-Reviews-Mills_Bakery-Wood_Ridge_New_Jersey.html?m=69573

Mills Bakery at 275 Valley Boulevard in Wood Ridge, NJ

Mills famous Crumb Cake

Their delicious doughnuts

The History of Mills Bakery and the business story:

Head Master Baker, John Cabrera started at Mills Bakery in November of 1998 at the age of 14 to earn a few dollars during his freshman year in high school. Starting out as a dishwasher, John quickly learning simple baker tasks such as dipping cookies with sprinkles and chocolate to learning how to use a pastry bag. All through high school he worked side by side with seasoned bakers and realized this business was for him.

He later received his associates degree in baking & pastry arts from Johnson & Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island. Upon graduation he became Head Baker of the Mirage Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. After Vegas, he knew he wanted to own his own business. An opportunity came about to own Mills Bakery, the very place in which he learned his craft, and he jumped on it. He is proud to say that he is the owner of a small town landmark which has been around for almost a century.

Video on the the Business:

The store is always decked out so nicely for each holiday so you have to visit to see all the creative treats.

Coming to Mills on the holiday of love

The store decked out for the holiday of love

Cookies and cakes that everyone loves

Cakes and pies and things that people love

Sweet Heart cookies are always the perfect gift

The store comes to life at the holidays. At Christmas every year, it is a fantasy land of cakes, cookies and pastries beautifully decorated and smiling back at you. The store is always nicely decorated.

There is nothing like Mills Bakery at the Christmas holiday season. I stop in for all sorts of baked items to take to my mother’s, who loves their doughnuts and turnovers. I will bring desserts down too when we are having a meal at the house. Over the years, I have taken the best pictures at the store as Christmas has gotten bigger every year since the renovation.

The store at Christmas time

Mills has such delicious treats at the Christmas holidays

The penguin cupcakes at Christmas time

Christmas and Butter Cookies at Mills Bakery

The store has a nice selection at every holiday

The joyful cookies at the holidays

The beautiful cakes

The beautiful Gingerbread houses at Christmas time

In the Christmas holiday season of 2025, Mills really went all out with the declarations both inside and outside of the store.

The front of Mills Bakery Christmas Eve 2025

The gingerbread lady outside the store

The gingerbread man outside the store

The beautiful display of holiday goodies

The window display for the holidays

The display cases bursting with holiday cookies, cakes and pies

Case lines topped with gingerbread men and holiday butter cookies

Holiday cookies smile and wink

Bunche De Noel’s lined up for Christmas

Snowmen cakes at Christmas time

An igloo cake at Christmas time

Mill’s Bakery is very creative at all the holidays and adds that special touch to all their products.

The bakery has a lot of interesting baked items for St. Patrick’s Day as well.

The delicious cookies at St. Patrick’s day

The selection of delicious looking cakes at St. Patrick’s Day

The delicious cakes at the holidays

St. Patrick’s Day cakes at Mills Bakery

Halloween offers such colorful and artistic baked goods. I loved the Frankenstein cake.

The decorations during the Halloween season

The Halloween treats in the bakery case

The Ghost cookie

The Mummy cookies

I had to come back and buy one of these. It scared me that it was $5.00!

The Pumpkin cookies

The pumpkin cookie

Halloween at Mills

Here’s Halloween!

Frog Hollow Bakery 140 NJ 50 Ocean View, NJ 08203

Frog Hollow Bakery

140 NJ 50

Ocean View, NJ 08203

(609) 390-1549

https://www.facebook.com/FrogHollowBakery/

https://www.instagram.com/froghollowbakery/?hl=en

Open: Sunday 7:00am-1:00pm/ Monday-Thursday Closed/Friday-Saturday 7:00am-1:00pm

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g46699-d852339-Reviews-Frog_Hollow_Donuts-Ocean_View_Cape_May_County_New_Jersey.html?m=69573

The front of Frog Hollow Bakery in the summer of 2025

I was on a historical tour of the Gandy Farmstead up the road from the Frog Hollow Bakery and one of the Board members suggested we stop for a doughnut. I was fine with that and what I discovered about Frog Hollow Bakery is their warm, freshly made doughnuts are excellent. I had a Sugar doughnut that was still warm and was out of this world. I would have ordered more but I was going to have lunch later. When I returned a few weeks later, they had just closed for the afternoon and I had wanted to get one of their butter cakes.

The grounds of the bakery on NJ 50

This tiny bakery sits on a quiet part of Route 50 near a quiet lane at the intersection of Route 50 and Tyler Road.

I thought their sign was very clever

It’s a beautiful little place in the Summer of 2025

The front of the bakery has a nice seating area in a quiet garden and you can take your purchases and eat them out here. On a warm sunny afternoon, it is a nice place to stop for a snack. When it is warm out, they have this wonderful shaded area off to the side of the bakery that you can sit and enjoy your baked treats.

The even have a small series of tables to enjoy your baked goods

The bakery has all sorts of delicious goodies to choose from with cakes, cookies and twists. I was eyeing the gooey butter cake but the bakery only accepts cash and I did not have enough to get it. For the next trip I figured.

The inside of this wonderful bakery has the most interesting collection of wonderful treats

They also carry all sorts of breads and rolls and I forgot to ask the woman if this changes on a regular basis. They have a nice selection of artwork and tee shirts for sale.

The nice selection of gifts for sale inside the bakery

They have a nice area to dine inside as well

We took our doughnuts to the Gandy Farmstead Museum up the road which I was touring that afternoon. I got to enjoy my doughnut while on the tour of the grounds. These delicious fried doughnuts have a cake like texture and were still warm when we bought them.

Their fried Sugar doughnuts are spectacular

The store was also selling different variety of tomatoes outside the bakery I figured from the farm next door.

They even sell tomatoes and strawberries when they are in season outside the store. I am sure that there is more produce on sale when it is season.

I love the clever sign in the parking lot

The bakery does have limited hours and the only bad thing is that they close at 1:00pm, so you have to hurry to get there. It is well worth the trip.