Carolyn’s Cupcakes

eh, I’ve had better cupcakes, but this place is open relatively late, so there’s that

These are the best cupcakes that I have found in Atlanta.
I think most cupcake places go wrong by making the cupcakes too big/​fancy. These are very straightforward. Right size, great texture/​moisture and the icing is pretty much always on point. I have enough trust at this point to go for their more unusual non standard offerings when they look interesting. But I also just love getting the birthday cake ones.
I see where people are coming from arguing that they are overpriced because comparably priced cupcakes are usually a lot bigger. But isn’t this a wider problem with the restaurant industry as a whole? Why can’t we value the food and the experience without insisting on gargantuan portions?
All I know is, getting 6 of these for $ 12 is a guilty pleasure of mine and will likely continue to be.

Average cupcakes and over-​priced.
There wasn’t anything special about the cupcakes — small in size, decent in taste. Nothing that warranted $ 2.50 per cupcake, maybe $ 1.50 at best. It reminded me of the type of cupcake you could get from a church bake sale. I probably would not go back, with so many other places to try.

I sampled my friends’ son’s chocolate chip cupcake from here. It was pretty good! It was nice and cold with creamy vanilla frosting and chocolate chips sprinkled on top and in the batter. I would have gotten one for myself but I was too full after eating the Mexican food Carolyn’s shares a space with.

2.5 stars. I was really excited to find a cupcakery in the area but was disappointed. This is a Mexican restaurant, a laid back taqueria, with a small stall of a few cupcakes and homemade desserts. It was just odd having cakes and coffee while the place smelled like chilis, onions, and guac. I debated whether I should get a cupcake or a piece of tres leche. The cupcakes were small and overpriced. A piece of tres leche was more than double the size of the cupcake and cost about 25 cents more. Service was friendly. I liked getting an entire Tequila bottle full of water when I asked for a glass of water. I didn’t get a cupcake, and the tres leche was served on a thin of layer of cream and topped with a few pieces of fresh strawberry (see picture). The cake was waaaayyyyy, waayyy too sweet although the texture (slightly soggy) was just right. It should have been served with more cream or the most bitter coffee you can find. Recipe needs to be adjusted. I plan to return for a cupcake when in the area and will hopefully have reason to give a higher rating.

Interesting place– it’s a cupcake and taco resturant.
Hubby had the red velvet and my son had decadent chocolate — hubby gave the cup cake thumbs down. My son enjoyed his. I had a Paloma drink guacamole and a steak taco– the drink was strong and tasty. The taco lacked seasoning. The guacamole was tasty. The service was excellent.

Good cupcake and very nice waitstaff. They have vegan cupcakesand treats, which are wonderful.

I wanted to be different so I tried the Sugar Free Chocolate cupcake and a Rice Krispy Treat. Both were very good. The cupcake had a hint of sweetness still, but it feel apart extremely easily.

Whee! I like this place. They always have lots of cupcakes and some very unique flavors that I haven’t seen elsewhere. All of the cupcakes I’ve tried so far have been delicious (peanut butter, chocolate, birthday cake, etc … but red velvet will always be my favorite at any desert place, in any type of situation). They are moist and the icing is perfect.
The staff is nice. One of the girls working there decided to give me a discount on coffee because I brought in my own coffee mug. I thought that was thoughtful of her, because it didn’t seem like that was something she was told to do.
There isn’t a lot of seating, but it’s usually not too packed until someone brings in a group of kids. (I actually used to study for the MCAT here, so given the bad memories it’s associated with, it’s quite amazing that I love this place … FYI, cupcakes are great motivators if you have work to get done and don’t feel like doing it.)
Only downsides I can think of are: limited seating, and low turn-​over on coffee, so it has been a little less than steaming on a few occasions in the past. Maybe it’s gotten better now that they’ve been around for a while and are hopefully getting more foot traffic. (I haven’t been super recently, so I don’t know.)
OMG and I can’t believe I almost forgot to mention that they made me a giant red velvet cupcake the size of an actual cake for last Valentine’s Day! I had to carry it in a cake box that I couldn’t close the lid to because the monstrosity of a cupcake was too tall to fit in it. It. Was. Amazing.
It took me like a week to eat through ¹⁄₃ of it, and sadly I had to toss the rest because it was getting hard. If you’re interested in surprising someone who loves cupcakes with an enormous one on steroids, I think they did it for a pretty good price (I can’t remember exactly, but I want to say it was around $ 20). They just need a few days advanced notice to get it done.
I’m glad I decided to write this review because thinking about that giant cupcake is making me really happy.

I frequent Carolyn’s Cupcakes 2 – 3 times a week due to their location — short distance to my house. In the future I’ll drive the extra distance for decent service. The cashier apologized to several customers waiting in line for the delay while a 6 year old took 10 minutes picking out 1 cupcake and when it was my turn… she tried to rush me as if I was the cause. On a separate occasion, once again I was rushed and was given the big «sighhhh» because I elected to pay with a credit card instead of cash. This business caters to certain clientele only… do not spend your money at this establishment

I can’t recommend this place enough. I made a large order for an event, and everyone came up to me asking where I got the cakes. TRY THEIR CAKES. Seriously, the best I have ever had. The frosting and cake is amazing. Everyone kept asking if it was homemade, but my cake and frosting cannot even compare. I recommended them to everyone at the party. Not only was their cake amazingly affordable– the sheet cakes they make are enormous. It’s double the size of any cake I have ordered from other places in height, so it is deceptively large, but for an amazingly cheap price. Also, when I first thought I was going to just get a ton of cupcakes, I called about 10 shops, and Carolyn’s was the cheapest of all. That’s the going price of cupcakes. but, I doubt I will ever even get around to tasting the cupcakes if the cakes are that amazing.
Ask for a large sheetcake the next time you have a birthday, or any event. You will not be disapointed.

Carolyn’s Cupcakes is a fun little shop. Good selection of cupcakes, including vegan and gluten free. I have had a chance to try a few of their cupcakes, and while I won’t say they are the best I have ever had, the quality and presentation is definitely there. The icing is a little thick and doesn’t stand out from the crowd of cupcake offerings in every bakery in Atlanta. The cupcakes are priced at $ 2.50 which seems to be a little high for the product. I like Carolyn’s Cupcakes, and I am sure I w ill be back in when i need a fix!

I wish I remembered her name, and I do not. She was working last night and was so kind and pologetic for you runnig out of cupcakes. She did offer to box up a dozen cupcakes for me to pick up today. That made my experience so much better. Now, on to the cupcakes. They are not huge, but that is ok. The frosting though, I am sorry to have to tell you, has WAYYYYY TOO MUCH SUGAR. They are so sweet that I could not tast anything else. My daughter, who was begging for her cupcake with sprinkles, took 3 small bites and then tole m that it was too sweet and would give her a belly ache.

I drive past Carolyn’s on my way to and from work, and have stopped there a couple of times after work when I really wanted a quick sugar fix. The store is small and cute, with a decent selection of cupcakes, cookies, and other bakery items. There are probably 9 – 12 varieties of cupcakes on any given day. I’ve had two — unfortunately I can’t remember the first one I had but the second was the Nutella cupcake. I’m a serious Nutella fan, and I was really hoping for a chocolate-​hazelnutty kick in the pants when I ate this. Instead, it mostly just tasted like a chocolate cupcake. I mean, it was a good chocolate cupake, but still. I really like the texture of the frosting, which is more dense than fluffy. The cake was very moist, and with the summer sale at $ 1.75 plus tax, was good for curbing my craving. I don’t know that I would go out of my way for a Carolyn’s cupcake, but it was pretty tasty.
I will say that the service here is great. I’m not sure if I was talking to «the» Carolyn, but when she asked, «Hey, how’s your day going?» I actually felt like she cared. Even though I just bought one cupcake, I felt like a regular and valued customer as we chatted about Nutella and traffic. I found it a nice change of pace from the rushed, distracted and impersonal service that’s more typical.

I found this place delicious! There was not a huge selection but it is walking distance to my house. I don’t go to bakeries hardly ever so I don’t have much to compare with.
However I did really enjoy the items I got there. I ordered the chocolate chip cookie, red velvet cupcake, chocolate Divine or gnash something chocolate cupcake let me put it that way, some chocolate on peanut butter bar, and a chocolate high heaven bar. Yes I got all the names wrong I’m sure but damn they were tasty. I ventured out during snowpocolipse.
I wouldn’t drive across town for them but if you live in the neighborhood I would suggest you try them out when your sweet tooth is screaming.

Free coffee is no longer free. ;(

Not a lot to say… they serve cupcakes. Pretty damn good cupcakes. I had the citrus cupcake– it had a deliciously bright citrus flavor, nice dense and moist cake. The icing was just right: not too heavy, not too sugary. Just a good cupcake.
One item to note: they do add a surcharge for credit card purchases under a certain amount– $ 5, I think. If you just want one cupcake, bring some cash.

Can I just say… I LOVE CUP CAKES! I love single serving foods, so what?! My husband bought a groupon for this joint, so I went by there to pick up 2 dozen cup cakes for my birthday party. There wasn’t a huge variety, like the menu on their web site, but none the less, there were 14 –16 different flavors. The few that I ate were good, but nothing special. None of the flavors popped out at you, and for $ 2.50 a cup cake… COME ON! I bought a dozen cup cakes for $ 27 and some change, oh, and BTW, if you want to use a credit/​debit card, it’ll be an additional 3% charge to your order. I was thrilled that I only had to pay for 1 dozen, and the other on a groupon!
I can only speak about the ones I ate:
— Hot Chocolate: cake was moist, and frosting rich… WHERE’S THE HOT?!
— Mocha Java: Was my favorite. You could actually taste the coffee inside the cake mix, just as the description states on the menu.
— Caramel: On yellow cake, again, the cake was moist, tasty, the frosting was super duper SWEET! I tasted it on it’s own, and didn’t really taste like caramel to me.
— Name? Not sure, but the cake was yellow, and the frosting was milk chocolate, and it had some green gummy frog on it to represent? Again, it was good, but nothing special.
— Red Velvet: Ugh. That’s all. If you could’ve seen the look of disappointment on face.
Like I said, the cup cakes aren’t bad, but aren’t the greatest. When I go to a place that specializes in something… I’m expecting to get that special cup cake, but, sadly disappointed. OH! I asked my quests, and they basically said the same thing, good, but nothing special. One my girlfriends said we could’ve done a better job! OH! I have several left in the fridge. If anything pops, I’ll update my review.

The first time my wife and I tried these cupcakes we tried the citrus and the red velvet. Both were moist, dense, flavorful, without all the oily icing that we have found at other cupcakes shops. The citrus has been the favorite so far, a must try. Also on Saturdays they make different bakery items, we had the fresh donuts and they were amazing.

Mmmm Cupcake Goodness!
Cute Place. Real Espresso Coffee drinks sans stupid automated *$‘s machines. Great Tea offerings of Liquid Planet Tea, now that I am un-​coffee-​nated (again). And of course Cupcakes and Cookies and Muffins galore! They also have monster sized cupcakes and GF cupcake and cookie selections as well. What a GF town this is becoming, I like it. Carolyn’s is located in one of my favorite little strip malls along LaVista at Oak Grove next to Mezza and a new~ish Mexican place that looks inviting.
Enjoy