Cupcakes Continue To Dominate

Cupcakes Continue to Dominate. A look at the continuing explosion of the cupcake industry Cash in on Cupcakes Sprinkles, a gourmet cupcake chain with 10 locations nationally, just opened its first cupcake ATM, which: Sprinkler CUPCAKES Is open 24 hours 600 Holds 600 OPEN 24 HRS! cupcakes Even offers "pupcakes"- cupcakes for dogs Takes credit or debit cards Features And sells rotating flavors $4 them for $4 each! They're affordable on the wallet. But on the waistline? Not so much. Dense, moist, fluffy, buttery...and at less than 5 bucks each, cupcakes are an affordable indulgence. Maybe that's why they continue to grow in popularity, even during a recession. The vanilla cupcake at the largest cupcake chain in the U.S. has 780 calories, 36 grams of fat! A Booming Baking Business Cupcakes are a $200-$250 million industry in the U.S., with 3 years of solid growth Named one of the best new ideas by Inc." Will be the fastest-growing segment of baked-goods industry from 2008-2013 CRUMBS Crumbs Bake Shop is the top seller of cupcakes in the U.S. 60 200 18.3% 18.3% 2$ Offers more Plans to Posted Reported net sales of $8.9m and expand to 200 locations within the next than 60 increases of 18.3% in sales varieties of cupcakes gross profit of $5.1m in 2011 and 14.9% 4 years gross profit in 2011 World's Most World's Most Expensive Cupcake' Dangerous Cupcake In 2011, the TSA confiscated a $55,000 cupcake because there was too much gel-like" A red velvet cupcake... with an 8-carat diamond frosting engagement ring on top. (Offered by Cupcakes Gourmet) The New Wedding Cake Name your Flavor Cupcakes are now served at 13% of weddings' Unusual cupcake 13% flavors include: Cinco de Mayo margarita (lime and tequila) Maple French toast and bacon Sweet potato cider w/marshmallow frosting Chocolate vodka raspberry rock star Pink grapefruit infused with guava truffle cookies and Lasagna with sausage and mango chutney Crystallized ginger olive oil w/lime buttercream, opal basil, mint and lime rosewater frosting zest Treats That Could Push Cupcakes off Their Pedestal Cupcakes are here to stay, but a few other sweet-treat crazes are on the horizon. Cake Pops Macarons Frozen Yogurt What is it? What is it? What is it? Little balls of cake on a stick, dipped in chocolate and Meringue-based Yogurt frozen to look and taste like cookie filled with decorated to look buttercream ice cream like anything from fish to footballs Why folks love it Why folks love it Why folks love it They are French, fancy, and come in luscious colors Usually lower in calories and fat than ice cream... They are about 180 calories each and cute and the and flavors toppings! How hot is it? How hot is it? How hot is it? Laduree, the crème de la A book on cake pops spent 7 weeks on the A$1.6 billion industry in 2011 in the U.S., crème of macaron makers in Paris since 1862, opened a NYT bestseller list; Starbucks sells cake pops expected to grow in 2012 store in NYC Chef2Chef Created for Chef2Chef.com© QuinStreet, Inc., 2012 Sources "Just How Fattening Is That Cupcake," Mike Pesca, NPR, 2007 2"Cupcakes are affordable luxury in South Florida," Justine Griffin, Sun Sentinel, 2011 3"Cupcake craze," Denise Trowbridge, Columbus Dispatch, 2010 4"Building a Cupcake Empire," Christine Lagorio, Inc.com, 2010 WeddingIndustryStatistics.com, 2011 "Crumbs.com, 2012 7"Cupcakes Gourmet Rolls Out the $55,000 Sparkling Red Velvet Cupcake," Marketwire, 2012 3"Frozen Yogurt Still Hot! IBISWorld Introduces New Report on Frozen Yogurt Stores," PRWEB, 2012