LA Cookie Con and Sweets Show

If sriracha and avocados can have dedicated festivals, then surely there's room for cookies, too. Seriously, who's going to argue with an event that boasts hundreds of samples of cookies, candy, chocolate, coffee and ice cream? After a messy inaugural fest, the L.A. Cookie Con and Sweets Show has since expanded for two full days of pastry workshops, previews of new cooking tools and dessert competitions. Hopefully the extra space and staggered entry this time around will let us actually taste some of these beautiful desserts.