Given the recent controversy, I couldn't help but head over to Colossal Cupcakes and take back a pair of cupcakes to taste and share at the office. I thought the Sunday Morning cupcake (pancake-flavored cake topped with maple cream cheese icing and 3 little squares of bacon) tasted good and was surprisingly balanced--the extreme sweetness of maple icing is offset by the size of the "cake" part of the cupcake. The bacon on top is a nice touch both for taste and aesthetic. The Snickerdoodle cupcake was warmly received but short of anything in the realm of extraordinary--a buttercream frosting would have been preferred over the cream cheese-based frosting used. It's a tough crowd: a cupcake would have to go a long way to top current office favorites White Flower Cake Shoppe and Flour Girl.
So, no, Colossal Cupcakes are not the most amazing cupcakes in the Greater Cleveland area, but I think they are a solid go-to place to get some cupcakes for dessert before you head home or to take back to the office and sing that stirring little anthem of wellness: "Get well. Get well soon. We want you to get well."
**The reviewer was not compensated either directly or indirectly for this review.**