Sprinkles Cupcakes & Ice Cream Opening in Atlanta

A few month's ago,  my 2nd vlog featured 'The Word on The Street' where I announced that Sprinkles, Georgetown Cupcake and Crumbs will be opening locations in Atlanta's Buckhead area. Today via Facebook, Sprinkles officially announced their store opening in Buckhead's Lenox Square Mall alongside a 24-hour cupcake ATM and a Sprinkles Ice Cream shop. Owner Candace Nelson was inspired by her husband's southern roots and may introduce a peach-inspired cupcake. In the meantime, check out my second blog giving you the 411 on what's going on in the Cupcake Streets! (fast forward to 3:45)

                   

                         

Sprinkles Celebrates St. Patrick's Day!

Sprinkles Green Velvet Cupcake/ Photo credit:
Sprinkles Cupcake

Sprinkles Irish Chocolate Cupcake/Photo credit:
Sprinkles Cupcake

Sprinkles is rolling out two flavors for St. Patrick's day: Green Velvet and Irish Chocolate!  The Irish Chocolate will indulge your senses with Belgian dark chocolate topped with Bailey's Irish cream cheese frosting and topped with a green shamrock. Or take pleasure in their green velvet cupcake! 

You can pick up both of these treasures between now and March 17th!

Celebrate Sprinkles Georgetown's 2nd Anniversary with FREE Sprinkles Ice Cream!

Sprinkles Georgetown is celebrating their 2nd anniversary with FREE Sprinkles ice cream!! The first 200 customers will receive one free scoop of their signature red velvet ice cream on Sunday, March 3rd to celebrate! Doors open at 10AM...see you there Cupcake Lovers!

Sprinkles Cupcakes' Marry Me Box

Photo courtesy of Sprinkles

Celebrate Valentine's Day by sending your sweetheart a Sprinkles XOX box with  your choice of Sprinkles Cupcakes topped with XOX sugar decorations. Propose to your sweetheart with the Sprinkles Marry Me box complete with a sugar decoration ring. Both boxes are available from February 8-17.

Sprinkles Georgetown: 3015 M Street NW, DC

Sprinkles Cupcakes & The McLean Chocolate Festival!

Triple Chocolate Cupcake
Photo Credit: Sprinkles Cupcake

When: Sunday, January 27, 2013
Where: McLean High School Cafeteria 1633 Davidson Road McLean, VA 22101
Time: 11 a.m. until 6 p.m.
Cost: $2 (Children under 6 are free)

Sprinkles Cupcakes of Georgetown will be at The McLean Chocolate Festival of "All Things Chocolate". Join them for a community-wide celebration filled with  chocolate vendors selling candy, cakes, cookies, ice cream and cupcakes sponsored by the Rotary Club of McLean. 25% of the proceeds will go towards local charities. 

Sprinkles Cupcakes & NBC's 1600 Penn = CUPCAKE FREEBIES

Photo courtesy of Sprinkles Cupcake

Sprinkles Cupcakes and NBC's new presidential comedy, 1600 Penn, have teamed up! Tomorrow, January 11, 2013, Sprinkles Georgetown will give away  "1600 Penn" branded cupcakes to celebrate fictional President Gilchrist's inauguration Day. In addition, Cupcake Lovers who take a pic of their presidential cupcake and post it on Twitter or Instagram with the hashtag #1600Cupcakes and will be entered to win a year's supply of Sprinkles cupcakes!

 

And the Winner Is...The Best of 2012

Winner: Cakelove

Tie-Breaker: Aside from being wildly entertaining and informed about their cupcakes, one of the staff members at Cakelove had on a Wu-Tang Clan shirt with every member of the Wu-Tang Clan's names on it. I guess that's a fairly shallow reason to break a tie but do you know how many people are in the Wu-Tang Clan? Enough to put on a shirt. 

Congrats Cakelove!

R.I.P. Russell Jones

Winner: Georgetown Cupcake 

Tie-Breaker: The Sweet Lobby has amazing macarons and won Cupcake Wars' All-Stars with their MacTop creation. However Georgetown Cupcake cleverly debuted their cupcake hamburger at the start of the summer picnic/BBQ season and didn't forget the special sauce, poppy seed bun and cheese. But let's face it, food in the shape of others foods versus food on top of other foods is pretty creative. 

Congratulations Georgetown Cupcake!

Winner: Buzz Bakery 

Tie-Breaker: Baked and Wired has kickin' cool flavors like the Smurfette and the Fat Elvis that are beyond creative and big enough for two people. At the same time Buzz Bakery has the creative genius of Tiffany MacIssac who made an appearance on Sweet Genius. They also scored a 4.3 on their review compared to the 4 received by Baked and Wired. Overall both bakeries are awesome and yes, I gave Baked and Wired points for being next to a moat. Wait, that is a moat, right? 

Congratulations Buzz Bakery!

Best Cupcake Food Truck: Curbside Cupcake

Curbside Cupcake has a special place in every D.C. resident's heart as the first cupcake food truck. It's destined to go down in D.C. history with Marion Barry and  Ben's Chilli Bowl or Yum's carryout. With new locations in Pentagon City Mall and Union Square, they've revolutionized the food truck industry...lobbied and withstood city regulations and at the end of the day keep it classic.

Congratulations Curbside Cupcake!

Best Liquor Infused Cupcakes: Pretty Girl Cupcakery 

Pretty Girl Cupcakery is an oasis in the cupcake desert of Prince George's County, MD. They explore with various flavor choices but still keep it classy, San Diego. Their liquor-infused strawberry champagne cupcakes have been personally tested by yours truly (twice, don't judge me) and I am pleased as punch to congratulate them on their win!

Congratulations Pretty Girl Cupcakery!

Best New Bakery: Pretty Girl Cupcakery 

Pretty Girl Cupcakery is an exquisite cupcake shop located in suburban Maryland that is truly making its mark on the cupcake scene. They deliver on their promise with delightful waitstaff, innovative technology all housed in a perfectly pink and vanilla box shop. 

Congratulations Pretty Girl Cupcakery!

Best Online Bakery: The Butter Scotch Shop

The Butter Scotch Shop is one of my favorite online bakeries. Their moist and fluffy creations are reminiscent of my own grandmother's cupcakes; and that is hard to do. Owner Brandiss Smith creates each batch with love and delivers with a smile. 

Congratulations to The Butter Scotch Shop!

Best Vegan Cupcakes: Sticky Fingers Bakery

Although most shops have adopted handsome vegan and gluten-free offerings, Sticky Fingers Bakery in Columbia Heights, DC is the Vatican of veganism. It would be a travesty for them not to win this category. Further rockstar baker, owner, author, and two-time Cupcake Wars winner, Doron Petersan is the face of veganism in D.C. 

Congratulations Sticky Fingers Bakery!

Winner: Sprinkles Cupcakes

Tie-Breaker: Although I'm still steamed that DC doesn't have a Cupcake ATM or ice cream store, I am happy that they exist and are only a plane ride away. Further their expansion to the UAE is well, epic! But the true tie-breaker is their announcement of curbside service which makes the Critic very happy when attempting to park on those Georgetown Streets!

Congratulations Sprinkles Georgetown!

Holiday Happy Hour @ Sprinkles Georgetown

Sprinkles Holiday Joy Box

Visit Sprinkles Georgetown on December 10th,12th,17th and 19th from 4-9 PM for their holiday happy hour! Buy one cupcake and receive another one FREE with one cupcake per person. Also check out their new holidays flavors including eggnog spice, chocolate peppermint, and vanilla peppermint. Get all 3 holiday flavors in the Sprinkles Joy box for only $39. Seasons Greetings! 

Contest: Election Cupcakes from Sprinkles Georgetown

On the heels of the Presidential election, my new vlog discusses Georgetown Cupcake's LA store opening, Hello Kitty for President, Election Cupcakes, and What's Hot in the Cupcake Streets. Check it out for your viewing pleasure. Also to celebrate my new Youtube Channel I will be giving  three (3) lucky Youtube subscribers an election cupcake box courtesy of Sprinkles Georgetown. To enter see contest details below! 

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The Word on the Street Is...Sprinkles & Crumbs Bakeshop may Open in Atlanta!

Earlier this month I reported that Georgetown Cupcake is opening in Atlanta in Spring 2013. I was excited given the burgeoning cupcake scene happening in the peach state. Well, it seems that Sprinkles Cupcakes  and Crumbs are following suit and are also making tracks to the gem of the South. Sprinkles is slated to open in Lenox Mall (and the Buckhead area in general; an upscale enclave of Atlanta) upon it's renovation while Crumbs is looking to open eight new shops in the Atlanta area. Although this is purely the scuttlebutt, I'm happy to see so much attention being focused on The Critic's hometown and the spread of Cupcake Love! ;-)

Redskins' Win = Free Sprinkles

Photo provided by Sprinkles

Sprinkles Cupcakes in Georgetown are rooting for the Washington Redskins! In fact, they are offering fans a Buy-One-Get-One FREE deal on Monday 10/29 if the Redskins win against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday. Simply visit Sprinkles Cupcakes in Georgetown located at 3015 M Street NW and whisper "Redskins" to grab your BOGO deal! 

Sprinkles Celebrates D.C. Sports with BoGo Deal

Support the Aces Foundation with Lorenzo Alexander
Photo courtesy of Sprinkles Georgetown  

Sprinkles Georgetown is celebrating DC-area sports! Stop by Sprinkles-Georgetown with your favorite Nationals or Orioles apparel and receive a special buy one get one free deal! Also, don't forget to stop by Sprinkles Georgetown for Washington Redskin Lorenzo Alexander's vanilla cupcake, whereby 100% of the sales will go to his ACES Foundation. The foundations supports local youth enrichment and mentoring programs in the D.C. area. Alexander visited Sprinkles this past Saturday to meet-n-greet fans and kick off his initiative. Go Team!

Washington Redskin Lorenzo Alexander / Photo courtesy of Sprinkles-Georgetown

2012 Election Cupcakes

Photo courtesy of AllPosters.com

Election season is here and adding a sweet touch to the political melee are the election boxes from Georgetown Cupcake, Hello Cupcake, Sprinkles, and The Sweet Lobby! Endorse your favorite candidate by purchasing their box or remain neutral with a simple 'Vote 2012' stamp. Either way, your vote should be for cupcakes!

Georgetown Cupcake 

GC is offering non-partisan and political mascots as fondant toppers. Pick-up a box in chocolate, vanilla, or red velvet. 

Photo courtesy of Georgetown Cupcake

Hello Cupcake 
Hello Cupcake offers political mascots on their cupcakes. 

Photo courtesy of Hello Cupcake 

Sprinkles 
Purchase the Obama or Romney box or get your box with political mascots. You can also get a non-partisan box with 'Vote 2012' toppers. All three will be available until November 11th. 

Courtesy of Sprinkles 

The Sweet Lobby
The Sweet Lobby is endorsing cupcakes and macarons in their campaign. Pick your political candidate or a simple non-partisan 'Vote 2012'.  

Photo courtesy of  The Sweet Lobby 

           Or make your own election cupcakes with these edible image toppers

Are you registered to vote?

Speaking of voting, are you registered to vote? If not please visit the bottom left panel of The Cupcake Critic blog where you can register to vote in your state courtesy of Rock the Vote!