Sprinkles- La Jolla

Always a joy to go to sprinkles. Red velvet is extraordinary. There was no line last time I went, and I dove in for the ice cream. The red velvet come was a little soft, but the red velvet ice cream was to die for!

I’m picky about my cupcakes. You are either or cake or frosting person. I am a cake person. A lot of the gourmet places have either dry or heavy oily cake. Sprinkles has such good cake. Their peanut butter chocolate cupcakes are so good.

This review is solely for their vegan red velet cupcake. It is soooo good! Don’t let the name fool you because I think it is the best cupcake Sprinkles has. I appreciate that it is not too sweet because I find that in a lot of their other cupcakes. I’ve tried a good amount of their cupcakes including the salted caramel, milk chocolate, chocolate marshmallow, and the black and white. They are all okay cupcakes, but the vegan red velet is definitely worth the trip to me!

Overall they have amazing cupcakes that are great for special occasions.
I’ve tried a few different kinds of cupcakes, and like about half of the flavors I’ve tried. Like everyone else I love their red velvet cupcake.
Just be prepared to pay a pretty penny for the cupcakes, and you might have to wait in line for awhile.
Don’t get me wrong, Sprinkles has fantastic cupcakes, but I don’t love it enough to pay the prices.

Let’s just say that their red velvet cupcake is worth the price but the other flavors are eh. Came here at 10 pm on Saturday and the original red velvet was sold out, they gave us the gluten free option and basically tastes the same! Also got the vanilla-​milk chocolate cupcake and it was basically all frosting, no cake :(wah really disappointed about that. Other than too much frosting and the price, pretty good cupcakes I must say.

Sprinkles cupcakes, you can never go wrong with them. I love how moist and soft their cupcakes are. The frosting is super sweet, and creamy. It goes perfect with the cupcake, once you bite into it. Melts just right in your mouth. Love them!!!

Sprinkles is great, but kind of expensive. This location isn’t as big as other locations I’ve been to. The cupcakes are overly sweet in my opinion. I’ve had their peanut butter one and their red velvet cupcakes along with their coffee ice cream and waffle cone. Out of all the things I’ve tried, the peanut butter cupcake was my favorite but I am a bit biased since I’m huge fan of peanut butter.
I also liked their coffee ice cream, but it isn’t something to write home about. Their waffle cone totally didn’t do it for me though. It tasted kind of stale and was super thick for me. I’m used to crispy waffle cones that are more plain to balance the texture and sweetness of ice cream but this was almost like the opposite. Definitely stay away from the salted caramel. I had a spoonful of it and boyyyyy was it salty. There was almost no sweet in it whatsoever.

It is a mission of mine to visit every Sprinkles location so I had to visit this one while I was in town!
This Sprinkles also sells cookies, brownies, and their delicious ice creams as well as the usual cupcakes. Like most Sprinkles, there isn’t much sitting room inside the store, but there are some tables and chairs outside if you can’t wait to get home for your baked goods, despite the construction going on at the shopping center.
The cupcakes themselves are always delicious! I have yet to try a flavor I don’t enjoy! This time I chose one of my favorites, the peanut butter chocolate chip. Be sure to grab a drink with this one!
Always check out Sprinkles Instagram when coming, they usually have special off the menu flavors and phrases to tell the cashier for free cupcakes!

Madeline was very rude! My boyfriend & I came in 15 minutes ago & ordered a couple of cupcakes & to get his free birthday cupcake. She seemed very frustrated that we did not know what we wanted, was very short when we asked questions, asked to see his ID to verify his birthday & did not even say happy birthday, annoyed when I tried to clarify the order (I wanted 2 Off The Menus, 1 Peanut Butter Banana, & 1 Dog Treat, she kept on saying 1 Off The Menu, like just listen to me lady instead of blowing me off!) & stormed off into the back room when she was finished with us. Cupcakes are suppose to be a time of happiness! Usually, everyone is so happy & eager to answer questions, guess today was not Madeline’s day… & it was dead!
Off The Menu (Strawberry with Cream Cheese frosting): The cupcake was so moist & delicious! The frosting was excellent & creamy!
Peanut Butter Banana: Elvis would have been jealous! Yummy!
Dog Treat for $ 2.50

I honestly was afraid to come here because the avg rating was 3.5. But it’s a solid 4. It does have a lot of frosting but the cake is super moist. Which is really important! And I didn’t eat it until late afternoon. So it stayed fresh all day.
So it really only looks like their biggest issue is the occasional mishaps of packaging. Which is why I didn’t give it a 5 because I hadn’t experienced that yet. And maybe it is a little too much frosting. But that’s part of what makes it a cupcake. Half a cup of frosting each! Don’t come if you’re on a diet. Just on your cheat day.

I made an order yesterday over the phone and was assured this order would be ready Friday, June 10^th at 9:00am. We went to pick up the order at 9:05 a.m. and the order was still in the oven. We were told it would be another 40 minutes until the cupcakes would be ready for pick up. These cupcakes were for an event and therefore would be late to the event. For our troubles we were offered a full refund for the cupcakes. As we departed, they actually told us that they could only give us a partial refund. We appreciated whatever they could do to compensate our time, however we didn’t appreciate the change in their decision.
We open the box and none of the cupcakes are placed safely in the holes of the cupcake holders. The cupcakes were a mess and it was obvious that the cupcakes did not cool in time because the frosting was melted off.
It is unfortunate and embarrassing to have to present these cupcakes not only late, but disfigured.

If you’re willing to spend a lot of cash for an amazing cupcake, Sprinkles is your place. Personally, I’m not a huge cupcake fan. I came here because I wanted to get a cupcake for my friend’s birthday.
The La Jolla location is pretty small, usually it can fit about 5 people inside. I ordered 2 cupcakes– black velvet and vanilla. Process does not take very long since they are already pre-​made. Be sure to sign up for their email listing, they give you an automatic FREE cupcake!
From what I tried, cupcakes are very sweet. I also had their ice cream/​cupcake once and I was crying more than enjoying it because it turned out to be around $ 7.50. As a college student, this place is not friendly on your wallet.
If you have a lot to spend or enjoy a good cupcake, I’d recommend Sprinkles. If neither of these applies (like me), than I wouldn’t recommend Sprinkles.

We went on a Tuesday around 8:30pm and there were only a few customers ahead of us. It’s tough going at the end of the day because they run out of flavors but they always have the popular ones like red velvet, chocolate marshmallow, and chai. I had not been to Sprinkles in years but I was in town and I heard that they recently started serving ice cream so I thought I’d pop in for dessert. I got the cupcake sundae with chai cupcake and cookie dough ice cream which was really good! I hadn’t tried the chai before so I was set on that and I just asked the employees to suggest a good ice cream to pair it with. They’re also very nice with letting you try flavors! The cupcake wasn’t too sweet and the cookie dough ice cream was subtle enough not to overwhelm the whole thing. My bf got the red velvet cupcake with red velvet ice cream which in theory sounds great but I still think the red velvet cupcake’s icing is way too sweet. It was a pretty good sized sundae and it had me waddling back to the car so I suggest sharing if you’re having it as dessert after a big dinner :)
Right now the parking situation in this plaza is a nightmare because of the construction which closed off huge chunks of the parking area so I would avoid busy hours. Overall I’m very happy with my visit though and I’ll definitely be back when I’m in town again! :)

A solid 3.5 stars.
I’m often in La Jolla, so this is a convenient stop for cupcakes (and now ice cream) when I am feeling my sweet tooth. For cupcakes, this place is pretty pricey (around $ 4 each) and for a cupcake sundae– around $ 6/​7, uhhh that could be an actual meal. As if you didn’t think they could get any pricier, they now charge an extra $ 0.50 for single boxes if you are buying one cupcake so you get them in frail paper bags now.
The flavors of the cupcakes don’t vary too much unless they have seasonal flavors. The red velvet is a classic and is always delicious. I also love the black and white. Some of their cupcake flavors are a disappointment; they look and sound good but you bite into it and its a bit of a let-​down. For example, the green tea flavor they had a couple months back sounded so good and looked delicious but upon biting it, tasted nothing like green tea and was kind of dry. The frosting was too sweet and didn’t compliment anything about the so-​called «green tea» cake underneath. Rather than getting their cupcakes, I actually prefer their cookies! The snickerdoodle cookies are my guilty pleasure as they are buttery, soft, and perfectly chewy.
Unlike some of their cupcakes, their ice cream flavors are also pretty consistently delicious. The coconut almond fudge and red velvet are my two favorites! I wish their mint chocolate tasted good, I thought it would taste like generic mint ice cream but has more of a toothpaste-​like minty taste (yuck). They are nice about letting you try flavors, so definitely try before you commit to a $ 4 small scoop of ice cream.
Beware of this parking complex, there is always so much chaos happening with the construction in this plaza and sprinkles is located right dab in the middle of it.

Ah! I love sprinkles cupcakes! I especially love going when there’s a «whisper word»! So make sure you follow them on social media– (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, etc.)
My top two flavors here are the red velvet and the black and white one! So yummy! I’m sad that they took out the matcha one. That one was one of their summer seasonal flavors, that I hope will come back this season.
The place is really small, so when it’s crowded, it gets pretty packed in there. But the line goes by pretty fast, and they should have your cupcake out in a jiffy!
I’m so happy that they finally have their sundaes! It’s basically a cookie ice cream sandwich, but with a cupcake. You could also make a cookie sandwich, if your heart desires. :) but, I always get a cupcake sundae, with a red velvet cupcake with vanilla ice cream… It’s to die for!

Sprinkles has the prettiest looking cupcakes in all the land. They even make custom cupcakes! I had ordered mini cups for a friends grand opening salon and they added the custom logos onto the cupcake. Super cute! The one dock star is the candy that they use to place the logo on was hard as a rock. Felt like I was going to chip a tooth eating it. The soft and moist cake and creamy frosting made up for it though.

Sprinkles are my favorite cupcakes e v e r. I first tried the banana with chocolate three years ago and fell in love instantly. Something I always hear people complain about is: the price. Ok, these cupcakes can be a little pricey 3.75 (almost 4 dollars) and I can see why they would complain because they are not even that big. Yet, I personally would so much rather pay good money and get nice quality things than pay less and get something crappy in return.
These cupcakes are the best because they are super moist. They are not dry like some cakes/​cupcakes they sell at other places and that’s a biggie for me!
Now, this place is a bit small so it can get crowded and times. This place now counts with ice cream service, something I had been looking forward to for the longest because I love their ice cream!
YOU MUST TRY.

Maybe it’s me and my boyfriend but we did not like the cupcakes we had. I had the strawberry cupcake. The frosting was incredibly sweet and I had to scrape some off to eat the cupcake. My boyfriend had the milk chocolate, which was pretty good, and the dark chocolate, which was dry and chalky tasting. I think we just had high expectations and were disappointed in the end.

I was having some major cupcake cravings when I saw the Sprinkles Perks program! I quickly signed up and forced 5 others to do it with me. (Using my referral link, of course.)
We came here on a Saturday night around 8:30 PM and there was a good line that passed by quickly. As always, this place is small but so divine and cute! They have expanded greatly these past years with additions of Sprinkles ice cream, frosting shots, etc.
One thing I noticed however, is that the backwall with all the different flavors of the week and the pricings are now gone? We came in here to redeem our free sign-​up cupcake but we were also curious if the prices went up at all. Still unsure…
We got 5 cupcakes:
–2 dark chocolate with sprinkles /​/​My dad LOVED it! And he ate all the frosting… he was telling me not to make him eat it anymore because he knows he can finish another one without second thoughts.
–1 dark chocolate without sprinkles /​/​SO got it, and he loved the cake part but frosting was too sweet for him. Brother also liked it since it was light and fluffy.
–1 coconut /​/​I’ve had this in the past, and I really think the best part is the abundant of coconut flakes on top. Of course, their cakes are always good too.
–1 «off the menu» /​/​Can’t remember what the girl said, but I only heard «chai» and «cream cheese frosting». And I think that was enough to get me! It was good! But as my brother puts it, it was very chai-​y. Not sure why it’s off the menu (because it’s not a holiday anymore?) but yummy!
Pros:
–Great service. Very attentive, all smiles.
–Awesome packaging/​presentation. It’s just so perfect looking I can’t bare to eat it…
Cons:
–Expand options? I wish they can bring green tea or not have as many chocolate flavors in one day! Banana chocolate? Dark chocolate? Milk chocolate? Peanut butter chocolate? Please…
–TOO MUCH FROSTINGGGGGGG. It’s literally 2 inches of frosting on top. Sugar overload…
Would come here again! Join their perks program! BOGOF on Tuesdays!

Ambiance (⁴⁄₅): A small but quaint store tucked in the whole foods plaza. I love that the cupcakes are all presented behind a glass wall, immediately upon entry. Plus there are tiny cupcakes for your dogs, so they too can exit with a sweet treat.
Service (⁵⁄₅): I think most people will agree that Sprinkle’s customer service is second to none. The workers are extremely bubbly and treat you as if you are royalty. Though trivial, I love the attention to detail, from writing down your order (though now they use a tablet/​computer), to someone packaging your order and calling your name thereafter.
Food (⁴⁄₅): I will say some flavors are much better than others, but you honestly cannot go wrong with any sprinkles cupcakes. I usually opt for the vegan red velvet (something about the coconut flavor within this one keeps me coming back to it). I remember there used to be free cupcakes of the day if you knew their whisper word for that day, but check their fb or twitter page and sometimes they have BOGO (buy one get one free). Flavors do change on a day-​to-​day basis so I do recommend checking their website if any flavors peak your interest.

DESSERTS:
Made this a family outing. 6 cupcakes, 2 chocolate chip cookies, 1 scoop of triple chocolate ice cream, 4 whole milks, two waters and $ 44.55 later and we are all sugar crashing.
Cupcakes = Great
Cookies = Good
Ice Cream = Good
Everything was as I expected.
LOCATION:
Having never been to this strip mall and with the construction in the parking lot. I had to make a couple of turns around the parking lot until I spotted the Sprinkles logo next to Rubio’s.
The person taking our order was very polite and friendly = Great
There is no indoor seating, there is just enough room to squeeze in, order, move to the side and edge your way out after you receive your goods. We sat outside and took in some fresh air.

Ok, Let me start with a disclaimer first — I do not have a sweet tooth and hate cakes and frostings which are overtly sweet and heavy.
The above statement will clearly give you an idea about my three star rating of the very much hyped bakery.
Well I live in this area and Sprinkles has become my go to shop for cup cake cravings, but after many tastings of their varied flavors i have come to the following conclusions:
— Their chocolate and chai latte are the best– not too sweet, moist, well balanced with real flavor
— All of the rest are strictly ok. Too Too sweet and the frosting overpowers the cupcake in almost all of them.
— With such a good name, I expect them to be more creative with their flavors, there is nothing exciting or bold there most of the times.
— For the price, there are better gourmet cupcakes that you should spend your money on.
— The staff is good, helpful and obviously packing of their cupcakes is cute and pretty.
So If you want a chocolate cupcake or chai latte one head out to this location or if you love extremely sweet cupcakes. But I like to stop in once in a while since it is good fresh option in the neighborhood other than buying from the surrounding grocery stores.

I only go to sprinkles when there’s a BOGO deal. I started to go here once I got hooked into cupcake wars on food network. In my opinion, the frosting is really sweet but the cake part isn’t so sweet, which I guess balances everything out. The service is really nice here.

Delicious, classically beautiful cupcakes! 4-​stars only because they’re pricey even if you buy in bulk.
Gingerbread cupcakes are in season now and super rich and delicious.
My GSD LOVES the pup cupcakes and literally demands more! So cute.
Try their captain crunch ice cream! Super delicious.

Me and my boyfriend’s favorite flavor here is the banana cupcake. It tastes so good and you can really taste the banana without it being overpowering. This time we tried out the banana cupcake with rocky road ice cream and it was the perfect combination!
Positive note:
–cupcakes have a great balance of sweetness
–simple, yet delicious
–sells doggy cupcakes
–great varieties of cupcakes (I especially love seasonal cupcakes)
–they finally added their ice cream menu in san diego
Negative note:
–pricey for a cupcake
–sells cupcakes for dogs, but doesn’t allow dogs?
–very crammed and small inside
–hard to find parking

As a lover of all things sweet, especially cupcakes, this sprinkles made me happy!
I’ve been to the one in NYC before and didn’t like it at all. I’m wondering if they made a few changes to their recipes or if this one is just better. They don’t bake in house which is disappointing, and it is a huge chain which I’m not usually a fan of supporting but I gotta say, I found my self craving sprinkles the other night.
Smores– it fell apart, literally it just dissolved so do not get that. I was really upset with that.
Red velvet– awesome! Great flavor and delicious frosting.
Lemon– my favorite. Tart lemony frosting and a delicious moist lemon cake.
Vanilla– so so. A little dry and boring but the flavor was there. Skip it though. Better flavors to choose from.
The service was good, cute, clean store, albeit a little small.
The only thing and I almost gave 3 stars for this is the price. At 3.75 a cupcake, it’s not something I can get often and they were not good enough to support that price. Your paying for the name.
Also putting them in a box is .50 extra (what?!) or you get them in a bag for free. A bag. And if you want a sticker (ex. Happy birthday) another .50. Your already charging 3.75 a pop, how about the box be free guys.
All that aside, 4 stars because the cupcake is good, and you’ll want it again.

I’ve had Sprinkles cupcakes plenty of times in the past, and although I used to be a huge fan, I’m not so much anymore (not because something changed on Sprinkles’ end, but rather because the frosting has become way too heavy for my liking). So under normal circumstances I probably wouldn’t come here, but because they were debuting their ice cream and cookies — at this location, at least — I decided to make a visit.
I came here at around 9pm on a Friday night and the place wasn’t too busy. The employees were super welcoming and friendly, and they were offering everyone samples of their cookies and ice cream. I ended up ordering one scoop of pistachio ice cream and one chocolate chip cookie. Unfortunately, I found both to be pretty disappointing. I liked that the ice cream had actual pistachios in it, but the texture was on the icier side which definitely made it less enjoyable. The taste wasn’t phenomenal either… The cookie was unfortunately more disappointing than the ice cream. It looked SO promising on display — rich, fluffy, golden — but the first bite taught me how wrong my expectations were. The flavor of the cookie was just off in general and not warm, and even worse, there were lots of incredibly salty bites.
Overall, I wasn’t a fan of either the ice cream or the cookies. Especially for the price — $ 3.75 for a scoop of icy ice cream and $ 3 for an at-​best-​mediocre cookie? I think I’ll pass next time.

Cupcakes, friendly staff, and now ice cream! Taking a break from the work day to go to Sprinkles is so necessary some days. I like that there are a variety of cupcakes to chose from and that they rotate out different flavors, depending on the day of the week. Now that they also serve ice cream, I like to order the mini scoop sundae. It consists of one mini cupcake with a mini scoop of ice cream. It’s indulgent, but doesn’t leave you feeling guilty for the rest of the week.
You can also add on sprinkles or other toppings. They have brownies and cookies now to make different types of ice cream sandwiches. I haven’t tried those combinations yet, but I did get to sample the brownie and chocolate chip cookie and both were delicious standing alone.
The line isn’t as long as you would expect and parking isn’t too stressful if you go outside of lunch hours. Check their Instagram before you purchase! Sometimes they offer special code words for free cupcakes.

Sprinkles is one of the first cupcake stores around and is endorsed by many celebrities. I guess when it first came out it was a big deal, but a lot of subsequent establishments have produced much better cupcakes than Sprinkles.
Appearance-​wise, it’s kind of unappetizing. That thick, grainy frosting being put on top of the cake without any finesse and style doesn’t do anything good in the looks department. Those colorful dots on top are weird and make me wonder if they are really edible, probably because I’m not a fan of heavy food coloring.
Taste-​wise, it’s way to sweet. Their cakes were moist but tasted a bit too flour-​y. I tried their pumpkin cupcake which had a pretty mild pumpkin flavor. I had to scoop out the frosting though because the sweetness was too much for my taste buds.
I prefer the whipped-​creamy frosting more than this sugary stuff. And their cupcakes don’t taste like high-​quality cupcakes, more like grocery-​store-​bought ones…

THE best cupcakes I’ve ever had. Sure, it’s $ 3.75 per cupcake, but it’s definitely worth trying. I’m not too big on sweets, and this hits my taste buds in all the right places. Not to mention that the service is awesome. Everything about this place is cute, with the cupcakes to match.
My favorite flavor is the red velvet cupcake, which is a surprise for me, because I don’t normally like red velvet. It tastes like play dough to me. But when I bit into their red velvet cupcakes, I was in love. Their cream cheese frosting plays so well with the red velvet. They put enough frosting that it gives it that extra moistness, not that the cake itself needs it.
They have all kinds of flavors, both classic and unique, from chocolate and vanilla to olive oil. They come up with seasonal cupcakes and they have little decorations on top of most of them. However, I agree with others and I do wish those little decorations were a little more edible. They’re really hard to both break apart and chew. I tried snapping it half and half of it went flying across the table. I also kind of wish that they had seating (other than that single bench outside) with a table somewhere inside so that we could eat the cupcakes right there. Other then that, I love coming here to get cupcakes for friends, family, and myself. The packaging is really cute too!

Oh, Sprinkles. You and your variety of never-​ending flavors that all sound delicious. One thing I really appreciate Sprinkles is their constantly changing flavors so no matter what you’re craving, it’ll be available for you.
But let’s be real– Sprinkles can be pretty expensive for what you get. It’s $ 3.75 per cupcake now and each one has a few inches of frosting piled sky-​high. This makes the cupcakes too sweet and most of the time I just take the entire frosting lump off and dip the cake in. Sometimes the cupcakes there aren’t as fresh either– and you can tell because when you cut into the cake, it’s not as moist and kind of crumbles.
However, it doesn’t mean that I haven’t had my good experiences here. My favorite flavor is definitely the chai cupcake. The cake itself has great chai flavor and isn’t too sweet. The frosting can be overpowering, but that’s why I use my «take the frosting off and dip the cake in» technique. But when you’re paying almost $ 4 for a cupcake, I feel like you shouldn’t have to remove product to make it taste better.
All in all, I’ll always have those moments where I crave sweets. Sometimes I’ll succumb to myself and buy a cupcake when they have the whisper words, but most of the time I’ll resist just because you’re not really getting what you’re paying for.

Oh Sprinkles… what to say about this place. It is located in a crazy parking lot of La Jolla. Parking can be crazy and hard to find but this place is always a stop when you are nearby. I am not a big fan of sweets but once in awhile I will want a cupcake! Lol
They will add ice cream starting November 5^th so keep in mind. They will also be serving cookies and brownies. I will be back to try their full menu when they have the ice cream going. Although, the sample ice cream they gave was delicious!!!
Kudos for having doggie cupcakes! My fur babies love them so much!

Someone pointed out how close I was to a sprinkles and it was downhill from there! I don’t frequent here as much as I’d like but I’ll swing by for the occasional indulgence or for a gift. I find these cupcakes to be a great go-​to birthday gift or special treat for someone especially since it’s wrapped neatly in a box already.
It’s definitely expensive for a cupcake but I guess it’s that good! Definitely more pleasing to the eye than your typical grocery store cupcake. The icing is more of a creamy/​cream cheese consistency and it’s very sweet. If you have a sweet tooth, it is heaven. I tend to take some of it off and try to eat it with the rest of the cupcake or just take some off to not get a sugar rush. They also now have mini cupcakes which are bit size.
The service is always friendly and the line is never too long. They also have buy one get one deals occasionally to look out for.

El cupcake de Red velvet tiene un sabor espectacular, se siente la textura deliciosa por la calidad de sus ingredientes.

Sprinkles is good. It has a very «commercial» feel to its cupcakes and I honestly feel they over frost the cupcakes. When I’m in the area I tend to always get a cupcake or two for myself. I love coconut so anything coconut flavored is my favorite! Cupcakes are about $ 3.50.
I’ve also picked up mini-​cupcake orders here for a client’s wedding once and it was fairly quick and painless. I did however make the mistake of not checking the box to look at the cupcakes. The picture they had printed was wrong and the coordinator that I was working for at that time was not thrilled about the miscommunication of the design. So a few hours before the wedding in Temecula, we picked out the design and replaced it with fresh herbs to go with the Bride’s Garden themed vineyard wedding.

–overpriced
–too much frosting
–not enough variety as far as flavor or design
–wooden forks are difficult to eat with
–very small store i felt crammed inside
–my cake tasted a bit raw