Category: Reviews

Review: Sprinkles Cupcakes

This past weekend I stopped into Sprinkles Cupcakes, an ultra high-end cupcake bakery chain that now has 9 locations coast-to-coast.

Pros:

• The place sells fresh-baked cupcakes!
• They give you wooden forks to eat with. They were like wooden popsicle sticks carved into forks. Very cool.
• Lots of interesting flavors such as peanut butter chip, milk chocolate, chocolate marshmallow, chai latte, banana, and more.
• The stores are really cool. With a line out the door I felt like I was walking into a club or modern restaurant.

Cons:

• Cupcakes were average size. I would have rather paid $6.50 for 1 huge cupcake instead of 2 average cupcakes. I guess a more health conscious person would disagree with me.
• Taste was just OK, nothing special. I’ve tried a lot of cup cakes in my life. It was moist and tasty but my expectations were not met. The best cup cake I can remember eating came was the Double Chocolate Cupcake from Starbucks.
• The pricing model was a little odd. Cupcakes are $3.25 but sold in packages of 2 for $6.50 or 12 (a dozen) for $36. Why can’t I purchase just 1? And why would I pay $36 for 12 measly cupcakes??
  

Overall Thoughts: I expected so much more. After paying $3.25 for a average-sized cupcake I was disappointed that they were no better tasting than Betty Crocker. However, it is definitely worth a visit. This place is fun and makes its living by selling cup cakes.

Price: $ [$10 or under]

Location: 4020 Villanova Drive, Dallas, TX 75225 :: (214) 369-0004‎