Sweet

My family members were delighted with the gift boxes I picked up from here for the holidays.

I stopped by last night for one of their luscious vegan tarts only to find that the Church street shop was closed. I was sad, but I still love them. check out their offering on the web.

I just walked in because I saw their sign that had red velvet cheesecake cupcakes. I ended up getting that as well as the chocolate ganache with caramel cupcake. The red velvet cheesecake cupcake was super dry, but it was new, so I’ll give them another chance. The cream cheese frosting was nice and smooth and creamy, but it was fairly sweet for me. But I’m not a huge fan of frosting anyways. The chocolate was super decadent with the ganache and caramel. The caramel was a nice surprise since I forgot it was in there. The ganache frosting was wayyy too thick. It was like eating a flat truffle on top of a cupcake. But the chocolate cake was moist and delicious. They also had fleur de sal on to which made it soo much better too. So a decent cupcake place for me to grab a sweet bite.
Oh yeah. It was 4.95 for 2 cupcakes. Which made it a little pricey for tiny cupcakes.

3.5 stars for a good dessert shop offering vegan items.
We were passing by when I noticed a sign outside this store that said «Vegan cupcakes.» Being lactose intolerant and a big dessert person, I always HAVE to stop when I see vegan desserts. We strolled in and realized that they not only have vegan cupcakes but also have vegan chocolate coconut ganache tarts, vegan allspice oatmeal cookies, and vegan raspberry truffles. I only tried the vegan oatmeal cookie ($ 2.19) and it was very good… it’s more of the crunchy type more than chewy. It wasn’t too sweet and the cookie is a good size.
The service we received was excellent… the girl working here was super nice, friendly, and helpful. We came here when she was about to close but she was still so patient with us. The only complaint I have is that they don’t bake their items in house… everything comes out of the fridge so it might not be too fresh. I’ll definitely stop by again though when I’m in the area to try their other vegan items!

I have to say that I am really disappointed by Sweet. Even though they’ve only been in business for less than a year, I have been by numerous times but today was the first of those that they were actually open. Their operating hours are that constrained.
Also, they don’t list the prices of any of their baked goods. I really hate when places don’t list prices, mostly because that almost always signifies that the items for sale are overpriced.
They had samples out of the cherry crumble/​tart and toffee chocolate brownie. Both were tasty enough, but I really should have stopped there and left. Instead I bought one of the brownies. $ 3.83. That’s what a business-​card-​size brownie cost me. And then it really wasn’t that good. It stuck the paper inside of the bag and yet was also crumbly. Not worth it.
There are too many other bakeries in SF to waste your money and calories at Sweet.

3.5 stars
All you cupcake eating fanatics!
Yeah, you. The one who always goes for the Red Velvet. Or the vanilla cupcake with the vanilla frosting.
Don’t do that here. It’s all about the key lime tart. Thick, creamy cheesecake filling — it’s a little tart, a little sweet. The crust is buttery and crumbly, the whip cream plentiful and you don’t have to buy a giant size of a pie! they make the key lime tart in a personal sized serving (see my pic) for only $ 6.50.
Their mini-​cupcakes range from $ 2-​$ 2.50. I did try the Honey lavender poppyseed cupcake which was an interesting flavor combination but wasn’t impressed with the frosting. My co-​worker said the red velvet with cream cheese frosting was just ok.
This place maybe small, but the exposed brick and country style décor makes it charming. The service is personable and I’m going back try their salted caramels next.

Mexican chocolate cookies: to DIE for
Salted Caramels: delicious!
This is the perfect place for a sweet treat.

Very disappointed with this shop. I have a happy ‘lil sweet tooth, so any place that sells baked goods is easily a place I will enjoy. Unfortunately, every time I went into this place I was turned off.
The first time I went in, the girl behind the counter could not tell me how much anything was. She simply avoided telling me the answer. If you can’t tell me how much something is, I’m not spending my money.
The second time I went in, the girl behind the counter could not work the credit card machine. So, she had me go to a bank to get cash. A little annoying, but no big deal.
The third time I went in there, I ordered a cake for my guy’s birthday. Again, the girl behind the counter could not work the credit card machine (the same girl). I was told I could pick up the cake the day of his birthday. I prepaid for the cake in cash. When I went to pick up the cake, there was NO CAKE. They had SOLD IT TO SOMEONE ELSE.
Sorry Sweet, but three strikes and you’re out. With so many great bakeries in San Francisco, I wouldn’t waste my time or money in this one.

OMG the chocolate frosted salted caramel filled mini cupcake is fantastic!
And at $ 1.85 it’s totally reasonably priced.
In fact, everything seems totally reasonably priced and beautifully prepared at this sinful little sweet shop, which lured me in just when I was trying to cut down on sugar.
If you need more convincing, just two words: Free Samples.

I had these nummy treats at an event last night and thought they were great! I brought leftovers into the office today and they disappeared lightning quick with declarations of «mmm, where are these from?!»
The caramels and cupcakes (red velvet, chocolate with sea salt, and white with coconut) are all I’ve tried but they were all delish!!!

I had really high hopes coming to this Sweet place. We drove around looking for this little shop after being highly recommended by one of my aunt’s coworkers.
It’s such a cute little store, very fairytale-​like setting with a cozy cottage-​feel. I thought it was a bit disorganized, but maybe coz it was around 6PM. So, I don’t exactly know if that has a huge effect on that.
Cupcakes were the main reason I went there. Cute little things. Tiny, tiny, tiny for $ 2 a piece! We got all 6 flavors available: chocolate caramel filled, red velvet, coconut cream, german choco, black forest (?? it had a cherry on top of chocolate), and peanut butter.
All looked very appealing, and we (my aunts and I) tried them in the order listed above. Disappointment. From the first four that I tasted, it went downhill from the beginning. (The last two remain untouched in the fridge.) The salt on the caramel choco was a good touch. But everything else was yuck. I’ve had way better red velvet elsewhere. Heck, I could make better red velvet myself! All the cakes themselves were basically the same: bland, plain-​old store-​bought-​tasting cake batter.
Presentation was key. And that’s all I got from it. Sorry, it just wasn’t a «sweet» treat for me. Definitely not worth the insane overpriceness.

Came here for dessert after lunch and I liked their store name… Sweet is simple and to the point. They sold tarts, cakes, and caramels among other goodies. (
) They had a daily special of 7 different cupcake flavors the day I went.
I chose the caramel filled chocolate and red velvet mini cupcakes so you can definitely mix and match to your liking. Somehow the red velvet one was bigger than the other though. (
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red velvet — The cake was on the dry side but I enjoyed the extra creamy/​whipped frosting on top that balanced it out. It wasn’t overly sweet or red either which I found odd for being red velvet. Overall, it wasn’t bad.
caramel filled chocolate — The cake for this one was much more moist and tasted like dark chocolate… yum! There wasn’t a whole lot of caramel filling though so that was disappointing. Where did my money go? It was a better cupcake than the red velvet though.
I liked that their cupcakes weren’t TOO sweet and had some unique flavors. Would give it another try!

What a cute little store!!! I told my bf it reminded me of a place we’d see in Carmel and he said he was just thinking about how it looks like a place you’d see in Seattle. Haha.
We walked by it on the way to Crepevine and made a note to go there for dessert. I wish they had signs for what all the cupcakes were but the man working there, I think it was the owner, was super sweet and nice and was happy to tell me what all the cupcakes were.
I love that they have day old cupcakes for $ 1. We got the Salted Caramel Cupcake, Red Velvet, and I got a day old Lemon Ginger Cupcake. My loverman also picked out a heart cookie that was leftover from Valentine’s Day (50% off!).
They also had a banana cupcake, peanut butter cupcake, and I think one other flavor but it escapes me.
We ate the cookie in the car and it was the best thing by far. The flavor just got better and better. The frosting was also perfect and not overwhelming.
I couldn’t wait to get home to try the mini cupcakes. I ate the Lemon Ginger one first. The frosting was really good but the cake part sucked. This soon turned out to be true for the rest of the cupcakes as well. Most fantastic frosting I’ve ever tasted on all three of the cupcakes but the cake itself all tasted day old and was flavorless. The salted caramel was my favorite. Also if you’ve had a red velvet cupcake from Sibbys, you know that all other red velvet cakes will be ruined for life.
A little over $ 5 for two cupcakes, one day old cupcake, and a cookie.
Also we were not a fan of their name and during the car ride we kept wondering how it was supposed to sound. We concluded that it was supposed to be like «Sweet, make it better!» Haha. After seeing this place on Unilocal,I guess the name is actually just Sweet and the awkward «make it better» part is just a tag line.
I looked at their website and it says they have tea infused popsicles on their sample menu. Me wants! Me wants!

Oh my… I’m not a big fan of writing bad reviews, especially when I don’t feel like I’ve been «wronged.» You know, «wronged» as in poor customer service… or pricey, horrible tasting food… or something just made me really, really mad. But, I can’t seem to let this go. So, let me just get it out there, then I can move on…
1. Last summer, I bought two kinds of caramels (fleur de sel & orange). I thought they lacked flavor and were too waxy/​not soft enough. Stupid me had bought a bag of each (why didn’t I ask for a sample?!). I thought I could pawn them off on Steven, but he didn’t like them, either. :(I didn’t write a review then because…
a) I thought I’d give them another chance.
b) I couldn’t easily find them on Unilocal.I couldn’t easily find them through a Google search, either! I was too lazy to put any more effort in after that.
2. This past weekend, I was in the neighborhood and decided to give them another try. I get to the door and… CLOSED?! Hmmm, it’s over an hour past opening time. I peek through the glass to see if anyone’s in there hustling to set up shop… not a stir.
I tried. I’m done.

3.5 Stars
Sweet is a tiny little shop and the case with the desserts looks limited. Even though they tried to decorate and soften the place, it still had a cold feeling especially since nothing is actually baked there. I asked about what one of the cakes tasted like but the sales guy didn’t know much about the sweets they sold.
They sell mini cupcakes for $ 2 but I really enjoyed them. The frosting is the hightlight! I got the peanut butter and chocolate cupcake and the peanut butter cream was so good, not too thick but very peanut buttery. And the red velvet cupcake had frosting that tasted like custard.
I wish they wouldn’t put the to-​go cupcakes into bags though. It totally ruins the look! The Mexican tart however came in its own box. It’s filling is chocolate infused with cinnamon and embraced by a buttery flaky crust. I couldn’t stop eating it but I wanted to save a bit for the next day. Two days longer (since I forgot I had it) it was still as delicious as ever.
Requests:
–Please be more knowledgable of the desserts.
–Variety! The case should be stocked with goodies!
–Make the place more welcoming.
:)

Hours are:
Tue-​Fri 12 — 8 PM
Sat-​Su 9 AM — 9 PM

Tall, cute cakes. Tall, cute cupcakes. Small, cute store.
My girlfriend and I stopped in and perused their sweets, and while there were few in total, the variety was quite nice. The girl working was very knowledgeable of her confections.
They are new to the neighborhood, show them some love and get a cupcake. Don’t worry, they aren’t heavy on the pocketbook and your belly. Just don’t eat an entire cake to yourself.

Cupcakes and candy? I had to stop by Sweet to check it out. It’s a tiny shop filled with glass cake pedestals and sweets. They have a limited selection of sweet treats, but they’re all made in small batches by Sweet at their 6^th St. location (their catering business is called Sweet Potatoes). They tend to run out of items as a result (e.g., they only had 3 of the 6 types of mini cupcakes left: root beer, coconut and peanut butter; someone bought all the red velvet, ginger lime and honey lavender).
The sample menu on their website mentions many more items than I actually saw. I asked about the tea popsicles which I saw on their website, but the girl who helped me had never heard of them. Hmm. They pull the cupcakes out the fridge… so I’m thinking the tea popsicles could fit in the freezer section one day.
During my visit I spotted three types of caramels (fleur de sel, Valencia orange, spice), mini cupcakes, small cakes, brownies, almond toffee, peanut brittle, caramel apples, 1 pie, and something that looked like a lemon bar. Items are labeled but no prices are displayed. A mini cupcake is $ 1.85. The toffee and/​or caramels must be very expensive since 7 caramels, 1 small bag of toffee and one mini cupcake was $ 20.
* Peanut butter mini cupcake: I wanted to try ginger lime but they were out. They put the cupcake in a bag which isn’t good packaging (I should have brought my cupcake holder). A pretty little cupcake, piled high with a rich, intensely peanut buttery soft (but not too soft) buttercream and a moist chocolate cake. Really good.
* Spice caramel: Excellent texture — not too soft but firm and very chewy. Buttery, rich, with a spicy flavor (cinnamon and cloves) vaguely reminiscent of gingerbread. Delicious.
* Fleur de sel caramel: Half the size of the other caramels for some reason, salty but buttery. It was okay but I don’t like salt + caramel.
* Valencia orange caramel: Pleasant orange flavor which complemented the buttery caramel flavor, sweeter than the others
* Toasted almond toffee: Thin, almost delicate, on the edge of crispy and chewy, even the almonds are shaved paper thin, excellent
Pick up a frequent buyer cupcake card (buy 9 get 1 free).

I was really disappointed with the mini red velvet cupcake that I bought here.
I should have known better than to buy one when the girl behind the counter pulled it out from a refrigerator. OUT OF A REFRIGERATOR. This meant that the frosting was inedible because it was brick hard, so I took it off and when I bit into the cupcake, the cake was totally dried out.
Thou shall not put cupcakes in refrigerators.

I walked by this shop on my way to dinner tonight and thought it was pretty darn charming. Exposed brick, turquoise accents, and tiny as can be with sweets, cakes, and cookies lovingly wrapped on shelves and in a small display case – it was hard not to buy something.
There were samples of the caramel and marshmallow on top of the display case. I tried the spiced caramel and thought it tasted just like a caramel apple or chewy apple cider. I was a little disappointed that they were out of cupcakes, but it just means I’ll have go back soon and give them a try.