New Obsession!

Yes, I confess.  I have a new food obsession.  My last obsession was frozen yogurt, but now that obsession has faded and I'm now into CUPCAKES!  Yes, I know, I'm behind the times, but hey... I live in Hilo.  We are always behind the times.

So my obsession started with my cousin Laura's visit to Oahu.  My Aunty and I took her craft shopping and she asked if we could stop by a cupcake shop called Let Them Eat Cupcakes.  She really wanted to try the mochi cupcake, which had a piece of chi chi dango inside the chocolate cupcake covered w/ganache.  I was intrigued, so we placed an order to hold some for us... and good thing we did!  They had sold out, so luckily they kept a few for us.  It was pretty good- very creative to put a piece of mochi inside.

After that, I went to LA and while visiting my brother, my sister and I saw a cupcake place next to Starbucks.  I had cupcakes on the brain, so later that day, we had a few minutes to kill, so I dragged my sister back to Bubba Sweets for some cupcake goodness.  I gotta say, we shared a cheesecake cupcake and it was awesome!  It had a thin layer of sugar that crunched when you bit into it.  Love it!  Definitely want to go back the next time I go to visit.

I already talked about 2 other cupcake places we tried while in LA... you can read about them here..

My friend Debi surprised me with some Hilo cupcakes by Jocipops.  Not bad.  I think you have to pre-order them- no shop to go visit.

Larry's Bakery is another one of my favorites... Their red velvet cupcakes are pretty darn good!  What am I saying... all of their cakes are good!

Our friend Lani brought us back some cupcakes to try from Hokulani Bakery. They just recently won cupcake wars, so I had some high expectations. It was pretty good, but...

But my new favorite when I go to visit Honolulu is Cake Couture!  Here's a pix of what I picked up for our Easter Brunch dessert... Are you drooling yet?  I am.  (wiping my chin).  I gotta say, no matter all the flavors I've tried, my favorite is still the CHOCOLATE HAUPIA.  I can't help it... its not that sweet, which is just how I like it. 

Ok so now that I've gotten that off my chest, I feel so much better!  Thanks Laura for starting me on the cupcake kick.  I'll be back soon to share more Creative Chemistry tags.  Have a great week!