For me, every cupcake will forever be compared to the cupcakes at Party Favors in Brookline Mass. And these cupcakes fall terribly short of that bar.
I was driving by and thought to myself that a cupcake would make a great dessert so I went in. The store itself is kind of empty with only a few lonely looking cupcake selections. I chose the "Bliss", a "a light caramel cake topped with creamy peanut butter frosting." I'm a huge pb fan and I will eat anything with it. (I will admit, I was dismayed they had no chocolate and pb option....) The cake itself was very very dry (could it be because the cupcakes sit out and are not in a case? I'm not sure) and the icing was just ok. The pb cupcakes at Party Favors actually have whole pb cups in the bottom of them as well as pb in the cake part. In comparison, these were rudimentary and I'm sure that I could make something similar in my own kitchen.
Overall I was not impressed. In fact, I was so disappointed in the cake portion that I stopped eating it, just ate the frosting, and tossed the remaining cake part in the garbage. I may go back and try another flavor (but to be honest, they are rather uninspired....) but its definitely not the first place I would run to if I wanted a cupcake.