Sweet Arleen’s

Being a cupcake and dessert fanatic, I decided to try this place out since it was close to home! However, although I ordered two cupcakes and was stoked to try them, I was disappointed. The cupcakes were sub-​par (I like home-​made ones better) and the atmosphere felt impersonal and strange. Won’t return.

I had high hopes: I tried three cupcakes today: the Nutella/​cinnamon, German chocolate, and the Debbie cupcake.
The positives were that each cupcake was moist however two disappointed me and one was just ok.
All of the flavor in the German chocolate cupcake was in the icing. The cupcake base itself was bland. I kept eating it, waiting for it to get better alas it never did.
I tried the Nutella cinnamon one next. I love Nutella so I thought I’d really enjoy this one. It has way too much cinnamon flavor; it tasted incredibly cinnamon infused and drenched.
Have you ever done the cinnamon challenge? When I bit into the cupcake itself, I got that same powdery, cinnamony dry feeling. A simple taste test would have proved the recipe this day had way too much cinnamon.
Also, the Nutella icing is incredibly sweet, I took a couple of bites and then put it down.
The Debbie cupcake was the best although I’ve never had a yellow cake Debbie… They’ve typically have been chocolate. This one also didn’t have the usual Debbie flavor and I would not have guessed that’s what it was had I not known.
However, it was the best because although it wasn’t incredibly flavorful, it wasn’t overly sweet, it was moist, and didn’t make me regret it.
I was really excited to try this place. Maybe the other flavors are better but I’ll leave that to the other reviewers.
Edit: I spoke with another foodie who had mostly enjoyed Sweet Arlene’s. It is possible this was just a bad day.

exceptional cupcakes! you can really taste the superior quality of ingredients that they use. they are beautiful, not overly sweet, and absolutely delicious! an hour before the store closed I gave them a call and had 6 cupcakes pulled and set aside for me. the ladies that were working were extremely helpful in choosing my flavors and made it a breeze when I was in a hurry. I received red velvet, chocolate/​chocolate, peanut butter fudge, strawberry cheesecake, lemon lace and cookies & cream. they were all great, but lemon lace was my favorite! I most definitely recommend this bakery and will be going back!

Best cupcakes and bread pudding I ever had, I had try several places around this area but nothing like Sweet Arleen’s, highly recommend it. :)

I like Sweet Arleen’s. The cupcakes are moist and are not overly sweet. They have just enough icing and are light. Many people don’t like them for these reasons, and say the flavor is not the same as other boutique cupcake spots but I’m a fan.

Many interesting choices for bread pudding. I tried the pumpkin and it was delicious! The cakes pops are good too.

The chocolate marshmallow wasnt too sweet and it was incrincredibly moist. The praline was just sweet enough and melted in my mouth. The staff was very friendly and helpful. I cant wait to confer back to try the other flavors.

I literally just left this place knowing I’d never be back even though I hadn’t even eaten the cupcake I bought. Why won’t I return? The customer service. The girl who put my cupcake in a box, took my payment, and walk off obviously hates her job. I got no greeting and no thank you. Plus the atmosphere in this place is stale and not a place cupcakes belong. Cupcakes invoke happiness and this place does not. The décor is laking, no inviting music, and the painted decals on the windows are horrid.
As for the cupcakes, they are mediocre. The cake was dry but the icing was pleasant and just the right amount. The flavor won’t bring me back.

Honestly, I thought that being associated with Cupcake Wars on Food Network, I would be blown away by the flavor and taste. Honestly… I’m not at all on either counts. I got the red velvet and was so disappointed. Being a Southern Girl, my expectations for anything red velvet in the South, are very high. The color of the cupcake was that of a bright maraschino cherry, not deep red. There was no hint of chocolate in the taste either. Tasted like a bland generic vanilla. I’m giving it 2 stars only because it was moist and the cream cheese icing wasn’t anything special, just your basic cream cheese. So disappointed.

The cupcake itself was moist and it looked pretty;that’s all I can say about Sweet Arlene’s that is positive. Granted I went with vanilla/​vanilla thinking (as someone else did) if you can do that well then what other delights might be lurching? When I say absence of flavor its no joke! The frosting wasn’t sweet but then again frosting doesnt need to be OVERLY sweet. Flavorful would he e been good. It does however have an odd slippery feeling about it. Wish I had just tossed it out the window so I could have saved some calories!

Sweet Arleen’s is a franchise not independently owned. Like most franchises they won’t taste the same. With the franchise being well known for winning at the Food Network show there is a lot of high expectations. Which is why I came here but I actually saw this bakery a few times. When I first walk in you see a selections of cupcakes and on the side bread pudding. I asked what’s a popular cupcake and the girl told me red velvet. But that’s too common and I am not a red velvet fan. So I went for the not so common strawberry cheesecake. It was actually a tie between chocolate mascarpone or strawberry but I went with the strawberry. The cupcake didn’t have a strong strawberry flavor but more like vanilla. It had a creamy cheesecake frosting that wasn’t strongly sweet. The cupcake was moist on the inside but kinda wet on the outside. It was also pretty oily which they might have used to bake the cupcake. They have instructions written on the packaging like ‘do not refrigerate’. I like my cupcakes chilled which wasn’t the case for this one. I don’t hate their cupcakes but I wouldn’t say it was the best. Although if you are in the area it would be a quick fix for that cupcake crave. The cupcakes are $ 3.50 each and the bread pudding are $ 5.
I was in store and overheard the manager saying that a lady wrote a bad review on Unilocal about their bread pudding. The manager actually investigated into the situation and got the lady to come back for more. Pretty good tactics.

My husband and I bought a variety of things, as it was our first time in. We saw that they won a few cupcake shows, so we had high expectations. (Has to be great to win, right?) We got six different cupcake flavors and two of the bread puddings to go. Once we got home we dove right into the cupcakes.
The vanilla cake was dark brown, dry, and tasted like cornbread. I don’t know what icing they’re using but it is absolutely awful. It isn’t sweet at all and tastes like whipped butter with a dash — tiny, tiny dash — of flavor. We had a similar reaction to the chocolate on chocolate.
The lemon was also dry and dense. The cake itself barely had any lemon flavor. The icing glaze on top however had such a strong lemon flavor that it was off-​putting. We barely got through one bite.
The red velvet was delicious! Out of all of them though, that one had the least amount of icing. I was disappointed there, but other than that it was very good. Tasted like a true red velvet should and that’s hard to find.
The bread puddings were just okay, not good or bad. Out of everything the red velvet was a definite hit, but the rest of our purchases were lackluster. I don’t see us returning for just one specific item.

Several years ago, i fell in deep like with a little California-​based place that sells yummy cupcakes in all sorts of your typical cupcake flavors… and i would sing the praises of that place and show up at birthday events with boxes full of their treats — swearing that they were the «Best Cupcakes Ever.»
And then came Sweet Arleen’s. I always get a plain vanilla cupcake wherever I go — just because if they can do that well, there is hope for all of the other flavors. Wow. That vanilla cupcake is definitely the best cupcake I’ve ever had. The frosting is almost indescribable… but incredibly good. The cupcake itself has almost a caramelized feel to the top of it; which, when mixed with the frosting is the perfect bite.
The other flavors we’ve tried — Lemon Lace, Hazelnut and even the chocolates (which I don’t usually like anywhere) have all been happily received by all of the birthday girls in our group.
Sure they are on the pricier side — but not any more than the other gourmet cupcake places around town. And they have a «loyalty program» that gets you a free cupcake every now and then!
I’ve not tried the bread puddings — but they always look good. I just cannot tear myself away from that vanilla.

We found this shop while going grocery shopping and thought it was a great find.
Pros:
+ Large Variety of Cupcakes
+ Also sell bread pudding (If you like them I guess??)
+ Awesome unique flavors — I recommend the apple pie (definitely my favorite) or the carrot walnut
+ Exceptionally moist — so moist, they don’t even need the frosting on their cakes; I’m not sure how they manage to bake these so well — they’re no where near as dry as a normal cupcake you can try to make at home
+ Frequent cupcake program — I think it’s something like spend $ 40, get a free cupcake?
Cons:
— A little tough to find
— Not much seating inside (need to take everything to go)
— Not much variety in the afternoons — we came in around ⁴⁄₅ and most of the stuff was gone
— Not a huge fan of their bread puddings — one of their sweet ones wasn’t quite what I usually like; but I’d definitely come back to try one of their savory versions

Yes it was that good ! 5 stars ! Today I went in for he first time ! I tried the individual Mac and cheese bread pudding and the corn and sausage bread pudding ! ! Omg ! The lady was so sweet ! Went in right at 10am ! So she explained what everthing was, she was friendly really sweet ! She explains how much to heat when you get home ! Cute Clean space! Since I got in early my food came straight from the Oven so I could devour it immediately ! Omg I will be Back to try the sweets next time ! The bread puddings taste so good ! They reminded of quick which I love ! Pretty filling too ! They are right across the parking lot from market street which is great ! I took some pics too ! Moderately priced !

For a friend’s birthday, one of my girlfriends brought some cupcakes from Sweet Arleen’s. Everyone enjoyed the how great they were! I can’t remember all the flavors, but I do remember a lemon lace and hazelnut something. Hazelnut was my favorite — equal parts of sweet and heavenly! The cupcakes have different textures and varies in sweetness, so you know she’s not using a «cookie cutter» recipe!
Loved the cupcakes so much that I had to go to the bakery myself! Went home with their peanut butter with dark chocolate fudge, apple pie, vanilla and buttercream, and peppermint hot cocoa! Peppermint and vanilla were my top picks! They also have bread pudding, which I didn’t get to try, but next time!

If you like bread pudding, you need to try their corn & smoked chicken sausage. It is seriously delicious and will make you craving more the next day. The spicy piquillo pepper sauce is killer and if you can’t finish it with the bread pudding, save it for something else! That sauce should not go to waste. I’ve tried other bread puddings such as the bananas foster, mac ‘n cheese, and praline french toast. All really delicious, but nothing tops their savory one.
My favorite cupcakes are the peppermint hot cocoa (seasonal flavor) and the lemon lace. They were moist and flavorful and just the right amount of sweetness. I will say that they are more of a special treat with their price point, but I like to indulge more than I should. Sweet Arleen’s is definitely a place y’all should try, at least twice!

I am not a big fan of cupcakes but decided to try this place becos there were mini versions. I was a little disappointed that they did not have the mini versions of cupcakes. The lady said I could order it online and I will get them the next day. So I left with a full size carrot walnut cupcake. And OMG I loved it, never had one with so many carrot pieces, the cake was so moist and the frosting was so silky. So I decided to order some mini cupcakes and puddings online.
Bought 4 mini cupcakes,
mocha truffle — If you like the mocha flavor, definitely try this.
coconut snowball — good coconut flavor, light but not very over powering
strawberry cream — it was ok
lemon lace — the right amount of citrus.
My favorites were the mocha truffle and coconut snowball.
Also ordered 4 mini puddings —
praline french toast — Absolutely delish
maple bacon — Something unusual with sweet and salt
corn & smoked chicken sausage — tasted every ingredient and the chipotle sauce is the best
bananas foster — So yummy with the warm caramel sauce — My hands down favorite.
Definitely will order online to try more flavors.
Hopefully they get the mini versions in the shop soon.

Hello, my name is Jason S and I am addicted to Custard.
I will be honest, I have absolutely no interest in cupcakes. I find them to be distasteful, and am kinda glad that the fad has passed now, letting new desserts take their place. ‘Sweet Arleen’s’ seems to present themselves as a cupcakery, and that is a shame.
Also on the menu exists an item called ‘Bread Pudding’. These items at ‘Sweet Arleen’s’ are sized and shaped similar to a cupcake, however they are enhanced with a key ingredient: ‘Custard’. In that way, they are far superior.
And the icing on the cake (Related Idiom, Rhetorical, Not Actual Icing) is that they offer Savory Bread Pudding Options. That is an options that most places sorely lack. I don’t think I’ve even seen a place make savory cupcakes before! Once again, another reason Bread Puddings are superior than the much touted ‘Cupcake’.
They have a ‘frequent customer’ program sorta thing. Dunno what it entails, but I signed up for it to find out.
Now to describe these wondrous creations:
Crusty Exterior. Custardy/​Gooey Interior. Flavorful. Sauce on the Side adds the necessary extra creaminess that really amps up such dishes. These ain’t dry, hard nor boring.
They hold well in the fridge and then reheat perfectly in a microwave.
Unfortunately, this also means, you need some sort of reheating mechanism to fully enjoy these. No hurried, in the car on the way to work, quick breakfasts if these are to be fully enjoyed.
I am almost certain some of the savory bread puddings don’t actually include bread. Perhaps makes the name misleading, but really is even better for me. The bread just gets in the way of that custardy goodness anyways. It might be more accurate to describe some of these as ‘Frittatas’. Technical Semantics aside, they are amazingly delicious.
The ‘Corn & Chicken Sausage’ puddin’ says it comes with a ‘Spicy Pepper Sauce’. I thought it was just a name, as I know many places say their sauce is ‘spicy’, but don’t actually give it any spiciness. Surprisingly, the sauce actually had some spiciness (not much, but still, any bit of spiciness is surprising).
They have a special ‘Flavor of the Month’, which is nice as it allows for seasonal flavors (And forces me to return for more! [Not that I am unwilling to return of course]).
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Conclusion:
I Love Custard! (& Custard-​Like Things)
Apparently they sell cupcakes here as well…

This place is cute. I ordered the Benedict bread pudding w/​hollandaise & had it for breakfast– delicious! Tasted somewhat like a quiche to me. When I ordered it they warmed it up for me so I could eat it right then.
They had samples out of their chocolate Nutella cupcakes that were delicious– nice & moist. They also offer gluten-​free options, which I know can be hard to find.
I will come back, I’m glad I saw this place driving by, it’s a little hidden away but you should definitely give them a try :)!