Pin-Up Pastries

HOLY YUMMY! Let me tell you if you see this truck pulled over and serving food you better jump out of your car and get some! Amazing cheesecake with jack Daniel cherries! Not to mention the lemon bars with raspberry sauce!

Salted caramel cupcake… delicious! It was a special surprise to find the salted caramel baked inside which made it very moist!

I am a HUGE cupcake fan. Whenever I go I always seek out the local cupcake store to try. Imagine my surprise when I ran across this cute, little dessert truck… the biggest surprise was the AMAZING cupcakes I found inside. My group and I tried a maple bacon, a peanut butter drizzle and a salted caramel. It is so hard to pick my favorite but I would have to say the maple bacon. The cake was moist with a great maple flavor, the icing was creamy, sweet and buttery and the bacon, well what can you say about bacon… crispy, salty and pilled on top!!! Not following too far behind was the salted caramel and peanut butter cupcakes… the salted caramel filling was the best I ever had and it was tucked inside a moist, buttery cake. The peanut butter cupcake was almost creamy and delightful!!! We also tried a key lime bar… the filling had a great lime flavor that was creamy and tart, the crust was perfect and then they topped it with homemade whip cream, macadamia nuts and toasted coconut… what more do you need??? Myself and everyone I was with thoroughly enjoyed everything we tried. They had an extensive menu and I can not wait to seek out this truck again!

Why is this Truck getting such great reviews? This weekend they hosted at our event and at my table, no one was impressed. They have spent a lot of money on their Beautiful Truck when they should have spent more money researching for better recipes. We got the maple cupcakes and the Cheesecake bites. First maple cupcake~ they were gross! They have no flavor! The bacon was the best part. The frosting has no flavor. It is made with Crisco and is barely even sweet yet very greasy. The cake tasted like an old recipe from the 1920’s, Not very moist and very spongey. I’m not sure where the maple flavor was. If the maple was in the cake… the flavor was lost. They would have been better off making the cake from a box mix. Second are the Cheesecake Bites~ here again this wasn’t very sweet. It seemed like it was made with cottage cheese, not Cream cheese. The crust was almost a half an inch thick. I just don’t get it! I will spread the word not to use this truck for events. It’s not worth the pricey cost of the desserts. I pride myself on being a great cook. I care that all who eat my food will walk away with a great experience and full tummies but still craving more. Pin-​Ups seems to be about how it appeals to the eye, not the stomach. Chef Ramsey would would have a few choice words for them.

Love pin up! Have been a customer for years. The maple bacon and the salted caramel cupcakes are my favorite but have heard nothing but good things about all their menu items. The pin up ladies are the sweetest and their cupcakes are definitely the best I’ve found and this foodie has tried many different cupcakes in different states throughout the years.

I’m not sure what all the hype is about. These have to be some of the worst cupcakes I have ever had. They don’t taste horrible they just didn’t have any flavor
We got some kind of maple thing, a Carmel one and plain vanilla all three had the exact same taste of nothing, white noise ! It was bizarre. My friends and family all ended up trying them, just to confirm the same thing. These cupcakes lacked any flavor what-​so –ever. I’m not going to waste my money again, I’m shocked they always have a good amount of people waiting in line, but I’m jusy not buying thay trendy hip pin up look, doesn’t make thier cup cakes taste any better. Truly disappointed, they look beautiful just, taste like eating air and really really overpriced …

Everything sounded so good I couldn’t decide! I ended up ordering one of each. My favorite hands down is the Peanut Butter Cup Brownie. My daughter loves their Vanilla Cream Whoopie Pies. Nothing I had was less then yummy. I will be getting dessert from Pin Up Pastries whenever I can!

FOUND at the food truck round up for you’re dessert needs
–chocolate mousse cake: the FIRST dessert i ever tried from them & the one that would keep me coming back because nothing else i tried lived up to it! so rich & moist, you can’t go wrong w/​devils food cake w/​a pudding like filling ($ 4 per slice)
–Mexican chocolate cupcake: moist but the frosting was too sweet for me ($ 3)
–coffee caramel flan: a THICK flan but it was also too sweet. i would prefer a silkier texture
NOTE: they’ve got a loyalty stamp card, Buy 9 items get the 10^th free

I hit up this food truck while passing through Tucson. I got their lemon bar and special Valentines Day Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcake… and Wow, they were both amazing. I’m not usually a huge cupcake fan but they made me a believer.

You can’t lose with this one! Cookie butter cupcake? Yes, please! And it ain’t at a bad price either! They put the frosting and toppings right when you order it, and the cake is soft, fluffy and flavorful! The icing is dense, but always packed with flavor and worth the extra calories. Hasn’t been a bad dessert yet!

I’m gonna go with a 4.65 on this one and not a five just because I want more variety! Call me a glutton but I swear one is not enough to get what these ladies have to offer. Menu rotates and the even have a frequent buyer punch card! Buy 9 get the 10^th one free. Prices are $ 3 – 4 per individual cupcake or slice and worth it. They decorate/​garnish on the spot so always fresh. Catch them at most of the Tucson food truck round ups and all around town. You can stalk them down on facebook. The ladies were so nice and gave me the newbie speech to get me hooked! They accept plastic but always have some cash to tip :)
I will be back for more. Who can resist a sugary delight with great conversation?
Faves: Mexican chocolate and maple bacon cupcakes

Pin-Up’s Salted Caramel Cupcake has become the standard by which I rate all other cake/​cupcakes. The unfortunate part is that I so love everything they make that (short of literally eating one of each) it’s incredibly hard to choose. Their cobbler — any of the flavors — is quite possibly the best cobbler I’ve ever had. And their butterscotch cupcake is absolutely perfect. But if you like the more traditional items, the lemon bars and chocolate mousse pie will set the bar anew as well. And the Trac (e)ys are always fun to see, too. We love visiting with them — and to us, Pin-​Up is definitely a Tucson treasure!

There are no words to truly describe the delight these desserts bring to your taste buds and your life! It brings the food truck experience to a whole new level!!! Fancy delectable treats that you’re not ashamed to have all over your face! The women that run it are fun, wonderful and gift to all things dessert!!! The maple bacon cupcake and salted caramel whoopie pie were my first experience with them and left me wanting everything they have to offer! Mmmmm… must control my drool!!!

By a fluke, we came across the Pin-​Up Pastries truck during an event and I decided to be bold and try the Vanilla Maple Bacon cupcake! What a mistake! I have been craving them since! LOL! Absolutely delicious! The amount of bacon they put on top is incredible! The picture I have of my cupcake shows it AFTER I ate most of the bacon off of it! :)

Tried the bacon maple cupcake and the pretzel cupcake. Both excellent. They both had more icing then I prefer but were absolutely mouth watering.
A must buy are the whoopie pies! Life changing! It was so moist and flavorful! I could eat these for the rest of my life! Eat, eat, eat!!!
Seriously, eat here. Have your life changed! And the owners are super nice!

My favorite is the Mexican chocolate cupcake followed by the pistachio, but everything is delicious!

These ladies make the greatest pastries known to woman and man! They are always fresh, delicious, and most likely going leave you salivating for more. This will cause an addiction and make you follow them around town to various food truck rallies just to a taste of their heavenly goods. Luckily, they are two amazing women who love their fans (and stalkers) and treat them well!
Lately they have been experimenting with a frankencobbler in both peach and berry. I have not tried the peach because for some reason they were not willing to travel 45 miles across town to deliver, (their only fault by the way) but the berry is amazing.
Another good thing to note: call or text ahead and they will have your order waiting for you which is awesome since they tend to sell out very quickly!

Husband brought home the chocolate mousse cake, the salted caramel cupcake, and the maple bacon cupcake for my birthday. Just like last time, it was ridiculously good.
It was a hard choice to make between the three as to which one was my favorite. The struggle was real. But that maple cupcake with crunchy bacon all over it is something I love so much if consider marrying it.
Thanks, again, for your amazing creations, Pin-​Up!

Tried last night at the Tucson Food truck round up! Delicious!
They fill the whoopie pies when you order, so it’s extra fresh and not soggy!
My 4 year old had the fudge cake and said it was great!
Will look for this food truck to sample everything they make! Great find!

These ladies are awesome. They are passionate about their food truck and I see them all over the place. Personally, the whoopie pies are too sweet/​buttery for my likings. That said, I’m the guy who doesn’t like cake with too much frosting.
Regardless of my position, you should give them a try and see if you like their goods; lot’s of people do!

Consider this woman wowed by the wondrous whoopie-​pies offered by Pin-​Up. I had never had a whoopie-​pie before and wanted to know what all the rave was about. Immediately after having a chocolate pie with salted caramel filling, I’m bummed that such a large portion of my life has been lived sans whoopie pies! Why do I say that? Because my pie was sooo good! The chocolate cake was so light and fluffy. It felt like it melted in my mouth! And the caramel filling is so addicting. I ate half of the filling before I touched the chocolate cake part itself. The filling is light and not too sweet so it’s not too «empalagoso» (Spanish word for something that is so sweet that one can’t eat too much of it). The chunky salt is a nice touch. A day later and I’m still thinking about my whoopie pie.
I’m impressed. And how cool is their bright pink food truck?!

«I enjoy having breakfast in bed. I like waking up to the smell of bacon, sue me. And since I don’t have a butler, I have to do it myself. So, most nights before I go to bed, I will lay six strips of bacon out on my George Foreman grill. Then I go to sleep. When I wake up, I plug in the grill. I go back to sleep again. Then I wake up to the smell of crackling bacon. It is delicious, it’s good for me, it’s the perfect way to start the day.»
Michael Scott — The Office
What’s better than bacon in bed? Perhaps, bacon on your desert!
I experienced the maple bacon cupcake during the recent food truck roundup at the über kitschy, insanely retro rad bar The Shelter.
Now combine delicious desert with bacon and throw a pin up girl in the mix?!? Wowza.
Seriously, this truck has a great concept!
Nice moist cupcake, fluffy maple mountainous frosting, topped with crisp, salty bacon pieces of love! Perfect mash up of salty and sweet. I wonder if they use some of the rendered bacon fat in the batter for flavor and moisture…
Maple syrup is sweet! And I’m not just talking flavor. Maple syrup is an excellent source of manganese and a good source of zinc… so really, in essence this is cupcake is a health food :-)