We've been coming here for a few years and love the cupcakes. Many unique flavors and always moist and delicious. The staff is very friendly and the store is extremely clean. Very fun vibe. The only thing we don't like are the other desserts in the case. There has only been one thing that we have enjoyed, and it was a Mango Toaster Pastry from our first visit. Other than that, we find the brownies, cookies, etc. to be pretty average...sometimes too sweet, sometimes too bland. Cupcakes are their specialty for sure, and we'll keep coming back for those. read more

Gluten-free yummy cupcakes are offered alongside their regular cupcakes, cookies, scones and more. Cupcakes are soft and fluffy. This spot has sit, stay and snack for awhile vibes. There are different seating options including a back room which houses a beautiful yellow sofa, blue chairs, coffee table, and three arcade games. There is also a large room downstairs to rent out for gatherings such as birthday parties. Such a nice idea! The gluten-free cupcakes were soft, rich and yummy. I wish I had more. There was a really nice guy working the day I came in. He has been working for Hardcore Sweet Bakery for two years. He was very helpful and answered all of my many questions. He's a keeper! The only thing this place is missing is coffee. Then it would be absolutely perfect. Love this place! Snack and stay awhile. read more

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We popped in here today as a "treat". Well, it was everything but! The place was so dusty and the countertop we sat at was dirty. There were no napkins to be found, so I had to ask the person working- who had since found a chair and their cell phone and sat down after we paid. They stated they had none and gave me some paper towels. We used them as a placemat on the dirty counter and when we took the wrappers off our cupcakes, they all crumbled apart because they were so hard. I had a GF lemon coconut, which had ZERO flavor except the frosting tasted like pure butter. My child had a chocolate cupcake and only liked the whipped cream and cherry, and said the frosting was yucky. I remember these cupcakes being delicious, which is why I offered this special surprise, but it was a HUGE disappointment and waste of money! We won't be back based on this poor experience all around. read more

Stopping in on this hidden gem in a office building for a sweet treat, luckily the food truck outside showed us the way. My sister and I both grabbed cupcakes for a treat; one German chocolate cupcake with coconut and a lemon cheesecake cupcake. Sweet and tart just like the two of us. Tried a bite of hers which was just enough sweetness for me while mine was nice and light to compliment hers. They said they would be opening a place in Southington and can't wait to stop in when they do! read more

Hardcore Sweet Bakery - After a journey thru an office building found the cupcakes!! - Desserts Near Me - Watertown, Connecticut

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This establishment has such delicious and creamy cupcakes, I love watching Taylor the employee frosting my big cakes. She works the cream so well. I'll miss Sophia dearly as she is leaving her place of work. Great working ladies!! read more

We ordered our wedding cake from Hardcore Sweets and it was the most delicious cake I have ever had. We had the toasted almond flavor and it was absolutely incredible. Some of our guests were saying it was the best wedding cake they have ever had! They delivered right to the venue and the actual design was exactly what we discussed when we ordered. When we went to our tasting the flavor was good but the cupcake was a bit dry. Let me tell you... our wedding cake was so moist and flavorful. Highly recommend for wedding cakes. read more

Stopped here at 4pm on a Saturday and there weren't too many cupcakes left but we did get four cupcakes to go - two chocolate, cannoli, and peanut butter. Like other reviewers have noted, the cake part of the cupcake is somewhat dry and there's lots of buttercream frosting. The bakery itself is pretty large with plenty of seating so you can sit and enjoy your cupcake if you like. Make sure to get here early if you'd like a better selection of cupcakes read more

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Incredible. Sweets cakes cupcakes and everything you could want! Love it love it love it love love it love ut

Hands down the best baked goods I have ever had!!! HOLY CANNOLI I swear that cupcake would have me attending church on the regular as it's as close to heaven as I'll ever get! Super friendly staff, very knowledgeable on their products, as well as a wide variety! I accidentally ordered a gluten free cupcake and ...I had no clue it was gluten free! They also killed me with their vegan cinnamon rolls....SO GOOOOOD!!! Def will be making this a regular stop! read more

Ordered cannoli cookie sandwiches 3 times via a delivery service on Jan 28th to Jan 31st without a problem. Today, they had a person there alone who is new who said they are call ahead only for this menu item despite this not being the case from 2 weeks ago. read more

When you pull in this plaza it isn't easy to find . There is a clock and wooden doors outside the main entrance to a lobby with a elevator where you need to take to the 2nd floor ,then loop around some halls til you smell sweet deliciousness. Phew !!!! They have a Insta-worthy wall outside their business itself which we had to stop and take some flicks infront of immediately. They didn't have much on-hand for 11am (about 10 choices ) I expected more flavors & choices ,but we found a few that seemed good. They had a vegan lemon cupcake with a champagne frosting that was ok (tad dry ) and a raspberry one with alot of frosting ontop (not overly sweet) they had a white brownie & peanut butter cup cupcake we chose too. Red velvet was pretty good . I'm sure they get alot more orders online then walk-ins here. It's very clean & organized here and they do sell other treats like chocolate covered marshmallows on a stick or cake pops & cookies. read more

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So i am not sure if it was because they were at the Elephant flea market and being sold out of a truck but the cupcake its self was on the dry side. A little more moisture in them would have put them over the top. We had 2 different types one was the peanut butter which was good. The flavors were there but not over the tops. The second one was a chocolate cupcake with vanilla frosting in the middle with chocolate frosting on top with cookie in the middle. This was lacking any flavor, everything seemed just to melt together. I will have to take a trip to the store to really compare, but from the truck i would pass. read more

Hardcore Sweet Bakery - Desserts Near Me - Watertown, Connecticut

When it comes to a great overall neighborhood establishment, you can't beat Hardcore Sweets! We have been frequenting them for several years in their store as well as their cupcake truck at local fairs & events thru out the state. Most recently we have crossed paths with them for some very different celebrations over the past month. A date night, Valentine's Day, a baby shower & my husband's birthday. We are loving that they just aren't a cupcake shop that has 9-5 hours, they really are invested in the community. The Friday night before Valentines Day we went to the "Let's Taco about Love" which highlighted two other great vendors & a really fun date night. The next day, I took my niece to the Valentines Day kids decorating class, she had such a great time as the entire class was hands on. My only issue was that there probably was too many kids, I know it's hard to turn away families but it got really chaotic. For my baby shower last month they worked with my sister & custom made mini Girl Scout samosa & Oreo cupcakes (my two favorites) in addition to the most incredible lemon/raspberry cake. Everyone is still raving about the bite sized cupcakes. Lastly, I worked with Nicole to make a chocolate peanut butter candy drip cake for my husband. A.) it looked friggin amazing & B.) it tasted absolutely incredible, especially the peanut butter mousse inside! I loved that they were so open to just running with it & really made my husbands birthday! You can't go wrong here, everything has been great! read more

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My husband picked up half a dozen assorted for my birthday, very good! The double chocolate was a little bit dry for me, but we really loved the red velvet and hot chocolate cupcakes! We definitely would like to go back and try additional flavors! read more

Hardcore Sweet Bakery - Desserts Near Me - Watertown, Connecticut

Hands down the best bakery In the area. The owners and staff are down to earth and sweet as pie. There is always an amazing selection of goodies to pick from. Be a kind soul and get some treats for you friends and family. Also, location is cool, love the artwork and it's fun to watch the cakes getting dolled up. Make sure to try the lemon bar, oh my gosh..amazing! read more

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My experience with Hardcore Sweet Cupcakes so far has been amazing. Every time I've had their cupcakes, it's been at certain events where their cupcake truck served only vegan cupcakes. I've never been to their main business location, but I'm hoping to make it up there sometime soon. At this point, I think I've had the opportunity to visit their truck 4 or 5 times at various events. I've probably tried 7 or 8 different varieties of their vegan cupcakes. I'm pretty sure I've never had the same flavor twice, which makes me wonder...how many different varieties do they have? Some of their cupcakes I had 2 or 3 years ago now, so it's hard for me to remember each variety. No matter, they were all amazing! The cupcakes in the photo were from a big summer vegan event I go to every year. I usually get at least two different ones every time. The varieties are always clever and creative. Red Velvet, some coconutty delish cupcake, banana cream...too many to remember. One thing I wonder is if they can make vegan versions of all their cupcakes, why not just nix the eggs and dairy and go all vegan all the time? I've eaten enough vegan baked goods and done enough vegan baking myself to know that there's no difference in quality, taste, or texture. The cost of the ingredients for vegan baking are PROBABLY the same or less. They wouldn't even have to call themselves "vegan" if they believe the the label would somehow negatively effect sales. Oreo cookies don't say "vegan" on the package, but they are. Even if accidentally because the ingredients are cheaper than eggs and dairy. In any case, my experiences with Hardcore Sweet have been fantastic! I hope to have an opportunity to enjoy their cupcakes again very soon! read more

Hardcore Sweet Bakery - Coconut Something and Banana Cream. Yumm! - Desserts Near Me - Watertown, Connecticut

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This place rules! Drove with my husband all the way from Cincinnati to check this place out. The owner was there, Jeremy. Such a sweetheart! We came in only 15minutes before they closed and got what ever we could. Cupcakes were moist and well decorated! Can't wait to come back again! Everyone was super friendly and amazing Thank you Jeremy and everyone working tonight. read more

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I have purchasked many cupcakes here and they were fabulous! The last few times they were soooo dry! Much too expensive to get dry cupcakes!

Opting to forego dining out during the pandemic, I was however fortunate to sample some of the vegan treats from Hardcore Sweet Cupcakes. They. Were. Fantastic. My cousin held a catered baby shower where she offered 5 flavors of cupcakes from Hardcore Sweet! I'm not sure how to certainly identify each one based on the Hardcore Sweet menu, because there are so many to choose from, but there were two chocolate cake based ones (I'm thinking they might have been the Biggie Smalls and one of the Oreo cupcakes), one maple type cake with a touch of saltiness, buttercream frosting and granola sprinkled on top, a Red Velvet, and another peanut butter based cake, I think was the PB cup. As if tasting them all wasn't enough (they were each uniquely scrumptious), I was sent home with a half dozen to share with my love who also swooned a little with his first bite. A little nibble of heaven! read more

Im crazy about cupcakes and must be fresh! After reading reviews, called in and picked up 8 pack of various flavors cupcakes which did not disappoint! So glad we did last weekend. They are incredible! Moist, not too sweet and fun flavors. Our favorites were: sure thing, holy land, grandmas boy. Definitely better than Magnolia, Buttercup and anything we've had from NYC and beyond. Off the beaten path in an office Park, makes it part of the fun to find. Can't wait to order birthday cakes and more! read more

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Absolutely love this place! I had my step daughters 5 year old birthday today, the main person I worked with was Kyle. Absolutely an amazing person, kept me updated throughout the week with updates how my cake was, how I should store it, and for any other silly questions I had, he responded right back! Amazing staff and amazing quality cakes! Prices are amazing because once I got my special order cake I only showed him a picture of, this place went above and beyond and better than the photo I had showed them! Thank you all so much Kyle, and the staff! read more

Hardcore Sweet Bakery - Custom cake I had them make - Desserts Near Me - Watertown, Connecticut

Beyond disappointed with the "service" this bakery gives. I had been emailing Nicole whom was very helpful prior to receiving the cake. My family member went to pick up the cake the day of the party which was falling over to the back and to the left. Was not centered and not worth $200. This was an hour before the surprise party for my sisters 40th. I would think for the price they would know how to keep cakes centered as well as from sliding... The frosting was decorated beautifully and the gold flakes. However, the frosting was beyond overly sweet. What possibly could be done an hour before a party even 4 hours before a party... was just offered a $25 gift card for the "inconvenience" of a $200 cake. Would have been better off with Costco or even Stop and Shop. read more

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This place is located in a really cool mill building (the "Old Pin Shop"), which gives it an interesting vibe before you even walk in the door. The staff are so nice and friendly, and the cupcakes are delicious! I've only tried the vegan flavors, which are fantastic. I'm really happy they offer such a wide variety of vegan options. Hopefully they'll open another location or two in the near future, as I'd love to have them closer to my town. read more

Not thrilled to be honest. The mini cupcakes are more frosting than cupcake. They are VERY small. Not worth the $40 I payed for them. I could get more for less at the grocery store and no one would have known any better. read more

This place does a great job, makes an amazing product and was even able to work around my dietary restrictions which is not easy!! Thanks for what you do Its much appreciated! read more

Not bad, but I've also had better. My main complaint is that they refrigerate their cupcakes, making it hard and dry. They do have a lot of different flavors and the shop itself is very unique. I'm a chocolate lover but am always disappointed by their chocolate flavors. My favorite so far was a peanut butter cake with peanut butter frosting one. read more

Just incredible. Husband and wife team with all their helpers in between. They started from the ground up and made a spectacular business with the most unique and delicious cupcakes I have ever tasted. I know I know.... I was a Sugarbelle die hard fan and their red velvet made glorious things happen to my body.. Most of you love and adore Nora... And that's all fine and good... But PLEASE people... Go to Hardcore! Its rock-a-billy meets roller derby meets head banging demons all wrapped up in a fireworks display of moist, flavor exploding awesomeness. Seriously.. Reading their cupcake combos makes me feel like I've traveled into Willy Wonka's evil-twins laboratory in the very best way... Does that even make sense?? I don't give a what... Give me a cupcake and shut the heck up! So to the actual cake... They have soooo many options. Friend them on Facebook and they're always updated.. Seriously.. They could circulate through 20 flavors a day.. And once they're out.. They're out! They also have Vegan cupcakes... I was a bit weary.. I was unsure... I was like a little Kid afraid to jump off that diving bored... But when I did... Fantastic! I am now a vegan cupcake convert! For me to begin to explain the cupcakes is overwhelming.. And truth be told.. Makes me salivate... All the standards plus anything else... Heck, I'm sure you could design your own flavor! They're that awesome. They also offer classes.... Valentine's day specials... Girls night out.. Crafts and cupcakes... Just contact them.. Check out their site.. DO IT! Did I mention they won cupcake wars? Yep.... Told ya they were good Thank me later read more

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My mom had her retirement party this past weekend and we ordered a custom show cake along with a large sheet cake and everything was so amazing. The show cake was a metal pail with a sugar sculpted lobster on top surrounded by sand and shells and it was such a delight to all! The cakes were chocolate on chocolate and red velvet and everyone was raving over the taste! I don't eat dairy so I picked up some vegan cupcakes for myself and they were off the charts good! The staff who I spoke with were super friendly and my sister who picked up the cake from their shop said the same. Would and will order cakes etc from them again! read more

Hardcore Sweet Bakery - My moms lobster retirement cake! - Desserts Near Me - Watertown, Connecticut

I'm not a cake type of girl, and cheesecakes I like even less, however... about 5 years ago my son was only 9 years old and watched the Food Network show where the Hardcore Sweet Cupcakes won the cupcake contest, and he made the family buy me cupcakes from them and I absolutely loved it. It was hard for me to try them first, but I'm glad I did. I became their customer since then, and I still haven't found any cupcakes like theirs. Thanks LJ for persuading me to try the best cupcakes I've ever had. Red velvet is my favorite, but I highly recommend the lemon or lime flavor as well. So good! read more

Went to date night at the bakery last night and it was an absolute blast! Heather and Nicole rocked it were both informative and made the class lots of fun! Cake came out delicous as did the chocolate covered oreos. The atmosphere in there is really cool and unique. Its in a warehouse type setting which is actually perfect for a spot like this, the decorations around the room make it feel both welcoming and homey! Cant wait to take more classes there and go get more cupcakes. If you have a sweet tooth and are in the area, even if you are not in the area, this place is worth checking out. read more

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I am a Sugar fiend, so discovering Hardcore Sweet Cupcakes this past weekend led to a bit of an internal debate. Am I cheating on Sugar by enjoying HSC? Can you be in love with two cupcake trucks at the same time? (The answers, in order, are no and yes.) The biggest dilemma, however, was: Which flavor do I want? Beer & Pretzels? Mr Rogers? Cannoli? Bananas Foster? I was going to do the head to head with the cannoli, since that's my favorite from Sugar, but instead I went with the Mr Rogers... and I am SO GLAD I did. The cupcake was just enough -- not too big, not too small, with just enough frosting to get me through. I think HSC is the ying to Sugar's yang (that's a good thing, right?) and gives the northern half of CT reason to look forward to food truck festivals. They've got one retail location and word on the street is there's soon to be a second one -- can't wait to hear big things about these guys. read more

This bakery is amazing! I went there recently for a gender reveal cake. The woman was extremely nice and made the cake for me and my husband in the same day! It was so cute and sooo delicious!!! And of course it was such a fun surprise! Highly recommend this place!! read more

Ordered a cake for my girlfriends birthday and it was delicioussss. I called and placed the order at first for a custom birthday cake not knowing that they had so many more options until I walked into the store and added on 5 more things to the cake. TAKE MY MONEY! It was well worth it. They had a book that you could look at which helped me get a better understanding of what to expect out of the cakes. I gave them complete freedom to do whatever they thought best and it couldn't have been any more perfect. It was llama themed and they designed it so well, highly reccomended! read more

Hardcore Sweet Bakery - Can't go wrong with a vegan chocolate fudge llama cake - Desserts Near Me - Watertown, Connecticut

I bought a banana foster cupcake and peanut butter truffle. I expected more from a famous bakery. Well, I mean , I have different tastes from the norm I guess. The cupcake supposedly had buttercream frosting and this tasted like the "buttery cream" frosting that comes from a run that most places use, like stop and shop. Very grainy sugar in that buttercream. Over the top sweetness (I guess that's why it's called hardcore sweet) and too crazy for me. The banana cake was moist which was great, but with the bright yellow food coloring I'm guessing the flavor was fake (like the frosting) as well. The caramel filling was ok.it didn't have the consistency of store made caramel, but taste was ok. The $2 truffle I thought i was getting was nothing more than cake remnants mixed with the fake frosting. Chocolate shell was good. The bits of peanut butter chips inside was ok. This place is For the masses who get caught up in the flair filled in the building and the "experience" of getting a famous cupcake. For those who can know a real, made from scratch cupcake I'd keep looking. I'm not flaming the company, just comparing flavor and assembly line quality to stop and shop and this place as even. read more

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The best vegan cupcakes I have ever had. The maple blueberry one was a stand out. Super flavorful without being overly sweet and didn't make you regret eating two or three. This place is a must visit! read more

Awesome cupcakes and cakes. This place is a little hard to find if your not familiar with the area but it's in a pretty cool location. The cupcakes are some of the best I've ever tried. Watch your calories though! read more

Very expensive for cupcakes that are mediocre at best. Paid $18 for 6 cupcakes and the only one that was good was the cannolli cupcake. The cake part is dry and small and the frosting is sub par for the price. Don't waste your money. read more

Got a dozen tiramisu cupcakes for my birthday. The cupcakes were good (moist and chocolatey) but taste nothing like tiramisu. Also overpriced given I didn't feel the flavor was anything more special than a chocolate cupcake topped with whipped cream frosting. Disappointing. read more

Was lucky enough to try some cupcakes from their food truck! I cannot believe how great these cupcakes are! I will definitely come to the bakery location! Such fun inventive flavors baked to perfection! read more

This place is overrated. It benefits from its location -- not much cupcake competition around here. Also, I get that they won on Cupcake Wars, but it seems they are really coasting on this accolade, which is now years in the past. [Edit in light of owner response: I never said that they shouldn't promote that they won on Cupcake Wars. I said that it seems they are coasting on that -- meaning that the quality of the experience I have had with them doesn't meet the high reputation.] Here are my gripes: They keep the storefront lights out no matter what time of day it is, and aren't very inviting otherwise. It's clear that their priority is their bulk orders and pickups. I don't begrudge the priority, but keeping the lights out communicates to the walk-in customer that they're not welcome to stay. So, why bother to have seating at all then? [Edit in light of owner response: This has happened more than once, including months ago.] The cupcakes are basically what you'd expect -- over the top masses of sugary frosting atop average tasting cakes. Too many of the flavors are exercises in missed opportunity, such as the adult s'mores cupcake: no hint of alcohol to be tasted, and the light graham sprinkle on the gob of marshmallowy (more like vanilla) frosting was weak. Some they manage to do well enough, and they should be credited for making the effort to have gluten-free and vegan varieties. I think a lot of the appeal is in how over the top the frosting is, and the flavor combinations which at least sound like they'll be awesome. [Edit in light of owner response: I guess I missed the instructions about how to eat the cupcake. Wouldn't have expected to inject the vodka into the cupcake myself. Either way, the cupcake was mediocre otherwise.] They take the "hardcore" thing a little far with their "hardcore balls" which are named after celebrities (i.e., so-and-so's balls). I get the joke, but it's not really that funny. [Edit in light of owner response: I don't doubt that people laugh, but I also don't doubt that some laugh out of discomfort or the expectation that they should laugh. Anyway, I still don't think it's very funny.] Service ranges from can't-be-bothered-to-look-at-you to somewhat friendly. My recommendation is to satisfy your sweet tooth elsewhere. [Edit in light of owner response: From two stars to one. I really don't appreciate the condescension in the response to me. (The critical assumptions about how I'd rate other businesses are irrelevant and unprofessional.) In my opinion, an owner of a business feeling it appropriate to do this is another mark against the business.] read more