I stumbled onto this bakery during my visit to OBX and it did not disappoint. For one, the owner…read morewas incredibly kind and gracious. Then I tried the cinnamon roll and it blew me away. This one was but far the best I've had in quite some time. I also picked up a few different cookies. Haven't tried them all but the chocolate chip cookie was awesome. If you are in the area, please check this place out. Support local!

We ordered a carrot cake for a birthday celebration and it was Delish! Picked up on a day the…read morebakery wasn't open but nicely allowed us to pick up. Pleasant service for ordering and pick-up.

My favorite bakery when visiting the Outer Banks. We always make it a point to stop here at least…read moretwo or three times each week we're in town.

Excellent food! Everything I have tried has been wonderful!…read more Excellent customer service!

Amazing key lime cake! Claire is very easy to work with, she is flexible and accommodating- kind &…read morefriendly. You can tell she is artistic is her craft and truly loves baking! The cake had an amazing lime taste and buttercream frosting was fantastic! We will be ordering more cakes from Claire! Loved that She walks the cake to your car- no better service than that!

Unfortunately, we must leave a negative review. Claire's Cakes canceled on us 5 days before our…read morewedding. We hired Claire's Cakes in September 2025 to make our wedding desserts (6 dozen cupcakes and 3 cheesecakes). Everything seemed to be running smoothly until a few weeks before our wedding when her communication with us began to slow. We had arranged to pay extra to meet her on the Friday (11/28) before our Saturday (11/29) wedding to pick up our desserts. We confirmed this pick up date multiple times. On Friday, 11/21 (at 8:25 pm), she emails us: "I'm able to deliver on Wednesday 11/26/25 at whatever time is most convenient for you. As we get closer to the date, I'll provide an updated delivery window. I am currently out of town for the remainder of the weekend on business and will be back on Monday." So, despite multiple confirmations that the order was to be picked up on Friday, she now has the wrong pick up date. On Saturday, 11/22, we responded: "Enjoy your weekend (even if it is on business)! We had talked about delivery on Friday, November 28th (not Wednesday, 11/26). Let us know if that Friday still works -- we are at your disposal on that Friday (11/28) to meet to pick up the cupcakes/cheesecakes at whatever time is most convenient to you!" On Monday, 11/24 (at noon) -- the Monday before our Saturday wedding -- she writes us: "I wanted to reach out regarding your event. I've just been informed that a family member I am caring for has a scheduled surgery, and I will be unavailable for at least three days following Thanksgiving. Due to this family emergency, I am unable to work or dedicate the necessary time to create these items. Unfortunately, with the short notice and circumstances, I will not be able to accommodate your desserts for Friday." We find it a little odd that, between late Friday night and by noon on Monday (the day she returned from a business trip), a family member she is taking care of would suddenly have surgery scheduled for the day before Thanksgiving (or even the week of Thanksgiving). Given that she tried to change the pick up date to the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, was out of town on business until Monday, and then, at noon Monday, used a family member to avoid providing deserts the Friday after Thanksgiving (which was the agreed-upon date), it seems the most logical thing is this .... When she made the commitment to make the desserts, she did not realize it was Thanksgiving week and that she would be making our desserts on Thanksgiving for the Friday delivery. And, when she realized the promised Friday was the day after Thanksgiving, she used an excuse that garnered the most sympathy/understanding (family member surgery). We hate to sound uncaring about her situation or that a family member needed surgery, but it just seems like a made up excuse. If it is not, our prayers to her family member. If she had at least given us some advance notice that she was taking care of a family member or had circumstances that may interfere with her ability to make the desserts for our wedding, we could have made a contingency plan. For example, our caterer could have made the deserts with a little more notice. As it is, we had to scramble -- my daughter made 3 dozen cupcakes the night before the wedding and we ordered plain Harris Teeter sheet cakes for the rest. Perhaps the professional thing for Ms. Claire to have done was to call someone she knows who could have fulfilled the order or at least made the effort to find someone to cover for her. OR... if she had said she would need to change the delivery to Wednesday because of the situation, maybe we would have been okay with that (presumably the desserts would have still been okay on Saturday?), but she did not -- she just canceled.

So, picture this: a cute little dessert joint. You want the bad news or the good news first? Let's…read morerip the Band-Aid off--bad news. The staff. Our server had the energy of someone being forced to babysit a pack of feral raccoons. Every question felt like I was asking her to donate a kidney. But hey, I kept it classy, smiled, and even wished her a good day because... manners. Now the good news--and it's really good. The ice cream. Y'all, I'm not even an ice cream person. I came for the cupcakes, but I ended up having a full-blown love affair with their strawberry scoop. Best strawberry ice cream to ever grace my taste buds. Flavor was flavoring. The cupcakes? Moist (sorry, I know we all hate that word, but facts are facts), with fun flavors alongside the classics. Basically, the desserts carried the team harder than LeBron in the playoffs.

Super cute place for dessert lovers! They have cupcakes, frozen yogurt with any toppings you want…read moreand ice cream. They had plenty of flavors to choose from. I'm a huge lemon fan so I got a lemon cupcake but I could have ordered another the carrot cake. My hubby got a chocolate ice cream cone. I tried it and it was some of the best ice cream I ever had. Nice and creamy & delicious! I will definitely be going back next time I'm in town!

I thought it was weird to get a cupcake at the beach, but hey, I'll try anything! Please learn from…read moreme. This place is not worth your money! The cupcake was dry, and the frosting was whipped cream (not buttercream). Some people might like that, but I thought it was strange. The ice cream was gritty, icy, and artificial-tasting. The sign touts "Homemade Ice Cream" but I just don't believe it. Sorry Sweet Cups!

A basic shop with cupcakes, homemade ice cream and a yogurt/soft serve bar with toppings you can…read moreadd t personalize it. Is large and cool inside with several tables as well as outdoor seating on the deck. The young gal working inside was very pleasant and friendly and offered my mom samples of their homemade ice cream. It's served like gelato by the size of little gelato cups and she got a chocolate peanut butter flavor that she absolutely loved. Raves about it. We looked in a few of the other ice cream shops in the center but this one had the best flavors and fresh handmade ice cream. The cupcakes were large and looked delicious with about 7 flavors. We didn't purchase any of the cupcakes though. I recommend on a hot day.

Since we were there on vacation my wife rates all cupcakes on a Sweet Coast scale! Thanks for…read moremaking me a hero on her birthday

The birthday cake that was made for my sister was simply AMAZING!!! it was better than I expected…read more the cake was delicious and adorable. I would highly recommend for any event or special occasion!!

I am so disappointed in the cupcakes that were done for my wedding…read more My friend was going to make the cup cakes and decorate them, however her father passed away and she was unable to do. We had to rush to find a place to make cupcakes and we found icings on the cake. It was two weeks prior to my wedding and I was worried I wouldn't find a place. I was so thrilled that icings on the cake said they could do the 4 dozen cupcakes and when asked if they could do sunflowers I was told yes. Especially seeing the cupcakes on the website icingsonthecakes.com (picture 3). What I got was so dissapointing. (Picture 1) which looks does not look like a professional did Thankfully I had friends who went out and fixed (picture 2). After spending over $200 dollars on cupcakes they should not have been fixed. I emailed the owner and did not receive a response back in 24 hours.

Great service! Super nice and willing to answer my questions about our birthday cake. Purchased a…read moretripe fudge Kahlua cake for 10 people. Generous portions, pretty and so flavorful. Would definitely buy this cake again! The perfect amount of chocolate in my opinion, and I loved the mousse filling. The birthday girl ate 4 servings in 24 hours she liked it so much. It really was a pretty cake I wish I took better pictures to share.

Our wedding cake was absolutely delicious and beautiful. It is not often a cake is both tasty and…read moredecorated beautifully. My only regret is not hiding some to eat later I highly recommend Holly's Creative Confections! Not only was cake perfect but so was customer service. She replied quickly and was able to make the cake based off a Pinterest image I found.

My mom wanted to surprise my finance and I with a cake tasting while visiting OBX. Holly had…read moreconfirmed my allergy restrictions and said that she would be able to accommodate the tasting with all the cakes we wanted to try. Day before the drop off my mom wanted to confirm our address as Holly insisted she would be able to accommodate dropping it off. We never heard from her. Day of delivery my mom texted again to confirm and was ghosted by this business. It's unfortunate that lack of reliability and upsetting as a person with allergy restrictions and my partner having restrictions I was so excited to work with this business. Just be wary for your own engagement