Bakers at this Ossington destination draw on a world of influences for a menu that jumps from butter tarts to elk tourtière. Spy cinnamon buns in the window? Order a six pack. You'll need at least that many to fully appreciate the team's knack for partnering pillowy, cinnamon-flecked dough with finger-licking good glaze.

At this Little Italy café, showy cakes and pastel-hued pastries can distract from less ornate creations. Just don't sleep on the cinnamon buns. Yeasty and plush, swirled tightly to retain their moist core, each is swathed in exactly the amount of sugary frosting any sensible person would demand.

Frosting-crowned vegan cinnamon rolls draw the peckish to this High Park bakery and café. Rich with the scent of molasses and cinnamon, these hefty specimens are made without refined sugar or animal products of any kind.

Popular enough to earn a spot on the daily menu, sourdough cinnamon buns at this Scarborough bakery are yeasty and fluffy with raisins and house-made cream cheese icing adding intrigue to every bite. When you see them basking in the sunlit window, you know what to do.

Two sizes — mama and baby — mean there's a bun for every level of craving at this vegan bakeshop in Kensington Market. Baked in brown sugar sauce and topped with lashings of buttercream, each bun family member is the right amount of sticky and soft, gooey, messy and irresistible.

At this family-run Junction spot, generations of bakers have turned to heirloom recipes to churn out pies, cakes and cinnamon rolls big enough to share. Draped in a shimmering veil of syrupy glaze, these treats will leave you sugar-coated and dishevelled but entirely euphoric.

From award-winning butter tarts to cruffins, milk bread and more, there's no shortage of tasty tidbits to sample at this must-visit bakery in East York and at Yonge & Eglinton. Pop in on weekends to avoid missing out on delicately doughy, icing-laced buns lavished with sugar, spice and, you guessed it, everything nice.

Goo fiends will find their fix with this spot's cinnamon-butterscotch-soaked buns. Available in Dovercourt Village, and at Reunion Coffee, in Roncesvalles Village, each is a study in excess — from its size to its seriously sweet and sticky exterior and gloriously creamy cap of sweetened cream cheese.

Bold types will welcome the chance to play god with customizable cinnamon rolls at this plant-based Danforth bakery. Begin with a tender, doughy base, choose between myriad frostings — from chai to peanut butter — then add almonds, sprinkles, pretzels or let minimalism reign. In short, build the cinnamon bun of your dreams.