Apple crumb or blueberry crumb? Coconut custard or strawberry rhubarb?
At Emery’s Farm in New Egypt, choosing dessert can take longer than the drive down Long Swamp Road. The country bakery offers more than 20 kinds of pie, and the decision gets no easier when you spot the apple cider donuts, babka, and fresh loaves nearby.
This is a working farm, so the visit can stretch beyond the bakery counter. Come during blueberry season and you can pick berries before buying a pie.
Visit in fall, and you may find pumpkins, a corn maze, and farm animals waiting outside. The selection changes with the season, and popular bakes can sell out, which gives every visit a slightly different lineup.
Whether you arrive with a favorite flavor in mind or plan to let the display case decide, bringing home just one pie may be the hardest part of the day.
Emery’s Farm Makes Pie Worth the Drive to New Egypt
In New Egypt, pie is part of a larger farm visit, with a country market, seasonal blueberries, and room to linger after you have made your purchase. You can stop in for dessert and be back on the road quickly, but it is easy to give yourself more time than that.
The farm sits at 346 Long Swamp Road in Ocean County. Its bakery makes pies, loaves, muffins, scones, and turnovers fresh daily, so the market is a good place to browse before you settle on anything.
A blueberry pie might catch your eye first. Then you notice an apple crumb pie, a loaf of banana nut bread, and a basket of cider donuts.
A simple dessert run has a way of becoming a plan for the next few breakfasts, too. The market also carries jams and preserves, including no-sugar-added varieties, along with ready-made gift baskets for different seasons and holidays.
Those shelves give you something to explore while the person you came with weighs the merits of cherry versus pecan. There is no need to share an opinion unless you want a slice of their choice later.
What makes the drive appealing is the combination. You get the pleasure of picking out something freshly baked, with the fields and farm animals close enough to make the stop feel like an outing.
In summer, blueberries take center stage. In fall, the farm turns its attention to pumpkins and outdoor activities.
The bakery gives you a reason to pull in; the rest of Emery’s gives you a reason to stay a while.
More Than 20 Pie Varieties Make Choosing the Hard Part
The pie list at Emery’s covers far more ground than the usual apple-or-pumpkin decision. Familiar choices include apple, cherry, peach, blueberry, raspberry, pecan, and coconut custard.
If you like a little texture on top, apple crumb and blueberry crumb get their own spots in the lineup. Then come flavors such as caramel apple walnut, strawberry rhubarb, and Lemon Krunch, each capable of changing your mind just as you think you have decided.
There are no-sugar-added pies, too, with apple, blueberry, peach, and mixed fruit among the listed options. That range is handy when you are buying dessert for a table with different preferences.
One person can stick with a classic fruit pie, another can claim the crumb topping, and someone else can pick a variety that better suits what they are looking for. The number on the list does come with a practical caveat: it describes the bakery’s range, not a promise that every flavor will be waiting on the shelf at once.
Some pies are seasonal, and popular items can sell out during the day. If you have a particular flavor in mind for a gathering, calling ahead is sensible.
If you are open to whatever looks good, browsing is half the fun. It helps to look past the first few names you recognize.
Apple and blueberry are there when you want a sure thing, but Emery’s has enough variety to reward a second look at the menu. A pie you have never tried might end up being the one you talk about on the ride home.
Trifecta Pie Gives You a Reason to Try Something New
Among the straightforward fruit flavors on Emery’s pie list sits one name that asks for a closer look: Trifecta. The bakery lists both a regular Trifecta pie and Trifecta Crumb, so even this one choice branches into two.
If you came in planning to buy your standard apple pie, it is the sort of name that can interrupt that plan. Emery’s does not spell out the Trifecta filling on its bakery menu.
If you like knowing exactly what you are getting, ask at the counter. The choice between the two versions is easier to grasp: one is listed as Trifecta, while the other comes with a crumb topping.
That extra option makes a good case for trying something beyond the flavors you can buy almost anywhere. There is something pleasant about finding a bakery special among so many recognizable pies.
Cherry, pecan, and pumpkin all tell you what to expect. Trifecta gives you a small moment of discovery, whether you are choosing a pie for yourself or bringing dessert to a dinner where someone is bound to ask about it.
You can let the filling be a surprise, or get the details before committing to a whole pie. The regular and crumb versions also offer a neat solution if your group cannot agree on topping.
Buy both for a larger gathering and let everyone compare slices. It is a low-pressure debate with an unusually good outcome, though you may want to label the boxes before the first fork goes in.
Cider Donuts and Fresh Loaves Add to the Temptation
The pie may be your reason for walking into the bakery, but an apple cider donut is much easier to eat before you get home. Emery’s lists cider donuts alongside turnovers, tea biscuits, scones, giant cookies, brownies, and crumb cake.
There is even a triple chocolate crumb cake. The bakery makes its baked goods fresh daily, so it pays to see what is available when you arrive rather than build your entire order in your head beforehand.
The loaves deserve more than a passing glance. Listed flavors include blueberry, apple, pumpkin, peach, cranberry orange nut, banana nut, and zucchini bread with nuts.
A loaf makes an especially useful addition when the pie is already spoken for at dinner, but you would like something to have with coffee the next morning. The choice of flavors also gives you an easy way to follow the season without making every bakery visit a pie visit.
Muffins, meltaways, and babka widen the field further. Emery’s lists blueberry cheese and pumpkin cheese babka, along with meltaways in flavors such as lemon and raspberry coconut.
If you are buying for people with different tastes, you can bring home a few smaller treats rather than make everyone agree on a single dessert. This is where a little restraint becomes useful, though no one will judge you for revising the shopping plan.
Pick the pie you came for first. Then take another pass through the bakery for something you can enjoy sooner.
The donut may never make it out of the parking lot, and that is a perfectly reasonable division of labor.
Blueberry Picking and Fall Fun Turn a Bakery Stop Into a Farm Day
Blueberries occupy 20 of Emery’s 60 acres, which explains why they have such a strong presence in the market and bakery. The farm grows five highbush varieties: Duke, Blueray, Bluecrop, Darrow, and Chandler.
Picking season generally runs from mid-June through July, when visitors can head into the fields and fill a container themselves. The market also sells pre-picked berries in pints and flats when they are available.
A summer visit makes for a pleasing sequence: pick berries, cool off, then stop at the bakery on the way out. Buying blueberry pie after gathering your own fruit may sound excessive until you remember that one is dessert and the other might make it into tomorrow’s breakfast.
Field conditions change as berries ripen, so check the farm’s latest picking update before making a trip specifically for U-pick. Fall brings a different kind of afternoon.
Emery’s has offered a two-acre Treasure Hunt corn maze, a smaller straw-bale maze, pumpkin displays, and hayrides on select days. Children can also meet the farm’s miniature donkey, sheep, goats, chickens, and guinea hens.
The animals are part of the visit outside the market, and the farm asks guests to use the feed sold by the pens rather than bring food for them. The bakery fits naturally into either season.
Blueberry treats feel right after time in the fields; cider donuts and pumpkin bakes belong beside a fall outing. Activities and schedules can change from year to year, but the basic idea holds: at Emery’s, the pie box can be the last stop of a day spent on the farm.
What to Know Before Visiting Emery’s Farm
Start with the address: 346 Long Swamp Road, New Egypt, NJ 08533. Emery’s lists its farm market hours as 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., seven days a week during its season.
The bakery bakes fresh daily, though it warns that seasonal items and popular favorites can run out. If you are making a special trip for one flavor, or need several pies for a holiday meal, call the farm at 609-758-8514 before you leave.
A bakery visit and a U-pick visit need slightly different plans. Blueberry picking usually takes place from mid-June through July, with field hours listed as 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The fields sometimes close for a few days to allow more berries to ripen. Emery’s asks visitors to check its latest update before coming to pick, and it has field rules covering what you can carry in.
Comfortable shoes are a better choice for the bushes or a corn maze than anything you would worry about getting dusty. Fall activities have their own dates and hours, with hayrides typically limited to select days.
Check the current schedule if a maze or ride is the main reason for your visit. The farm also does not allow pets on the property, so furry family members need to sit this one out.
If you only want pie, there is no need to turn the stop into a major expedition. Give yourself enough time to look over the bakery case, make your choice, and browse the market.
You may leave with the flavor you planned to buy. You may leave with Trifecta and a bag of donuts instead.
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