Cupcakes By Carousel

Delicious! My favorite is the blue velvet, I can’t get enough. I used to live in NJ but moved to NY, now whenever I’m in Montclair I have to stop in for the blue velvet cupcake.

Employees are cranky. The cupcakes were really awful. My kids said it tasted like a fridge smell. Basically defrosted cup cake, dry stale tasting. Cloyingly sweet frosting with no flavor. Your much better off going to shop rite you can get a tasty fresh cupcake at a fraction of cost

I will try to keep my review as relevant and appropriate as possible. Okay so we got that out of the way, let me start by saying «If I can give half a star I would!». Just look how the cupcakes came out O_​o! (pictures below) oh and think twice before coming to cupcakes by carousel.
Service — zero
Attention to details (cupcakes) — Zer0…

My first experience with Cupcakes at Carousel was a gift from a coworker who sent us some over the holidays. To say they were delicious is to not doing them justice. They were large, soft, flakey, and ample frosting — the works! So of course I raved about them to my husband (who has a HUGE sweet tooth) and he wanted to try them. So I found this location which was not far from my house and I was very excited to bring him there to experience these delicious cupcakes and yesterday was the day!!!
Here it was his birthday and I wanted him to choose whatever he wanted. I checked out the website so I knew they had a large variety. I was so excited as I said before he loves sweets. So he chose chocolate raspberry and tiramisu and I chose the red velvet which happened to be the ones I had tried before. So we sit down with some coffee and sang HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! And then we went to dig in. The disappointment was immediate. These cupcakes tasted as if they were made days ago! These cupcakes were definitely trucked in as they were a bit hard and stale. For $ 2.95 a cupcake you would expect them to be bakery fresh. The sad part of it all is that the flavor was there, they must have been delicious whenever they were made. Happy Birthday Honey (sorry)!!

By far my fav cupcake place! I first went to this place when I saw a Groupon deal for a dozen cupcakes. Ever since, this is the only place I go to whenever I want to order cupcakes. Really delicious, wonderful and unique flavors. Better than Mr. Cupcakes, Crumbs, Baked by Melissa or any other place in the area. Anytime I have bought them as a gift for friends and family they absolutely love them! A must try!

These are by far the best cupcakes I’ve had. I had tried their carrot cupcake topped with coconut flakes, the chocolate/​brownie, the red velvet, and the vanilla with bits of Sneakers on top. It was so freaking delicious. Fluffy and just the right amount of sweetness.
Too bad they are 30 minute drive, but so worth it.

My office ships these in every week and they are absolutely delicious. We get a variety. Today we had some sort of mini vanilla with marshmallow frosting. They were delicious. I like the vanilla with the purple cream ones too. Not a big fan of red velvet lately but my friend likes those.

Eh, not a fan. These were emergency cupcakes that I needed for my two tikes. My son was celebrating his birthday, and I needed something small to blow a candle out to.
I think it was the hard dried out icing that did it for me. And the kids flat out didn’t like it, «mommy I don’t like it» were their exact words. When a toddler opposes a chance at sweets, then something has to be wrong.

Adorable little cupcake shop in the middle of town. I’m obsessed with the Curious George and Raspberry flavors. It’s usually a little expensive, but they have a great $ 2 (per cupcake) Tuesday deal. The cupcakes are usually $ 3. They also change their coffee flavors every month.

FROZEN CUPCAKES REALLY, not even fresh, this is ridiculous. I miss having Crumbs cupcakes they were the best.

Best cupcakes I have ever had! Hands down.
Fondant and red velvet are my favorite.

Stopped by to try these out and disappointed. Good location and a big variety of flavors but unfortunately doesn’t taste great.
I tried the chocolate mouse and the mounds cupcakes and didn’t like them. Plus these are more expensive then some places in the city.

Cupcake heaven!!! I haven’t tried a flavor that isn’t amazing! Aside from the cupcakes, at this bakery be assured you’ll always be greeted by friendly staff members! If you are ever around this area or are looking to impress someone with dessert this is your place! Must try their apple pie cupcake!

Their cupcakes are so worth the price. Delicious and very rich. I recommend the blue velvet and salted caramel. Will definitely visit when in town again.

My 3 favorite flavors here are the Curious George, Banana Split, and the Blue Velvet. The Curious George is a vanilla cake with a banana fill in and topped with peanut butter frosting which is then dipped in chocolate and drizzled with caramel. Sounds heavenly, no? The Banana Split is pretty self-​explanatory as is the Blue Velvet. I don’t know what it is about the blue velvet, but it’s light and moist and topped with cream cheese frosting. All of their cupcakes are refrigerated, which makes for a cold cupcake, but is necessary because of the fruit fillings.

I stumbled upon this little cupcake shop and thought sure, why not? The space is cute and the counter folk were friendly. I tried the red velvet and a few mini’s to go. Overall the cupcakes were decent, good even. fabulous? Hmm, I wouldn’t go that far but tasty enough, the cake was moist and thoughtfully decorated.
I’m definitely open to trying them again though the next time I’m traveling through this part of NJ.

I love cupcakes and this place is right around the corner from my job and every Tuesday we send one of the valets to grab us some cupcakes because every Tuesday is $ 2 Tuesday. All the cupcakes just $ 2. They have such a great variety to choose from but my favorite is the Strawberry Cheesecake one mmmm. All of them are delicious and worth a try. The workers are friendly and love to answer any of your questions. They also have something I’ve never seen before a blue velvet cupcake. Very Tasty. They have things called icing shots which is pretty much self explanatory (sugar overdose) Go try one out next Tuesday! Hey its only $ 2

Not only do the cupcakes LOOK awesome, they TASTE awesome too! Key Lime, Brownie, Napoleon, Peanutbutter cup. the list is endless. So many choices and flavors!
Side note: I called for a dozen assorted cupcakes last wed ⁸⁄₁₄. Got stuck in horrible traffic and was there after closing. The girls working were so nice to let me in and get my cupcakes! I cant thank you all enough for that!

When my sweet tooth comes a calling, I immediately drive down the street to Cupcakes by Carousel and order my favorite Blackout cupcake. It is a moist chocolate cupcake topped with dark chocolate pudding and dusted with cake crumbs. The curious george comes in as a close second. Their red velvet is their most popular cupcake but I have not yet tried it out.
It is a bit pricey with most cupcakes costing $ 2.75. They do have a love card which gets punched every visit. After 10 visits you get a free cupcake and large coffee or small tea or juice box.
Besides cupcakes they also have cakes on site but if you want them custom made with writing on top you must order them a few days in advance.
The shop is bright with bold colors splashed everywhere. It is kept clean and everyone is very helpful.
Also they are gluten-​free friendly!

Great, as if I needed another cupcake shop in my life. Pardon me while I write my diet a breakup letter.
This colorful and cutesie cupcake shop is new to Englewood, but certainly not new to the cake world. Cupcakes by Carousel is a family run business that’s been around for 30 years. [This according to their website]
Came here after a lovely lunch with my Dad. Ofcourse I just haaaaaaad to get the Red Velvet, while my Dad — a creature of habit and lover of ONLY Entenmann’s Pound Cake — got the Oreo. Shocking I tell you!
The verdict:
— Dad inhaled his Oreo cupcake. Lots of frosting and crumbs got stuck in his ‘stache. Gosh he’s adorable.
— I followed suit and inhaled my Red Velvet. It was good, but not great. The frosting was a bit sweet but not overbearing. Visually the cake looked raw, but it wasn’t. It was moist, maybe a bit too moist. They bake and freeze their cupcakes offsite so perhaps the defrosting process had something to do with the raw-​looking texture. [I found this out from a previous visit when they ran out of Red Velvet and said they had a frozen batch that would be ready in 20 mins.]
Hmmm. I guess for the sake of preservation, these cakes freeze well, but it compromises the texture a bit and for that I have to deduct a star. Nothing beats freshly baked! Plus these bad boys are pricey at $ 2.75 a pop. But overall the service was good, the cakes were tasty and I got to enjoy the sight of my Dad trying to lick his frosting ‘stache clean. Priceless!