Colossal Cupcakes

Very nice presentation. Store is beautiful, with very cute furnishings. The cupcake is great. I’m not sure I would go out of my was to purchase again, but was a fun experience. Smelled amazing when you opened the door to go inside!

Cream Cheese frosting was fairly good. Buttercream was tragic. I am so happy we got the sampler pack so we could try everything and know that the first bad taste (the confetti cupcake) wasn’t just a fluke. These are not very good cupcakes. Place is cute though, and if you really need dessert or a place to kill sometime you could always get a cupcake with cream cheese frosting and not be too traumatized. The other bonus is that my super picky toddler wouldn’t even touch a second mini-​cupcake. He picked out two when he sat down to look at them, but after tasting the first, he wouldn’t touch the other. He wouldn’t eat his dinner because he knew we were going to get cupcakes afterwards, and when he tasted the cupcake he asked to leave and asked if he could have something to eat when he got home instead. So… I gave it an extra star for deterring my kid from eating too much dessert. Please owner, for the love of cupcakes, do something about that buttercream. My recommendation is to use less shortening (mouth so yucky and greasy afterward) and a touch more sugar and cream. What is a cupcake shop with a bad buttercream!!!

Little bit of heaven flows into my mouth every time I suck on the straw that’s poking out of the hole in the lid of my cup. Makes me just want keep sucking on the milkshake. Surprised their lobby isn’t filled with boys that the milkshakes are bringing in. Put any of their cupcakes into a milkshake and you’re automatically transported to heavenly bliss. My advice? Buy a cupcake milkshake and embrace the suck. Only place I know of where it doesn’t suck to suck.

I love their home made sodas here, especially the cream soda one. excuse me, i should correct myself — «POP». ayway, the cupcakes look and sound delicous, but myself and my date were not impressed with how they tasted. very bland and dense, for the price we paid it should have tasted sweeter and fresher. very cute inside tho, deff wouldnt mind hanging out here for awhile.

Cupcakes are huge and look yummy! Unique flavors. I got the Reese cookie and it was the best peanut butter cookie I’ve ever had. Soft and yummy

I am very, very picky about baked goods… and even pickier about cakes. This place hits a home run with me!
First, the hours are great. Any cupcake place that’s open until midnight on Saturday nights gets an A. Okay, and the ambiance was nice, too. Bright and clean, not claustrophobic and I love the pink and white theme. The furniture is adorable, too. (We came in at 11:30pm.)
This place also sells coffee and other tasty drinks, including soda.
The customer service was stellar; the girl told us all the upcoming flavors and was really patient with us as we took forever to decide which colossal cupcake to choose. I chose one called «hot cocoa» and my friend chose the «apple cider». The cashier/​server was knowledgeable and friendly, but not pushy.
First, these cupcakes are huge! It’s called «Colossal Cupcakes,» so don’t complain about how big they are. They do sell smaller to-​go packs of their popular flavors, so splurge on one of those. Second, the cupcakes are FRESH and not dry. This is amazing for an end-​of-​the-​night trip. Third, they have a ton of flavor and aren’t just «sweet». What I mean is: if your cupcake has different «parts» (deep chocolate cake with milk chocolate buttercream on top and a tiny swirl of white icing, for example) each part tastes different. It’s not just a colorful, elaborately decorated blob of sugar. My hot cocoa cupcake was cute: chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream, a tiny striped paper straw and white buttercream and sprinkles, it looked like a mug of cocoa! And we were surprised: it had a little well of chocolate syrup in it! Super cool! The cake was flavorful, the chocolate syrup was rich, the chocolate buttercream actually tasted like chocolate, and the white swirl of buttercream on top was a light vanilla. The icing they use here is heavy, dense and soft. Not gritty, not «crunchy», not «airy» or so whipped full of air it’s fluffy. Leave that to the grocery store cakes. This is how to do frosting RIGHT! My friend loved her apple cider cupcake, too; she practically swooned.
I’m so glad we went here after dinner at Pickwick and Frolic. It ended the evening on the sweetest of notes.

Like others have said: cute store, huge variety but DRY cupcakes. I have had some super delicious cupcakes in my life and I hate to say these just do not measure up. Also, not everyone wants a cupcake the size of their head. Some people just want a small cupcake and don’t want to have to buy 18 of them. Just a thought, maybe sell smaller cupcakes as well and do something to make them less dry.

I hate when I can’t give places five stars!
Walking in, the place is super pink and fun-​looking (love that) and the cupcake display looks awesome! So many to choose from and they are ENORMOUS.
I wanted to order the hot-​chocolate which is 1 of 5 drinks on their big billboard-​sized menu but the girl working told me it’s no longer offered and it has been that way for a while (whatevaaa).
I picked the confetti cupcake topped with pink frosting– something as festive to match the store décor, obviously. I took my first bite and was immediately disappointed. First of all, the cupcake was crumbling all over just one bite in, and extremely dry as if it had been out for a few days. I prefer the Pillsbury Funfetti cake-​box mix way more over this.
As much as I wanted to like this place, unfortunately it’s not a winner for me.

I was drawn into Colossal Cupcakes because of a sign outside that read «warm cookies». I have no willpower to walk past a sign like that, so before I knew it I was behind the counter inquiring about cookie flavors. Unfortunately they had run out of the Reese’s flavor, and only had s’mores and a nothing but the kitchen sink option. I choose the latter, which included chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, pretzels, and a few other things I couldn’t name. The girls behind the counter were really nice and heated the cookie up for me, but even heated up it was disappointing. For having some many different add-​ins, there was very little flavor.
I think the idea is cute and I liked the set up of the store! You could easily picture a group of friends sitting on one of the pink couches or at the table, eating cupcakes and having a great time. That being said, I wouldn’t order the cookies if I went back again.

We had the Boston Dream and Snickerdoodle cupcakes. Delicious!
Cleveland is lucky to have this gem in their downtown.

Great variety of cupcakes and the prices aren’t so bad.
Cake is a little dry. And the frosting lacks flavor.
We always try a cupcake in the city we are visiting.
DC cupcakes rank 1^st. (Georgetown)
Magnolia cupcakes rank 2^nd. (NYC)

I stopped in on a whim after dinner on the way back to our hotel. I got a chocolate peanut butter cupcake and it was just okay. Definitely nothing to write home about and it was on the dry side but I attributed that to it being late at night and it probably had been sitting in the case all day.

I was in the area this week for a national debate tournament and in my down time between rounds, I simply had to evaluate Cleveland’s cupcake game. I was limited geographically, and as this place was only a 5 minute walk from my hotel, I decided to check it out. Boy, should I have read the reviews first.
As self-​proclaimed California-​Cupcake-​Snob, I can honestly say (with much regret) that this was the worst cupcake I have ever tasted.
One star is warranted only for presentation, enticing interior design, and namesake of the shop living up to the actual size of the cupcakes. One extra star for the girl working behind the counter who was very lovely and patient with me as I took awhile to decide which flavor I actually wanted. She also provided excellent recommendations.
The actual cupcakes themselves… YIKES. I got the Coffee Toffee flavor (coffee cupcake with a buttercream frosting and toffee bits on top) and I was utterly disappointed. The cake was extremely dry, bland, unsweet, and tasted nothing like coffee. The frosting was overly sweet but at the same time flavorless as well. And the toffee bits were just ok. I honestly felt like I was eating a bad muffin with store-​bought frosting slathered on. I had two bites and was done. I tried giving the rest to a friend (who is far less of a cupcake snob than I), and she also only took a few bites before it was trashed.
IN SUMMATION — Colossal Cupcakes is great at putting on a Colossal Show (aka all their cupcakes *LOOK* and sound delicious, but when it comes to actual quality of product… they have colossally disappointed me. :(At least I got free coffee from my check-​in?

Back again and I’m still not loving it. No credit cards today, out of hot chocolate and the cupcakes are still not that good.

We walked in and this place smelled amazing. Great décor. However the staff did not greet us so that was a little disappointing. We got our cupcakes that looked amazing but I have to say something was just off. I realized it was the icing. The inside of the cupcake just does not compliment the cupcake. The icing is almost like a mix of whipped and buttercream but not enough of either. I really can’t explain it.
We had the salted Carmel, confetti and those were the 2 we were not pleased with. My daughter ate her entire double chocolate.

This cupcake kind of sucked. I wouldn’t recommend it. It was dry and the icing tasted like it came from a can. Pillsbury called, they want their icing back.
The environment was pretty tacky as well.

To sum it up: I ate one bite and threw the cupcake away.
Starting at the beginning: My friend and I were downtown and decided to check this place out since neither of us had been before. The inside appeared clean and we were greeted by two friendly young ladies and a full case of cupcakes plus more sitting on one of those industrial tray racks. The abundance of cupcakes immediately surprised me because it was 6pm on a Wednesday and usually bakeries sell out of most of their goods by the evening, it also made me wonder how long the cupcakes were sitting there and what would happen to all of them at the end of the night? I let these thoughts slip my mind as I tried to focus and pick from the large variety in front of me. My friend and I decided to each get a cupcake then split and swap a half. They got Red Velvet and I got Snickerdoodle.
When you see these cupcakes you are taken aback by their enormous size; probably triple the size of a regular cupcake. This was a little off putting to me as that just seems like a lot for one person; it’s like a thick slice of cake and I picture cupcakes more like a little treat. Plus, I’d rather try two varieties than be stuck with one kind. As for the ingredients, I was told by the staff that the only cupcake made with real fruit was the banana one, I was told they use a gel for flavoring. Ehhhh that’s a bad sign but I still wanted to see what they tasted like.
They weren’t the worst cupcakes I’ve ever had, but they weren’t good enough for me to take a second bite either. The cake was dry and the frosting was meh. Just nothing worthwhile about these cupcakes at all. I would not go back and I would not recommend.

Ok so its a cupcake. It is bad for you. It is expensive. Its bad for your teeth. It has no redeeming nutritional value. Who cares!!!
Its cupcakes!!!
This is a fun place. They don’t have a lot to choose from but what they have is great. I got the red velvet and it was rich!!!
They even make cupcake shakes from your favorite cupcake. This is in a super hip section of downtown.

Colossal cupcakes look and smell amazing to start. However once you decide on which cupcake you’d like to sink your teeth in, that’s when you realize the cupcakes are neither the best or worst you ever had. Their simply «middle of the road» let me say this, the cookie monster tasted great, but the cupcake itself was dry and not moist at all I’m guessing this was made a day or two prior. I also had the peanut butter banana cupcake. Normally banana is a very potent flavor and will normally dominate anything its paired with. This however is the rare exception! I personally didn’t taste banana at all and really just tasted peanut butter really.
Really disappointed by something that looks so darn good! Colossal needs to work on their flavors and moisture of their cupcakes and maybe they’ll gain some fans for sure!

Finally, a cupcake boutique store that gets their cupcakes right!
My cake to frosting ratio is very specific and I HATE those cupcake shops that give you an inch of cake and seven inches of frosting! That is NOT a cupcake, it’s a frostcake!
Colossal gets it right — decent amount of cake and just enough frosting.
My favorite? Chocolate with coconut… nom nom nom…