Sugar Coated Hawaii

I could not eat the doughnuts, but they were a huge hit with the surfers yesterday. Those waves were unforgiving. Carbo reload! Those who ate them post surf session said they were not greasy, and they were very fresh. Worth every penny

It’s all about their donuts!!! The blueberry (with or without sprinkles and the Strawberry with sprinkles would be Homer Simpson’s dream. They’re always really fresh and soft, while the pricing is absolutely reasonable.

I gave this place 6 chances but the cupcakes are dry and crumble every single time. Not once have I had a moist and yummy cake. This one tasted like refrigerator. Maybe they need arm & hammer to combat the taste. The glaze doughnuts are delicious. I love and support small businesses but how do you make a dry cupcake?

I have been enjoying their cupcakes since they opened, but their Oreo cheesecake with chocolate ganache is the BOMB!!!
You got to get there early or order your own because they always run out. They are super cool about ordering ahead, so I can pick them up right away and bring them to my office.
My favorite cupcakes are coffee cupcake with mocha buttercream frosting and red velvet with cream cheese frosting. But my staff happily devours any cupcake that I bring in from this bakery.
We all decided this bakery gets 5 stars!!!
Yum, yum! Thank you!!!

Super cute bakery!
Workers are super friendly. Usually just the same’ol products tho.
I usually go for the vanilla w butter cream or the chocolate w butter cream. I love it, but it’s refrigerated. I don’t love the taste of a cold cupcake, especially when it’s not a chiffon or spongy type of cake. Otherwise, I let it get to room temp and it’s fine.
I’ll always be a return customer.

I can now understand what other customers were talking about when they said the owner was very… Blah. My husband tried joking around with her and she just wasn’t interested in socializing. As far as the cupcakes, my daughter was so excited to eat the Oreo cookie looking cupcake and she did not like it at all. Not even the frosting! And my daughter LOVES the cupcakes we make at home. We also bought doughnuts and they were just okay. Not sure if I’ll ever return here.

When Sugar Coated first opened, I was SUPER excited as I have a HUGE sweet tooth. Initially they only made beautiful cupcakes but sadly for the first several months I found them rather dry and nothing out of the ordinary. Since then they’ve added donuts, cheesecakes and the best sweet potato haupia.
My kids LOVE their donuts! I just wished they sold them on Sunday’s because it is really the only day I can go since before school is just not possible!
A few weeks ago I ordered 3 dozen chocolate sundae cupcakes as favors for my daughter’s birthday party. Per my request, Sugar Coated boxed each one at no extra charge. We ended up with a lot of leftovers so I gave a bunch to the neighborhood kids. I finally had one… and it was HEAVEN! I wished I didn’t give so many away! The chocolate was rich, moist and the whipped butter cream was the perfect texture and sweetness!

Looks good, but looks are deceiving.
The cupcakes were dry and the donuts at Safeway are way better.
More of a turn off was the fact that the only reason why I went into this place was because I was waiting for a table and rise and shine café and to beat the heat I wandered in.
The what looked like chef questioned us if we had eaten and we responded that we were waiting for a table.
She then said (with an attitude) «you guys like it there… I mean have you eaten there?».
We told her no this would be our first time.
She said… «I mean I wouldn’t wait to eat there. I don’t think it’s that great».
Ummmmm ok… You’d think from one business owner to another, she’d be supportive of her neighboring businesses, especially ones she’s not in competition with.
But no, she spoke bad of them. She’s lucky her store is even next to Rise and Shine or no one would even step foot in her store.
As if the horrible products she carries isn’t enough, she’s rude too.
Ended up throwing away my donut and cupcake because it was really that bad.

First off everything looks so amazing… You’ve already been fooled!!!
2 stars is purely for the doughnuts. They are really good, now I haven’t tried all of them but I’m just gonna assume the rest are the same.
Now the cupcakes and the driest I’ve ever eaten. I love red velvet and was so excited when I first saw them. These aren’t red velvet. They are red cardboard with some whip topping. The cookies and cream sucked too

They need better customer service. No hi or hello when we walked it. For a local business I expected more.
Cupcakes were just okay. Nothing special about it. Decorations were just okay too. Won’t come back here again.

I really wanted to like this place; but couldn’t. The cupcakes I tried were tasteless. My mom purchased 4 for our family, each a different flavor. The icing out of all four tasted like Crisco with sprinkles on it. The cake is dense, but not the good kind.
All of us threw ours away. Which has never happened. First time I’ve eaten a terrible cupcake.

Is Sugar Coated out of business? I went by today at 9:30 am, and besides the «closed» sign, there was paper on the windows and doors. Oh no! The owner was such a nice lady, too, and she made the best carrot cupcakes. I hope Sugar Coated isnt out for good.
Update: just heard from Sugar Coated. They were closed that day. I’ll be in soon!

I come in here every so often because I live nearby. My 4 year old twins love coming in to choose cupcakes or donuts. The service has always been excellent and the treats are delicious.

Yikes. I do feel bad that I am not giving more stars because I really want to support local and small growing businesses but this place simply does not take the cake. No puns intended.
I came in here after having a greasy lunch at Rise and Shine café and thought why not keep the fatty streak going? I walked in and the place is cute and the cases were stocked. The donuts caught my eye straight ahead but instead I went for a basic funfetti vanilla cupcake. The cupcake was sealed in a cup– cute and smart! My total was around $ 3.
It’s a little dark inside and the lady was so into her TV show she could barely look at me while processing my order and payment. I felt like I would be a disturbance if I stayed in so with that said, I opted to sit out by a curb in the sun to enjoy my sweet treat. I opened up the cup and bit right into the frosting. WOW now that is some thick, sweetness! Honestly, a little too dense for my liking. Then, I unwrap the cupcake paper and to my disappointment find a baby cupcake hiding. What the? Where did the other half of the batter go in the baking process? Anyways, take a bite and it tastes like a cake-​pop. The cupcake is also oddly moist and sticking all over my fingers. I’m not even sure how to describe it in the end but I won’t be coming back. My funfetti cupcakes are much better thanks to Betty Crocker!

I was excited to try this place. I will take into consideration it is late afternoon around 2pm. We all know donuts, pastries in general are best after baking or deep frying :) I ordered a chocolate covered, Boston crème filled donut and a sweet potato, haupia pie. very underwhelming:(on a scale of 1 – 10 I give the donut a 4 and the pie a 5.
The service pretty much fared the same, she didnt greet us, tell us anything about their products. i mean yea a donut is a donut, cupcake a cupcake, but tell me what separates yours from the masses. i mean sell it sister! When I asked her questions seemed like she could care less.
so i had it at 2 stars but after writing this review made me more upset changing to 1

Two — stars stands for = I’ve experienced better. If I gave a three star, that would mean it was A-​OK and that would be a lie.
Three donuts and two cupcakes for $ 10.00. That, combined with the counter help that had the personality of a root vegetable (except for Rutabagas, ‘coz those are cool)
Donut was a Boston-​cream filled donut. It was hilarious to hear husband say, «Hon, where is the cream? Wasn’t it a filled donut?» It was obviously filled by a pirate with an eye patch with a depth-​perception deficit. See picture.
Cupcake Frosting — I didn’t believe the others when they said the frosting was so yucky they scraped it into the trash… now I believe them. How can you mess frosting up? It tasted like the stuff you scrape out of the plastic tub on sale at Wal-​Mart.
Cupcake — readers said the cupcakes were crumbly and dry; the vanilla cupcake was very dense and doughy. Not sure what is going on. I can’t finish it.
I feel bad for local business — its hard to do business here in Hawaii, much less please picky customers but if I am going to pay $ 10 for five things that don’t even taste good with ho-​hum service, I expect a LOT more.
I can bake better at home, so no, I won’t be back.

Celebrated the birthdays of 2 friends with a small dinner last night. Instead of buying a separate cake for each of the birthday girls, I decided to purchase individual cupcakes for each of the guests.
Everyone gave me their favorite flavor and off I went in search of a Cupcakery. I was extremely excited to find (on Unilocal!) one in Mililani so that meant I did not have to drive to Pearlridge or Kapolei.
The shop was adorable with a glass case displaying a full variety of cupcakes and seating for those who want to enjoy their treat right away. I was immediately greeted by a cheerful, smiling woman behind the counter. I explained to her what I was doing and she patiently waited on me as I flipped through text messages from 10 different people with their cupcake orders.
I was excited when they had most of the unusual orders my friends requested! I’m not a fan of fancy pants cupcakes so have never stepped foot in a Cupcakery and had no idea way to expect.
Yeah… yeah… I know what you’re saying… what kind of woman doesn’t like cupcakes?! I know. I’m going to hell.
Don’t ask me all of the flavors I ended up buying… all I know is that it was 10 DIFFERENT cupcakes. I do know I got an Oreo, coffee with mocha frosting, Red velvet, chocolate with a pink buttercream frosting, white cake with chocolate frosting and a super cute one that literally looked like a Hostess ding dong!
Each cupcake was an individual piece of art and the women behind the counter were so kind and helpful. I left the shop quite pleased with my entire experience.
After dinner, my friends ooooed and awwwed over the cute cupcakes and then devoured them before I could even take a picture!
To be honest, I usually can’t fathom spending $ 3 on a single cupcake much less $ 30 for 10 of them! But it was more than worth it to see how happy it made my friends.
Thank you so much Sugar Coated for making me look like a super star last night!
I LOVE supporting locally owned small businesses and I’ll be back again when I need to impress friends or just need to treat myself :)
For those of you who have not had a pleasant experience here, give them another chance. It’s only been 6 months! Geez…

Mililani has finally got their own little cupcake boutique: D Located right next to rise and shine, so get your dessert after brunch~
Came here recently to check out the new store and it is super cute! The store is very clean and bright when you walk in, which gives off a cheery atmosphere. And who can NOT be cheery when stuffing your face with a cupcake? :)
I got to try out the cookies and cream cupcake and it was so moist~! It was like a fudge cake! The cookies and cream buttercream on top was creamy and sweet. I usually dislike all that frosting on top of cupcakes and will scrape the majority of it off, but this buttercream was delicious! I licking it off like ice cream.
The owner told me that that have been selling out by the afternoon, but she makes a fresh new batch and sells out on those too! I can’t wait to come back and try her other flavors~!

Cupcakes have come to Mililani Mauka! Our little neighborhood is now complete with this super sweet bakery owned by Kimberly Berky. Open daily from 7am to 8pm and on Sundays from 7am to 5pm, this bakery has been selling out fast. Either come early or give them a call and have them set aside some for you.
So far I’ve tried the chocolate sundae ($ 3.25), classic chocolate with cream cheese ($ 2.75), and red velvet ($ 2.75). The cupcakes are comparable to other popular bakeries and the frosting is really, really delicious.
I’m looking forward to trying out their other desserts including sweet potato squares, cheesecakes, cookies, bars and brownies, but so far I haven’t gotten there early enough. You can also place special orders so keep them in mind for your next special occasion.
I read in an article that Sugar Coated is open to suggestions for cupcake flavors so put on your thinking caps! I’m thinking Crème brûlée? Maple walnut? Love taking the kids here for an after work treat.

I might be jumping the gun on this review. But my first experience with them has been impressive.
First off, I came by for a little dessert after dinner from another shop on the same strip. Since they are new they only accept cash at the moment. I had a few bucks, so I decided to give them a try.
The place kinda still looked like they were under construction, but they had the basic stuff to run the shop going. Since it was in the evening, much of their selection was already gone and they only had 3 types of cupcakes left. Looking at their menu for the day, I was excited to see what they can come up with. But out of the current selection in front of me, I had the choice for the red velvet cupcake, chocolate cupcake with whipped cream frosting, and the third was a chocolate cupcake with cream cheese frosting.
I went with one of the cream cheese frosting for $ 2.75 and a canned drink. With tax I came up with $ 4.19 I think. I haven’t really gone to cupcake shops before, but I guess this was decent pricing. In any case, it was an awesome cupcake. So much flavor in the frosting. I loved it.
They have a small sitting area in the corner and that’s where I decided to eat my cupcake. I was lucky I guess. Since it was near closing, the lady offered me a free cupcake. It was a coffee cupcake with what I think is mocha frosting with toffee and chocolate chunks. Oh my gosh it was unbelievable. I’m not really a cupcake person, but after that cupcake I want to try all their stuff.
The lady explained to me why she offered me the free cupcake. It turned out it didn’t come out as she would have expected and didn’t want to sell it. She then gave me a very small lesson on how they cook and why this one came out less desirable. Personally, I wouldn’t have been able to tell the difference and it tasted delicious. But I appreciated her honesty and was delighted to hear a little bit of her passion for making not only tasty cupcakes, but good looking cupcakes.
Overall, the food and service is top notch.