Don’t be fooled by the name — the mithai is far from simple at this Chicago-based shop. Traditional mithai is given the luxe treatment, with colorful, bite-size sweets crafted into smooth, chocolate covered mithai bon bons or mithai-inspired macarons. Incorporated with ingredients like cardamom, nuts, ginger and ghee, the sweets boast the essence of traditional Indian mithai while giving a sleek and sophisticated look.

Surbhi Sahni, the powerhouse chef behind New York City’s Tagmo Treats, draws inspiration from the work of her artist father in hand-crafting eye-catching pieces of mithai that are (almost) too pretty to eat. Assortments may include gold-dusted chocolate burfi, katli spiced with jaggery and candied ginger or nut-filled ladoos topped with rose petals. Curated boxes in a variety of sizes, including vegan and gluten-free choices, are available for every occasion.

This Brooklyn creamery puts a playful twist on traditional mithai, incorporating the robust flavors of Indian sweets into its handcrafted ice-cream — and yes, it ships pints and desserts nationwide. The ice cream is made with local dairy and churned with little air, resulting in an ultra-creamy finish, and with mithai-inspired flavors like kheer, carrot halwa and red chili chocolate, a scoop is a welcome twist on the real thing. For the best of both worlds, try the gulab jamun ice-cream cake, a sky-high dessert built with saffron syrup-soaked cardamom cakes sandwiched between a layer of rose ice cream.

This Bay Area sweet shop is the real deal, and it’s got a no-nonsense mithai menu to prove it. Find jalebi sticky to the touch, perfectly packed ladoos made from chickpea flour, milk cake and chocolate barfi available by the pound. Go for the Ganesha mix, an assortment of different barfis and ladoos, or choose your own adventure and create your own box.

Anita Jaisinghani’s Houston restaurant and bake shop is just as distinguished for its confections as it is for its menu of modern Indian eats. Getting a taste of her classic mithai is just a click away with portions in 4-, 8- and 10-ounces available to order online. Jaisinghani puts a playful twist on the traditional dessert, combining chickpea fudge with ghee and cardamom. The mithai is garnished with sesame, pumpkin and poppy seeds and presented in neatly cut triangles.

This vegetarian café places a hefty emphasis on the ethical sourcing of ingredients, and that includes for its vast menu of Indian sweets. Made fresh from scratch at the café, the milk-based mithai begins with locally sourced milk from North Carolina’s Homeland Creamery from grass-fed cows. In addition to moisture-rich rasmalai in milk cream, sandesh made from milk curd and fudgy milk pedha, there is walnut chocolate barfi, coconut ladoos and more.

Sukhadia’s is a one-stop shop for mithai of every shape, color and variety. While the company boasts retail locations in New Jersey and North Carolina, it’s a cinch to order as much (or as little) online to be shipped directly to your door. Whether you’re hoping to build an epic mithai platter, add to your holiday spread or gift a box for a special occasion, the sky is the limit with choices like tri-colored barfi, chum chums, peanut ladoos, jalebi, and gulab jamun.

This decades-old mithai shop in Queens, New York is a reliable choice for its quality sweets, made fresh daily. Score items like coconut jamun — a tasty alternative to traditional gulab jamun — kalakand milk cake and pistachio barfi, all available by the pound. Customize an order just the way you want it, or choose a decorative gift box filled with goodies to ship directly to a loved one.