Cupcake Stop

Meh… Over the years the cupcake prices has increased but quality has not. Don’t bother trying to chase after this truck.

Cupcake Stop was one of the first mobile cupcake trucks in the city and now operates a fleet of trucks in various neighborhoods.
Locations and times vary, as do menu offerings. I’m a fan of Cupcake Stop, because it is constantly reinventing its menu and surprising customers. Most adorably, it offers specialty cupcakes on holidays and during important historic events. For example, it celebrated marriage equality in New York by baking up and offering the cupcakes pictured above.
The company’s founder, Lev Ekster, is a big advocate of social media and uses Twitter and Facebook to update followers of the trucks’ locations, daily menus and specials.

The Cupcake Stop trucks are back roaming the city and I was excited when I spotted one near my office, so I thought I’d bring some home. The flavors are good as is the cake texture. However, the frosting is very sweet and I think extremely buttery. It’s just too much. They hit your stomach hard. I think I have to avoid the trucks in the future.

The next stop on my quest (to try ALL the cupcakes in NYC) was The Cupcake Stop. Combining my love of food trucks and cupcakes, The Cupcake Stop offers a variety of flavors, including black-​and-​white, fluffernutter, rocky road, and tiramisu. A purist, I went with my favorite — the red velvet.
While I have a very clear picture in my head of the perfect red velvet cucake (moist and flavorful cake with dense cream cheese frosting), I’ve had a hard time finding it. One of my preferred cupcake shops uses buttercream icing for its red velvet, of all things — unbelievable! Others have dry or flavorless cake. The Cupcake Stop’s red velvet looked promising — thick frosting and moist-​looking cake. I was a little skeptical of the sprinkles, but I wasn’t going to let that stop me. I took an excited bite and…
…it was fantastic! The frosting was decidedly cream cheese with a slightly tangy flavor, and hefty to boot. The cake was moist and not crumbly at all. I dare say it is my favorite red velvet cupcake in the city… so far.
I only tried the red velvet, but I hope to return soon to sample some other flavors (and perhaps add another apple to my rating).
Moist and flavorful red velvet cupcake with dense cream cheese frosting. Yum!

I like the red velvet cupcake. Its not moist but it isn’t dry. You can taste the cocoa and the frosting is not too sweet. I feel it is small for the price.

Had cupcakes from Cupcake Stop Truck a couple of times.
I love the unique names they have for their cupcakes. (ie: The Hummingbird, The Elvis)
Pros:
— Taste pretty good (My favorite Red Velvet and Oreo Cupcake)
— gives you a choice between a mini or regular sized cupcake
Cons:
— Kind of Pricey for a Cupcake
— Sometimes they run out of the cupcakes you want.
— Too Sweet, I like the frosting but sometimes its too much for me.

Their cupcakes are so moist and tasty! I normally get the minis so I can try a majority of the flavors for the day. They start to take the same after a while though haha. It’s $ 13 for a dozen minis, which I guess is not too bad, considering some people charge upwards of $ 2.75 for minis!
Make sure you follow Cupcake stop on twitter to always know where you can find the truck but for the most part I typically find them in SoHo!

You had me at Chocolate Peanut Butter Swirl.
Cupcakes are officially my fave cake type dessert, sorry cheesecake!

I’ve caught their truck a few trimes next to the Flatiron building. As a fan of Street Sweets, I felt that a cupcake truck was the bootleg version.
I wanted to give it a try before I knocked it. I tried the Mini $ 1 Oreo Crumb and they were dammmned good. I was impressed with the taste and the freshness. I’m not a huge fan of cupcakes but for $ 1, its worth it.

I was in a hurry for my appointment but could not resist myself from trying their cupcakes bc I finally found the truck on 5^th and 23^rd st!
Among the variety of cupcakes they had, I chose Nutella Crunch ($ 2.50). This cupcake just tasted right for the name. It’s got sweet Nutella frosting with a kick of crunchy hazelnut topping. The cake was very moist, the frosting — light and fluffy.
You can track them on their website. If you see the red «STOP» sign, you should definitely try their sweet goodies.

I finally got to try cupcakes from the Cupcake Stop truck! :) Yesterday they were at 5^th Avenue & 23^rd Street. They only had the Red Velvet, S’mores, Vanilla Vanilla, Pumpkin Spice, and Mexican Chocolate cupcakes on their menu. I ordered 4 full size Red Velvet cupcakes for $ 10. Oh man, these cupcakes were great! They were moist and the frosting was good (not super sweet which I like). I like these Red Velvet cupcakes A LOT more than the Red Velvet cupcake from Magnolia Bakery.
I wished that they were selling the «psychedelic tie dye» cupcake yesterday too, because I would love to try that cupcake.

The first time I had tasted their cupcakes was at a Unilocal Elite event, and they had a huge assortment of minis. I couldn’t get enough and tried every flavor. Maybe it was more like hoarding, so what?! If you didn’t get any, then your too damn slow!
I told the cupcake stop host they need to come by my work place but they never do *sigh*
Fast forward to a few months later and I see a mass of people surrounding a truck in Soho, it’s the Cupcake Stop! My eyes opened wide up and I ran to the front of the truck and cut everyone in line. I demanded mini cupcakes and they were selling out of flavors, I had to act fast. I said give me what ya got, half dozen in a box! Thank you!
I rushed home and ate 2. My BF was happy with the Boston crème and hostess cupcake. Ahh Bliss! If I could make cool flavored cupcakes, this is what it would taste like. They’re also the perfect size and moist inside. The frosting isn’t too sweet either, just perfect.
Pictures, what pictures? I ate them all before I could get the camera out.

Good sized minis for $ 1, bigger than Baked By Melissa, but not as tasty. The cake is a bit more bland than BBM andthe icing happens to be very good.
I had the Fluffer Nutter today, it was OK. The Red Velvet is WAY better, very sweet and flavorful.
I’ll definitely stop for a mini any time I see the truck, Cupcake Stop. But, if I’m going out of the way for any cupcakes, it’ll be for Baked By Melissa.

11 hour countdown until I have my 4 pearly whites yanked out.
As a thank you, my foodie friend gave me some cupcakes from the Cupcake Stop truck that was parked over by 23^rd Street today. So sweet! That was my experience last time.
Today the cupcakes are totally different. They must have changed the recipe or something. It’s hard to believe that these cupcakes came from that same truck.
The chocolate cupcake with peanut butter frosting was a winner. I was sad to eat the last bite. The frosting was great. The cupcake was so much more satisfying that eating a Reese’s peanut butter cup. It wasn’t so sweet. The frosting was creamy and the chocolate cake was delicious. It was perfectly moist even though it sat on my desk all day long.
The red velvet cupcake was just as good. It was sprinkled with red sugar crystals. It was very festive.
The key to the cupcakes this time was that there wasn’t an overkill on the frosting and the cake itself was tasty and not dry.
Say goodbye to the sweetness and hello to these yummy treats actually fit for dessert.
The Cupcake Stop is my last chomp before my fast. Very good choice.
PS– «Will trade shoes for cupcakes.»

My favorite thing about Cupcake Stop is that I can enjoy my dessert in a tiny, guilt free portion!
I also like the rotating menu.
I haven’t tried many flavors, but the red velvet, cheesecake brownie and vanilla with chocolate frosting all hit the spot.
And when I walked away, I felt neither deprived nor the need to immediately jump on the treadmill. Perfect!

thank you cupcake stop for being at the right place at the right time!
nothing beats a tiring day of shopping than a scrumdiddlyumptious cupcake! after shopping in soho i spotted the truck on broadway outside of topshop around 5pm. wary of there being only 2 flavors left in the truck (cheesecake brownie & peanut butter and jelly) i opted for the mini brownie cheesecake for $ 1 just to sample the fare.
man, one bite and i realized i should’ve gotten the regular cupcake size! within seconds i was back in line buying the regular sized brownie cheesecake cupcake. think it was $ 2.50 or $ 2.60. soooo good-​even hubs, who isn’t much of a dessert person scarfed down that cupcake with me.
when we visit ny again i’ll be sure to hunt down your truck!≠)

I was able to catch up with this truck on Broadway in Soho and it stopped me in my tracks. Being from Florida, I am still a little slow on the mobile food vendor trends.
They keep the prices fairly low compared to the brick-​and-​mortar shops like Crumbs. However, their cake batter tastes like it is from a powder mix. The icing is really good though, especially the butter cream. The chocolate is not very chocolaty, and they did not have any weird flavors for me to try. Definitely worth a stop if you see the truck, it doesn’t hurt to give it a try!
It is annoying as hell when people do not read the sign and ask them the prices and what cakes they have. This is NYC, smarten up and move your ass out of the way.

Cupcakes are of the 3 star variety but they deserve an extra star for niceness (unlike Fat Witch). My brother said they offered to let him try all the flavours before he made a purchase. It’s not often that my brother makes special mention of the service hours later, so the staff there must be pretty awesome.
Though I am probably nitpicking, the delicious red velvet was denser than I would have liked and the cream cheese frosting wasn’t tangy enough. Of course, I ate it and liked it, but I couldn’t help wishing I was eating one of Billy’s phenomenal red velvet cupcakes.
The key lime cupcake was really pretty and tasty. It has a very intense key lime filling in the middle so if you don’t like sour, then this isn’t for you. I thought that the sweet, creamy frosting created a great balance with the tart, zesty filling.
My favourite cupcakes are still vanilla ones with vanilla frosting. I wish that Cupcake Stop would keep that as a staple in their daily offerings. I’m going to continue stalking Cupcake Stop on Twitter until I see it in on their menu for the day.

I had really high expectations after learning about this mobile cupcake shop and counted down the days until I got the chance to check them out.
Firstly, I must give them props… I love how they update their location on twitter and one can find out where they are at any given point by a simple click on their website.
Now for the taste test… I tried a chocolate peanut butter mini cupcake and a red velvet mini cupcake. I was with someone who also tried the chocolate peanut butter mini along with a lemon mini. Unfortunately, the cupcakes just didn’t live up to our expectations. The cake was dry and the frosting was ordinary. I was SO BUMMED! Oh well, I guess I’ll just have to keep looking around for a good cupcake shop. There must be one somewhere in the NJ/​NY area…

Nothing eventful came out from biting into their cupcakes. I thought the icing was a tad too sweet and their cake was moist but lacked taste.
I do love their style of driving around a truck selling cupcakes. I hope they will make it better. As for now, I will stick with Crumbs and get their blackout cupcake. my all time favorite!