Is this article being sarcastic when it calls Sprinkles cupcakes "barely bigger than a thimble?" I think Sprinkles cupcakes are on the large side. Delicious, but definitely big! I've included some photos so you can judge for yourself if you haven't eaten one yet.
But Sprinkles could probably call itself the original very-tiny-cupcake bakery, as its cakes are smaller than usual, wee, barely bigger than a thimble. To give them their due, they're made with high-grade ingredients such as Callebaut chocolate and come in a slew of 20 flavors such as chocolate-coconut, strawberry, banana, peanut-butter-chocolate, and chai latte. In Beverly Hills, they're $3.25 apiece or $36 for a dozen.
Cupcakes threatened to go nation-wide a few years ago, but so far that hasn't really happened. In Dallas, a place called Cupcake Kitchen did launch in 2004, but it's no longer in business.
The Preston Center location, at 4020 Villanova Drive in a space that's been both a women's clothing store and an interior design space, will be only the third for Sprinkles, following the original in Beverly Hills and a spin-off in equally-ritzy Newport Beach, Calif. A fourth Sprinkles opens this summer in Scottsdale, with another 15 branches in the works. Ha-ha Scottsdale, we beat you.
And, my personal favorite of the Sprinkles pics I found on Flickr:
At its Beverly Hills location, Sprinkles is offering a Red Carpet cupcake, which is a red velvet cupcake "gussied up for the Academy Awards with a shiny gold star." (see below) Available through February 25th.
img via Sprinkles
Also, here's an old but cute blog post I found about Sprinkles
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